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
W, 10-1 (5)
CATHEDRAL CITY CLASSIC • Cathedral City, Calif. 2/24 vs. UC Santa Barbara W, 2-0 2/24 vs. San Diego State W, 11-3 (6) 2/25 vs. #25/NR BYU W, 4-1 2/25 vs. Loyola Marymount W, 7-2 2/26 vs. #2/3 UCLA W, 7-1 3/3
EVANSVILLE
W, 6-0
TENNESSEE CLASSIC • Knoxville, Tenn. 3/4 LOUISIANA-MONROE W, 3-1 3/5 FURMAN W, 6-4 3/5 GEORGIA SOUTHERN W, 8-0 (5) 3/6 GEORGIA SOUTHERN W, 10-2 (5) 3/6 DUTCH NAT’L TEAM (Exh.) W, 6-5 3/8 3/11 3/12 3/13 3/15 3/17 3/18 3/22 3/22 3/25 3/26 3/27 4/1 4/2 4/3 4/6 4/6 4/8 4/9 4/10 4/13 4/15 4/16 4/17 4/19 4/21 4/22 4/23 4/26 4/29 4/30 5/1 5/6 5/7 5/8
LIBERTY CANCELLED at RV/23 Kentucky* L, 6-9 at RV/23 Kentucky* W, 10-0 at RV/23 Kentucky* L, 4-5 (10) Tennessee State W, 16-2 (6) IOWA W, 7-3 IOWA W, 2-0 #1 ALABAMA* L, 5-9 #1 ALABAMA* W, 4-1 SOUTH CAROLINA* W, 4-2 (8) SOUTH CAROLINA* (SportSouth) W, 10-3 SOUTH CAROLINA* W, 5-4 #22/21 AUBURN* (ESPNU) W, 2-1 (10) #22/21 AUBURN* L, 1-9 #22/21 AUBURN* W, 8-0 (6) at #2 Georgia* (CSS) 4 p.m. at #2 Georgia* (CSS) 6:30 p.m. at Ole Miss* 5 p.m. CT at Ole Miss* 1 p.m. CT at Ole Miss* (SportSouth) 1 p.m. CT APPALACHIAN STATE 6 p.m. at LSU* 6 p.m. CT at LSU* (ESPN2) 11 a.m. CT at LSU* 1 p.m. CT RADFORD 6 p.m. MISSISSIPPI STATE* (SportSouth) 7 p.m. MISSISSIPPI STATE* (SportSouth) 6 p.m. MISSISSIPPI STATE* Noon at Austin Peay 5 p.m. CT ARKANSAS* 6 p.m. ARKANSAS* 1 p.m. ARKANSAS* 1 p.m. at Florida* 5 p.m. at Florida* (ESPN) Noon at Florida* (ESPNU) 3 p.m.
5/12-14 SEC TOURNAMENT Oxford, Miss.
TBA
5/20-22 NCAA REGIONALS Campus Sites
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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 Rankings listed as NFCA/USA Softball HOME GAMES IN BOLD
#9/8 TENNESSEE
#2 GEORGIA
Record 29-6, 7-4 SEC Nat’l Rank: 9/8 Batt. Avg.: .361 Runs P.G.: 7.46 Team ERA: 2.06 Hits: 338 HR’s: 43 Stolen Bases: 82 Fld. %: .974
Record 32-4, 8-3 SEC Nat’l Rank: 2/2 Batt. Avg.: .328 Runs P.G.: 7.25 Team ERA: 1.91 Series: UGA leads 27-25 Last meeting: UT won 7-5 on 6/4/10
W, 18-0 (5)
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER DESERT CLASSIC • Las Vegas, Nev. 2/18 vs. Cal Poly W, 11-2 (6) 2/18 vs. Boise State W, 15-1 (5) 2/19 vs. UNLV L, 3-4 2/19 vs. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville W, 12-2 (5) 2/20 vs. #19/18 Stanford L, 0-5 2/22
#2 GEORGIA (DH) -- APRIL 6
Top Hitters by Avg. Top Hitters by Avg. Kat Dotson Ashley Pauly (.441 avg., 10 HR, 52 RBI) (.442 avg., 1 HR, 17 RBI) Raven Chavanne Alisa Goler (.436, 3 HR, 20 RBI) (.429, 13 HR, 42 RBI) Lauren Gibson Megan Wiggins (.420, 2 HR, 35 RBI) (.384, 6 HR, 34 RBI)
Top Pitcher (Innings)
Top Pitcher (Innings)
Ellen Renfroe (17-2, 1.22 ERA, 114.2 IP, 166 K’s)
Morgan Montemayor (16-2, 2.11 ERA, 89.2 IP, 97 K’s)
The All-Time Series Versus Georgia... Tennessee has made great strides recently to narrow what used to be a fairly significant alltime series deficit against Georgia. UT has won 11 of the last 15 contests between the two teams to cut UGA’s lead to 27-25 and is 16-17 against the ‘Dawgs since Co-Head Coaches Ralph and Karen Weekly arrived to helm the Lady Vol program prior to the 2002 campaign. The Big Orange is 11-12 all-time versus the Bulldogs in Athens, Ga., winning four of the last six meetings at the UGA Softball Stadium. Tennessee and Georgia met five times during the 2010 campaign with UGA winning the regular-season series, 2-1, before UT defeated the Red & Black during both the Southeastern Conference Tournament (6-4) and the Women’s College World Series (7-5). Renfroe Joins Illustrious Company Tennessee freshman pitcher Ellen Renfroe joined some rareified company with her performance in UT’s 2-1 (10 inn.) win over #21 Auburn on April 1. The Jackson, Tenn., native struck out 20 Tiger batters while throwing all 10 frames, joining former four-time Lady Vol All-American Monica Abbott as the only pitchers in UT history to reach 20 K’s in a single game. Abbott holds the school record at 22 strikeouts in a 1-0 (10 inn.) win at Florida back on March 10, 2007. She also K’ed 20 in seven frames while topping Liberty back on March 26, 2004, 1-0. We’re Making Wins Dramatic! The Lady Vols have been making its recent wins extremely exciting as THREE OF UT’S LAST FIVE TRIUMPHS HAVE BEEN OF THE WALK-OFF VARIETY. It all started against South Carolina on March 25 as freshman Chelsea O’Connor blasted a pinch-hit, tworun HR to end a 4-2 (8 inn.) win over the Gamecocks. Sophomore Raven Chavanne got into the act in the series finale on March 27 against USC, delivering a walk-off RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to finish a 5-4, comeback win. Most recently, senior Kelly Grieve absolutely crushed a solo shot on the first pitch of the bottom of the 10th as Tennessee out-lasted #21 Auburn, 2-1 (10 inn.) on April 1.
Tennessee Lady Vol Softball Contact: Brian Davis, Assistant Media Relations Director • (865) 974-7478 (office)/(865) 696-7947 (cell) • bdavis16@utk.edu