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 • Student Assistant: Donnie Conley
2011 LADY VOL SOFTBALL SCHEDULE STETSON LEADOFF CLASSIC • DeLand, Fla. 2/12 vs. Michigan State 11 a.m. 2/12 vs. Stetson 4 p.m. 2/13 vs. Boston College 10 a.m. 2/13 vs. Michigan State 12:30 p.m. 2/15
ETSU
Southern Utah
3 p.m. PT
CATHEDRAL CITY CLASSIC • Cathedral City, Calif. 2/24 vs. UC Santa Barbara 3:30 p.m. PT 2/24 vs. San Diego State 8:30 p.m. PT 2/25 vs. BYU 1 p.m. PT 2/25 vs. Loyola Marymount 8 p.m. PT 2/26 vs. UCLA 3 p.m. PT 3/3
EVANSVILLE
6 p.m.
TENNESSEE CLASSIC • Knoxville, Tenn. 3/4 LOUISIANA-MONROE 5:30 3/5 FURMAN 1 3/5 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 3 3/6 DUTCH NATIONAL TEAM (Exh.) 1 3/6 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 3 3/8 3/11 3/12 3/13 3/15 3/17 3/18 3/22 3/25 3/26 3/27 3/29 4/1 4/2 4/3 4/6 4/8 4/9 4/10 4/13 4/15 4/16 4/17 4/19 4/21 4/22 4/23 4/29 4/30 5/1 5/6 5/7 5/8
LIBERTY at Kentucky* at Kentucky* at Kentucky* Tennessee State IOWA IOWA ALABAMA* (DH) SOUTH CAROLINA* SOUTH CAROLINA* SOUTH CAROLINA* at Austin Peay AUBURN* (ESPNU) AUBURN* AUBURN* at Georgia* (DH) at Ole Miss* at Ole Miss* at Ole Miss* APPALACHIAN STATE at LSU* at LSU* (ESPN2) at LSU* RADFORD MISSISSIPPI STATE* MISSISSIPPI STATE* MISSISSIPPI STATE* ARKANSAS* ARKANSAS* ARKANSAS* at Florida* at Florida* (ESPN) at Florida* (ESPNU)
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6 p.m. 5 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. CT 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. NOON 6 p.m. CT 8 p.m. 1 p.m. NOON 4 p.m. 5 p.m. CT 1 p.m. CT 1 p.m. CT 6 p.m. 6 p.m. CT 11 a.m. CT 1 p.m. CT 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. NOON 6 p.m. 1 p.m. NOON 5 p.m. Noon 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
TBA
6/2-8
WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Oklahoma City, Okla. TBA (CT)
* denotes Southeastern Conference game HOME GAMES IN BOLD
TENNESSEE
MICHIGAN STATE
STETSON
BOSTON COLLEGE
‘10 Record 49-15, 17-8 SEC ‘11 Nat’l Rank: 4/7 ‘10 Batt. Avg.: .321 ‘10 Runs P.G.: 6.39 ‘10 Team ERA: 2.78
‘10 Record 21-31, 5-15 Big Ten ‘11 Nat’l Rank: N/R ‘10 Batt. Avg.: .230 ‘10 Runs P.G.: 2.98 ‘10 Team ERA: 3.56 Series: UT leads 1-0 Last meeting: UT won 3-0 on 2/24/07
‘10 Record 34-21, 14-6 A-Sun ‘11 Nat’l Rank: N/R ‘10 Batt. Avg.: .247 ‘10 Runs P.G.: 3.25 ‘10 Team ERA: 1.60 Series: UT leads 5-0 Last meeting: UT won 2-1 on 2/7/03
‘10 Record 16-33, 2-18 ACC ‘11 Nat’l Rank: N/R ‘10 Batt. Avg.: .231 ‘10 Runs P.G.: 3.24 ‘10 Team ERA: 3.82 Series: UT leads 2-0 Last meeting: UT won 7-1 on 3/3/09
Top Returners
Top Returners
Top Returners
Top Returners
Chelsey Trotto-UTL (.307 avg., 10 doubles, 17 RBI) Courtney Gunby-P (3.66 ERA, 4-5, 57.1 IP, 48 K’s)
Nicole D’Argento-P/IF (.250 avg., six RBI, 3.55 ERA, 5-14, 140.0 IP, 128 K’s) Allison Gage-P (3.41 ERA, 6-8, 104.2 IP, 41 K’s)
5 p.m.
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER DESERT CLASSIC • Las Vegas, Nev. 2/18 vs. Cal Poly 3:45 p.m. PT 2/18 vs. Boise State 6 p.m. PT 2/19 vs. UNLV 3:45 p.m. PT 2/19 vs. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville 6 p.m. PT 2/20 vs. Stanford 11:15 a.m. PT 2/22
STETSON LEADOFF CLASSIC FEB. 12-13
Raven Chavanne .455 Kat Dotson .391 Kelly Grieve .373 Jessica Spigner .350 Lauren Gibson .297 Ivy Renfroe 31-6, 2.41 Cat Hosfield 17-8, 3.27
Lindsey Hansen-SS (.368 avg., 18 doubles, 11 HR, 27 RBI) Lauren Kramer-P (3.01 ERA, 16-19, 206.2 IP, 177 K’s)
Looking for Tennessee Win Number 700! Heading into its 16th season, Tennessee boasts an all-time record of 698-313-2. That means this weekend at the Stetson Leadoff Classic the Lady Vol softball program could pick up all-time victory number 700. UT’s opening two opponents on Feb. 12 at the DeLand, Fla., event are Michigan State and the home-standing SU Hatters. When Tennessee finally gains win number 700, it will make the Big Orange the fourth program in SEC history to reach the milestone. Entering the opening weekend of the 2011 campaign, Co-Head Coaches Ralph and Karen Weekly have guided UT to 465 wins over their nine years at the helm, an average of almost 52 wins a season. The league’s top six in total victories are below: Team South Carolina Alabama LSU TENNESSEE Florida Georgia
Win Total 1,217 wins 709 wins 703 wins 698 wins 636 wins 617 wins
Years Active 37 years of softball 14 years of softball 14 years of softball 15 years of softball 14 years of softball 14 years of softball
Tennessee the Early Pick in Loaded SEC Eastern Division The No. 4-ranked Tennessee Lady Vol softball team has been picked at the top of the Southeastern Conference’s Eastern Division according to the 2011 preseason poll of the league’s 11 softball coaching staffs. UT also garnered three votes as the choice to win the league’s regular season crown. With 17 accumulated points the Big Orange led No. 3 Georgia (18 pts.) by a single point and defending SEC East titlist No. 5 Florida (22 pts.) by five tallies. Kentucky (37 pts.) and South Carolina (46 pts.) rounded out the five programs in the division. Amazingly, the SEC East enters the 2011 campaign boasting three of the top five teams in the country per the preseason USA Today/NFCA rankings. The defending SEC regular season and tournament champion Alabama Crimson Tide (10 pts.) was selected to repeat both its division title and SEC overall crown. The gap between the sixthranked Tide and No. 19 LSU was nine points, while Auburn rated third with 33 tallies. Arkansas (fourth/36 pts.), Mississippi State (fifth/39 points) and Ole Miss (sixth/51 pts.) completed the West standings.
Tennessee Lady Vol Softball Contact: Brian Davis, Assistant Media Relations Director • (865) 974-7478 (office)/(865) 696-7947 (cell) • bdavis16@utk.edu