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
#8/7 Tennessee Softball hosts Tennessee State April 25 (DH) | Lee Softball Stadium | Knoxville,Tenn. #8/7 TENNESSEE
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TENNESSEE STATE
2012 Record 40-9, 19-6 SEC Nat’l Rank: 8/7 Batting Avg.: .298 Runs Per Game: 5.2 Team ERA: 1.73 Hits: 390 HR’s: 39 RBIs: 225 Steals: 86-of-95
2012 Record 11-34, 3-21 OVC Nat’l Rank: N/R Batting Avg.: .235 Runs Per Game: 2.4 Team ERA: 4.25 Hits: 258 HR’s: 4 RBIs: 86 Steals: 40-of-53
Top Hitters by Avg.
Top Hitters by Avg.
Raven Chavanne (.404, 55 H, 0 HR, 8 RBI) Kat Dotson (.331, 44 H, 0 HR, 13 RBI) Madison Shipman (.327, 53 H, 9 HR, 54 RBI) Lauren Gibson (.321, 45 H, 12 HR, 35 RBI)
Jennifer Givens (.299, 43 H, 1 HR, 6 RBI) Tedra Alford (.294, 37 H, 2 HR, 15 RBI) Devin Amar (.267, 28 H, 1 HR, 16 RBI) Jordan Rehl (.248, 29 H, 0 HR, 12 RBI)
Top Pitcher (Inn.)
Top Pitcher (Inn.)
Ellen Renfroe (25-3, 1.22 ERA, 256 K’s, 200.2 IP)
Shea Morris (8-20, 3.36 ERA, 160 K’s, 171.0 IP)
2012 LADY VOL SOFTBALL SCHEDULE Opponent
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Time/Result
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
W, 7-0 L, 5-13 W, 1-0 W, 6-5 W, 3-0 W, 9-6
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 L, 2-3 (9) 2/19 vs. #13 Texas (Longhorn Network) 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 Tennessee State Tennessee leads its all-time series against Tennessee State by a perfect 9-0 total, including a 6-0 mark in Knoxville. Under the guidance of Co-Head Coaches Ralph and Karen Weekly, the Big Orange holds a 7-0 record against Tennessee State. Last season on March 15 in Nashville, Tenn., the Lady Vol softball squad spotted TSU a 1-0 lead after two frames before erupting for three tallies in the third, five in the fifth and eight in the sixth in rolling past the Tigers, 16-2 (6 inn.). Outfielder Kat Dotson was truly a one-woman wrecking crew against Tennessee State, going 3-for-4 with a three-run HR, her first career grand slam and a staggering nine RBIs. That RBI total broke former Lady Vol Carrie Swinford’s 15-year-old single-game school record of eight RBIs established back on April 2, 1996, in a win over Wingate during the year prior to the Southeastern Conference’s beginning sponsorship of the sport of softball. Great Against Teams in-State! The Lady Vols have made a habit of dominating its series’ with in-state schools since starting the UT program in 1996. All-time, the Orange & White is now an incredible 102-3 OVERALL against a combination of 10 Tennessee schools. Co-head coaches Ralph and Karen Weekly have gone 68-0 against in-state programs since arriving at Rocky Top. UT HAS ALSO WON 74 STRAIGHT GAMES AGAINST IN-STATE OPPONENTS SINCE SUFFERING ITS LAST DEFEAT BACK ON MARCH 22, 2000, AGAINST MTSU. In fact, two of Tennessee’s three all-time in-state losses came against Chattanooga when coached by...Karen Weekly in 1999. The Lady Vols are 17-0 against Austin Peay, 16-0 against Tennessee Tech, 17-1 versus Middle Tennessee, 15-0 versus ETSU and 14-0 against Belmont. UT is also 9-0 versus Tennessee State, 6-0 against Lipscomb, 3-2 against Chattanooga, 4-0 versus Memphis and 1-0 against UT-Martin.
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 4/17 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 #22/21 LSU* #22/21 LSU* (ESPN) #22/21 LSU* (ESPN) MEMPHIS MEMPHIS 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 W, 8-2 W, 2-0 W, 4-2 W, 10-2 (6) W, 5-0 W, 3-2 W, 8-0 (5) W, 4-2 W, 6-3 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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CONTACT
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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