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Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Lady Vols win series at No. 1 Texas softball
No. 7 Tennessee (34-9, 9-6 SEC) defeated No. 1 Texas (39-5, 11-4 SEC), 4-1, Sunday at Fred and Charlene McCombs Field in Austin, Texas. Tennessee won the series, 2-1, against the Longhorns. Tennessee has won three SEC road series and claimed series against Oklahoma and Texas. Advertisement The Lady Vols led, 1-0, in the first inning after Sophia Nugent recorded a sacrifice fly. Texas tied the game in the first. Tennessee senior first baseman McKenna Gibson went 3-for-3, she recorded one double, three RBIs and one sacrifice fly. Taylor Pannell went 3-for-3 and hit one double and scored three runs for the Lady Vols. Kinsey Fiedler, Tennessee's leadoff hitter, walked three times and scored three runs. Karlyn Pickens (17-4) pitched a complete game for Tennessee. She allowed one run, six hits and one walk over seven innings. Pickens, the two-time reigning SEC and NFCA Pitcher of the Week, finished with 10 strikeouts, while totaling 112 pitches and 71 strikes. This article originally appeared on Vols Wire: Tennessee defeats Texas to win SEC series
USA Today
18-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Taylor Pannell hits walk-off home run for Lady Vols against Auburn
Taylor Pannell hits walk-off home run for Lady Vols against Auburn No. 4 Tennessee (35-9, 10-6 SEC) defeated Auburn (27-18, 4-15 SEC), 4-2, Thursday at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium. The Lady Vols won the game in the seventh inning after Taylor Pannell hit a walk-off two-run home run. The Tigers led, 2-0, in the sixth inning after AnnaLea Adams hit a two-run single. Tennessee tied the game in the sixth inning after Sophia Nugent and Gabby Leach each hit a solo home run. Pannell went 3-for-4. She recorded one home run, two RBIs and one run. Nugent went 1-for-3, totaling one home run, one RBI and one run, while Leach also went 1-for-3. She hit one home run, recorded one RBI and scored one run. Ella Dodge went 2-for-3, hitting a double, while Emma Clarke went 2-for-3 for Tennessee, who recorded 10 hits in the contest against Auburn. Karlyn Pickens, a three-time reigning SEC and NFCA Pitcher of the Week, pitched a complete game. She allowed two runs, four hits and one walk. Pickens recorded six strikeouts. She totaled 91 pitches, including 66 strikes.
USA Today
16-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Karlyn Pickens wins four weekly pitching honors
Karlyn Pickens wins four weekly pitching honors Tennessee junior Karlyn Pickens was named SEC and National Fastpitch Coaches Association Pitcher of the Week Tuesday. Pickens (17-4) won both honors for a third consecutive week. Additionally, she was named D1Softball Pitcher of the Week and Softball America Star of the Week. In three years with the Lady Vols, she has earned NFCA Pitcher of the Week honors three times, and Won 10 SEC Weekly honors. Pickens, a right-handed pitcher and native of Weaverville, North Carolina, recorded two wins in Tennessee's series against No. 1 Texas at Fred and Charlene McCombs Field in Austin, Texas. In two starts against the Longhorns, she pitched two complete games. She allowed two runs, 10 hits and six walks. Pickens recorded 20 strikeouts, while making three starts and pitching 15 innings. She becomes the first student athlete to win either NFCA Pitcher of the Week three consecutive times. Pickens was also named SEC and NFCA Pitcher of the week after the Lady Vols won a series against Mississippi State at home. She also won both honors after Tennessee defeated No. 2 Oklahoma, becoming the first SEC opponent to win a league series against the Sooners in Norman, Oklahoma.
USA Today
14-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Lady Vols win series at No. 1 Texas softball
Lady Vols win series at No. 1 Texas softball No. 7 Tennessee (34-9, 9-6 SEC) defeated No. 1 Texas (39-5, 11-4 SEC), 4-1, Sunday at Fred and Charlene McCombs Field in Austin, Texas. Tennessee won the series, 2-1, against the Longhorns. Tennessee has won three SEC road series and claimed series against Oklahoma and Texas. The Lady Vols led, 1-0, in the first inning after Sophia Nugent recorded a sacrifice fly. Texas tied the game in the first. Tennessee senior first baseman McKenna Gibson went 3-for-3, she recorded one double, three RBIs and one sacrifice fly. Taylor Pannell went 3-for-3 and hit one double and scored three runs for the Lady Vols. Kinsey Fiedler, Tennessee's leadoff hitter, walked three times and scored three runs. Karlyn Pickens (17-4) pitched a complete game for Tennessee. She allowed one run, six hits and one walk over seven innings. Pickens, the two-time reigning SEC and NFCA Pitcher of the Week, finished with 10 strikeouts, while totaling 112 pitches and 71 strikes.
USA Today
13-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Tennessee defeats Texas to tie SEC series
Tennessee defeats Texas to tie SEC series No. 7 Tennessee (33-9, 8-6 SEC) defeated No. 1 Texas (39-4, 11-3 SEC), 3-1, Saturday at Fred and Charlene McCombs Field in Austin, Texas. With the victory, Tennessee evened the three-game series. Karlyn Pickens, the two-time reigning SEC and NFCA Pitcher of the Week, pitched a complete game for the Lady Vols. She allowed one run, four hits and three walks, while recording eight strikeouts. Pickens, who pitched one inning in Friday's 3-0 loss to the Longhorns, totaled 109 pitches, including 72 strikes. Tennessee, which recorded five hits in the contest, led 2-0, in the first inning, after first baseman McKenna Gibson hit a two-run home run, her 10th of the season. She went 1-for-3, hitting one home run. Gibson recorded one RBI and scored one run. Tennessee right fielder Gabby Leach went 2-for-3 and recorded a scoring single in the seventh inning. The Longhorns scored in the fourth inning when designated player Katie Cimusz hit a RBI single. Game No. 3 of the series is scheduled for Sunday in Austin. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m. EDT and the contest will be streamed on SEC Network+.
