Perfect Game and Explosive Offense Highlight Two-Win Wednesday for Softball

Wednesday, March 25

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

3:30 p.m. CT

Alabama

30-2

Jacksonville State

23-10

Jax State

Alabama

Marlie Giles (34) puts a glove on Brooke Wells' (15) head during a postgame interview

Perfect Game and Explosive Offense Highlight Two-Win Wednesday for Softball

3/25/2026 9:35:00 PM | Softball

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Jocelyn Briski, Alea Johnson and Braya Hodges throw a combined perfect game vs. UNA

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The 11th perfect game in program history and some explosive offense highlighted a pair of Wednesday wins for Alabama softball against Jacksonville State, 10-3, and UNA, 12-0.

Alabama (31-2) and Jacksonville State (23-10) traded runs back and forth until a three-run home run from Jena Young in the bottom of the fifth gave the Crimson Tide the lead for good. Alabama then added four more in the sixth to bring it to its final tally of 10-3. In the second game of the day against UNA (21-8), the pitching stole the headlines from another potent offensive performance as Jocelyn Briski (13-0), Alea Johnson and Braya Hodges combined for a five-inning perfect game, the 11th perfect game in program history and already the second this season following Kaitlyn Pallozzi's against Elon on Feb. 20.

Brooke Wells was 4-for-6 on the day scoring six runs, including three home runs to give her back the team lead with 14 this season. Alexis Pupillo added one of her own, her 12th of the year, and extended her reached base streak to 29 games. Jena Young drove in four runs on the day, three of which came on the go-ahead home run against the Gamecocks as part of a 3-for-3 day at the plate in game one. In the circle in game one, Vic Moten (12-2) struck out a season-high 12 batters in 5.0 innings of work.

From Head Coach Patrick Murphy

"It was an awesome night. I've said it from day one - the best way to respect an opponent is to play to your potential - and we did that tonight against both teams. Both teams are great in-state opponents. I thought our batters were terrific all night long and you've got to give it to the three pitchers in the second game with the perfect game. It was a great night and everybody on the team did something good. Their confidence should be sky high with this performance."

Highlights

The perfect game vs. UNA is the 11th in Alabama program history and already the second this season following Kaitlyn Pallozzi's against Elon (Feb. 20)
Alabama's 17 hits vs. Jax State beats the previous season high of 16 hits set in the season opener vs. Villanova (Feb. 5)
Jena Young had a season-high three hits and tied her career high with three RBIs vs. JSU, with all three runs driven in coming on a fifth-inning home run
The win over the Gamecocks was Brooke Wells' second multi-homer game of the season, previously hitting two vs. Samford (March 10)
Vic Moten earned the win vs. Jax State behind a season-best 12 strikeouts over 5.0 innings pitched
Mari Hubbard's three runs and three RBIs against UNA are both career highs
Alexis Pupillo's reached-base streak sits at 29 games after Wednesday's games, two shy of her career best of 31 set as a freshman at UNI in 2023

Scoring Summary vs. Jax State

B1 | Marlie Giles drove in Brooke Wells with an RBI single (1-0, 2 Out)
T3 | Jax State took the lead on a two-run double to center (1-2, 2 Out)
B3 | Brooke Wells tied the game with a solo homer (2-2, 0 Out)
B4 | Audrey Vandagriff sent an RBI single back up the middle (3-2, 1 Out)
T5 | Emma Elrod tied the game with a solo home run (3-3, 2 Out)
B5 | Jena Young blasted a three-run home run (6-3, 2 Out)
B6 | Wells hit her second home run of the day, a solo shot to center (7-3, 0 Out)
B6 | Larissa Preuitt legged out an RBI triple to the gap in right (8-3, 0 Out)
B6 | Salen Hawkins dropped an RBI single to center (9-3, 1 Out)
B6 | Lauren Johnson pulled an RBI single through the left side (10-3, 2 Out)

Scoring Summary vs. UNA

B1 | Alexis Pupillo got the Tide on the board with an RBI double (1-0, 1 Out)
B1 | Mari Hubbard drove in two with a double in the gap (3-0, 1 Out)
B1 | Hubbard scored from second on an RBI single from Ana Roman (4-0, 1 Out)
B1 | A standup double from Ambrey Taylor scored Roman from second (5-0, 1 Out)
B2 | Alexis Pupillo crushed a three-run home run to right center (8-0, 1 Out)
B2 | Hubbard hit a solo shot towards the scoreboard (9-0, 1 Out)
B3 | Brooke Wells hit her third home run of the day, a two-run shot to the scoreboard (11-0, 2 Out)
B4 | Hubbard scored from third on a sac fly RBI (12-0, 1 Out)