TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama softball secured a series sweep over Missouri Sunday afternoon at Rhoads Stadium, shutting out the Tigers 2-0.

The series sweep is Alabama’s (35-18, 11-10 SEC) first this season and its first since taking three games over Ole Miss April 5-7 last year. It is the Crimson Tide’s fourth straight series win over Missouri (23-29, 4-17 SEC) and its first sweep of the Tigers since March 8-10, 2019.

The two teams were locked in a scoreless pitcher’s duel until the bottom of the fifth, when a two-out single up the middle from Lauren Johnson allowed Audrey Vandagriff to score all the way from first and put the first run on the board. Brooke Ellestad doubled the lead with a solo home run to lead off the bottom of the sixth and that was all the Crimson Tide needed as Jocelyn Briski (14-10) and the Alabama defense faced the minimum in the seventh, with a one-out single erased on a game-ending 4-6-3 double play to secure the shutout and the series sweep.

“[Jocelyn] Briski one-upped everybody today with no walks and a shutout on the third day where she was facing their hitters again. Her, Riley Valentine and [pitching coach] Lance [McMahon] did an awesome job today working together on that. Our team defense has been awesome recently, the best its been all year, and it was poetic to end the game with a double play.”

Highlights

• This weekend marked Alabama’s first SEC series sweep of the season and its first since April 5-7, 2024 vs. Ole Miss
• The Crimson Tide has now won four straight series over the Tigers, with this weekend as its first sweep since March 8-10, 2019
• Jocelyn Briski threw her second complete-game shutout of the season, holding the Tigers to just five singles with no walks allowed
• Brooke Ellestad’s sixth-inning home run was her eighth of the season, giving her a .500 (5-for-10) average over the weekend with two doubles, a home run and seven RBIs
• Abby Duchscherer hit her first career triple to lead off the third inning, becoming the 10th Tide batter this season with at least one triple

Scoring Summary

Up Next: at #13/11 South Carolina (Columbia, S.C.)

• Thursday, May 1 – 5 p.m. CT
• Friday, May 2 – 5 p.m. CT
• Saturday, May 3 – 11 a.m. CT – SEC Network