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USF TOURNAMENT » FEB. 14-16 » USF SOFTBALL STADIUM (TAMPA, FLA.) USF TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (All times Eastern) Feb. 14: #1 Tennessee (H) vs. Pittsburgh - 6:15 p.m. Feb. 14: #1 Tennessee (H) vs. Binghamton - 8:30 p.m. Feb. 15: #1 Tennessee (A) vs. USF - 4 p.m. Feb. 15: #1 Tennessee (A) vs. Illinois - 8:30 p.m. Feb. 16: #1 Tennessee (H) vs. Wright State - 11:15 a.m.
NOTEWORHY NOTES STRONG START TO 2014
SERIES HISTORIES PITTSBURGH All-Time Series: UT, 1-0 3/2/01 UT W, 5-2 BINGHAMTON All-Time Series: 0-0 USF All-Time Series: Tied, 8-8-1 (Last 3) 3/11/06 UT W, 8-0 (6) 2/17/08 USF W, 4-1 2/16/13 UT W, 11-0
ILLINOIS All-Time Series: UT, 3-0 2/16/01 UT W, 4-0 2/17/07 UT W, 5-0 2/17/12 UT W, 10-7 WRIGHT STATE All-Time Series: UT, 5-0 (Last 3) 3/7/99 UT W, 14-2 (5) 3/12/99 UT W, 12-6 (5) 3/14/99 UT W, 12-4 (6)
TENNESSEE STATISTICAL LEADERS
BATTING AVG #14 Megan Geer .600 BA (6-for-10) 2 2Bs, 3 RBIs, 4 Rs, 3 SBs .733 OB%, .800 SLG%
RBIS
#19 Lexi Overstreet 8 RBIs .455 BA (5-for11) 2 HRs, 2 2Bs, 4 Rs, 1 SB .533 OB%, 1.091SLG%
WINS
#13 Ellen Renfroe 2-0, 0.00 ERA 2 App, 2 GS 2 CG, 2 SHO 12.0 IP, 15 Ks 3 H, 1 BB, .081 Opp BA
TENNESSEE TEAM STATS ¢ Team Batting Average: ................. .376 (41-for-109) ¢ Team Runs Per Game: ............................................7.75 ¢ Team Slugging Percentage: ................................ .569 ¢ Team On-Base Percentage: ................................. .473 ¢ Team Fielding Percentage: .................................. .982 ¢ Team ERA: ................................................................. 1.08 ¢ Team Innings Pitched: ........................................... 26.0 ¢ Team Runs Per Game Allowed: ........................... 1.50 ¢ Team Strikeouts Per Game: ....................................8.0 ¢ Team Opposing Batting Average: ....................... .118
¢ USA TODAY/NFCA Top 25 Poll (2/11): Tennessee: #1 (19 first-place votes) ¢ ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 (2/11):: Tennessee: #2 (11 first-place votes) ¢ No. 1 Tennessee opened the season with a 4-0 showing in the Eagle Round Robin last week, earning two wins against Northern Colorado before defeating two-time Southern Conference champ Georgia Southern and Oakland. ¢ UT leads the SEC with a .376 team batting average enterin this weekend’s games. ¢ In the 2014 season opener against Northern Colorado on Feb. 7, freshman Megan Geer went 4-for-4 with two RBIs, one run and one stolen base. Geer is the only Tennessee player to start a season with four hits since at least 2001 (records go back to 2001). Geer’s four-hit game was just the ninth time since 2003 that a freshman has recorded four hits in a game. She is the sixth Tennessee freshman since 2003 to have a four-hit game. The others were Kristi Durant (2003), Shannon Doepking (2005), Jessica Spigner (2009), Raven Chavanne (four times in 2010) and Kat Dotson (2010). ¢ Sophomore Lexi Overstreet hit UT’s first home run of the season, belting a two-RBI shot to right center in the fifth inning of the Lady Vols’ 8-3 win over Northern Colorado on Feb. 8. ¢ Senior pitcher Ellen Renfroe posted a pair of shutouts to start the 2014 season, fanning 15 batters and allowing just three hits over 12 shutouts frames to earn wins over Northern Colorado and Georgia Southern. Renfroe now has 56 complete games, moving past older sister Ivy Renfroe (55) for fifth place on Tennessee’s all-time complete-games list. She also has 31 career shutouts, a total that is second only to Monica Abbott’s 112. ¢ Sophomore Haley Tobler made her first career start against Oakland on Feb. 9. She finished 2-for-5 with two runs scored. ¢ Junior Alley Perkins recorded a hit in her first at-bat as a Lady Vol. On Feb. 9 against Oakland, Perkins entered the game as a pinch hitter with two outs in the fifth inning. On a full count, she legged out a single back to the circle.
PRESEASON NOTES
¢ Tennessee started the season at No. 1 in both the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll and the ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 Poll for the first time in program history. ¢ The Lady Vols enjoyed one of their finest seasons in program history in 2013, finishing as the national runnerup, making their sixth Women’s College World Series appearance in nine years and posting their eighth 50-win season with a final record of 52-12. Several Lady Vols garnered prestigious conference and national honors during the team’s record-breaking run to Oklahoma City. ¢ In 2014, Tennessee returns 11 talented veterans (five positional starters) from its Championship Series squad, including All-American seniors Ellen Renfroe (2011, 2012) and Madison Shipman (2012, 2013). Both Renfroe and Shipman were named to the “Watch List” for the 2014 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award and the Preseason All-SEC Team. The team also welcomes seven exciting newcomers who look to make an immediate impact.
2014 » SCHEDULE & RECORD OVERALL RECORD:
4-0
THE SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME Feb. 7 Northern Colorado! W, 8-0 (5) Feb. 8 Northern Colorado! W, 8-3 Feb. 8 at Georgia Southern! W, 1-0 Feb. 9 Oakland! W, 14-3 Feb. 14 Pittsburgh# 6:15 p.m. Feb. 14 Binghamton# 8:30 p.m. Feb. 15 at USF# 4 p.m. Feb. 15 Illinois# 8:30 p.m. Feb. 16 Wright State# 11:15 a.m. Feb. 22 Nebraska$ 8 p.m. Feb. 22 Oregon State$ 10:30 p.m. Feb. 23 Stanford$ 5 p.m. Feb. 23 Fresno State$ 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25 at Cal State Fullerton 9 p.m. Feb. 27 BYU% 4 p.m. Feb. 27 at San Diego State% 9 p.m. Feb. 28 Colorado State% 2:30 p.m. March 1 Fresno State% 12 p.m. March 1 Utah% 5 p.m. March 5 WRIGHT STATE 5 p.m. March 5 WRIGHT STATE 7 p.m. March 7 HOLY CROSS& 3:30 p.m. March 7 CAMPBELL& 6 p.m. March 8 WESTERN KENTUCKY& 2 p.m. March 9 GEORGIA SOUTHERN& 2 p.m. March 9 CHARLESTON& 4:30 p.m. March 11 WESTERN CAROLINA 5 p.m. March 14 l at Arkansas 7 p.m. March 15 l at Arkansas 2 p.m. March 16 l at Arkansas 2 p.m. March 18 MTSU 7 p.m. March 21 l SOUTH CAROLINA 6 p.m. March 22 l SOUTH CAROLINA 2 p.m. March 23 l SOUTH CAROLINA 1:30 p.m. March 28 l FLORIDA 6 p.m. March 29 l FLORIDA 2 p.m. March 30 l FLORIDA 1:30 p.m. April 1 APPALACHIAN STATE 6 p.m. April 4 l at LSU 7 p.m. April 5 l at LSU 7 p.m. April 6 l at LSU 2 p.m. April 8 TENNESSEE TECH 6 p.m. April 11 l at Texas A&M 8 p.m. April 12 l at Texas A&M 5 p.m. April 13 l at Texas A&M 1 p.m. April 15 EASTERN KENTUCKY 6 p.m. April 18 l MISS. STATE 6 p.m. April 19 l MISS. STATE 2 p.m. April 20 l MISS. STATE 1:30 p.m. April 22 FURMAN 6 p.m. April 25 l at Kentucky 6 p.m. April 26 l at Kentucky 3 p.m. April 27 l at Kentucky 1 p.m. May 2 l OLE MISS 6 p.m. May 3 l OLE MISS 2 p.m. May 4 l OLE MISS 1:30 p.m. May 7-10 SEC Tournament^ Columbia, S.C. May 15-18 NCAA Regionals May 22-25 NCAA Super Regionals May 29- WCWS in Oklahoma City, Okla. June 4 HOME GAMES BOLDED IN ALL CAPS l Indicates SEC games All times listed are Eastern ^ = SEC Tourney: May 7-10 in Columbia, S.C. ! = Eagle Round Robin; # = USF Tournament; $ = Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic; % = San Diego Classic & = Tennessee Tournament