University of Tennessee Athletics
Sunday, February 23
Tampa, Fla.
11:30 AM
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Photo by: Maury Neipris/Tennessee Athletics
UT Falls Short in Late Effort at USF
February 23, 2020 | Softball
Tampa, Fla. – After a late score to come within one run, No. 12 Tennessee looked like it was going to recover from an arduous weekend on its getaway day in Tampa.
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The Lady Vols (7-6) stayed patient in a pressured seventh inning against USF (6-7), which they entered down 3-1. UT got a much-needed jolt on an RBI double from junior right fielder Amanda Ayala (1-for-3) to bring home pinch runner Treasuary Poindexter from second, after senior Chelsea Seggern (2-for-2) blasted a one-out double to get things going.
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Trailing 3-2, UT managed to load the bases drawing consecutive walks by freshmen KK McCrary and Madison Webber (0-for-2) with two outs. Sophomore catcher Ally Shipman was ahead 2-0 in the count, but chipped the next pitch and popped out to nix the late momentum and pick up Tennessee's fourth consecutive loss.
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Callie Turner (5-4) was credited the loss after going 6.0 innings. She gave up eight hits, two earned runs, two walks, while fanning four.
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The Lady Vols opened up scoring in the top of the first on an error that brought in Kaitlin Parsons (1-for-4), who also reached on an error.
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Tennessee was scoreless the next five frames, while the Bulls took the lead with a three-run half in the bottom of the third after recording five hits.
Next Up
The Orange and White prepare for the home opener on Wednesday at 5 p.m. (ET) against UT Martin at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium. The game will be streamed on SEC Network+ and Brian Rice will be on the call on UTsports.
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The Lady Vols (7-6) stayed patient in a pressured seventh inning against USF (6-7), which they entered down 3-1. UT got a much-needed jolt on an RBI double from junior right fielder Amanda Ayala (1-for-3) to bring home pinch runner Treasuary Poindexter from second, after senior Chelsea Seggern (2-for-2) blasted a one-out double to get things going.
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Trailing 3-2, UT managed to load the bases drawing consecutive walks by freshmen KK McCrary and Madison Webber (0-for-2) with two outs. Sophomore catcher Ally Shipman was ahead 2-0 in the count, but chipped the next pitch and popped out to nix the late momentum and pick up Tennessee's fourth consecutive loss.
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Callie Turner (5-4) was credited the loss after going 6.0 innings. She gave up eight hits, two earned runs, two walks, while fanning four.
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The Lady Vols opened up scoring in the top of the first on an error that brought in Kaitlin Parsons (1-for-4), who also reached on an error.
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Tennessee was scoreless the next five frames, while the Bulls took the lead with a three-run half in the bottom of the third after recording five hits.
Next Up
The Orange and White prepare for the home opener on Wednesday at 5 p.m. (ET) against UT Martin at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium. The game will be streamed on SEC Network+ and Brian Rice will be on the call on UTsports.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: CORRICK, Georgina (5-3)
L: Turner, Callie (5-2)
Batting:
2B: Seggern, Chelsea 1
RBI: Ayala, Amanda 1
SH: Seggern, Chelsea 1 ; Ayala, Amanda 1 ; Willingham, Josie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Parsons, Kaitlin 1 ; Poindexter, Treasuary 1
SB: Milloy, Kiki 1
HBP: Shipman, Ally 1
Batting:
RBI: HARTMAN, Brooke 1 ; FILLA, Tayli 1
Base Running:
RUNS: BRUNI, AnaMarie 1 ; BUCHMAN, Alexis 1 ; SHEEHAN, Meghan 1
SB: WILLIAMS, Kyndall 1
Game Leaders
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