Where to watch Alabama softball vs Belmont today: Time, TV info

The Alabama Crimson Tide are in the winner’s bracket on Day 2 of the Tuscaloosa Regional at the 2026 NCAA Softball Tournament. The Crimson Tide are the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament and will face the Belmont Bruins Saturday at Rhoads Stadium.

Alabama (50-7) is ranked No. 3 in the NFCA/GoRout Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. Coach Patrick Murphy’s team won its 50th game of the season with an 8-0 run-rule victory over USC Upstate in five innings Friday. The Tide erupted for six runs in the second inning to put the game out of reach early. Marlie Giles hit her sixth home run to start the scoring. Brooke Wells added a two-run single, and Alexis Pupillo smashed a two-run double as Alabama batted 10 times in the second.

Audrey Vandagriff hit her eighth home run in the third inning. Pupillo drove in her third run of the day with an RBI single in the fourth to cap the scoring for Alabama. Freshman Kaitlyn Pallozzi made her 11th start in the circle and held USC Upstate to four hits in five innings to improve to 9-0. She lowered her ERA to 1.47 in 71 2/3 innings.

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Belmont (41-11) is unranked in the Coaches Poll but received the most votes for top-25 consideration. The Bruins defeated Southeastern, 2-0, Friday. Maya Johnson, the NCAA leader in ERA and the No. 3 pick in the 2026 AUSL Collegiate Draft, improved to 28-2 overall. She tossed a complete-game, four-hit shutout. Johnson struck out eight and walked two to lower her ERA to 0.64 this season. She leads Division I softball with 389 strikeouts.

What channel is Alabama softball vs. Belmont on today?

• TV Channel: None
• Livestream: ESPN+

Alabama-Belmont will stream on ESPN+ at the 2026 NCAA Tournament on Saturday. Nate Gatter and Monica Abbott will call the action from the broadcast booth at Rhoads Stadium.

Additionally, the Alabama radio feed of the game featuring play-by-play voice Tom Canterbury can be heard on The Varsity App and on Catfish 100.1 FM in Tuscaloosa.

Alabama softball vs. Belmont start time today

• Date: Saturday, May 16
• Start time: 1 p.m. CT

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The Alabama-Belmont game starts at 1 p.m. CT Saturday from Rhoads Stadium in Tuscaloosa.

NCAA Softball Tournament 2026: Tuscaloosa Regional schedule

After Alabama-Belmont, No. 2 seed Southeastern Louisiana (46-15) will face No. 4 USC Upstate (36-22) at approximately 3:30 p.m. CT Saturday. The nightcap will feature the Southeastern-USC Upstate winner against the loser of Alabama-Belmont at approximately 6 p.m.

Here’s the full Tuscaloosa Regional schedule with final scores and future start times. All start times Central.

Friday

• Game 1: Alabama 8, USC Upstate 0
• Game 2: Belmont 2, Southeastern 0

Saturday

• Game 3: Alabama vs. Belmont 1 p.m., ESPN+
• Game 4: USC Upstate vs. Southeastern, 3:30 p.m.
• Game 5: Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Winner, 6 p.m.

Sunday

• Game 6: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner, 12 p.m.
• Game 7: Game 6 Winner vs. Game 6 Loser, 2:30 p.m. — IF NECESSARY

Alabama softball schedule 2026

Here’s a look at Alabama’s 2026 softball schedule. All times Central.

• Feb. 5: vs. Villanova in Atlanta (W, 17-0)
• Feb. 6: vs. East Carolina in Atlanta (W, 9-1)
• Feb. 6: at Georgia Tech (W, 9-0)
• Feb. 7: vs. Villanova in Atlanta (W, 9-3)
• Feb. 7: at Georgia Tech (W, 7-2)
• Feb. 13: vs. Purdue (W, 10-0)
• Feb. 13: vs. Liberty (W, 6-3)
• Feb. 14: Liberty (W, 8-0)
• Feb. 14: vs. Purdue (W, 8-0)
• Feb. 20: vs. Elon in Tallahassee (W, 7-0)
• Feb. 20: at Florida State (W, 8-0)
• Feb. 21: at Florida State (W, 5-1)
• Feb. 22: vs. Dartmouth in Tallahassee (W, 3-2)
• Feh. 24: vs. UAB (W, 8-0)
• Feb. 27: vs. St. Thomas (W, 2-0)
• Feb. 27: vs. South Carolina (W, 8-0)
• Feb. 28: vs. Kent State (W, 8-0)
• Feb. 28: vs. St. Thomas (W, 7-0)
• March 1: vs. Oakland (W, 8-1)
• March 6-8: at Ole Miss (W, 5-3; W, 13-2; W, 2-1)
• March 10: vs. Samford (W, 8-1)
• March 13-15: vs. Arkansas (W, 4-1; L, 14-9; W, 4-1)
• March 17: vs. ULM (W, 4-1)
• March 20-22: at Missouri (W, 2-1; L, 5-2; W, 4-3)
• March 25: vs. Jacksonville State (W, 10-3)
• March 25: vs. North Alabama (W, 12-0)
• March 27: vs. North Dakota State (W, 8-1)
• March 28: vs. North Dakota State (W, 13-0)
• April 2-4: vs. Texas (L, 9-1; W, 11-4; W, 7-4)
• April 7: vs. South Alabama (W, 8-0)
• April 10-12: at Auburn (W, 1-0; W, 4-0; W, 9-1)
• April 14: at Samford (L, 3-2)
• April 17-19: vs. Kentucky (W, 9-0, W, 5-4; W, 4-0)
• April 21: at UAB (W, 6-0)
• April 25-27: at Tennessee (W, 12-0; L, 2-0; L, 4-1)
• April 30-May 2: vs. South Carolina (W, 3-2; W, 1-0; W, 4-3)
• May 7: vs. Arkansas at SEC Tournament (W, 7-1)
• May 8: vs. Florida at SEC Tournament (W, 9-1)
• May 9: vs. Texas at SEC Tournament (L, 7-1)
• March 15: vs. USC Upstate at NCAA Tournament (W, 8-0)
• March 16: vs. Belmont, 1 p.m., ESPN+

Record: 50-7 overall, 19-5 SEC.

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