DOOLEY Observed: Alabama win's NCAA women's softball title

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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Alabama win's NCAA women's softball title

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) An impromptu party in front of the dugout during a fourth-inning rain delay turned into a celebration that will last a long time for Alabama's softball team.

The Crimson Tide turned the 13-minutte delay into the momentum that propelled them to a four-run inning, the key in their 5-4 win over Oklahoma in the deciding game of their best-of-three NCAA championship series that ended early Thursday.

Jackie Traina threw a five-hitter and delivered a key RBI single, and Alabama became the first Southeastern Conference team to win an NCAA softball title. Alabama (60-8) is the first team from outside the Pacific-12 Conference to win the title since Michigan in 2005.

''It was a heck of a run for us,'' said Alabama coach Patrick Murphy, who returned to the Crimson Tide last year just days after leaving Alabama to accept the head-coaching job at LSU. ''It's a dream come true for everybody at Alabama.

''For us, I don't think it's sunk in yet. It's been a long time coming.''