After running through the SEC Tournament, the Knoxville Regional and then Texas, the Tennessee Lady Vols punched their ticket to the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. It’s their first appearance since 2015, and wouldn’t you know it — they drew No. 5 seed Alabama to open.
Tennessee turned to their senior ace Ashley Rogers on the mound, and she immediately had to dance out of some trouble in the first. Alabama put two on, but Rogers was able to generate three straight pop-outs to wiggle out of the frame.
The Lady Vols gave her some big help in the second inning, piling on four runs to take a 4-0 lead.