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SEC Coaches Pick Alabama Softball to Finish … Fourth?
If the Alabama Crimson Tide softball workforce wanted any extra motivation for the upcoming 2023 season, it was delivered on Thursday.
The annual preseason ballot by the league’s head coaches was launched and the Crimson Tide was picked the end … fourth.
Alabama completed second to Arkansas final season in the course of the SEC common season, and was upset within the quarterfinals of the SEC Match. Seeded sixth within the NCAA Match, the Crimson Tide (44-13) didn’t make the Tremendous Regionals for the primary time in program historical past as Stanford ended its season early.
However fourth?
The one preseason rankings out up to now, the DI preseason High 25, has Patrick Murphy’s workforce at No. 6 within the nation, proper behind Florida at No. 5.
We’ll have to attend and see what the Crimson Tide thinks in regards to the snubbing. SEC groups are slated to start the 2023 softball season on February 9, with convention play set to start on Friday, March 10.
Particular to the SEC coaches’ ballot, the Gators acquired 5 first-place votes and 134 factors to steer the preseason ballot.
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Tennessee garnered three first-place votes and 126 factors to complete in second place.
Arkansas, the defending SEC Champion, earned 5 first-place votes and 122 factors to take third place.
Alabama tallied 118 factors to position fourth, and LSU rounded out the highest 5 with 87 factors.
Factors have been compiled on a descending foundation. Coaches weren’t allowed to vote for their very own workforce.
The 2023 SEC Softball Match is scheduled for Could 9-13 at Bogle Park in Fayetteville, Ark.
SEC Preseason Softball Ballot
- Florida (5) 134
- Tennessee (3) 126
- Arkansas 122
- Alabama 118
- LSU 87
- Georgia 85
- Kentucky 84
- Missouri 63
- Auburn 61
- Ole Miss 49
- Mississippi State 44
- Texas A&M 28
- South Carolina 13
See Additionally:
Inside Alabama Softball’s Busy Offseason
Outfielder Religion Hensley Explains Why She Transferred to Alabama