Ivy Renfroe. Courtesy: UT Sports
Madison Shipman blasted a pair of home runs and drove in five runs, Lauren Gibson hit a two-run shot and Ivy Renfroe tossed four shutout frames to lead No. 6/7 Tennessee to an 8-0, five-inning win over Winthrop on Tuesday at Lee Stadium.
The Lady Vols (22-4) controlled the game from the start thanks to back-to-back homers by Gibson and Shipman in the first inning. Renfroe, the freshly-named Louisville Slugger NFCA National Player of the Week and USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Week, had great command in the circle, keeping the Hawks (11-12) in check.
Shipman saw three pitches in the game and went produced a solo home run, a two-run home run and a two-run double to finish a perfect 3-for-3 with a career-high-tying five RBIs. Gibson went 2-for-3 with a two run homer and two runs scored. Raven Chavanne reached base three times with a single, two walks and three runs scored. Chavanne also stole two bases. Cheyanne Tarango went 2-for-3 with one RBI.
Renfroe (9-1) struck out four over four shutout frames. Tarango pitched a scoreless fifth and recorded two strikeouts.
Sutton Watson (8-7) took the loss for Winthrop after giving up the two-run homer to Gibson and the solo blast to Shipman in the next at-bat. Watson did not record an out. Sara Allen allowed five runs over 3.1 innings of relief. Dallas King tossed a scoreless two-thirds of an inning in the loss.
Chavanne opened the bottom of the first with a leadoff single to the pitcher and stole second base. Gibson brought her in and gave UT a 2-0 lead when she drilled a 2-1 pitch from Watson over the wall in left field. The team wasn't even finished congratulating Gibson by the time Shipman took a big swing at the first pitch she saw to send it over the wall and just right of the foul pole for a solo jack.
In the bottom of the second, Tennessee added two more runs. Chavanne drew an seven-pitch walk with one out and stole second base. Two batters later, Shipman pounded another first pitch to left for a two-run homer, her fifth on the year.
Tennessee plated three more runs in the bottom of the fourth to put the game out of reach. With one out, Shipman knocked a two-RBI double to right center to plate Chavanne and Gibson. Tarango followed with an RBI single up the middle to push the Lady Vols' lead to 8-0.
UT is back in action this weekend when it heads to Gainesville, Fla., to play No. 3/4 Florida from March 15-17. All three games will be televised. Friday's game is on Sun Sports/Fox Sports Florida. Saturday's game is on ESPNU. Sunday's game is on Fox Sports Net.
Winthrop at #6 Tennessee
Mar 12, 2013 at Knoxville, Tenn. (Lee Stadium)
Winthrop 0 (11-12)
Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob
Durante, Teja cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harbin, Jenna ph/cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Noble, Kristy 2b 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
Ryder, Kim pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Corn, McKenzi lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Schoenfeldt, Chelsey dp 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Eberlin, Kathryn 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0
Glover, Zarne ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
White, Alex 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0
Hartfield, Paige ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Andrea, Melanie rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ritter, Kelsey ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DeWitt, Christine c 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0
Zuehlke, Haley ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Watson, Sutton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Allen, Sara p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
King, Dallas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 16 0 3 0 0 6 12 5 1
Tennessee 8 (22-4)
Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob
Raven Chavanne 3b
1 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
Lauren Gibson 2b
3 2 2 2 0 0 3 0 0
Madison Shipman ss
3 3 3 5 0 0 3 1 0
Cheyanne Tarango 1b/p
3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0
Jennifer Burroughs pr
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Melissa Brown cf/1b
2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Haley Tobler ph
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Melissa Davin lf
2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Anna Renfroe ph/lf
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Hannah Akamine c/dp
1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0
Lexi Overstreet rf/c
2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3
Kat Dotson dp
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rainey Gaffin dp/rf
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ivy Renfroe p
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Whitney Hammond cf
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 21 8 9 8 2 3 15 5 4
Score by Innings R H E
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Winthrop............ 000 00 - 0 3 0
Tennessee........... 320 3X - 8 9 0
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LOB - WINTHROP 1; Lady Vols 4. 2B - L. Gibson; M. Shipman. HR - L. Gibson; M. Shipman 2. HBP - H. Akamine. SB - R. Chavanne 2. CS - RYDER, K.; ANDREA, M..
Winthrop ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Watson, Sutton L,8-7 0.0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 7
Allen, Sara 3.1 6 5 5 2 2 0 0 1 0 16 19 2 6 58
King, Dallas 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 4
Tennessee ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go np
Ivy Renfroe W,9-1
4.0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 13 13 4 2 54
Cheyanne Tarango
1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 16
Win - I. Renfroe (9-1). Loss - WATSON, S. (8-7). Save - None. WP - KING, D.. HBP - by ALLEN, S. (H. Akamine). PB - DEWITT, C.. Pitches/strikes: WATSON, S. 7/4; ALLEN, S. 58/29; KING, D. 4/4; I. Renfroe 54/39; C. Tarango 16/11.
Umpires - HP: Phil Freels 1B: Chris Nabors 3B: Ted Broyles
Start: 5 p.m. Time: 1:22 Attendance: 1072
Weather: Clear, 50s
WATSON, S. faced 3 batters in the 1st.
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