University of Tennessee Athletics
Wednesday, April 13
Culhowee, N.C.
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#14 Lady Vols Mash Five Homers In 9-1 Road Win At Western Carolina
April 13, 2022 | Softball
CULLOWHEE, N.C. -- The 14th-ranked Tennessee softball team blasted five home runs on the way to a 9-1 victory in five innings at Western Carolina Wednesday night. Ivy Davis and McKenna Gibson each tagged a pair of homers, while Kiki Milloy also went yard in front of a sellout crowd at the Catamount Softball Complex.
UT's five home runs tied a season-high set against Mississippi State on April 3 and equaled the second-highest HR output in a single game in program history. Davis and Gibson became the first Tennessee teammates with multiple home runs in the same game since LVFLs Madison Shipman and Melissa Davin each went yard twice in a 19-1 victory over Tennessee State on April 2, 2013.
Davis (2-for-2), Gibson (2-for-3) and Milloy (2-for-3) each tallied multi-hit efforts and drove in three runs apiece to lead the Lady Vols offensively. Davis and Gibson both notched a solo homer and a two-run blast, while Milloy cranked her team-high 13th home run of the year with a solo shot and recorded a two-run single Wednesday night.
Lady Vol lefty Erin Edmoundson (15-4) picked up her 15th win of the season with a complete game outing, dealing five innings with two hits and one earned run allowed. The graduate pitcher posted nine strikeouts, her most since recording a season-high 11 Ks against No. 12 Clemson on Feb. 18.
After neither team could put a run on the board through the first two innings, Tennessee (27-12) opened the scoring with back-to-back solo homers in the top of the third. Davis launched an opposite-field rocket over the fence in right field before Milloy followed suit with a bomb past the scoreboard in left.
The Lady Vols added three runs in the fourth, beginning with Gibson's no-doubt solo blast to left to put Tennessee ahead 3-0. After Kaitlin Parsons singled and Kelcy Leach and Davis reached on back-to-back hit by pitches to load the bases, Milloy delivered a two-run base hit up the middle to make it a five-run lead for the Big Orange.
Gibson and Davis each logged two-run shots to left center in the fifth to put the Catamounts (15-24) on run-rule alert. WCU pinch hitter Bailey Treadway broke up Tennessee's shutout bid with a leadoff solo homer in the bottom half, but Edmoundson retired the next three batters in order with a groundout and two strikeouts to secure the five-inning triumph.
UP NEXT: Tennessee begins a six-game homestand this weekend with a three-game series against Texas A&M, running Saturday to Monday at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium. Saturday's series opener is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET and will be nationally televised on ESPNU as the Lady Vol retire two-time All-American Sarah Fekete Bailey's jersey.
For the most up-to-date information on Tennessee softball, follow @Vol_Softball on Twitter and Instagram.
UT's five home runs tied a season-high set against Mississippi State on April 3 and equaled the second-highest HR output in a single game in program history. Davis and Gibson became the first Tennessee teammates with multiple home runs in the same game since LVFLs Madison Shipman and Melissa Davin each went yard twice in a 19-1 victory over Tennessee State on April 2, 2013.
Davis (2-for-2), Gibson (2-for-3) and Milloy (2-for-3) each tallied multi-hit efforts and drove in three runs apiece to lead the Lady Vols offensively. Davis and Gibson both notched a solo homer and a two-run blast, while Milloy cranked her team-high 13th home run of the year with a solo shot and recorded a two-run single Wednesday night.
Lady Vol lefty Erin Edmoundson (15-4) picked up her 15th win of the season with a complete game outing, dealing five innings with two hits and one earned run allowed. The graduate pitcher posted nine strikeouts, her most since recording a season-high 11 Ks against No. 12 Clemson on Feb. 18.
After neither team could put a run on the board through the first two innings, Tennessee (27-12) opened the scoring with back-to-back solo homers in the top of the third. Davis launched an opposite-field rocket over the fence in right field before Milloy followed suit with a bomb past the scoreboard in left.
The Lady Vols added three runs in the fourth, beginning with Gibson's no-doubt solo blast to left to put Tennessee ahead 3-0. After Kaitlin Parsons singled and Kelcy Leach and Davis reached on back-to-back hit by pitches to load the bases, Milloy delivered a two-run base hit up the middle to make it a five-run lead for the Big Orange.
Gibson and Davis each logged two-run shots to left center in the fifth to put the Catamounts (15-24) on run-rule alert. WCU pinch hitter Bailey Treadway broke up Tennessee's shutout bid with a leadoff solo homer in the bottom half, but Edmoundson retired the next three batters in order with a groundout and two strikeouts to secure the five-inning triumph.
UP NEXT: Tennessee begins a six-game homestand this weekend with a three-game series against Texas A&M, running Saturday to Monday at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium. Saturday's series opener is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET and will be nationally televised on ESPNU as the Lady Vol retire two-time All-American Sarah Fekete Bailey's jersey.
For the most up-to-date information on Tennessee softball, follow @Vol_Softball on Twitter and Instagram.
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