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2014 SEC Softball Tournament
MayCROWNS 7-10 • Carolina Softball Stadium at Beckham Field • Columbia, 6 WCWS APPEARANCES IN LAST 9 YEARS » 2 SEC TOURNAMENT » RALPH WEEKLY: 2011 NFCA HALL OF FAME » 2 USAS.C. SOFTBALL COACHES Wed., May 7
Thurs., May 8
2014 SEC TOURNAMENT » MAY 7-10 » COLUMBIA, S.C. 3 Missouri Game 3 - ESPNU 11:00 a.m. 6 LSU
Fri., May 9
Sat., May 10
2014 » SCHEDULE & RECORD OVERALL: 42-9 HOME: 19-3 NEUTRAL: 12-1
SEC: 17-7 AWAY: 11-5 STREAK: W1
THE SCHEDULE
Game 7 - ESPNU 3:00 p.m. 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 Game 4 - ESPNU 7 Kentucky Feb. 9 Oakland! W, 14-3 1:30 p.m. Feb. 14 Pittsburgh# W, 5-0 Game 1 - ESPNU Feb. 14 Binghamton# W, 10-0 (5) 4:00 p.m. Feb. 15 at USF# W, 3-2 10 Mississippi State Championship Game Feb. 15 Illinois# W, 10-0 ESPN2 Feb. 16 8:00 Wright W, 10-2 (5) p.m. State# 4 Florida Feb. 22 #11/12 Nebraska$ W, 5-3 Feb. 22 Oregon State$ W, 5-1 Game 5 - ESPNU Feb. 23 #13/11 Stanford$ W, 3-1 4:00 p.m. Feb. 23 Fresno State$ W, 5-4 BATTING LEADERS 5 Georgia PITCHING LEADERS Feb. 25 at Cal State Fullerton W, 8-4 #44 Madison Shipman Feb. 27 BYU% L, 6-3 Game 8 - ESPNU (.434 BA, 15 2B, 17 HR, 60 RBIs ) at San Diego State% W, 3-1 5:30 p.m. Feb. 27 #24 Annie Aldrete RHP #13 Ellen Renfroe Feb. 28 Colorado State% Postponed (26-5, 2.11 ERA, 214 Ks, 199.0 IP) (.372 BA, 12 2B, 16 HR, 55 RBIs) 1 Alabama March 1 Colorado State% Canceled March 1 Fresno State% Canceled #15 Melissa RHP Rainey Gaffin 8 South CarolinaDavin Game#42 6 - ESPNU p.m. 55 Ks, 48.0 IP) March 1 Utah% Canceled (.350 BA, 12 2B, 13 HR, 40 RBIs) (7-3, 6:30 1.17 ERA, Game 2 ESPNU March 5 WRIGHT STATE W, 9-0 (6) #21 Haley Tobler 6:30 p.m. All Times Eastern and Subject to Change March 5 WRIGHT STATE W, 8-0 (6) (.343 BA, 5 2B, 2 HR, 15 RBIs) March 7 HOLY CROSS& W, 5-0 9 Auburn #27 Emily Gaines March 7 CAMPBELL& W, 1-0 (.356 BA, 7 2B, 6 HR, 35 RBIs) March 8 WESTERN KENTUCKY& L, 3-2 #33 Kelsey Nunley #19 Lauren Cumbess March 9 GEORGIA SOUTHERN& W, 2-0 (.342 BA, 10 2B, 8 HR, 34 RBIs) (21-7, 2.12 ERA, 147 Ks, 188.0 IP) March 9 CHARLESTON& W, 3-0 #19 Lauren Cumbess #13 Griffin Joiner March 11 WESTERN CAROLINA W, 15-0 (5) (.310 BA, 10 2B, 8 HR, 28 RBIs) (10-1, 2.04 ERA, 77 Ks, 89.0 IP) March 14 l at Arkansas W, 9-2 #77 Nikki Sagermann March 15 l at Arkansas L, 5-4 (.284 BA, 9 2B,, 12 HR, 43 RBIs) March 16 l at Arkansas W, 8-0 (6) March 18 MTSU W, 9-8 #15 Caroline Seitz March 21 l SOUTH CAROLINA W, 11-2 (5) (.354 BA, 19 2B, 8 HR, 36 RBIs) March 22 l SOUTH CAROLINA W, 5-4 RHP #4 Alison Owen #6 Julia Echols March 23 l SOUTH CAROLINA W, 6-5 (.307 BA, 4 2B, 4 HR, 16 RBIs) (18-11, 2.92 ERA, 213 Ks, 165.1 IP) March 28 l #4 FLORIDA W, 9-2 LHP #8 Alexis Silkwood #7 Logan Foulks March 29 l #4 FLORIDA W, 7-6 (.288 BA, 10 2B, 6 HR, 33 RBIs) (13-6, 2.32 ERA, 148 Ks, 136.0 IP) March 30 l #4 FLORIDA W, 5-2 #16 Sam Lenahan April 1 APPALACHIAN STATE Canceled (.246 BA, 5 2B, 10 HR, 42 RBIs) April 4 l at LSU L, 7-4 April 5 l at LSU L, 8-4 April 6 l at LSU W, 9-0 (6) ¢ April 20: MSU 11, #4 UT 7 April 8 TENNESSEE TECH W, 13-5 (5) No. 4 Tennessee held a 5-4 lead after five frames but April 11 l at #21 Texas A&M L, 4-1 Mississippi State exploded with seven runs in the sixth April 12 l at #21 Texas A&M W, 13-5 (5) to hand the Lady Vols an 11-7 loss on Easter Sunday. April 13 l at #21 Texas A&M W, 5-3 Madison Shipman crushed a pair of home runs in the April 15 EASTERN KENTUCKY Canceled loss, going 2-for-2 with three RBIs. April 18 l MISS. STATE L, 2-0 April 19 l MISS. STATE W, 11-5 April 20 l MISS. STATE L, 11-7 ENTERING THIS WEEK April 22 FURMAN W, 8-0 (6) ¢ All nine games of the 2014 SEC Softball Tournament April 25 l at #9 Kentucky W, 6-3 will be televised and streamed online by the ESPN family April 26 l at #9 Kentucky L, 5-2 of networks. The first eight games will be televised on April 27 l at #9 Kentucky W, 9-2 ESPNU and the title game on Saturday at 8 p.m. will May 2 l OLE MISS W, 11-6 be on ESPN2. All games will be online via WatchESPN. May 3 l OLE MISS W, 5-3 ¢ Fans can also listen live to Brian Rice’s broadcasts May 4 l OLE MISS W, 5-1 on UTSports.com for all of Tennessee’s games in the May 7-10 SEC Tournament^ Columbia, S.C. SEC Softball Tournament. Saturday’s championship May 15-18 NCAA Regionals game will also be aired live on WNML 990 AM. May 22-25 NCAA Super Regionals ¢ Tennessee is the No. 2 seed in the 2014 SEC May 29- WCWS in Oklahoma City, Okla. Tournament for the third-straight year after finishing the June 4 regular season with a 17-7 SEC record. HOME GAMES BOLDED IN ALL CAPS ¢ No. 2-seed Tennessee will play in Game 4 l Indicates SEC games on Thursday at 1:30 p.m. ET against the winner of All times listed are Eastern Wednesday’s Game 1 between No. 7-seed Kentucky and ^ = SEC Tourney: May 7-10 in Columbia, S.C. No. 10-seed Mississippi State. ! = Eagle Round Robin; # = USF Tournament; ¢ UT is 22-18 all-time in 14 SEC Tournament $ = Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic; appearances. Tennessee won the SEC Tournament in % = San Diego Classic & = Tennessee Tournament 2006 and in 2011. 2 Tennessee
POTENTIAL MATCHUPS FOR SEC TOURNAMENT GAME 4 THE BASICS 42-9, 17-7 SEC NFCA Rank: 7 USA Softball Rank: 7 NCAA RPI: 13 Runs Per Game: 6.5 Team BA: .323 Team ERA: 2.37 41-14, 13-11 SEC NFCA Rank: 16 USA Softball Rank: 15 NCAA RPI: 16 Runs Per Game: 4.8 Team BA: .273 Team ERA: 2.44 38-18, 10-14 SEC NFCA Rank: RV USA Softball Rank: RV NCAA RPI: 31 Runs Per Game: 4.7 Team BA: .261 Team ERA: 2.71
NOTEWORHY NOTES THE SERIES VS. KENTUCKY
Tennessee leads the all-time series, 37-13, and went 2-1 against the Wildcats this season. ¢ April 25: #8 UT 6, #9 UK 3 Annie Aldrete smashed two home runs and Ellen Renfroe pitched seven solid frames on her birthday.
¢ April 26: #9 UK 5, #8 UT, 2
Melissa Davin and Taylor Koenig each had two hits on Saturday but No. 9 Kentucky scored three runs late in the game to hand No. 8 Tennessee a 5-2 loss.
¢ April 27: #9 UK 5, #8 UT, 2
No. 8 Tennessee scored five in the fifth and Ellen Renfroe struck out eight over seven strong innings as the Lady Vols took a 9-2 comeback win over No. 9 Kentucky.
THE SERIES VS. MISSISSIPPI STATE
Tennessee leads the all-time series, 31-17, and went 1-2 against the Bulldogs this season. ¢ April 18: MSU 2, #4 UT 0
A seventh-inning, two-run home run by Mississippi State’s Sam Lenahan boosted the Bulldogs to a 2-0 win over No. 4 Tennessee.
¢ April 19: #4 UT 11, MSU 5
Five different Lady Vols homered and No. 4 UT scored four in the first inning and six in the second to power its way past Mississippi State, 11-5.