Tennessee’s season ends in WCWS Semifinals for second year in a row, falling to Texas

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Tennessee Lady Volunteer’s season comes to an end in the Women’s College World Series Semifinals to the Texas Longhorns for the second year in a row.

Texas beat Tennessee 5-2 in game one and 4-0 in game two of the semifinal doubleheader on Monday afternoon.

The Longhorns are now off to the WCWS championship series for the second year in a row, looking to defend their title.

GAME THREAD

Karlyn Pickens will get the start in the circle with Tennessee’s season on the line. The Lady Volunteers will be the visiting team on the scoreboard.

Sophia Knight pops up to left field for out one. Ella Dodge grounds out to second followed by a strikeout from Emma Clarke for out three. It is a quick three up, three down inning for Texas to start the game.

Pickens is not messing around today, she strikes out the side to start the game.

END 1ST | TENNESSEE 0, TEXAS 0

Alannah Leach grounds out to first for out one. Elsa Morrison strikes out swinging for out two. Texas gets out of the frame after Gabby Leach pops out to right field. The Longhorns have retired six straight batters to start the game.

Reese Atwood grounds out to Bella Faw at shortstop for out one. Pickens strikes out Leighann Goode for her fourth strikeout of the game. Pickens walks Hannah Wells and Kaiah Altmeyer to put two on with two outs. Ashton Maloney grounds out to first to get Tennessee out of the inning.

END 2ND | TENNESSEE 0, TEXAS 0

Teagan Kavan strikes the Lady Vols out in order and the Longhorns have no retired nine straight Tennessee batters as Kavan is up to five strikeouts on the day.

Jaycie Nichols gets Texas’ first hit of the game with a leadoff single, beating the throw. Kayden Henry lays down a sac bunt, but also is safe at first. Texas has two on with no outs. Katie Stewart grounds out to Faw at shortstop, moving runners to second and third. Viviana Martinez swings on the first pitch she sees and it goes straight down the line, scoring one for Texas.

With runners in the corners, Martinez steals second and on the throw Henry steals home. Reese Atwood follows it up with an RBI double to left field and Texas has a 3-0 lead with one out. Goode lines out to center field for out two. Wells singles to right field as Atwood rounds third and comes home. Gabby Leach gets the throw to Morrison in time at the plate for out three.

END 3RD | TENNESSEE 0, TEXAS 3

Tennessee is back to the top of the order to start the fourth inning. Knight grounds out to first base for out one. Dodge pops up to shortstop for out two. Clarke gets Tennessee’s first hit of the day with a ground ball up the middle. Alannah Leach strikes out looking for out three and the Longhorns escape the inning.

Knight makes a great catch at the center field wall for out one. Maloney and Nichols ground out to Pickens for outs two and three. Tennessee needed a quick three up, three down inning.

END 4TH | TENNESSEE 0, TEXAS 3

Kavan strikes out Morrison for out one. Gabby Leach gets on from a blooper to no-mans-land in right field. Kavan strikes out Butt for out two and Faw pops up in foul territory. Texas gets out of the inning unharmed and the Lady Vols only have six more outs to work with.

Pickens strikes out Henry for out one and her fifth of the day. On an 0-1 count, Stewart hits a no doubter over the center field wall and Texas extends its lead. Martinez pops up to shortstop for out two. Pickens strikes out Atwood to get out of the inning.

END 5TH | TENNESSEE 0, TEXAS 4

Holley strikes out for out one to start the sixth inning. Knight grounds out to first base for out two. Dodge pops up to center field. Tennessee needs to hold Texas here and then the Lady Volunteers will be down to their final three outs.

Pickens walks Goode to leadoff the inning. Hannah Wells follows it up with a single that Faw keeps in the infield. Texas has two runners on with no outs. Dodge lays out to catch a line drive at third for out one. Clarke catches a line drive at second and gets the double play throwing to first getting the runner not tagging up.

END 6TH | TENNESSEE 0, TEXAS 4

Tennessee is down to its final three outs and Kavan sits down the Lady Vols in order to shutout Tennessee 4-0 to advance to the championship series.

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