NORMAN, Okla. – Alabama softball’s season came to an end Saturday afternoon at Love’s Field as the Crimson Tide fell to Oklahoma in game two of the Super Regional round, 13-2, in five innings.

This year marked Alabama’s (40-23) NCAA-best 19th trip to NCAA Super Regionals and the 24th time the Crimson Tide has reached the 40-win mark, 23 of which have come under Head Coach Patrick Murphy.

Oklahoma (50-7) scored first with an RBI single in the second inning and pulled away with an eight-run third to lead 9-0. Solo home runs from Kali Heivilin and Marlie Giles in the third and fourth innings, respectively, brought it back within seven but the Sooners surged back ahead with four in the top of the fifth to lead by double digits, 13-2. Needing to score four runs to avoid the run-rule loss in the bottom half, Lauren Johnson and Heivilin hit back-to-back singles with two out but a groundout ultimately ended the game.

FROM HEAD COACH PATRICK MURPHY

“Thank you to OU for hosting this Super Regional. I know it’s a lot of work for everybody to host two weeks in a row and they did a great job, good hospitality all the way around. Oklahoma is a good team and I know they’ll represent this 2 vs. 15 matchup very well at the World Series.”

HIGHLIGHTS

• This year marked Alabama’s NCAA-record 19th Super Regional appearance and its 26th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance
• Senior Kali Heivilin hit her team-leading 15th home run of the season, giving her as many home runs in her final season as she did in her first three combined
• NFCA Freshman of the Year finalist Audrey Vandagriff ends the season with 50 stolen bases, which ranks fourth in Alabama single-season history and makes her just the third Crimson Tide player to reach 50, joining Brittany Rogers (60 – 2008, 52 – 2009) and current Alabama assistant Kayla Braud (58 – 2011)
• Alabama’s 31 double plays this season is a new school record, beating the previous mark of 26 set in 2003

SCORING SUMMARY

• T2 | Abigale Dayton hit an RBI single up the middle (0-1, 2 Out)
• T3 | Gabbie Garcia hit a two-run home run to right field (0-3, 1 Out)
• T3 | Ailana Agbayani drove in a run on a squeeze bunt (0-4, 1 Out)
• T3 | Isabela Emerling hit an RBI single to left (0-5, 1 Out)
• T3 | Dayton tacked on two more with a single up the middle (0-7, 1 Out)
• T3 | Ella Parker hit a two-run double down the line (0-9, 1 Out)
• B3 | Kali Heivilin knocked a solo home run to center field (1-9, 2 Out)
• B4 | Marlie Giles slugged a solo home run to left (2-9, 2 Out)
• T5 | Parker made it an eight-run game with a solo home run (2-10, 1 Out)
• T5 | Garcia hit a two-run home run (2-12, 1 Out)
• T5 | Nelly McEnroe-Marinas knocked a solo homer to center field (2-13, 1 Out)

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