The Official #2 Alabama @ #8 Tennessee Lady Vols Softball Series Thread (Sat. 4/25 7:30PM ET SECN+) (Sun. 4/26 4PM ET ESPN2) (Mon. 4/27 7PM ET SECN)

[JustFunnN'Orange]

Pickens will come in pissed tomorrow. I expect her to be more motivated than she’s ever been after Game 1.

Nailed it!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Memvol44]

K11 for the W....Bama series W streak ends

Signature win!!! Give Karen some credit as well!!

 

[gule]

Lady Vols celebrate by singing Dixieland Delight in front of the Bammers.

excellent

 

[ETNVolunteer1]

Series secured watching our team and fans sing Dixieland Delight while Bama was huddled on our field was priceless

 

[arkyvol]

Don’t give a damn about the state of Alabam, I’m from Tennessee.

 

[kregman]

With a minor hiccup that’s the Karlyn we know and love. May have gotten us home super regional if we get there. She was dealing and we finally got to their pitcher.

 

[kregman]

Holley really having some great at bats.

 

[volforlife10]

Holley really having some great at bats.

she’s really starting to come on. she’s gonna be good!!

 

[VolZen]

With a minor hiccup that’s the Karlyn we know and love. May have gotten us home super regional if we get there. She was dealing and we finally got to their pitcher.

Gotta love her! When you throw with that kind of velocity, if and when the batter gets contact, the ball stands a good chance of exiting the park.

It is a joy seeing her smile out there, but that emotional high can sometimes swing the other way when something bad happens, HR, then hit batter on the next pitch, then nearly launched one into the 5th row.

 

[ETNVolunteer1]

Gotta love her! When you throw with that kind of velocity, if and when the batter gets contact, the ball stands a good chance of exiting the park.

It is a joy seeing her smile out there, but that emotional high can sometimes swing the other way when something bad happens, HR, then hit batter on the next pitch, then nearly launched one into the 5th row.

She plays with a ton of emotion. Gets the better of her sometimes, I think. It’s an absolute joy to watch when she’s on a roll though.

 

[crstygray0211]

Karlyn needed that. After the home run then the wild pitch after…Karen knew she needed to keep Karlyn in. That’s a damn great coach right there. Karlyn got the senior night she deserved!

 

[mudcat1973]

Watch half Sunday yesterday at 7:00
Today around 7 started 4 ending of Sunday game.
Volunteers come back with two strong games.
Just done watching the serious minute or two before midnight.

 

[mudcat1973]

Tennesse Sunday pitcher had almost had no hitter.
And Tennessee batter hitting high off the scoreboard.
For Big time home run.

 

[mudcat1973]

Monday night more of team effort bats came alive.
Southmore pitcher went scoreless through Alabama bats one time then Tennessee Ace finished three through seven inning only giving up one run.

The coaching staff of getting sophomore with 11 best era some work Friday night where she got through couple inning didn't hurt starting Monday night.
Since Tennessee Sunday pitcher second best era country had great game Sunday.

 

[William_77]

Great games. Cant believe the bounce back after Saturday. Would’ve been very easy to give up but they did quite the opposite. I think this puts us firmly in the mix to host supers. Those Clearwater wins are still looking good…

 

[mudcat1973]

She’s pretty good, but yeah, my first thought too.

Tennessee was starting to get locked in on Alabama ace pitcher.
After seeing her Friday and Monday night.
Don't think it would make difference if kept her in the game.

What was the sickness the one Tennessee batter who missed about Three weeks with sickness and TV people talk about it Monday night.?

 

[Mullins2010]

 

[Orange.]

m a g n i f i c i e n t !

 

[volsagain]

Got to Love it ! Those Lady's know how to celebrate a bama victory with the cigar

 

[KTrain]

11 Ks in 5 innings, awesome

 

[UTKev37]

Great win, glad to have been there on Sunday.. but the most important question.. what cigar did they light up?

 

[JlorVol]

Karlyn needed that. After the home run then the wild pitch after…Karen knew she needed to keep Karlyn in. That’s a damn great coach right there. Karlyn got the senior night she deserved!

Yes.

When they showed what looked like Sage leaving the bullpen after the wild pitch I was thinking this is going to kill Karlyn's confidence. Karen knew she had to leave her in there for the long term even though I bet she would have been a little less nervous had she brought Sage in to close it out.

 

[OrangeBeachVol]

This is a tough call for Karen. IMO Sage is the ace for now. She has mastered using that change up pitch. The dilemma for tonight goes back to the hitting. Cannot afford to let Bama get off to a 3-4 run lead early. Not sure LV's hitting could overcome that. Do you take a chance starting Nuwer with Sage/Pickens in relief or start Pickens who is clearly struggling.

This is where Karen earns the big bucks, ha.

Props to Karen. She made the right call, Nuwer for 3 innings and Pickens to finish. She rightfully earned the big bucks. Loved the 2 game comeback by our LV's on the hated Bama - first series lose of the season and shutout. No better way to stick it to them. Feeling a lot better about post season now that some hitting is returning and Pickens rounding back into Pickens shape.

 

[Majors]

That team should have won the WS.

 

[txbo]

Does @txbo have an opinion on bunting in Women's softball? I like it myself

That's where it belongs.