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.