Riley Valentine's first-inning grand slam sends the Crimson Tide back to OKC.
Riley Valentine’s home run in regionals seemed to ignite the Alabama offense, and her first-inning grand slam in Sunday’s super regional game at Tennessee to send the Crimson Tide back to Oklahoma City.
No. 14 Alabama upset No. 3 Tennessee 4-1 to advance to the Women’s College World Series for the 15th time in program history. It’s the first time the Tide has made the WCWS as the lower-seeded team since 2005. Immediately after the Tide’s four-run top of the first inning, the game went into an almost three-hour rain delay. The Alabama softball program has a family strong relationship with weather delays dating back to the 2012 WCWS championship game, and Sunday didn’t seem to bother the team at all.
Alabama wasn’t able to add on any more runs after the first inning, but the Tide didn’t need them with the performance from freshman Jocelyn Briski in the circle. She threw 6.1 innings of one-run ball, and fifth-year senior Kayla Beaver came in to get the final two outs and the save.Katie Windham is the assistant editor for BamaCentral, primarily covering football, basketball gymnastics and softball.
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