Tennessee softball needs to 'flush the season' going into regionals, says coach
Tennessee softball is anticipating a full house as it hosts its 21st consecutive NCAA regional and opens against Northern Kentucky on May 15.
When Tennessee softball was hosting postseason games a couple of years ago, coach Karen Weekly remembers thinking it couldn't get any better than that. The environment at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium for the NCAA regionals and super regionals couldn't be any rowdier or raucous, she thought. But this season already has topped expectations, and the postseason hasn't even started.
The Lady Vols (42-10), the No. 7 overall seed, will host their 21st consecutive NCAA regional , and open against Northern Kentucky (26-23) on May 15 (5:30 p. m.
ET, SEC Network). The Lady Vols also are a top-eight seed, which means there will be two more possible weekends at UT if they advance to the super regionals. "Every year gets better," Weekly said May 10 after the NCAA selection show.
"This year, to see the way people showed up and showed out for midweek games absolutely blew me away. So I know it's going to be a really tough ticket. "I know my phone's going to start blowing up asking for tickets, and that's just great.