Texas A&M at Tennessee
NCAA softball super regionalBest-of-three seriesFriday: Tennessee 8, Texas A&M 1Today: 5 p.m. (ESPN2)Sunday (if necessary): 3 p.m. (ESPN)
KNOXVILLE – Tennessee is within a victory of making the program’s eighth Women’s College World Series appearance after opening a best-of-three super regional with an 8-1 victory over Texas A&M on Friday.
There were no extended postgame celebrations, though.
Tennessee players saluted a Lee Stadium single-game record crowd of 2,352 with a postgame wave and then departed to watch video oof a pitcher who kept them off balance in the game’s second half.
“Nothing’s been won yet,” Tennessee co-head coach Ralph Weekly said. “We won the first round of a three-round boxing match. That’s the way I look at it. If we’re fortunate to come out tomorrow and play really well, then maybe the bout could be shortened. But right now, it’s two tough teams going at each other.”