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By the Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Montana Fouts struck out 16 and allowed two hits in a complete-game victory, helping No. 3 seed Alabama beat Arizona 5-1 on Thursday night in the Women’s College World Series opener for both teams. Alabama pitcher Montana Fouts delivers a pitch during the 2021 WCWS. Photo from Alabama Softball Twitter account Fouts threw 103 pitches, including 73 strikes. She regularly hit the low 70s on the radar gun, yet didn’t allow a walk. “I think the thing of today was Montana Fouts,” Arizona coach Mike Candrea said. “I thought she truly threw a very good ballgame, really kept us at check. When you don’t have an offense sometimes I felt like a ghost at third base. There’s not much you can do. All you can do to win a game like that is to match them pitch for pitch. We didn’t quite do that.” ....
Alabama Players Ecstatic After Abby Doerr s Home Run in WCWS Sophomore backup steps up on college softball s biggest stage with a pinch-hit home run in Alabama s win against Arizona Author: Jun 4, 2021 Alabama’s got a wealth of experienced seniors on the softball roster. You have the seven from last year that came back for another season, and there are the ones from the Class of 2021. That’s 10 total. It was the younger players and Women’s College World Series newcomers, however, that made some noise Thursday in the Crimson Tide’s 5-1 win against Arizona. Abby Doerr, a sophomore catcher, has played behind All-American Bailey Hemphill and hasn’t seen much action. She had just 38 at-bats when her name was called in the sixth inning against the Wildcats. ....
In the opening game of the 2021 Women’s College World Series, James Madison stunned No. 1 Oklahoma in extra innings. No. 5 Oklahoma State, No. 3 Alabama and No. 2 UCLA also picked wins on day one of the WCWS. ....
Gary Cosby Jr. via Imagn Content Services, LLC It has been two long years ago that the Women’s College World Series was last held. In that tournament, Alabama made it to the Final Four before falling to Oklahoma. Today, they begin their quest for the second championship in school history against the Arizona Wildcats. ACCOLADES The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) named Alabama’s Montana Fouts as a unanimous first team selection at pitcher. Catcher Bailey Hemphill joins her battery mate on the first team. Kaylee Tow was selected on the third team at first base. The honor is the third for Tow, previously making the list in 2018 and 2019, and the second for both Fouts and Hemphill who were second-team honorees in 2019. No selections were made in 2020. ....