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2013 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD
USF 4 TEAM TOURNAMENT
5-0, 0-0 SEC NFCA Rank: 4 USA Softball Rank: 4 Team BA: .424 Team ERA: 1.93 Runs Per Game: 10.6
4-1, 0-0 ACC NFCA Rank: NR USA Softball Rank: NR Team BA: .260 Team ERA: 3.38 Runs Per Game: 4.0
STRONG START FOR LADY VOLS No. 4/4 Tennessee jumped out to an impressive start to the 2013 season last week in the Red Desert Classic, UT notched wins over Southern Utah, Idaho State, Utah State, South Dakota and BYU. The Lady Vols 18 runs scored against Southern Utah marked the most ever in a season opener in team history and the most for the program since an 18-0 win over ETSU on Feb. 15, 2011. UT’s win over Southern Utah also marked the 800th in program history. Tennessee is hitting .424 entering this weekend’s tournament and averaging a whopping 10.6 runs per game. Here are UT’s hitting leaders through the first weekend of play: Hannah Akamine: .778 BA (7-for-9), one HR, five RBIs, six runs Rainey Gaffin: .667 BA (4-for-6), one triple, three RBIs, three runs Cheyanne Tarango: .636 BA (7-for-11), two homers, one double, six RBIs, seven runs Raven Chavanne: .571 BA (8-for-14), one homer, two doubles, seven RBIs, seven runs Here are UT’s pitching leaders through the first weekend of play: Ellen Renfroe: 2-0, 1.17 ERA, 12 IP, 14 Ks, .159 opp. BA Ivy Renfroe: 1-0, 1.50 ERA, 4.2 IP, six Ks, .000 opp. BA
THAT’S SO RAVEN TRACKING CHAVANNE IN UT RECORDS Senior Raven Chavanne chasing some of Tennessee’s all-time offensive records. Check out her progress! Career Batting Average (Leader): .447 (second place is India Chiles at .417) Career Runs (Sixth): 181 Top Five 1. Lindsay Schutzler: 241 2. Kelli Fitzgerald: 192 3. Sarah Fekete: 189 4. Carrie Swinford: 186 5. Kelly Grieve: 183 Career Hits (Seventh): 272 Top Six 1. Lindsay Schutzler: 362 2. Kristi Durant: 315 3. Sarah Fekete: 296 4. Tonya Callahan: 284 5. Kelli Fitzgerald: 281 6. Carrie Swinford: 276 Career Stolen Bases (Second): 106 (Leader is Lindsay Schutzler at 120)
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THE SCHEDULE
FEB. 15-17 AT USF SOFTBALL STADIUM IN TAMPA, FLA. No. 4/4 TENNESSEE NORTH CAROLINA STATE
OVERALL RECORD:
COASTAL CAROLINA
No. 12/12 USF
2-3, 0-0 Big South NFCA Rank: NR USA Softball Rank: NR Team BA: .222 Team ERA: 3.03 Runs Per Game: 3.8
3-1, 0-0 BIG EAST NFCA Rank: 12 USA Softball Rank: 12 2012 BA: .284 2012 ERA: 0.81 2012 Runs Per Game: 3.8
SERIES NOTES UT-NC State (UT leads 1-0) Tennessee and North Carolina State have played just once before in the history of both programs. On March 9, 2006, UT took a 9-0 win over the Wolfpack. That win came in the 2006 USF adidas Tournament in Tampa, Fla. Tonya Callahan and Liane Horiuchi hit home runs and Monica Abbott pitched a 12-strikeout, two-hitter in a 9-0 UT win.
UT-Coastal Carolina (UT leads 5-0) The Lady Vols hold a 5-0 edge in their all-time series against Coastal Carolina. The teams last played on Feb. 9, 2007 as Monica Abbott tossed a 13-strikeout one-hitter in UT’s 8-0, five-inning win in Chapel Hill, N.C. Tennessee has a 2-0 edge on the Chanticleers in neutral site games. UT has outscored Coastal Carolina 52-4 in the history of the series. Back in the team’s first meeting in 1996, Tennessee took a 23-0 win in Knoxville.
UT-USF (USF leads 8-7-1) USF leads the tightly-contested all-time series, 8-71. The teams last played on Feb. 17, 2008, with the Bulls taking a 4-1 win in Tampa. Under the direction of co-head coaches Ralph Weekly and Karen Weekly, Tennessee is 2-1-1 against USF. The Lady Vols’ last win against the Bulls was an 8-0, five-inning decision on March 11, 2006, in Clearwater, Fla. Monica Abbott tossed the 14th no-hitter of her career and fanned 13 batters and Tonya Callahan and Katherine Card each drove in a pair of runs in the UT victory. When the series is played in Tampa, USF has a 6-2-1 all-time edge in the series. UT’s last win vs. the Bulls in Tampa was a 4-3 decision on Feb. 1, 2002.
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DATE Feb. 7 Feb. 8 Feb. 8 Feb. 9 Feb. 9 Feb. 10 Feb. 15 Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Feb. 16 Feb. 17 Feb. 21 Feb. 21 Feb. 22 Feb. 22 Feb. 23 Feb. 26 Feb. 28 Mar. 1 Mar. 1 Mar. 2 Mar. 2 Mar. 3 Mar. 8 Mar. 9 Mar. 10 Mar. 12 Mar. 15 Mar. 16 Mar.17 Mar. 19 Mar. 22 Mar. 23 Mar. 24 Mar. 27 April 1 April 2 April 5 April 6 April 7 April 10 April 12 April 13 April 14 April 16 April 19 April 20 April 21 April 24 April 24 April 26 April 27 April 28 May 3 May 4 May 5
OPPONENT TIME vs. Southern Utah ! W, 18-3 (5) Idaho State ! W, 14-2 (5) Utah State ! W, 10-0 (5) South Dakota ! W, 5-0 BYU ! W, 6-3 Oklahoma State ! Canceled NC State # 11:30 a.m. Coastal Carolina # 1:45 p.m. USF # 1:15 p.m. Semifinals # TBA Finals/Third Place Game # TBA Long Beach State $ 6:30 p.m. Cal State Fullerton $ 11:30 p.m. Northwestern $ 4 p.m. UCLA $ 6:30 p.m. UC Santa Barbara $ 11 p.m. LIPSCOMB 5 p.m. at College of Charleston 3 p.m. UNC-Wilmington % 1 p.m. at Charleston Southern % 3 p.m. UNC-Wilmington % 9 a.m. Valparaiso % 11 a.m. at Charleston Southern % 3 p.m. ALABAMA 6:30 p.m. ALABAMA 2:30 p.m. ALABAMA 1:30 p.m. WINTHROP 5 p.m. at Florida 6 p.m. at Florida 11 a.m., ESPNU at Florida 1 p.m., FSN MURRAY STATE 6 p.m. TEXAS A&M 6:30 p.m. TEXAS A&M 6:30 p.m., ESPNU TEXAS A&M 1:30 p.m. EASTERN KENTUCKY 6 p.m. WESTERN CAROLINA 6 p.m. TENNESSEE STATE 7 p.m. at Georgia 6 p.m. at Georgia 4 p.m. at Georgia 1 p.m., FSN TENNESSEE TECH 6 p.m. AUBURN 6:30 p.m. AUBURN 12 p.m., CSS AUBURN 1:30 p.m. APPALACHIAN ST. 6 p.m. at Ole Miss 7 p.m. at Ole Miss 3 p.m. at Ole Miss 2 p.m. JAMES MADISON (DH1) 5 p.m. JAMES MADISON (DH2) 7 p.m. ARKANSAS 7 p.m., FSN ARKANSAS 2:30 p.m. ARKANSAS 1:30 p.m. at Missouri 7 p.m. at Missouri 7:30 p.m. ESPN at Missouri 1 p.m.
SEC Tourney: May 8-11 in Lexington, Ky. NCAA Reg: May 16-19 NCAA Super Regionals: May 23-26 WCWS: May 30-June 5 in Oklahoma City, Okla. Indicates SEC games ! = Red Desert Classic; # = USF 4 Team; $ = Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic; % = Buccaneer Invitational
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