2023 Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball team

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]

2023 Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball
SEC regular season & tournament champion
NCAA Knoxville Regional champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record44–8 (19–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSherri Parker Lee Stadium
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Southeastern Conference softball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 3 Tennessee ‍y 19 5 0   .792 51 10 0   .836
No. 14 Georgia ‍‍‍y 16 7 0   .696 42 15 0   .737
No. 20 Auburn ‍‍‍y 15 9 0   .625 43 19 0   .694
No. 7 Alabama ‍‍‍y 14 10 0   .583 45 22 0   .672
No. 17 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 14 10 0   .583 40 19 0   .678
No. 16 LSU ‍‍‍y 13 11 0   .542 42 17 0   .712
Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 12 12 0   .500 35 21 0   .625
No. 21 Florida ‍‍‍y 11 13 0   .458 38 22 0   .633
No. 24 Kentucky ‍‍‍y 10 14 0   .417 31 22 1   .583
No. 25 South Carolina ‍‍‍y 9 15 0   .375 40 22 0   .645
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 8 16 0   .333 32 28 0   .533
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 7 16 0   .304 28 25 0   .528
Missouri ‍‍‍y 7 17 0   .292 35 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]

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 edit

Record vs. conference opponents edit

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

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU Team SR SW
ALA 14–10 1–2 1–2 . . . 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 . ALA 5–3 1–0
ARK 14–10 2–1 . 2–1 1–2 2–1 . 3–0 1–2 . . 2–1 1–2 ARK 5–3 1–0
AUB 15–9 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 . . AUB 6–2 1–0
FLA 11–13 . 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 . . 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–3 . FLA 4–4 0–1
UGA 16–7 . 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 . . 3–0 . 3–0 UGA 6–2 2–0
KEN 10–14 . 1–2 . 2–1 1–2 . 0–3 3–0 2–1 . 0–3 1–2 KEN 3–5 1–2
LSU 13–11 1–2 . 1–2 . 2–1 . 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 . LSU 5–3 1–1
MSU 7–16 0–3 0–3 1–2 . 0–2 3–0 0–3 . . 3–0 . 0–3 MSU 2–6 2–4
MIZZ 7–17 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 . 0–3 1–2 . 1–2 . . 1–2 MIZZ 1–7 0–2
MISS 8–16 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 . 0–3 1–2 MISS 1–7 0–1
SCAR 9–15 1–2 . 1–2 2–1 0–3 . 1–2 0–3 . . 1–2 3–0 SCAR 2–6 1–2
TENN 19–5 2–1 1–2 . 3–0 . 3–0 3–0 . . 3–0 2–1 2–1 TENN 7–1 4–0
TAMU 12–12 . 2–1 . . 0–3 2–1 . 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–2 TAMU 5–3 1–2
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU Team SR SW

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

References edit

  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. ^ a b "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.