2011 TENNESSEE LADY VOL SOFTBALL Tennessee Media Relations -- Associate A.D. for Communications: Jimmy Stanton • Associate A.D. for Media Relations: Debby Jennings, Bud Ford • Associate Directors: Eric Trainer, John Painter, Tom Satkowiak • Assistant Directors: Brian Davis (Softball Contact, 865-696-7947 cell, bdavis16@utk.edu), Cameron Harris Graduate Assistants: Todd Mounce, Zach Stipe, Amanda Pruitt, Drew Rutherford, Andrew Lentz • Student Assistant: Donnie Conley
2011 LADY VOL SOFTBALL SCHEDULE STETSON LEADOFF CLASSIC • DeLand, Fla. 2/12 vs. Michigan State W, 11-2 2/12 vs. Stetson W, 11-0 2/13 vs. Boston College W, 8-0 2/13 vs. Michigan State W, 14-0 2/15
ETSU
(5) (5) (5) (5)
Southern Utah
3 p.m. PT
CATHEDRAL CITY CLASSIC • Cathedral City, Calif. 2/24 vs. UC Santa Barbara 3:30 p.m. PT 2/24 vs. San Diego State 8:30 p.m. PT 2/25 vs. BYU 1 p.m. PT 2/25 vs. Loyola Marymount 8 p.m. PT 2/26 vs. UCLA 3 p.m. PT 3/3
EVANSVILLE
6 p.m.
TENNESSEE CLASSIC • Knoxville, Tenn. 3/4 LOUISIANA-MONROE 5:30 3/5 FURMAN 1 3/5 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 3 3/6 DUTCH NATIONAL TEAM (Exh.) 1 3/6 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 3 3/8 3/11 3/12 3/13 3/15 3/17 3/18 3/22 3/25 3/26 3/27 3/29 4/1 4/2 4/3 4/6 4/8 4/9 4/10 4/13 4/15 4/16 4/17 4/19 4/21 4/22 4/23 4/29 4/30 5/1 5/6 5/7 5/8
LIBERTY at Kentucky* at Kentucky* at Kentucky* Tennessee State IOWA IOWA ALABAMA* (DH) SOUTH CAROLINA* SOUTH CAROLINA* SOUTH CAROLINA* at Austin Peay AUBURN* (ESPNU) AUBURN* AUBURN* at Georgia* (DH) at Ole Miss* at Ole Miss* at Ole Miss* APPALACHIAN STATE at LSU* at LSU* (ESPN2) at LSU* RADFORD MISSISSIPPI STATE* MISSISSIPPI STATE* MISSISSIPPI STATE* ARKANSAS* ARKANSAS* ARKANSAS* at Florida* at Florida* (ESPN) at Florida* (ESPNU)
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5/12-14 SEC TOURNAMENT Oxford, Miss.
TBA
5/20-22 NCAA REGIONALS Campus Sites
TBA
5/27-28 NCAA SUPER REGIONALS Campus Sites
TBA
6/2-8
WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Oklahoma City, Okla. TBA (CT)
* denotes Southeastern Conference game HOME GAMES IN BOLD
TENNESSEE
ETSU
Record : 4-0 Nat’l Rank: 4/7 Batt. Avg.: .475 Runs P.G.: 11.0 Team ERA: 0.70 Team Field %: 1.000 Doubles: 5 Triples: 0 HR: 7 Steals: 13-16
‘10 Record 21-35, 5-15 A-Sun ‘11 Nat’l Rank: N/R ‘10 Batt. Avg.: .260 ‘10 Runs P.G.: 3.84 ‘10 Team ERA: 4.98 Series: UT leads 13-0 Last meeting: UT won 5-0 on 4/14/09
5 p.m.
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER DESERT CLASSIC • Las Vegas, Nev. 2/18 vs. Cal Poly 3:45 p.m. PT 2/18 vs. Boise State 6 p.m. PT 2/19 vs. UNLV 3:45 p.m. PT 2/19 vs. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 6 p.m. PT 2/20 vs. Stanford 11:15 a.m. PT 2/22
ETSU FEB. 15
Top Hitters
Top Returnees
Raven Chavanne (.692, 2 HR, 10 RBI) Kat Dotson (.636, HR, 9 RBI) Lauren Gibson (.545, HR, 9 RBI) Shelby Burchell (.700, HR, 4 RBI)
Katie Henderson (.274 avg., 6 HR, 19 RBI) Annie Martin (.269, 0 HR, 6 RBI) Sam Lower (.241, 3 HR, 12 RBI)
Top Pitcher by Wins
Top Ret. Pitcher
Ellen Renfroe (2-0, 0.00 ERA, 12 K’s, 10 IP)
Jessica Duncan-P (3.63 ERA, 9-8, 121.1 IP, 77 K’s)
Chavanne On Yet Another Streak! Sophomore outfielder Raven Chavanne carries a streak of NINE CONSECUTIVE PLATE APPEARANCES HAVING REACHED SAFELY VIA HIT OR WALK (10 if you count her reaching via a Stetson error in the Feb. 12 match-up) into the Big Orange’s Tuesday home-opening contest against ETSU. The most amazing part of her current effort is that the last seven of those plate appearances (a perfect 6-for-6 hitting and a walk) occurred over two games on Sun., Feb. 13, a day SHE WAS SUFFERING THE EFFECTS OF FOOD POISONING. This isn’t the first time the Thousand Oaks, Calif., native has been involved in a big streak of some kind. The most impressive to date occurred during her rookie season as Chavanne reached over 22 straight plate appearances by hit, walk, error or fielder’s choice and also had a skein of eight straight base hits. Great Against Teams In-State! Tennessee kicks off its 2011 schedule against in-state schools on Tuesday, Feb. 15 versus ETSU in Knoxville. The Lady Vols have made a habit of dominating its series’ with in-state schools since starting the UT program in 1996. All-time, the Orange & White is now an incredible 95-3 overall against a combination of 10 Tennessee schools. Co-head coaches Ralph and Karen Weekly have gone 61-0 against in-state programs since arriving at Rocky Top. UT HAS ALSO WON 67 STRAIGHT GAMES AGAINST IN-STATE OPPONENTS SINCE SUFFERING ITS LAST DEFEAT BACK ON MARCH 22, 2000, AGAINST MTSU. In fact, two of Tennessee’s three all-time in-state losses came against Chattanooga when coached by...Karen Weekly in 1999. The Lady Vols are 17-0 against Austin Peay, 16-0 against Tennessee Tech and 14-0 versus Belmont, 16-1 versus Middle Tennessee, 13-0 in games with ETSU. UT is also 8-0 versus Tennessee State, 6-0 against Lipscomb, 3-2 against Chattanooga and 1-0 versus Memphis and UT-Martin. Home Openers = Victory Throughout Lady Vol softball history, the first contest of the year in the friendly confines of
Tennessee Lady Vol Softball Contact: Brian Davis, Assistant Media Relations Director • (865) 974-7478 (office)/(865) 696-7947 (cell) • bdavis16@utk.edu