University of Tennessee Athletics
Saturday, April 20
Athens, Ga.
12 pm
University of Tennessee
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Georgia
Photo by: Maury Neipris/Tennessee Athletics
SOFTBALL CENTRAL: #8 Tennessee at #16/22 UGA
April 18, 2019 | Softball
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. --Â The No. 8 Lady Vols hit the road to face Georgia for a three-game series this weekend on April 20-21 due to rain.Â
Tennessee is coming off a big midweek win at ETSU and series sweep of Mississippi State this past weekend. With the sweep, the Orange and White moved into third place in the SEC with a 10-5 record.
UT outscored the Bulldogs, 23-4, on the weekend while freshman Ashley Rogers earned two wins, throwing a complete-game shutout on Friday and 5.0 scoreless innings of relief on Sunday. At the plate, Kaitlin Parsons paced the Lady Vols with a .571 average, four RBI and four runs scored en route to earning SEC Freshman of the Week honors.
Broadcast Info
Saturday, April 20
- Time: 12Â p.m. EST
- Watch: SEC Network
- Listen: UTSports.com | Tennessee Gameday App | AM 990
- Live Stats: UTSports.com
Saturday, April 20
- Time: 2:30Â p.m. EST
- Listen: UTSports.com | Tennessee Gameday App | AM 990
- Live Stats: UTSports.com
Sunday, April 21
- Time: 2Â p.m. EST
- Watch: ESPN2
- Listen: UTSports.com | Tennessee Gameday App | AM 990/FM 99.1
- Live Stats: UTSports.com
Need to Know
- Tennessee's .317Â batting average ranks third in the SEC and 18th in the nation while the squad's .982 fielding percentage is second and third, respectively.
- The Lady Vols have 15 wins over opponents who were ranked or received votes in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll and ESPN.com/USA Softball Poll entering the midweek game.Â
- UT is outscoring opponents 269-82 through three-fourths of the season. The Lady Vols have thrown 11 shutouts total and have run-ruled opponents 15 times.
- Freshman Kaitlin Parsons led Tennessee offensively last week, posting a .571 average (4-for-7) with four runs scored, her first-career triple and four RBI. She recorded a team-best .700 on-base percentage and .857 slugging percentage in the Mississippi State series en route to earning SEC Freshman of the Week honors.
- During the ETSU game on April 16, senior Aubrey Leach walked four times to tie and then break the program record for career walks. She has 155 free passes for her career with 11 games left to play in the regular season. Leach is eight runs shy of breaking Tennessee's career record of 244 runs scored. She currently has 237 runs scored through 220 games.Â
- Senior Haley Bearden became the first Lady Vol in history to hit two grand slams in a game and the first player since Lauren Gibson in 2013 to record eight RBI in a single outing on April 16 at ETSU. UT has had two grand slams hit in the same game on three other occasions, but all were by different players.
- Ashley Rogers and Matty Moss delivered the fifth combined no-hitter in UT history on Tuesday at ETSU. It's just the second combined no-hitter that LVFL Monica Abbott did not throw an inning in and the 49th overall no-no in the record book. Rogers tossed 3.0 shutout innings, allowing just one batter to reach base via a walk. She struck out eight of her 10 batters faced and 30 of her 43 pitches were strikes. To start the fourth inning, Moss entered in relief and threw 19 pitches to close out the final two frames.
- Rogers was named to the Schutt Sports/NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year Top 25 List by the National Fastpitch Coaches' Association on Thursday. The right-hander is having a stellar freshman season for the Lady Vols with a 16-2 record, 1.61 ERA, two saves and 144 strikeouts. Her 16 victories are fourth in the SEC while her seven wins in conference play are tied for first in the league. Rogers' 144 punchouts are the most by a UT freshman since Arnold had 144 in 2017. Prior to Arnold, Ellen Renfroe had 259 in 2011.
Scouting Report
GEORGIA
- 2019 Overall Record: 31-14
- 2019 SEC Record: 5-10
- Now in her 19th season, Bulldogs' head coach Lu Harris-Champer has guided Georgia to 17-straight NCAA Tournament appearances, two Southeastern Conference Championships, one SEC Tournament Championship, 10 NCAA Super Regional showings, and four trips to the Women's College World Series, including two trips in the last three seasons.
- In 2018, UGA went 48-13 (16-8) and advanced to the Women's College World Series.
- Georgia dropped all three games of the weekend series to Alabama and have lost four straight SEC games dating back to April 7 vs. Texas A&M. Over their last 10 games (March 27-April 15), the Bulldogs have been out-scored 46-42.
- Alyssa DiCarlo leads the squad with a .413 average, 51Â runs, 50Â hits, 12 doubles, 20 home runs and 50Â RBI. Overall, five players are hitting .311 or higher.
- In the circle, Kylie Bass leads the staff with a 2.28Â ERA while Mary Wilson Avant paces the team with a 9-4 record, 77 strikeouts and two saves through 81.1 innings of work.
All-Time Record vs. UGA: 42-33
- In Knoxville: Series tied, 17-17
- In Athens: UT leads, 20-14
- At Neutral Sites:Â UT leads, 5-2
- Last Meeting: UGA won, 2-1, in eight innings in Athens Super Regional (5/26/18)
LAST 5 MEETINGS (UGA LEADS, 4-1)
- 5/26/18 Â Â Â Â #7 UGA 2, #10 UT 1 (8)Â Â Â Â Athens
- 5/25/18Â Â Â #7 UGA 4, #10 UT 3Â Â Â Â Â Athens
- 4/2/18Â Â Â Â Â #6 UGA 8, #7 UT 0 (6)Â Â Â Knoxville
- 4/1/18Â Â Â Â #6 UGA 9, #7 UT 1 (6)Â Â Â Knoxville
- 3/31/18Â Â Â #7 UT 1, #6 UGA 0Â Â Â Â Â Â Knoxville
On Deck
The Lady Vols host Tennessee State for a doubleheader on Wednesday, April 24, starting at 4 p.m. EST to close out nonconference play in the regular season.
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