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.
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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.