COLUMBIA, S.C. – Alabama softball’s weekend in Columbia was cut short due to weather, with South Carolina winning Friday’s suspended game two, 3-1, before the third game was called due to weather in the fifth inning with the Gamecocks earning the 7-2 win to take the weekend series over the Crimson Tide.

Alabama (36-20, 12-12 SEC) fell behind South Carolina (39-14, 13-11 SEC) early Friday night after a three-run home run in the first inning from Lexi Winters. With the score still 3-0 in the top of the third, severe weather forced the teams off the field and, after a lengthy delay, the game was ultimately suspended until Saturday morning.

Upon resumption Saturday morning, Marlie Giles got the Crimson Tide on the board with a fourth inning RBI single but that was all the offense for either team as the Gamecocks held on to win, 3-1, and even the weekend series. Alabama was first on the scoreboard in game three with a second inning RBI single from Salen Hawkins but South Carolina answered right back with five runs in the bottom of the inning to swing ahead 5-1. The Tide got a run back in the third but the Gamecocks tacked on two in the bottom of the fourth to make it 7-2.

In the bottom of the fifth, multiple lightning strikes within the eight-mile radius forced a delay of over two hours before the game was eventually called with the final score as 7-2.

Highlights

• Game two was Alabama’s first mid-game suspension since the 2016 Women’s College World series, when the June 2 game vs. Oklahoma was suspended in the second inning and resumed the next day
• Marlie Giles was 7-for-8 at the plate this weekend with four runs scored, a double, home run and four RBIs

Game Two Scoring Summary (Resumed From Friday)

• B1 | Lexi Winters got the Gamecocks on the board with a three-run home run (0-3, 2 Out)
• T4 | Marlie Giles got the Tide on the board with an RBI single to left (1-3, 2 Out)

Game Three Scoring Summary (Called in the Fifth Due to Weather)

• T2 | Salen Hawkins drove in Marlie Giles from second with an RBI single (1-0, 1 Out)
• B2 | Emily Vinson hit a bases-loaded single up the middle to score two (1-2, 2 Out)
• B2 | Quincee Lilio hit a two-run double to center (1-4, 2 Out)
• B2 | Karley Shelton hit an RBI single up the middle (1-5, 2 Out)
• T3 | Kali Heivilin drove in Lauren Johnson with an RBI single down the right field line (2-5, 1 Out)
• B4 | Lexi Winters dropped an RBI single into left field (2-6, 2 Out)
• B4 | Ella Chancey hit an RBI single up the middle (2-7, 2 Out)

Up Next: 2025 SEC Tournament (Athens, GA.)

• Tuesday, May 6 – Saturday, May 10
• Opponent TBD