As the 14-seed facing the No. 3 Lady Vols on the road, the Crimson Tide doesn't feel any pressure.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— There were four letters spread across the table in the Alabama softball clubhouse during the NCAA selection show. Those same letters appeared in the stands during the team's regional championship at Rhoads Stadium last weekend.
No. 14 Alabama felt like it had something to prove in regionals after a disappointing regular season compared to what the program is used to. The Crimson Tide finished below .500 in SEC play for the first time under head coach Patrick Murphy and only won one conference series. Yet, Alabama still earned a national seed and got to host regionals with Clemson, Southeastern Louisiana and USC Upstate coming to Rhoads Stadium.
"We have no pressure on us," Murphy said. "We’re 14, they’re 3. And they’re at home. I like being the underdog." Murphy said he plans on calling Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats when they have their team meeting on Thursday night ahead of Friday's super regional game against a top-three seed. Basketball faced 1-seed North Carolina in the Sweet 16. Murphy spoke to the basketball team earlier in the season about "mudita," or the idea of having vicarious joy for someone else's success as if it were your own.
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