2011 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team

American college softball season March 2026 August 2023 2011 1997 Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama Crimson Tide logo.svg 150 Southeastern Conference West SEC 53–11 19–6 Patrick Murphy Alyson Habetz Nick Seiler Vann Stuedeman SEC Champions Rhoads Stadium Women's College World Series 3rd 3 4 The 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team was an American softball team that represented the University of Alabama for the 2011 NCAA softball season. The Crimson Tide played its home games at Rhoads Stadium. The 2011 made the postseason for the 13th straight year, and the Women's College World Series for seventh time after failing to make it in 2010. This season represented the 15th season of softball in the school's history. The Crimson Tide won the SEC Regular Season by defeating the Ole Miss Rebels 10-1. 2 Season While the Tide loses two-time SEC Player of the Year Charlotte Morgan along with 2010 senior leaders Alex Blewitt and Jessica Smith, Alabama returns nine starters from a team that won the Southeastern Conference regular season and tournament championships en route to claiming the number one overall seed in the NCAA Division I tournament. The Crimson Tide softball team only has two seniors this season, Kelsi Dunne and Whitney Larsen. In the annual Southeastern Conference coaches preseason poll, the Crimson Tide was picked to win the 2011 SEC Softball title.Softball Picked to Win SEC by Conference Coaches The Crimson Tide also landed three players on the Preseason All-SEC team; Kelsi Dunne, Whitney Larsen, and Kayla Braud. Roster 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide roster Pitchers 00 Kelsi Dunne – senior 11 Lauren Sewell – sophomore 33 Jackie Traina – freshman Outfielders 1 Kayla Braud – sophomore 2 Jazlyn Lunceford – junior 3 Keima Davis – sophomore 7 Jennifer Fenton – junior Utility 18 Cassie Reilly-Boccia – junior Catchers 6 Jordan Patterson – freshman 12 Kendall Dawson – junior 24 Olivia Gibson – junior Infielders 4 Jackey Branham – sophomore 9 Courtney Conley – sophomore 10 Kaila Hunt – freshman 20 Whitney Larsen – senior 22 Amanda Locke – junior 32 Ryan Iamurri – freshman  2011 Alabama Crimson Tide Softball Roster Schedule yes no no |- !colspan=9| Hibbett/Easton All-Alabama Softball Classic February 11 6:00 PM w yes 6 Samford Bulldogs Liberty Park Vestavia Hills, AL 8–0(5) 500 J. Traina R. Harmon February 12 1:30 PM w yes 6 Alabama A&M Bulldogs Liberty Park Vestavia Hills, AL 18–0(5) 500 L. Sewell V. Kersten February 12 4:00 PM w yes 6 Jacksonville State Gamecocks Liberty Park Vestavia Hills, AL 6–0 500 K. Dunne T. Harbin February 13 11:00 AM w yes 6 South Alabama Jaguars Liberty Park Vestavia Hills, AL 6–0 500 J. Traina H. Campbell February 13 1:30 PM w yes 6 Troy Trojans Liberty Park Vestavia Hills, AL 9–1(6) 500 K. Dunne H. Hutchins |- !colspan=9| Bama Bash February 18 4:00 PM w yes 7 Louisville Cardinals Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 10–2(5) 2,482 K. Dunne T. Collins February 18 6:00 PM w yes 7 UTSA Roadrunners Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 13–5(6) 2,482 L. Sewell M. Luksa February 19 1:00 PM w yes 7 Syracuse Orange Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 9–0(5) 2,801 K. Dunne J. Caira February 19 4:00 PM w yes 7 Louisville Cardinals Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 9–8 2,801 K. Dunne T. Collins February 20 1:00 PM w yes 7 Syracuse Orange Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 20–5(5) 2,497 J. Traina S. Kuwik |- !colspan=9| February 22 6:00 PM w yes 5 UAB Blazers UAB Softball Field Birmingham, AL 3–0 350 K. Dunne L. Streetman |- !colspan=9|USF Fairfield Inn and Suites Tampa North Tournament February 25 11:30 AM w yes 5 Illinois State Redbirds USF Softball Field Tampa, FL 7–0 150 J. Traina C. Burton February 25 3:30 PM w yes 5 Central Connecticut Blue Devils USF Softball Field Tampa, FL 17–1(5) 150 L. Sewell J. Tingley February 26 9:30 AM w yes 5 Western Michigan Broncos USF Softball Field Tampa, FL 12–4(6) 200 L. Sewell D. Patterson February 26 11:30 AM w yes 5 Missouri Tigers 16 USF Softball Field Tampa, FL 3–1 400 K. Dunne C. Thomas February 27 11:30 AM w yes 5 South Florida Bulls USF Softball Field Tampa, FL 12–1(5) 500 J. Traina C. Catalano |- !colspan=9|Citrus Classic March 4 10:00 AM w yes 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Wide World of Sports Lake Buena Vista, FL 4–1 420 J. Traina L. Valdivia March 4 12:30 PM l yes 3 LA-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns 17 Wide World of Sports Lake Buena Vista, FL 0–1 300 A. Brignac K. Dunne March 5 10:00 AM w yes 3 Fordham Rams Wide World of Sports Lake Buena Vista, FL 3–1 250 J. Traina C. Plimpton March 5 3:00 PM w yes 3 Oregon Ducks 13 Wide World of Sports Lake Buena Vista, FL 10–0(5) 300 K. Dunne J. Moore March 6 8:00 AM w yes 3 Virginia Cavaliers Wide World of Sports Lake Buena Vista, FL 4–0 300 J. Traina M. Mitchell |- !colspan=9| March 9 6:00 PM c yes Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Mewborn Field Atlanta, GA         |- !colspan=9|Easton SEC/ACC Challenge March 11 6:00 PM w yes 3 North Carolina Tar Heels Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 3–0 2,343 K. Dunne L. Spingola March 12 1:30 PM w yes 3 Florida State Seminoles Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 8–0(5) 2,802 K. Dunne S. Hamilton March 12 4:00 PM w yes 3 North Carolina Tar Heels Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 10–1(5) 2,802 J. Traina S. Buchholz March 13 1:30 PM w yes 3 Florida State Seminoles Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 9–2 2,502 J. Traina M. Bullock |- !colspan=9| March 16 5:00 PM w 3 Auburn Tigers 23 Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 6–1 3,003 K. Dunne L. Schmalz March 16 7:30 PM w 3 Auburn Tigers 23 Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 8–2 3,256 J. Traina J. Loree March 18 6:30 PM w 3 Georgia Bulldogs 1 Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 2–1 2,922 K. Dunne A. Owen March 19 7:00 PM w 3 Georgia Bulldogs 1 Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 6–4 3,261 J. Traina M. Montemayor March 20 1:30 PM w 3 Georgia Bulldogs 1 Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 9–5 3,089 K. Dunne I. Arevalo March 22 3:00 PM w 1 Tennessee Volunteers 11 Lee Stadium Knoxville, TN 9–5 1,650 K. Dunne E. Renfroe March 22 5:30 PM l 1 Tennessee Volunteers 11 Lee Stadium Knoxville, TN 1–4 1,650 E. Renfroe J. Traina March 25 6:30 PM w 1 Arkansas Razorbacks Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 10–1(5) 2,641 J. Traina H. McLemore March 26 1:30 PM w 1 Arkansas Razorbacks Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 12–3(5) 2,452 K. Dunne K. Jones March 27 1:30 PM w 1 Arkansas Razorbacks Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 9–0(5) 2,562 K. Dunne K. Jones March 31 5:00 PM w yes 1 College of Charleston Cougars Patriots Point Charleston, SC 7–1 215 L. Sewell A. Datko April 1 5:00 PM w 1 South Carolina Gamecocks Beckham Field Columbia, SC 7–0 421 K. Dunne A. Borchardt April 2 1:00 PM w 1 South Carolina Gamecocks Beckham Field Columbia, SC 7–0 754 J. Traina A. Chastain April 3 11:00 AM w 1 South Carolina Gamecocks Beckham Field Columbia, SC 1–0 737 K. Dunne A. Broyles April 8 6:00 PM l 1 LSU Lady Tigers Tiger Park Baton Rouge, LA 1–2(14) 1,503 B. Mack K. Dunne April 9 3:00 PM l 1 LSU Lady Tigers Tiger Park Baton Rouge, LA 1–3(10) 2,563 R. Fico J. Traina April 10 1:00 PM l 1 LSU Lady Tigers Tiger Park Baton Rouge, LA 0–2 1,865 B. Mack J. Traina April 12 6:00 PM w yes 5 Troy Trojans Troy Softball Complex Troy, AL 5–2 1,351 J. Traina A. Williams April 16 2:00 PM w 5 Mississippi State Bulldogs Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 6–2 3,132 K. Dunne S. Becker April 16 4:30 PM w 5 Mississippi State Bulldogs Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 13–3(6) 3,395 J. Traina K. Vry April 17 1:30 PM w 5 Mississippi State Bulldogs Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 5–2 3,064 K. Dunne S. Becker April 22 4:00 PM w 4 Florida Gators 8 Pressly Softball Stadium Gainesville, FL 5–0 1,339 K. Dunne S. Brombacher April 23 3:00 PM l 4 Florida Gators 8 Pressly Softball Stadium Gainesville, FL 5–6 1,905 H. Rogers K. Dunne April 24 12:00 PM l 4 Florida Gators 8 Pressly Softball Stadium Gainesville, FL 2–3(9) 1,011 H. Rogers J. Traina April 27 6:00 PM c yes 7 UAB Blazers Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL         April 29† 6:30 PM c 7 Kentucky Wildcats 18 Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL         April 30† 1:30 PM c 7 Kentucky Wildcats 18 Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL         May 1† 1:30 PM c 7 Kentucky Wildcats 18 Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL         May 6 5:00 PM w 6 Ole Miss Rebels Ole Miss Softball Complex Oxford, MS 8–0(5) 307 K. Dunne K. Bruning May 7 1:00 PM w 6 Ole Miss Rebels Ole Miss Softball Complex Oxford, MS 18–1(5) 403 J. Traina B. Barnhill May 8 1:00 PM w 6 Ole Miss Rebels Ole Miss Softball Complex Oxford, MS 10–1 409 K. Dunne L. Perry |- !colspan=9| SEC Tournament May 12 6:30 PM w yes 4 Mississippi State Bulldogs Ole Miss Softball Complex Oxford, MS 5–1 1,080 K. Dunne S. Becker May 13 4:30 PM l yes 4 Georgia Bulldogs 8 Ole Miss Softball Complex Oxford, MS 2–4 1,163 M. Montemayor J. Traina |- !colspan=9| NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional May 20 6:00 PM w yes 4 Jackson State Tigers Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 8–0(5) 1,917 J. Traina T. Sims May 21 1:00 PM w yes 4 Memphis Tigers Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 7–1 1,958 K. Dunne C. Hummel May 22 1:00 PM w yes 4 Chattanooga Mocs Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 11–2(6) 2,028 K. Dunne K. Irwin |- !colspan=9| NCAA Tuscaloosa Super Regional May 26 7:00 PM l yes 4 Stanford Cardinal 11 Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 2–5 1,686 T. Gerhart K. Dunne May 27 3:30 PM w yes 4 Stanford Cardinal 11 Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 10–0(5) 1,984 K. Dunne T. Gerhart May 27 6:00 PM w yes 4 Stanford Cardinal 11 Rhoads Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL 1–0 2,144 J. Traina T. Gerhart |- !colspan=9| Women's College World Series June 2 12:00 PM w yes 4 California Golden Bears 7 ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK 1–0 7,280 K. Dunne J. Henderson June 3 6:00 PM w yes 4 Baylor Bears 17 ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK 3–0 8,672 K. Dunne W. Canion June 5 12:00 PM l yes 4 Florida Gators 3 ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK 2–16(5) 7,726 S. Brombacher K. Dunne June 5 6:00 PM l yes 4 Florida Gators 3 ASA Hall of Fame Stadium Oklahoma City, OK 2–9 5,447 H. Rogers K. Dunne SEC Central Time Zone †   In light of the tornado that caused massive damage in the Tuscaloosa area on April 27, the Alabama softball team's weekend series with Kentucky, scheduled to be played at Rhoads Stadium on April 29-May 1 was canceled and not be made up. Scoring by inning Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 EX TOTAL Opponents 27 16 18 17 15 15 12 6 126 Alabama 88 77 64 86 47 48 26 2 438 Ranking movement Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Final NFCANFCA Poll https://web.archive.org/web/20090106045156/http://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-softbl/division_i3.html 2009-01-06 67 5 3 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 76 4 4 USA SoftballUSA Softball Poll https://web.archive.org/web/20100310233716/http://www.ncaa.com/sports/w-softbl/division_i2.html 2010-03-10 33 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 6 5 43 Awards and honors Kelsi Dunne SEC Pitcher of the Year Finalists for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year First Team All-SEC SEC All-Defensive team Whitney Larsen First Team All-SEC SEC All-Defensive team SEC All-Tournament Team Kayla Braud Finalists for USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year First Team All-SEC Capital One Academic All-America Amanda Locke Second Team All-SEC Kaila Hunt Freshman All-SEC team Kendall Dawson SEC All-Defensive team Jazlyn Lunceford SEC All-Defensive team Jennifer Fenton SEC All-Tournament Team See also 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team References Category:2011 Southeastern Conference softball season Category:Alabama Crimson Tide softball seasons Alabama Crimson Tide softball season Alabama Category:Women's College World Series seasons