Tennessee Softball Notes vs. LSU - 4/12

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TENNESSEE 2012 LADY VOL SOFTBALL

Four Women’s College World Series Appearances 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010

Two SEC Tournament Titles 2006, 2011

SEC Regular Season Champs 2007

Four WCWS Appearances | Three SEC Tournament or Regular-Season Titles | 11 All-Americans

#10 Tennessee Softball hosts the #22/21 LSU Tigers April 13-15 | Lee Softball Stadium | Knoxville,Tenn. #10 TENNESSEE

2012 LADY VOL SOFTBALL SCHEDULE Date

#22/21 LSU

Opponent

(TV)

Time/Result

KAJIKAWA CLASSIC • Tempe, Ariz. 2/9 vs. UCSB 2/10 vs. #4/3 California 2/10 vs. Texas Tech 2/11 vs. San Diego State 2/11 vs. #1 Arizona State 2/12 vs. Western Michigan

2012 Record 32-9, 13-6 SEC Nat’l Rank: 10/10 Batting Avg.: .294 Runs Per Game: 5.2 Team ERA: 1.79 Hits: 325 HR’s: 33 RBIs: 189 Steals: 69-of-74

2012 Record 29-10, 11-3 SEC Nat’l Rank: 22/21 Batting Avg.: .254 Runs Per Game: 4.3 Team ERA: 1.57 Hits: 235 HR’s: 11 RBIs: 139 Steals: 49-of-60

Top Hitters by Avg.

Top Hitters by Avg.

Raven Chavanne (.411, 46 H, 0 HR, 6 RBI) Madison Shipman (.338, 47 H, 8 HR, 48 RBI) Lauren Gibson (.325, 38 H, 12 HR, 33 RBI) Tory Lewis (.316, 25 H, 0 HR, 3 RBI)

Ashley Langoni (.330, 31 H, 6 HR, 26 RBI) Juliana Santos (.326, 28 H, 1 HR, 19 RBI) Allison Falcon (.325, 25 H, 1 HR, 16 RBI) Jacee Blades (.291, 16 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI)

Top Pitcher (Inn.)

Top Pitcher (Inn.)

Ellen Renfroe (21-3, 1.14 ERA, 227 K’s, 171.2 IP)

Rachele Fico (14-4, 0.81 ERA, 121 K’s, 120.2 IP)

TIME WARNER INVITATIONAL • Austin, Texas 2/17 vs. Illinois W, 10-7 2/17 vs. #13 Texas POSTPONED/RAIN 2/18 vs. Pittsburgh CANCELLED/RAIN 2/19 vs. #13 Texas (Longhorn Network) L, 2-3 (9) NFCA LEADOFF CLASSIC • Clearwater, Fla. 2/24 vs. Winthrop 2/24 vs. #20/17 Georgia Tech 2/25 vs. Illinois State 2/25 vs. Hofstra 2/26 vs. Massachusetts 2/29

GEORGIA SOUTHERN (DH)

L, 1-2 W, 9-0 W, 6-0 W, 3-2 W, 5-0

POSTPONED

TENNESSEE CLASSIC • Knoxville, Tenn. 3/1 DUTCH NAT’L TEAM (Exh.) W, 8-7 3/3 MEMPHIS W, 7-0 3/3 #17/19 LOUISVILLE POSTPONED (MAY 2) 3/3 ETSU W, 8-0 (6) 3/4 MURRAY STATE W, 8-0 (5) 3/4 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W, 6-3

Big Orange Slices... The All-Time Series Against the Tigers  Tennessee leads its all-time series against LSU by a razor-thin margin of 22-20-1 and has won 18 of the last 24 meetings between the two squads, while in Knoxville the Big Orange holds an 11-7 advantage over the Bayou Bengals. During the coaching tenure of Co-Head Coaches Ralph and Karen Weekly, Tennessee is 2010-1 since the duo arrived at Rocky Top prior to the 2002 campaign. In a weird twist the two teams combined for the only tie game in Southeastern Conference history back in 2009 in Baton Rouge, La. With UT leading 4-3 in the top of the eighth, the drop-dead UT travel time was reached, forcing the contest to revert to the last completed half-inning and a disappointing 3-3 dead-lock. Last year in Baton Rouge, Tennessee swept the Tigers in a three-game series (6-0, 11-0 and 7-2). Madison Shipman blasted her first career grand slam to set the early tone in the opener, while Lauren Gibson was an incredible 3-for-4 with two HRs, including a grand slam, and a career-high seven RBIs in the 11-0 victory. Tennessee prevailed two-games-to-one (6-5, 0-3, 6-1) during the two teams’ last three-contest series in Knoxville in 2010. Can’t Keep Them Off the Base Paths!  The opposition is having some serious issues in keeping a couple of Lady Vol players off the base paths. Junior third baseman Raven Chavanne has reached base successfully in a career-best 21 consecutive contests dating back to March 11 when the Thousand Oaks, Calif., native failed to reach in the series finale against #3/4 Florida. Junior second baseman Lauren Gibson has reached successfully in 13 straight games dating back to March 23 at Mississippi State. For Chavanne, some of that ability to reach game-after-game comes from the fact that she’s one of the toughest players in the nation to strikeout, ranking 14th in all of NCAA Division I in that category after K’ing just three times in 112 total at-bats. Gibson has walked an impressive 33 times in 2012 and owns a team-best 12 HR’s, including her first career inside-the-park HR against Radford on April 10. Maddi the Magnificent...  It’s hard to describe just how dominant sophomore Madison Shipman was at the plate during the week of April 3-9, but I’ll give it a try. On her way to ESPNU Capital One Impact Performer of the Week (April 7) and her initial SEC Player of the Week (April 9) accolades, the 6-1 shortstop hit .350 overall with a triple, four HR’s and 13 RBIs over a five-game stretch. The Valencia, Calif., native homered in all three games against the Ti-

CONTACT

W, 7-0 L, 5-13 W, 1-0 W, 6-5 W, 3-0 W, 9-6

3/9 3/10 3/11 3/13 3/13 3/16 3/17 3/18 3/21 3/21 3/23 3/24 3/25 3/27 3/27 3/30 3/31 4/1 4/4 4/4 4/6 4/7 4/8 4/10 4/13 4/14 4/15 4/17 4/20 4/21 4/22 4/25 4/27 4/28 4/29 5/2

#3/4 FLORIDA* #3/4 FLORIDA* #3/4 FLORIDA* GEORGIA SOUTHERN GEORGIA SOUTHERN at Arkansas* at Arkansas* at Arkansas* at #1 Alabama (DH)* (CSS#) at #1 Alabama (DH)* (CSS#) at Mississippi State* at Mississippi State* at Mississippi State* FURMAN FURMAN KENTUCKY* KENTUCKY* KENTUCKY* #9/10 GEORGIA* (CSS#) #9/10 GEORGIA* (CSS#) at rv/rv Auburn* at rv/rv Auburn* (ESPNU) at rv/rv Auburn* RADFORD #22/21 LSU* #22/21 LSU* (ESPN) #22/21 LSU* (ESPN) MEMPHIS (DH) at South Carolina* at South Carolina* at South Carolina* TENNESSEE STATE (DH) OLE MISS* (SportSouth) OLE MISS* (SportSouth) OLE MISS* (SportSouth) LOUISVILLE

W, 1-0 L, 2-5 L, 0-1 W, 7-0 W, 9-0 (5) W, 8-0 (5) L, 1-4 W, 2-0 L, 2-3 (11) W, 5-2 W, 8-0 (5) W, 10-3 W, 8-0 (5) W, 1-0 W, 8-0 (6) L, 3-5 W, 8-0 (5) W, 4-2 L, 1-3 (11) W, 2-1 W, 9-1 (5) W, 5-3 (10) W, 6-2 W, 8-2 6 P.M. NOON 4 P.M. 4 & 6 P.M. 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 5 P.M. 6 P.M. 1 P.M. 1 P.M. 6 P.M.

5/10-12 SEC TOURNAMENT Tuscaloosa, Ala.

TBA

5/17-20 NCAA KNOXVILLE REGIONAL Campus Sites

TBA

5/24-27 NCAA SUPER REGIONALS Campus Sites

TBA

5/31-6/6 WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Oklahoma City, Okla. TBA (CT)

 2012 TENNESSEE SOFTBALL MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT Brian Davis | Assistant Media Relations Director | Cell 865.696.7947 | Email bdavis16@utk.edu

* denotes Southeastern Conference game Rankings listed as NFCA/USA Softball (CSS#) means both games of the DH will be televised HOME GAMES IN BOLD

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