{"id":212317,"date":"2026-06-01T06:04:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/who-does-alabama-softball-play-after-nebraska-in-womens-college-world-series-the-tuscaloosa-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T06:04:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:04:01","slug":"who-does-alabama-softball-play-after-nebraska-in-womens-college-world-series-the-tuscaloosa-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/who-does-alabama-softball-play-after-nebraska-in-womens-college-world-series-the-tuscaloosa-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Who does Alabama softball play after Nebraska in Women&#039;s College World Series? &#8211; The Tuscaloosa News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OKLAHOMA CITY \u2014 <a href=\/story\/sports\/college\/softball\/2026\/05\/29\/alexis-pupillo-uses-straight-a-work-ethic-to-prepare-for-alabama-softballs-wcws-exam\/90266105007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Alabama softball<\/a> can&#8217;t stop winning, and it&#8217;ll try to ride that streak all the way to a <a href=\/story\/sports\/college\/softball\/2026\/05\/28\/brooke-wells-busted-lip-alabama-softball-ucla-home-run\/90065781007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Women&#8217;s College World Series<\/a> championship.<br \/>A 5-1 win over No. 4 seed Nebraska kept the No. 1 seed <a target=_blank href=https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college-sports\/sec\/alabama data-autotag=e30714d4-452f-4b2f-a785-b94b876120ef rel=noopener data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>Crimson Tide<\/a> in the winners bracket Saturday, May 30 at Devon Park in Oklahoma City.<br \/>Marlie Giles started off hot with a three-run homer in the first inning, adding an RBI off a sac fly in the third. Jena Young added the final touch with an RBI single in the fourth.<br \/>The Crimson Tide will now face the winner of <a target=_blank href=https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college-sports\/big-ten\/ucla data-autotag=3a4d050f-c443-483d-b79a-1b3c4e0cf903 rel=noopener data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>UCLA<\/a> vs. Texas Tech in the semifinal round at 6 p.m. CT Monday, June 1 on ESPN2.<br \/>Alabama started its Oklahoma City run with a <a href=\/story\/sports\/college\/softball\/2026\/05\/28\/alabama-softball-pitching-ucla-power-womens-college-world-series-jocelyn-briski-megan-grant\/90065772007\/ data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>gritty 6-3 win over UCLA<\/a>, where Alexis Pupillo shot a two-run homer and Brooke Wells added a three-run bomb to give the Crimson Tide the edge.<br \/>The last time Alabama faced Texas Tech, the Crimson Tide won the 2017 series with two-straight wins, the final a shutout run rule in six innings.<br \/>UCLA and Texas Tech will face off in an elimination round at 6 p.m. CT Sunday, May 31 on ESPN2.<br \/>The 2026 Women&#8217;s College World Series runs from May 28 to June 4\/5. Here&#8217;s the full schedule for the Women&#8217;s College World Series.<br \/><em>All times Central<\/em><br \/><em>Amelia Hurley covers high school and college sports for The Tuscaloosa News and USA TODAY Network. You can find her on X at\u00a0<a href=https:\/\/x.com\/ameliahurley_ data-t-l=:b|z|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>ameliahurley_<\/a>\u00a0or reach her at ahurley@usatodayco.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8wFBVV95cUxPdTRuREgyY00wMDlnN1E5THV1TUJLWE5RWTdlem14Z3VVY0ZVcGswOU95YWp5VW5naUd5dGd4cWRKRFBLdXIyU0N2UGljZ2NtUE8tbGhfazhacjlQeEdvNVI5WGJ0VnhFNVZvSUpheVZiMWZ4MndVR0c1bXo2dGhRR0o3Q2cwWFl1ZFBSNEFqdHEwR3V3YVlHWWhINXUzOW1kblJUQ1FZcnllV2tmLVJIdHpVMDJUdXRpamdyMjVHMFI5ZlZmQnNsaU1ESXBZXzhnaGk5N0FNVDBfVEthV2RuZlU2RTRUbnJhOS1vV05VMktWTG8?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OKLAHOMA CITY \u2014 Alabama softball can&#8217;t stop winning, and it&#8217;ll try to ride that streak all the way to a Women&#8217;s College World Series championship.A 5-1 win over No. 4 seed Nebraska kept the No. 1 seed Crimson Tide in the winners bracket Saturday, May 30 at Devon Park in Oklahoma City.Marlie Giles started off [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":212318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-212317","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}