Tide alums back home for NPF playoffs

Former Crimson Tide softball player Kelley Montalvo plays for the Akron Racers pro team. The Racers are the No. 4 seed in this weekend's National Pro Fastpich playoffs, which is being played in Tuscaloosa at Rhoads Stadium. Photo/ Jade Hewitt, National Pro FastpitchAt least one former University of Alabama softball player will win a championship on her old home field when the National Pro Fastpitch playoffs take place starting this week at Rhoads Stadium.

All four of the league's Crimson Tide alums are coming home with the four-team field set for the NPF Championship Series, which begins Friday with semifinal play.

Outfielders Kelly Kretschman and Haylie McCleney, both four-time All-Americans…