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) TenMarch 15nessee 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) W, 5-1 at #2 Georgia* (CSS) W, 9-4 at Ole Miss* W, 7-1 at Ole Miss* W, 10-3 at Ole Miss* (SportSouth) W, 9-0 (5) APPALACHIAN STATE W, 7-0 at #21/19 LSU* 6 p.m. CT at #21/19 LSU* (ESPN2) 11 a.m. CT at #21/19 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
TBA
5/27-28 NCAA SUPER REGIONALS Campus Sites
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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
#6 TENNESSEE
#21/19 LSU
Record 35-6, 12-4 SEC Nat’l Rank: 6/6 Batt. Avg.: .357 Runs P.G.: 7.51 Team ERA: 1.90 Hits: 395 HR’s: 49 Stolen Bases: 100 Fld. %: .975
Record 26-12, 8-6 SEC Nat’l Rank: 21/19 Batt. Avg.: .254 Runs P.G.: 4.42 Team ERA: 2.39 Series: LSU leads 20-19-1 Last meeting: UT won 6-1 on 5/9/10
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
#21/19 LSU -- APRIL 15-17
Top Hitters by Avg. Top Hitters by Avg. Lauren Gibson Tiffany Shaw (.436, 3 HR, 43 RBI) (.290 avg., 0 HR, 8 RBI) Kat Dotson Cassie Trosclair (.439 avg., 10 HR, 58 RBI) (.289, 0 HR, 4 RBI) Raven Chavanne Anissa Young (.417, 3 HR, 21 RBI) (.286, 8 HR, 30 RBI)
Top Pitcher (Innings)
Top Pitcher (Innings)
Ellen Renfroe (19-2, 1.25 ERA, 134.0 IP, 188 K’s)
Rachele Fico (10-8, 2.59 ERA, 110.2 IP, 119 K’s)
Unbeaten on the Tube in 2011! The Lady Vols seem to really enjoy playing on television thus far in 2011 as UT owns a perfect 5-0 record on the tube with wins over South Carolina (SportSouth), #22 Auburn (ESPNU), #2 Georgia (CSS/ESPN3.com/two wins) amd Ole Miss (SportSouth). Tennessee returns to the small screen this Saturday, April 16, at #21/19 LSU live on ESPN2. The All-Time Series Versus LSU... Tennessee has won seven of the last 10 meetings and 15 of the last 21 overall contests against LSU to close a once daunting deficit in its all-time series against the Tigers to 19-20-1. Under the guidance of Co-Head Coaches Ralph and Karen Weekly, the Big Orange is 17-10-1 versus the Bayou Bengals since the duo took over the reins of the Lady Vol program prior to the 2002 campaign. In Baton Rouge UT is just 7-11-1 overall, but went 2-0-1 in its last visit to Baton Rouge, La., back on April 4-5, 2009, and is 7-3-1 since starting 0-8 at Tiger Park (4/24/98 to 3/8/03). During the 2009 series at LSU, the two teams suffered through the FIRST TIE LEAGUE GAME IN SEC HISTORY. Sunday’s series finale, that was being broadcast live on TV, ended in a 3-3 dead-lock after 2:53 of playing time and with UT leading 4-3 heading to the bottom of the eighth because of Tennessee travel issues. As a result, the score reverted to the last completed inning. On a Recent Tear... The two hottest-hitting Lady Vols at the plate recently have been sophomore second baseman Lauren Gibson and freshman first baseman/designated player Melissa Davin. Gibson is hitting .521 over her last 16 contests (25-of-48) with three doubles, a triple, two HR’s and 18 RBIs and also has hit safely in 14 of those 16 match-ups. After becoming a consistent starter just six games ago, Davin is hitting .471 over that stretch with two doubles, a triple, a HR and six RBIs. Her effort of hitting .500 (7-of-14) on UT’s recent five-game road trip through #2 Georgia and Ole Miss earned her an April 11 nod as the SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK...the fourth consecutive week that a Lady Vol reaped a league honor.
Tennessee Lady Vol Softball Contact: Brian Davis, Assistant Media Relations Director • (865) 974-7478 (office)/(865) 696-7947 (cell) • bdavis16@utk.edu