University of Tennessee Athletics
SOFTBALL CENTRAL: #14 UT vs. #18 Missouri
March 19, 2015 | Softball
March 19, 2015
Sherri Parker Lee Stadium
Knoxville, Tenn.
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Sherri Parker Lee Stadium
Knoxville, Tenn.
All-Time: UT, 1-3
In Knoxville: N/A
Last 3 Meetings:
5/4/13 UT W, 10-1 (5)
5/5/13 MU W, 12-8 (6)
5/11/13 MU W, 3-0
In Knoxville: N/A
Last 3 Meetings:
5/4/13 UT W, 10-1 (5)
5/5/13 MU W, 12-8 (6)
5/11/13 MU W, 3-0
Friday, March 20
UT 12, MU 4 (8)
Notes
UT hit four home runs, including a Taylor Koenig grand slam to muscle past Mizzou, 12-4 (6) in Game 1 on Friday.
Saturday, March 21
MU W, 9-8
Notes
Annie Aldrete and Scarlet McSwain hit three-run homers in the first inning but Tennessee could not survive a six-run sixth by Missouri, falling to the Tigers, 9-8, in Game 2.
NO. 14 TENNESSEE
- Tennessee is ranked No. 14 in the latest USA Today/NFCA poll and No. 19 in the latest ESPN.com/USA Softball poll.
- UT (19-6, 1-2 SEC) is coming off of a 2-0 loss to Western Kentucky on Tuesday. WKU ace Miranda Kramer, who entered this week as the nation's strikeout leader (12.9 Ks per seven innings), fanned 14.
- Tennessee is averaging 7.7 runs per game and limiting opponents to 2.1 runs.
- The Lady Vols are hitting .333 as a team with nine players hitting .303 or better. Gretchen Aucoin is hitting a team-best .452. Shaliyah Geathers (.382) and Rainey Gaffin (.362) round out Tennessee's top three hitters. Taylor Koenig leads the team with 10 homers and 32 RBIs. Annie Aldrete, Meghan Gregg and Megan Geer have five homers apiece.
- Tennessee's pitchers have combined for a 2.12 ERA. Erin Gabriel is 9-2 with a 2.06 ERA and 69 strikeouts over 54.1 innings. Aucoin is 7-2 with a 2.40 ERA and 52 strikeouts over 46.2 frames.
- Friday's Game 1 is at 6:30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast live online on SEC Network +/WatchESPN with Courtney Lyle on the call and Allison Fulmer-Mahan providing analysis.
- Game 2 on Saturday is at 8:30 p.m. ET and will be televised live on SEC Network with Jonathan Yardley on the call and Garland Cooper providing analysis.
- All three games this weekend will feature a live audio broadcast on WNML 990 AM (and UTSports.com) with Brian Rice on the call.
NO. 18 MISSOURI
- Missouri is ranked No. 19 in the latest USA Today/NFCA poll and No. 18 in the latest ESPN.com/USA Softball poll.
- The Tigers are 19-3 and 2-0 in SEC play and are coming off of a 4-0 weekend at the NC State Hyatt Place Invitational in Raleigh, N.C., with wins over Fordham, Lipscomb, Longwood and NC State. Two weeks ago, Mizzou swept South Carolina on the road.
- Missouri has averaged 6.5 runs per game while holding opponents to 2.5 runs per game.
- Mizzou is hitting .314 as a team with six players hitting .306 or better. Taylor Gadbois leads the team with a .415 batting average and 18 stolen bases. Corrin Genovese (.361 BA) and Emily Crane (.352 BA) round out the team's top three batting averages. Sami Fagan (.343 BA, six HRs, 28 RBIs) and Kirsten Mack (.323 BA, seven HRs, 13 RBIs) are the Tigers' top sluggers.
- Missouri's pitchers have combined for a 1.70 ERA. The Tigers feature a formidable 1-2 punch in Paige Lowary (9-0, 1.67 ERA, 59 Ks, 54.1 IP) and Tori Finucane (9-3, 1.99 ERA, 58 Ks, 63.1 IP)
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