April 14, 2014

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Date	Opponent	Time	Links/Results
Tues., April 15	#4 Tennessee vs. Eastern Kentucky	6 p.m. ET	WNML 990 AM \| Live Video \| Live Stats

NO. 4 TENNESSEE

ESPN.com/USA Softball Top 25 (4/8): 5
USA TODAY/NFCA Top 25 Poll (4/8): 4
No. 4 Tennessee went 3-1 last week with a midweek win over Tennessee Tech and two wins and a loss at No. 21 Texas A&M.
UT enjoyed two of its best offensive games last week, crushing Tennessee Tech, 13-5 (5), with four home runs on April 8 and surging past Texas A&M, 15-2 (5), with a school-record-tying five home runs on April 12.
Senior Madison Shipman was named SEC Player of the Week after hitting .500 with five home runs, eight RBIs, seven runs, a 1.750 slugging percentage and a .600 on-base percentage (2.350 OPS).
Shipman is the third Tennessee softball player to earn SEC Player of the Week honors three times in a career, joining Raven Chavanne (2010-13, six times) and Lindsay Schutzler (2004-07, three times).
With five home runs on the week, Shipman moved to third place on Tennessee's all-time list. Shipman now has 40 career homers and trails only Tonya Callahan (51 from 2005-08) and Lauren Gibson (46 from 2010-13).
Freshman Annie Aldrete also enjoyed an impressive week at the plate last week, hitting .462 with two homers, two doubles and eight RBIs.
Sophomore Haley Tobler hit a team-high .600 last week, going 6-for-10 with one double and one RBI.
Tennessee begins a five-game home stand this week with Tuesday's game against Eastern Kentucky and three games against Mississippi State from April 18-20. The Lady Vols will play Furman at home on April 22 before their final regular-season road trip of the year at Kentucky from April 25-27.
Tennessee is 7-0 all-time against Eastern Kentucky. The Lady Vols took an 8-0 (5) win over the Colonels in 2013. Rainey Gaffin hit the first grand slam of her career in last year's game. Tennessee has outscored Eastern Kentucky by a combined score of 45-12. UT is 4-0 against EKU in Knoxville.

AT A GLANCE

Series History

#4 Tennessee
(35-6, 11-4 SEC)

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Sherri Parker Lee Stadium
Knoxville, Tenn.

Eastern Kentucky
(22-15, 10-5 OVC)

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All-Time: UT, 7-0
In Knoxville: UT, 4-0
Most Recent Games:
3/7/99 UT W, 10-2 (6)
3/12/00 UT W, 11-7
3/27/13 UT W, 8-0 (5)

Tuesday, April 15

6 p.m. ET

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Tennessee took an 8-0, five-inning win over Eastern Kentucky on March 27, 2013, in Knoxville. Rainey Gaffin hit the first grand slam of her career in the third inning. Ivy Renfroe fanned six in a five-inning, one-hit shutout.

SEC Standings

Team	SEC	Pct.	Overall	Pct.	Home	Away	Neutral	Streak
Alabama	15 - 3	.833	37 - 7	.840	21-2	9-5	7-0	L2
Tennessee	11 - 4	.733	35 - 6	.853	14-1	9-4	12-1	W2
Kentucky	10 - 5	.667	36 - 8	.818	14-4	13-2	9-2	W7
Missouri	9 - 6	.600	32 - 10	.761	11-3	8-4	13-3	W6
Georgia	9 - 6	.600	35 - 8	.813	28-2	4-5	3-1	L2
Florida	8 - 7	.533	37 - 8	.822	17-4	5-4	15-0	W6
Texas A&M	9 - 9	.500	29 - 13	.690	12-6	11-6	5-2	L2
South Carolina	8 - 10	.444	28 - 15	.651	20-3	6-9	2-3	W2
Auburn	6 - 9	.400	31 - 12	.715	24-7	3-4-1	4-1	L7
LSU	6 - 9	.400	24 - 18	.571	16-10	4-7	4-1	W2
Mississippi St.	5 - 10	.333	32 - 14	.695	18-6	6-7	8-1	W2
Ole Miss	3 - 12	.200	20 - 22	.476	10-7	5-11	5-4	L4
Arkansas	3 - 12	.200	25 - 20	.555	15-10	4-7	6-3	L2

As of 4/14/14

At the Plate

Tennessee

Eastern Kentucky

.335

Avg

.247

270

Runs

134

361

Hits

234

255

RBI

108

.565

Slug

.367

44/55

SB/A

32/48

170

.443

OBP

.318

In The Circle

Tennessee

Eastern Kentucky

2.16

ERA

2.29

Shutouts

Saves

265.2

247.1

4.9

H/7

5.0

2.4

BB/7

1.8

7.4

K/7

8.3

.192

Opp BA

.197

Game Notes

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