TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Drake University softball team lost to Stanford, 9-0, in five innings and to No. 9 Alabama, 6-1, Friday on the first day of the Easton Crimson Classic.
Drake (12-7) fell behind 1-0 to Alabama (16-2) in the first inning after the Crimson Tide scored after a bases loaded walk allowed by junior pitcher Kailee Smith (Murrieta, Calif.). Freshman Mandi Roemmich (West Des Moines, Iowa) tied the game in the bottom of the frame with an RBI groundout that scored sophomore pinch runner Melissa Schlotzhauer (Pilot Grove, Mo.