Category: Lady Vols

Tennessee softball splits two in Tampa

2020 Tennessee softball.

TAMPA — It was a day of mixed results for the University of Tennessee softball team Friday.

The Lady Vols (7-3) split a pair of contests on the first day of the Tampa Tournament.

Tennessee opened the three-day event by notching a 9-1 run-rule victory over Florida International University Friday morning. The game was decided in the bottom of the sixth inning when shortstop Chelsea Seggren had a walk-off RBI single.

Later in the day, the University of Central Florida Golden Knights turned the tables on Tennessee as they run-ruled the Lady Vols 10-1 in five innings.

That loss marked the first time that Tennessee lost to an unranked non-conference foe in 2018. Then, it was Florida Atlantic that knocked off the Lady Vols 3-2 in 2018 in a tournament in Clearwater, Fla.

Despite being unranked, the Golden Knights are 10-2. The two teams were set for a rematch at 9 a.m. on Saturday.

Against the Panthers, Seggin went 4-for-4 with two home runs, a double and two runs. She drove in a career-high seven runs batted in and is tied for sixth in RBIs in a single game.

Tennessee starting pitcher Samantha Bender surrendered one run, six hits and one walk in 4.2 innings. She finished her outings with three strikeouts against FIU, which dropped to 2-2 with the loss.

Lady Vols fall again on the hardwood

Lady Vols fall again on the hardwood.

FAYETTEVILLE — The Lady Vols saw their hardwood skid continue with another loss to another ranked team Thursday night.

Tennessee dropped its fifth consecutive game when it came up on the short end of an 83-75 decision against Arkansas at Bud Walton Arena.

Rae Burrell led the Lady Vols with 21 points while Rennia Davis added 18 for Tennessee, which has now lost six of its last seven games.

Burrell had nine rebounds and three assists while Davis grabbed eight boards and dished out three assists for the Lady Vols, who last won in Nashville, against Vanderbilt on Jan. 30.

Tennessee (17-9 overall, 7-6 in the Southeastern Conference) struggled to pull that contest out, but left Music City with a 78-69 win. The Commodores (13-13, 3-10) will make a return trip to Knoxville and Thompson-Boling Arena Sunday. Tipoff is slated for noon.

Vanderbilt has lost four of its last five games and lost to Missouri, 78-66, on Thursday night in Nashville.

Also on Thursday, Arkansas guard Amber Ramirez led the No. 22 Razorbacks with 29 points.

Lady Vols fall to Texas A&M at home

Lady Vols fall to Texas A&M.

KNOXVILLE — The Lady Vols saw its slide continue on the hardwood as their losing streak has reached four games.

The friendly confines of Thompson-Boling Arena were of little help as No. 25 Tennessee dropped a 73-71 decision to No. 16 Texas A&M Sunday afternoon.

The Lady Vols (17-8 overall, 7-5 in the Southeastern Conference) have now dropped four consecutive conference games and lost five of their last six contests.

Rae Burrell, who was making her third career start, led Tennessee with 19 points while Rennia Davis had 18 for the Lady Vols, who committed 16 turnovers and shot an abysmal 6-for-16 from the free throw line.

Chenneddy Carter scored 37 points for the Aggies (20-5, 8-4 SEC).

Next up for Tennessee is a trip to Fayetteville to take on No.23 Arkansas Thursday at 7 p.m. (ET).

Lady Vols edge Colorado State in Mexico

2020 Tennessee softball.

PUERTO VALLARTA — The University of Tennessee softball team continued its season Thursday at the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge in Mexico.

The Lady Vols opened their stay south of the border with a 2-0 loss to Team Mexico in an exhibition game Thursday afternoon.

The game does not go on Tennessee’s overall record, but the Lady Vols’ offense was all but stifled as they only mustered a pair of singles. Kaili Phillips and Treasury Poindexter each had hits for UT.

On Thursday night the Lady Vols outlasted Colorado State, 6-4, picking up nine hits en route to recording a victory.

Ashley Morgan, Amanda Ayala and Chelsea Seggren each had two hits for the Lady Vols (4-1).  Ayala drove in a pair of runs and scored two more. Seggren also knocked in a pair of runs.

LSU downs Lady Vols on the hardwood

LSU downs Lady Vols on the hardwood.

BATON ROUGE — The University of Tennessee women’s basketball team saw their slump continue Thursday night.

The Lady Vols dropped a 75-65 Southeastern Conference contest on the road at LSU. Tennessee, ranked No. 25 in the nation, have now lost three consecutive conference games and are 0-for-February.

And things won’t get any easier for Tennessee on the hardwood. The Lady Vols (17-7 overall, 7-4 in the SEC) host No. 16 Texas A&M Sunday afternoon at Thompson-Boling Arena.

Tipoff is slated for 3 p.m. (ET) on Rocky Top.

The win enabled the Tigers (18-5, 8-3) to avenge an earlier loss to the Lady Vols in Knoxville.

LSU and Tennessee are now headed in opposite directions as the Tigers have now won four straight games since losing to Tennessee on Jan. 26.

Rennia Davis, who missed UT’s last game against Mississippi State on Feb. 6 (flu) returned.

She was the only Tennessee player to post double figures in the scoring column as she finished with 19 points and six rebounds.

Tamari Key and Lou Brown had nine points each. Jaiden McCoy added seven and Jazmine Massengill finished with six.

LSU’s Khayla Pointer had a game-high 24 points while Awa Trasi added 22 and Tiara Young had 10.

Lady Vols outlast Arizona State, 8-5

Lady Vols outlast Arizona State, 8-5.

TEMPE — The University of Tennessee softball team finally saw its stay come to an end of the season opening trip to Arizona Tuesday night, and the Lady Vols closed the trip with a victory.

Tennessee, the No. 12 team in the country, clubbed a pair of home runs and legged out four doubles in an 8-5 victory over host Arizona State in its final game of the Kajikawa Classic in the Valley of the Sun.

The game started Monday night and was postponed due to rain in the top of the fourth inning with the Lady Vols holding a 4-0 lead over the No. 22 Sun Devils.

Amanda Ayala and Kaili Phillips both clubbed homers for UT (4-1) while Cailin Hannon, Ally Shipman, Ashley Morgan and K.K. McCrary all doubled for Tennessee, which pounded out seven hits and stranded just three runners on base.

It was a trip of ups and downs for the Lady Vols. They opened things with wins over Northwestern and Kansas. UT had a 13-6 lead against Western Michigan, but that game was declared a no contest because it did not go four complete innings due to a tournament time limit.

Tennessee was run-ruled against national powerhouse Arizona, 8-0, on Sunday night.

Lady Vols nab two wins to open season

Lady Vols nab two wins to open season.

TEMPE — The University of Tennessee softball team showed some offensive power to open its season in the Kajikawa Classic on Saturday.

The 12th-ranked Lady Vols nabbed a pair of victories on the event’s first day. Tennessee (2-0) defeated Northwestern 6-3 in the afternoon and then returned to the diamond later to rout Kansas 10-2 in six innings.

The Lady Vols pounded out a combined 22 hits in the two tilts.

Against the Wildcats, Tennessee fell behind as Northwestern tallied in the top of the first inning. But the Lady Vols would pull even in the bottom of the frame.

Kalli Phillips and Niki Miloy both homered in the season opener. Amanda Ayala also had three hits against the Wildcats.

Phillips went 1-for-4 with a run scored and driving in three.

Ayala was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI while Milloy was 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI.

Against the Jayhawks, Tennessee finished things early thanks to a four-run sixth inning.

Chelsea Seggern got the scoring started when she blasted a solo home run to center field. That was the start of a night that saw a 3-for-4 with four runs and two runs batted in performance.

Milloy went 2-for-3 with two runs and a stolen base. Ally Shipman tripled. She went 2-for-2 with a pair of RBIs and scored twice.

Ayala doubled, scored twice and drove in a pair.

Lady Vols fall at home to Bulldogs, 72-55

Mississippi State defeats Tennessee.

KNOXVILLE — The Lady Vols returned home to the friendly confines of Thompson-Boling Arena Thursday night after coming up on the losing end of a lopsided decision on the road against top-ranked South Carolina.

Home was anything but sweet for Tennessee as it dropped a second consecutive Southeastern Conference game to a Top-10 foe.

No. 8 Mississippi State picked up its first win against a ranked foe as it knocked off Tennessee, 72-55.

The Lady Vols (17-6 overall, 7-3 in the SEC) took care of the basketball early against the Bulldogs (21-3, 9-1) and held a slim 21-19 advantage after the first quarter. UT committed just three turnovers over the first 10 minutes of the contest.

But as they have been all year, the miscues hurt Tennessee. The Lady Vols coughed the ball up 10 times in the second stanza and Mississippi State turned the 10 miscues into 13 points.

And it was all downhill from there for the Lady Vols, who were without Rennia Davis Thursday night.

Davis, Tennessee’s junior and lone returning starter from last year’s squad, could only watch from the bench as she was sidelined with the flu.

Rae Burrell, the Lady Vols’ freshman who usually provides a spark off the bench, started in Davis’ absence and she was solid by scoring 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

Tennessee, ranked 23rd nationally, also got 12 points and seven rebounds from Jordan Horston.

Jazmine Massengill scored 11 points and also pulled down seven rebounds for Tennessee.

The Bulldogs had three players score in double figures.

 

 

 

Lady Vols fall at top-ranked South Carolina, 69-48

South Carolina defeats Tennessee.

COLUMBIA — The Lady Vols had a long afternoon on the hardwood Sunday as they opened February with a 69-48 Southeastern Conference loss on the road to South Carolina, the nation’s top-ranked team, at Colonial Life Arena.

No. 22 Tennessee (17-4 overall, 7-2 in the SEC) was never really in the game after falling behind 21-9 in the first quarter.

Nothing came easily for the Lady Vols against the Gamecocks (21-1, 8-0).

The one bright spot defensively for Tennessee was Tamari Key, who had eight blocked shots before fouling out with just over three minutes remaining in the contest.

Offensively, the Lady Vols were their own worst enemies on this day as they committed 21 turnovers in the contest.

Rennia Davis struggled to get open at times against South Carolina’s stifling defense. Davis scored 18 points and grabbed10 rebounds for Tennessee, which trimmed the Gamecocks’ advantage to eight points early in the third quarter.

Zia Cooke led the Gamecocks with 20 points. Destanni Henderson added 12 points and Aliyah Boston finished with 10 for South Carolina, which led 38-23 at halftime.

Lady Vols all-time versus No. 1-ranked teams

Lady Vols are set to take on No. 1 South Carolina.

COLUMBIA – No. 22 Tennessee (17-4, 7-1 SEC) will play at No. 1 South Carolina (20-1, 8-0 SEC) Sunday.

The Lady Vols and South Carolina will tip-off at 1:02 p.m. ET in Colonial Life Arena. The contest will be televised by ESPN2.

The Lady Vols are 14-34 all-time in games against No. 1-ranked teams. Tennessee is 6-7 in road contests, 2-12 at home and 6-15 at neutral sites versus No. 1-ranked opponents.

Pat Summitt was 14-31 all-time coaching against No. 1-ranked teams, while Holly Warlick was 0-2 and Kellie Harper is 0-1. Harper and the Lady Vols lost to Stanford earlier this season, 78-51, on Dec. 18.