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
#10/9 Tennessee Softball hosts the Radford Highlanders April 10 | Lee Softball Stadium | Knoxville,Tenn. #10/9 TENNESSEE
2012 LADY VOL SOFTBALL SCHEDULE Date
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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 31-9, 13-6 SEC Nat’l Rank: 10/9 Batting Avg.: .293 Runs Per Game: 5.2 Team ERA: 1.78 Hits: 316 HR’s: 31 RBIs: 182 Steals: 65-of-70
2012 Record 21-10, 7-2 Big South Nat’l Rank: N/R Batting Avg.: .249 Runs Per Game: 4.1 Team ERA: 3.00 Hits: 191 HR’s: 24 RBIs: 104 Steals: 81-of-101
Top Hitters by Avg.
Top Hitters by Avg.
Raven Chavanne (.404, 44 H, 0 HR, 6 RBI) Madison Shipman (.338, 46 H, 8 HR, 48 RBI) Lauren Gibson (.325, 37 H, 11 HR, 30 RBI) Kat Dotson (.311, 33 H, 0 HR, 13 RBI)
Nichole Beall (.375, 33 H, 9 HR, 18 RBI) Ryndee Ruch (.295, 26 H, 1 HR, 11 RBI) Hannah Ojeda (.288, 23 H, 1 HR, 10 RBI) Jessie Hutchens (.250, 22 H, 2 HR, 11 RBI)
Top Pitcher (Inn.)
Top Pitcher (Inn.)
Ellen Renfroe (21-3, 1.08 ERA, 223 K’s, 169.0 IP)
Jackie Jenkins (9-3, 1.88 ERA, 26 K’s, 85.2 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 Highlanders Tennessee leads its all-time series against Radford by a perfect 6-0 tally, including a spotless 5-0 record in Knoxville. During the coaching tenure of Co-Head Coaches Ralph and Karen Weekly, Tennessee is 2-0 against the Highlanders, with an 11-2 (5 inn.) triumph in Bristol, Tenn., in the State-Line Classic back on April 21, 2004, and a 9-1 (5 inn.) victory on April 11, 2011, at Lee Softball Stadium. Another Impressive Streak! Once SEC play is officially underway, the Tennessee Lady Vol softball team definitely doesn’t make losing in non-conference action a habit. In fact, the last time UT took a break from an in-progress SEC regular season campaign and dropped a non-league contest was way back on April 23, 2003, with a 1-0 loss to Virginia Tech at the State-Line Classic in Bristol, Tenn. The Big Orange has since won 74 CONSECUTIVE GAMES versus non-conference, regular-season opponents during breaks from its rugged SEC slate. 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 Tigers, and four times overall at AU, blasted her third career grand slam during the 9-1 (5 inn.) series-opening win over Auburn and registered a career-high two HR’s in Tennessee’s 6-2 victory in the finale. She also recorded a clutch RBI triple and later scored in the 10th inning to break a 3-3 dead-lock during the 5-3 (10 inn. ) win at AU while her two-RBI single during the third frame of the DH finale against #9 Georgia on April 4 proved the game-winner as Tennessee topped the ‘Dogs, 2-1. Shipman currently leads the league (counting SEC contests only) in hits (22) and RBIs (26), rates second in HR’s (five) and is fifth in both slugging percentage (.667) and runs scored (14). Overall, counting all contests, Shipman possesses a .338 batting average (46-of-136) with eight doubles, a triple, eight HR’s and a SEC-high 48 RBIs.
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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 LSU* LSU* (ESPN) 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 3 P.M. 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.
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5/17-20 NCAA KNOXVILLE REGIONAL Campus Sites
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5/24-27 NCAA SUPER REGIONALS Campus Sites
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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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