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  ‍†‍‡‍y19–5–0 .79251–10–0 .836
No. 14 Georgia  ‍‍‍y16–7–0 .69642–15–0 .737
No. 20 Auburn  ‍‍‍y15–9–0 .62543–19–0 .694
No. 7 Alabama  ‍‍‍y14–10–0 .58345–22–0 .672
No. 17 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y14–10–0 .58340–19–0 .678
No. 16 LSU  ‍‍‍y13–11–0 .54242–17–0 .712
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y12–12–0 .50035–21–0 .625
No. 21 Florida  ‍‍‍y11–13–0 .45838–22–0 .633
No. 24 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y10–14–0 .41731–22–1 .583
No. 25 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y9–15–0 .37540–22–0 .645
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y8–16–0 .33332–28–0 .533
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍7–16–0 .30428–25–0 .528
Missouri  ‍‍‍y7–17–0 .29235–26–0 .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 was an American softball team that represented the University of Tennessee during the 2023 Southeastern Conference softball season and the 2023 NCAA Division I softball season. The team played their home games at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee, and was 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.

2023 SEC softball records

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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References

  1. ↑ "2023 Standings". Southeastern Conference. June 5, 2023. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2023 USA Today / NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll (Final)". NFCA. June 13, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  3. ↑ SEC Softball - Week 14 - May 16, 2023 (PDF)
  4. ↑ "SEC announces 2023 SEC softball awards". secsports.com. May 13, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "2023 Softball Roster". utsports.com. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Weekly Release" (PDF). ESPN. May 16, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  7. ↑ "2023 SEC Softball Schedule Announced". SEC Sports. January 26, 2023. Retrieved March 28, 2023.


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