University of Tennessee Athletics
World Cup of Softball Day 1 Recap
June 30, 2015 | Softball
IRVINE, Calif. -- Current and former Tennessee stars made a big splash on Monday's opening day of World Cup of Softball X at Bill Barber Park.
Rising sophomore Meghan Gregg and the USA Softball Junior Women's National Team smashed Argentina, 14-0, in five frames. Gregg started at shortstop and reached base in each of her three at-bats. She drew walks in the first and third innings and knocked an RBI single in the third to finish 1-for-1 with two runs, one RBI and two walks.
Tennessee alums and USA Softball Women's National Team veterans Raven Chavanne and Lauren Gibson squared off against fellow UT alum Cheyanne Tarango and Mexico in the final game of the day. Chavanne started as the DP went 2-for-2 with a RBI in the third inning that pushed the U.S. lead to 2-0. Gibson started at second base and went 1-for-1 with one RBI and two walks. Gibson drew a bases-loaded walk in the third to extend the Team USA lead to 3-0.
Tarango started in the circle for Mexico and threw 5.0 innings against a potent USA WNT lineup, allowing four runs (two earned) and recording one strikeout.
Tuesday's slate of games with Tennessee players is as follows:
JUNE 30
2:30 p.m. ET -- Japan vs. Mexico (Tarango)
7:30 p.m. ET -- Canada vs. USA Juniors (Gregg)
10 p.m. ET -- Puerto vs. USA (Chavanne, Gibson)
TeamUSA.org will host live video streams and live stats for each game of World Cup of Softball X.
