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) 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* W, 6-0 at #21/19 LSU* (ESPN2) W, 11-0 at #21/19 LSU* W, 7-2 RADFORD W, 9-1 (5) 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
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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
#6/4 TENNESSEE MISSISSIPPI STATE
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
MISSISSIPPI STATE -- APRIL 21-23
Record 39-6, 15-4 SEC Nat’l Rank: 6/t4 Batt. Avg.: .357 Runs P.G.: 7.58 Team ERA: 1.76 Hits: 436 HR’s: 54 Stolen Bases: 102 Fld. %: .976
Record 22-24, 8-11 SEC Nat’l Rank: N/R Batt. Avg.: .274 Runs P.G.: 4.50 Team ERA: 4.90 Series: UT leads 25-14 Last meeting: UT won 10-4 on 3/10/10
Top Hitters by Avg. Top Hitters by Avg. Lauren Gibson Ali Bainbridge (.445, 5 HR, 50 RBI) (.369 avg., 4 HR, 14 RBI) Raven Chavanne Ka’ili Smith (.432, 3 HR, 23 RBI) (.351, 2 HR, 23 RBI) Kat Dotson Courtney Nesbit (.416 avg., 10 HR, 58 RBI) (.333, 8 HR, 40 RBI)
Top Pitcher (Innings)
Top Pitcher (Innings)
Ellen Renfroe (21-2, 1.18 ERA, 148.0 IP, 212 K’s)
Kylie Vry (8-11, 4.18 ERA, 115.2 IP, 83 K’s)
The All-Time Series Versus Mississippi State... Tennessee holds a 25-14 advantage in its all-time series against Mississippi State. UT is 12-7 versus the Bulldogs in Knoxville and 20-7 overall since Co-Head Coaches Ralph and Karen Weekly arrived to helm the Lady Vol softball program prior to the 2002 campaign. Over the past three seasons the two teams have split eight meetings, 4-4. MSU took two of three from Tennessee during its last trip to Knoxville over March 28-29, 2009. We’re Going Streaking!!!! Tennessee is currently on a SEASON-LONG-TYING 11-GAME WINNING STREAK dating back to a loss to #22 Auburn on April 2. That equals an earlier 11-game winning streak that stretched from Feb. 22 (Southern Utah) through March 6 (Georgia Southern), ending eventually in a 9-6 loss at #23 Kentucky. The streak marked the longest for the Big Orange since posting a 17-game winning skein from February 7-March 6, 2009. The 2007 Lady Vol squad continues to hold the school mark of 26 straight victories over a stretch from March 17-April 28, 2007. A Powerful Trio of Lady Vols! In 10 seasons under the guidance of Ralph and Karen Weekly it hasn’t been unusual for Tennessee softball to have one or perhaps even two players each register 10 or more HR’s during the course of a single campaign. But to have three players accomplish the feat during the same season...that’s a rarity. Well the 2011 Tennessee Lady Vols have a trio that has accomplished that very feat by each hitting 10+ HR’s, marking the first time that has occurred since the Weeklys’ very first UT squad back in 2002 (Blaine Teasley 12, Adrianna Wilson 12, Carissa Roustan 10). Junior Shelby Burchell currently leads the way for the Big Orange with 12 HR’s, junior Jessica Spigner has 11 HR’s and sophomore Kat Dotson owns 10 HR’s. Two Outs Just Means Its Time to Produce Two outs in an inning...that just means its time to do some serious damage if you’re Tennessee. The Lady Vols have registered 125 two-out RBIs this season and are near
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