Tennessee opened their season with a 15-0 trouncing of UT-Arlington.

Tennessee junior catcher Sophia Nugent made her debut for the Lady Vols knocking in four RBIs Thursday afternoon at Allen Saxe Field as Tennessee earned a season-opening, 15-0, run-rule win over UT-Arlington.

Payton Gottshall tossed four scoreless innings and held UTA to just a pair of hits. Gottshall struck out seven and walking none enroute to picking up the game win. Sophomore Charli Orsini entered the game in relief and threw the game’s final frame to complete the shutout.

As you can tell from the final score Tennessee’s bats were very active in the game throughout the entire lineup.

In Friday action the Lady Vols took both games of a doubleheader against Baylor at Getterman Stadium. UT took game one, 3-2, before winning game two, 9-1, in six innings.

In the games Tennessee showed their deep pitching staff. In game one senior Ryleigh White got the start in the circle and threw two scoreless innings and allowed just a pair of hits. She gave way to sophomore Karlyn Pickens who finished out the game, tossing five innings. While in game two Charli Orsini got the start in the circle throwing 1.2 innings. The sophomore allowed one run on three hits with a strikeout and a walk. Payton Gottshall came on in relief and finished out the night, throwing 4.1 innings. The graduate struck out six, walked none and gave up just a trio of hits as Gottshall picked up the win.

Due to expected inclement weather in Waco, the final game of Tennessee’s series at Baylor was cancelled.