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
Tennessee at the Time Warner Invitational Feb. 17-19 | McCombs Field | Austin,Texas #10/7 TENNESSEE
ILLINOIS
#13 TEXAS
PITTSBURGH
2012 LADY VOL SOFTBALL SCHEDULE Date
Opponent (TV)
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
2012 Record 5-1 Nat’l Rank: 10/7 Batting Avg.: .291 Runs Per Game: 5.2 Team ERA: 3.67 Hits: 46 HR’s: 8 Steals: 5-6 Fld %: .981
2012 Record 2-3 Nat’l Rank: N/R Batting Avg.: .224 Runs Per Game: 2.6 Team ERA: 2.46 Series: UT leads 2-0 Last meeting: Tenn. won 5-0 on 2/17/07
2012 Record 6-0 Nat’l Rank: 13/13 Batting Avg.: .455 Runs Per Game: 11.0 Team ERA: 0.62 Series: Tied 1-1 Last meeting: Tenn. won 3-2 on 3/6/10
2011 Record 34-17 Pre Nat’l Rank: N/R Letterwinners (R/L): 10/5 Starters (R/L): 6/3 Pitchers (R/L): 0/3 Series: UT leads 1-0 Last meeting: Tenn won 5-2 on 3/2/01
Top Hitters by Avg.
Top Hitters by Avg.
Top Hitters by Avg.
Top Hitters by Avg.
Melissa Davin (.417 avg., 2 HR, 6 RBI) Madison Shipman (.381, 1 HR, 7 RBI) Ashley Andrews (.368, 0 HR, 2 RBI)
Danielle Vaji (.444 avg., 0 HR, 0 RBI) Meredith Hackett (.364, 1 HR, 4 RBI) Jessica Davis (.286, 1 HR, 1 RBI)
Karina Scott Kelly Hmiel (.714 avg., 1 HR, 3 RBI) (.393 avg., 15 HR, 50 RBI) Lexy Bennett Holly Stevens (.667, 2 HR, 13 RBI) (.327, 8 HR, 42 RBI) Mandy Ogle Yvette Bravo (.571, 1 HR, 8 RBI) (.288, 5 HR, 21 RBI)
Top Pitcher
Top Pitcher
Top Pitcher
Top Pitcher
Ellen Renfroe (5-0, 1.13 ERA, 48 K’s, 31.0 IP)
Pepper Gay (1.29 ERA, 1-1, 16.1 IP, 20 K’s)
Blaire Luna (0.00 ERA, 3-0, 15.0 IP, 30 K’s)
No Returnees from 2011
Big Orange Slices... Bitten by the Injury Bug The 2012 season has barely begun and the injury report has already been a major factor in the early part of Tennessee softball’s new campaign. Lady Vol junior third baseman and two-time NFCA All-American (2010, 2011) Raven Chavanne suffered an avulsion fracture of her right thumb in January, necessitating surgery that kept her out of action through the Kajikawa Classic (Feb. 9-12). The potential is there for the Thousand Oaks, Calif., native to return for the the Time Warner Invitational in Austin, Texas (Feb. 17-19), but that decision has yet to be officially released. Junior outfielder (2010 All-American and 2011 NFCA All-Southeast Region selection) Kat Dotson continues her recovery from off-season surgery on her right knee. She played in just two games at the Kajikawa Classic before being declared unavailable for the remainder of the weekend. The Savannah, Ga., product is considered day-to-day with her potential for playing depending on the current condition of her injury. Exceptional Ellen! Tennessee sophomore pitcher Ellen Renfroe looks to have picked up this year right where she left off in 2011, roaring through the Kajikawa Classic with a 5-0 record, a 1.13 ERA, three solo shutouts and 48 strikeouts in 31 innings of work. The Jackson, Tenn., native didn’t allow a run over her first 27 innings of the season, topped the 10+ strikeout mark on three different occasions and fired a shutout against #1 and defending national champion Arizona State on its home field. THE WIN OVER THE TOP-RANKED SUN DEVILS MARKED RENFROE’S FOURTH WIN OVER A #1 OR #2-RANKED TEAM IN HER BRIEF CAREER. Over the last two years the 6-0 right-hander has also downed the previous year’s national champion, defeating the 2010 champ UCLA (7-1) on Feb. 26, 2011, and now 2011 champ Arizona State on Feb. 11, 2012. For her efforts, Renfroe was tabbed as the SEC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 14) for the third time in her career and was chosen as a “Primetime Pacesetter of the Week” by CollegeSports360.com.
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 11:30 a.m. CT 2/17 vs. #13 Texas 5 p.m. CT 2/18 vs. Pittsburgh 9:30 a.m. CT 2/18 Bracket Play 3 or 5:30 p.m. CT 2/19 Bracket Play 9 or 11:30 a.m. CT NFCA LEADOFF CLASSIC • Clearwater, Fla. 2/24 vs. Winthrop 2/24 vs. Georgia Tech 2/25 vs. Illinois State 2/25 vs. Hofstra 2/26 vs. Massachusetts 2/29
3:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 10:30 a.m. 1 p.m. 12:30 p.m.
vs. GEORGIA SOUTHERN (DH)
3 P.M./5 P.M.
TENNESSEE CLASSIC • Knoxville, Tenn. 3/1 DUTCH NAT’L TEAM (Exh.) 3/2 MEMPHIS 3/3 LOUISVILLE 3/3 ETSU 3/4 MURRAY STATE 3/4 MIDDLE TENNESSEE
6 P.M. 5:30 P.M. 3 P.M. 5:30 P.M. 1:30 P.M. 4 P.M.
3/9 3/10 3/11 3/16 3/17 3/18 3/21 3/23 3/24 3/25 3/30 3/31 4/1 4/4 4/6 4/7 4/8 4/10 4/13 4/14 4/15 4/17 4/20 4/21 4/22 4/27 4/28 4/29
FLORIDA* FLORIDA* FLORIDA* at Arkansas* at Arkansas* at Arkansas* at Alabama (DH)* at Mississippi State* at Mississippi State* at Mississippi State* KENTUCKY* KENTUCKY* KENTUCKY* GEORGIA (DH)* at Auburn* at Auburn* at Auburn* RADFORD LSU* LSU* LSU* MEMPHIS at South Carolina* at South Carolina* at South Carolina* OLE MISS* OLE MISS* OLE MISS*
6 P.M. 2 P.M. 12 P.M. 7 p.m. CT 1 p.m. CT 1 p.m. CT 4 p.m./6:30 p.m. CT 5:30 p.m. CT 1 p.m. CT 1 p.m. CT 6 P.M. 2 P.M. 1:30 P.M. 5 P.M./7:30 P.M. 6 p.m. CT 6 p.m. CT 1 p.m. CT 3 P.M. 6 P.M. 2 P.M. 12:30 P.M. 6 P.M. TBA TBA TBA 6 P.M. 2 P.M. 1:30 P.M.
5/10-12 SEC TOURNAMENT Tuscaloosa, Ala.
TBA
5/17-20 NCAA KNOXVILLE REGIONAL Campus Sites
TBA
5/24-27 NCAA SUPER REGIONALS Campus Sites
TBA
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 HOME GAMES IN BOLD
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