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Tide facing team with Tuscaloosa ties

Homecomings are usually for the home team. That's not how it will be tonight at Rhoads Stadium when the University of Alabama softball team hosts Samford. The game will be a homecoming of sort for several members of the visiting Bulldogs.

Enlarge | HILLCREST VS. BAKER SOFTBALL Hillcrest's Callie Brister (8) picks up an infield hit and turns to first for an out in the second inning during the Hillcrest vs. Baker AHSAA Softball Championship games in Montgomery, Ala. Friday, May 18, 2012. ACA lost to Mobile Christian 4-0. (Dusty Compton / Tuscaloosa News) Tuscaloosa News

Head coach Mandy Burford, who guided Samford to a program-best 38 wins last season, was a team captain at UA.