University of Tennessee Athletics
Friday, March 4
Knoxville, Tenn.
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#17 Lady Vols Down Dartmouth, UVA To Open Tennessee Invite
March 04, 2022 | Softball
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The 17th-ranked Lady Vol softball team opened its home tournament with a pair of wins on Friday, run-ruling Dartmouth, 8-0, and fighting back to take down Virginia, 7-5, to open the Tennessee Invitational.
Tennessee's offense hit .400 as a team on the day with 10 extra-base hits en route to the doubleheader sweep. Sophomore right fielder Rylie West led the Lady Vols with four hits, including a solo home run against the Big Green and an RBI triple against the Cavaliers.
Game 1 - No. 17 Tennessee 8, Dartmouth 0 (5 Inn.)
Tennessee opened its home tournament with a run-rule triumph over Dartmouth, topping the Big Green 8-0 in five innings Friday afternoon at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium.
Sophomore Bailey McCachren went the distance in the circle and spun a one-hitter to earn her second win of the 2022 campaign. The Lady Vol righty tossed five complete and picked up a pair of strikeouts on the way to her third career complete game shutout.
The Lady Vols took an early lead with one run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first. With the bases loaded and no outs, cleanup hitter Zaida Puni sent a fly ball to deep left field that allowed Kiki Milloy to score from third.
Tennessee blew it open in the second as Milloy sent a three-run shot over the scoreboard in left center to give the Lady Vols a four-run edge. The Woodinville, Washington, native leads UT with eight bombs this season and has homered in five of her last eight games for the Big Orange.
The Lady Vols tacked on a pair of runs in the third with a pair of solo home runs from underclassmen. West went yard to left field for the second time in as many games before freshman designated player McKenna Gibson launched a solo shot over the scoreboard to gain a 6-0 lead over the Big Green.
Super senior shortstop Ivy Davis delivered the final blow in the bottom half of the fifth with a two-run triple. The Huntington Beach, California, native sent the 1-2 pitch to the wall in right field, bringing home Kaitlin Parsons and Katie Taylor from second and third to seal the run-rule victory.
Game 2 - No. 17 Tennessee 7, Virginia 5
The Lady Vols used timely hitting to pile runs on in the middle innings and claim a 7-5 victory over the Virginia Cavaliers to round out Friday's action at the Tennessee Invitational.
Graduate pitcher Erin Edmoundson earned her seventh win of the 2022 campaign, tossing 4.2 innings of relief with one earned run and a strikeout. Senior Ashley Rogers entered the circle in the sixth and closed out the final 1.1 frames with no hits allowed, dealing back-to-back strikeouts to end the game and collect her third save on the season.
The Cavaliers jumped out to a one-run lead in the top of the first when catcher Leah Boggs launched a two-out solo shot beyond the wall in left.
Tennessee fought right back to take a 2-1 lead in the bottom half. Senior outfielder Amanda Ayala laced an RBI double to right center before Puni smacked the go-ahead sac fly to shallow right.
The teams continued to trade blows as Virginia hung three runs on the scoreboard in the top of the second inning. Senior center fielder Bailey Winscott got the scoring started with a bases-loaded RBI single, freshman infielder Sarah Coon brought in a run on an HBP, and Boggs added another RBI on a groundout to short to double up on the Lady Vols, 4-2.
Puni tied the game with one swing of the bat in the bottom of the third, tanking an opposite-field two-run shot past the bleachers in right center. The blast brought home West who had just poked a two-out single through the right side to keep the inning alive.
The Lady Vols added three runs to their lead in the fourth on back-to-back extra-base hits by Ayala and West. Ayala smashed a double off the wall in left center that scored a pair of runs before West brought her in on a triple to the right field corner to make it a 7-4 lead in favor of the Big Orange.
UVA cut the deficit to two runs in the top of the sixth when junior first baseman Gabby Baylog skied a solo home run to dead center. Rogers shut down the Cavalier lineup to close the game, ending the top of the sixth with a flyout before retiring three of four batters in the seventh to earn the save.
UP NEXT: The Lady Vols close out the round robin portion of the Tennessee Invitational against South Alabama, with first pitch scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon. From there, the tournament will enter a bracket play format. The No. 1 and 4 seeds will play at 3 p.m., followed by the No. 2 and 3 seeds at 5:30.
For the most up-to-date information on Tennessee softball, follow @Vol_Softball on Twitter and Instagram.
Tennessee's offense hit .400 as a team on the day with 10 extra-base hits en route to the doubleheader sweep. Sophomore right fielder Rylie West led the Lady Vols with four hits, including a solo home run against the Big Green and an RBI triple against the Cavaliers.
Game 1 - No. 17 Tennessee 8, Dartmouth 0 (5 Inn.)
Tennessee opened its home tournament with a run-rule triumph over Dartmouth, topping the Big Green 8-0 in five innings Friday afternoon at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium.
Sophomore Bailey McCachren went the distance in the circle and spun a one-hitter to earn her second win of the 2022 campaign. The Lady Vol righty tossed five complete and picked up a pair of strikeouts on the way to her third career complete game shutout.
The Lady Vols took an early lead with one run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first. With the bases loaded and no outs, cleanup hitter Zaida Puni sent a fly ball to deep left field that allowed Kiki Milloy to score from third.
Tennessee blew it open in the second as Milloy sent a three-run shot over the scoreboard in left center to give the Lady Vols a four-run edge. The Woodinville, Washington, native leads UT with eight bombs this season and has homered in five of her last eight games for the Big Orange.
The Lady Vols tacked on a pair of runs in the third with a pair of solo home runs from underclassmen. West went yard to left field for the second time in as many games before freshman designated player McKenna Gibson launched a solo shot over the scoreboard to gain a 6-0 lead over the Big Green.
Super senior shortstop Ivy Davis delivered the final blow in the bottom half of the fifth with a two-run triple. The Huntington Beach, California, native sent the 1-2 pitch to the wall in right field, bringing home Kaitlin Parsons and Katie Taylor from second and third to seal the run-rule victory.
Game 2 - No. 17 Tennessee 7, Virginia 5
The Lady Vols used timely hitting to pile runs on in the middle innings and claim a 7-5 victory over the Virginia Cavaliers to round out Friday's action at the Tennessee Invitational.
Graduate pitcher Erin Edmoundson earned her seventh win of the 2022 campaign, tossing 4.2 innings of relief with one earned run and a strikeout. Senior Ashley Rogers entered the circle in the sixth and closed out the final 1.1 frames with no hits allowed, dealing back-to-back strikeouts to end the game and collect her third save on the season.
The Cavaliers jumped out to a one-run lead in the top of the first when catcher Leah Boggs launched a two-out solo shot beyond the wall in left.
Tennessee fought right back to take a 2-1 lead in the bottom half. Senior outfielder Amanda Ayala laced an RBI double to right center before Puni smacked the go-ahead sac fly to shallow right.
The teams continued to trade blows as Virginia hung three runs on the scoreboard in the top of the second inning. Senior center fielder Bailey Winscott got the scoring started with a bases-loaded RBI single, freshman infielder Sarah Coon brought in a run on an HBP, and Boggs added another RBI on a groundout to short to double up on the Lady Vols, 4-2.
Puni tied the game with one swing of the bat in the bottom of the third, tanking an opposite-field two-run shot past the bleachers in right center. The blast brought home West who had just poked a two-out single through the right side to keep the inning alive.
The Lady Vols added three runs to their lead in the fourth on back-to-back extra-base hits by Ayala and West. Ayala smashed a double off the wall in left center that scored a pair of runs before West brought her in on a triple to the right field corner to make it a 7-4 lead in favor of the Big Orange.
UVA cut the deficit to two runs in the top of the sixth when junior first baseman Gabby Baylog skied a solo home run to dead center. Rogers shut down the Cavalier lineup to close the game, ending the top of the sixth with a flyout before retiring three of four batters in the seventh to earn the save.
UP NEXT: The Lady Vols close out the round robin portion of the Tennessee Invitational against South Alabama, with first pitch scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon. From there, the tournament will enter a bracket play format. The No. 1 and 4 seeds will play at 3 p.m., followed by the No. 2 and 3 seeds at 5:30.
For the most up-to-date information on Tennessee softball, follow @Vol_Softball on Twitter and Instagram.
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