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It was one hell of a season for the Lady Vol softball team.
Champions make it look easy and it was a smooth sailing through the regionals and the super regionals. The Women’s College World Series started with an impressive 9-2 win over Florida and the Lady Vols showed Texas who the real UT is by winning 2-1.
The Oklahoma Sooners were a number one seed while the Lady Vols were a number seven seed in OKC. It’s not easy to be the underdog on the road.
My girl, Ellen Renfroe is an ace. She has swagger with her confidence that is all tied into the perfect bow in her ponytail. The spin she puts on the ball is so sick and she rose to the occasion starting game one of the Championship game. She was fearless in the circle, fighting to keep the Vols alive for 12 intense innings of some damn good softball.
And if my neighbors didn’t hate me already, they officially want to evict me now after my loud cheering and clapping all night.
Game one of the National Championship series will be in the history books forever as the longest game ever played. (UT vs. Arizona in 2005 went 10 innings and held the record before.) The Sooner’s got to Ivy Renfroe early in game two with a 3-0 lead in the third and their fans packed Hall of Fame Stadium. But the sports gods were not wearing orange and Sooner’s took home the National Championship.
As coach Karen Weekly said “Any other year this Tennessee team wins the National Championship”.
It was a heartbreaker for sure. Tennessee fans felt the emotions of those ladies who played one hell of a season and deserved to be in the National Championship game. Fans on social media showed their love and support, but most of all how proud we are of our Lady Vols!
Congratulations to Ellen Renfroe, Madison Shipman, and senior Lauren Gibson who all were named to the WCWS team.
We will miss our seniors Raven Chavanne, Lauren Gibson, Melissa Brown, Ivy Renfroe, Whitney Hammond, and Kat Dotson. Thank you for being a VFL!