The No. 15 Alabama Crimson Tide earned its 26th-straight postseason bid and 20th-straight as a national host seed. Joining Alabama at Rhoads Stadium May 16-18 a

Alabama softball will head to an NCAA-record 19th Super Regional round next weekend after defeating Virginia Tech, 3-2, in Sunday’s Tuscaloosa Regional championship.

In the Virginia Tech softball team was looking to force a game two in the Tuscaloosa regional round. But Alabama scored three runs in the top of the fifth. Virginia Tech senior infielder Rachel Castine hit a two-run homer to bring the Hokies within one in the bottom of the seventh.