Alabama Softball Takes Care Of Business, But Knows There’s More In The Tank

It wasn’t Alabama softball at its absolute sharpest, but even on a day where things felt a little off, the Crimson Tide still found a way to take care of business.

That’s what good teams do.

Alabama moved to 27-1 on the season with a 4-1 win over ULM on Tuesday afternoon at Rhoads Stadium, leaning on early offense, timely power, and a defense that continues to set the tone for this team.

The Tide wasted no time jumping ahead.

Right out of the gate, Alabama put pressure on ULM and capitalized. Ambrey Taylor delivered one of the biggest swings of the day, ripping a two-run triple to ignite the offense, and Ana Roman followed it up with an RBI knock to make it 3-0 before fans had even settled in.

That fast start mattered, because after that, things slowed down.

ULM scratched across a run in the third inning, but Alabama answered immediately. Alexis Pupillo, who has quietly become one of the most consistent bats in this lineup, crushed a solo home run to push the lead back to three. It was her 10th of the season, tying her with Brooke Wells for the team lead.

And honestly, Pupillo was everywhere.

She finished 3-for-3, just a double shy of the cycle, and continues to be one of the toughest outs in the SEC right now. Her ability to get on base, now in 24 straight games, has been a huge piece of Alabama’s offensive identity.

But if the offense felt a step behind, the pitching and defense made sure it didn’t matter.

Kaitlyn Pallozzi gave Alabama a steady start, and then Vic Moten came in and completely shut the door. Four innings of scoreless relief, total control, no panic, that’s what winning softball looks like.

When this team is locked in, it changes everything, literally.

Still, head coach Patrick Murphy said what a lot of people were thinking: this group knows it has another level.

And that’s the scary part.

Because Alabama didn’t dominate on Tuesday, but they still won comfortably.

Now, the focus shifts to a big SEC road test at Missouri this weekend.

And if this team flips that switch back to full intensity, this isn’t just a good team.

This is a dangerous one.

Roll Tide.