2023 Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball team

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2023 Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball
Tennessee Lady Volunteers logo.svg
SEC regular season & tournament champion
NCAA Knoxville Regional champion
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record44–8 (19–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Sherri Parker Lee Stadium
Seasons
 2022
2024 
2023 Southeastern Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 3 Tennessee  y1950 .79251100 .836
No. 14 Georgia  y1670 .69642150 .737
No. 20 Auburn  y1590 .62543190 .694
No. 7 Alabama  y14100 .58345220 .672
No. 17 Arkansas  y14100 .58340190 .678
No. 16 LSU  y13110 .54242170 .712
Texas A&M  y12120 .50035210 .625
No. 21 Florida  y11130 .45838220 .633
No. 24 Kentucky  y10140 .41731221 .583
No. 25 South Carolina  y9150 .37540220 .645
Ole Miss  y8160 .33332280 .533
Mississippi State  7160 .30428250 .528
Missouri  y7170 .29235260 .574
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 5, 2023 [1]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today [2]

The 2023 Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball team is an American softball team, representing the University of Tennessee during the 2023 Southeastern Conference softball season and the 2023 NCAA Division I softball season. The team plays their home games at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee, and is coached by Karen Weekly in her 21st season. The team won the Southeastern Conference regular season and tournament, which earned them an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I tournament. [3]

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In May, Weekly was named SEC Softball Coach of the Year, and pitcher Karlyn Pickens was named SEC Softball Freshman of the Year. [4]

Roster and personnel

Record vs. conference opponents

Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2023 SEC softball game results, 2023 SEC softball schedule

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUTeamSRSW
ALA 14–101–21–2...2–13–02–12–12–11–2.ALA5–31–0
ARK 14–102–1.2–11–22–1.3–01–2..2–11–2ARK5–31–0
AUB 15–92–1.1–21–2.2–12–13–02–12–1..AUB6–21–0
FLA 11–13.1–22–12–11–2..2–12–11–20–3.FLA4–40–1
UGA 16–7.2–12–11–22–11–22–0..3–0.3–0UGA6–22–0
KEN 10–14.1–2.2–11–2.0–33–02–1.0–31–2KEN3–51–2
LSU 13–111–2.1–2.2–1.3–02–12–12–10–3.LSU5–31–1
MSU 7–160–30–31–2.0–23–00–3..3–0.0–3MSU2–62–4
MIZZ 7–171–22–10–31–2.0–31–2.1–2..1–2MIZZ1–70–2
MISS 8–161–2.1–21–2.1–21–2.2–1.0–31–2MISS1–70–1
SCAR 9–151–2.1–22–10–3.1–20–3..1–23–0SCAR2–61–2
TENN 19–52–11–2.3–0.3–03–0..3–02–12–1TENN7–14–0
TAMU 12–12.2–1..0–32–1.3–02–12–10–31–2TAMU5–31–2
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUTeamSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. Tie brkrs: ARK>ALA hd to hd. [6] [7]

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