2011 SEASON OUTLOOK senior Jill Gardner, whose 2010 season was cut short a er only 14 games before she suffered a seasonending knee injury.
2011 OVC SOFTBALL PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH (as voted on by the league’s head so ball coaches) School Points 1. Jacksonville State (Eight first-place votes) 97 2. Tennessee Tech (Two first-place votes) 80 3. UT Mar n 78 4. SIU Edwardsville 68 t5. Eastern Illinois (One first-place vote) 63 t5. Morehead State 63 7. Murray State 54 8. Southeast Missouri 40 9. Eastern Kentucky 32 10. Aus n Peay 16 11. Tennessee State
Pitchers Susie Burke and Kelly Troglin will look to make an impact on the team in 2011. Burke and Troglin saw limited ac on last season but will be expected to show improvement in the circle. The Tigers will also have experience in u tly players Tedra Alford, Brooke Blackford and Kara Murr. Alford played in all except one game and tallied 18 hits while Blackford turned in 19 hits and nine RBI on the seasno. Murr saw ac on in 30 games and had a fielding percentage of nearly 90.
The ten newcomers will look to make an immediate TSU will play its first home game of the season on impact on the field for Tennessee State. Wednesday, Feb. 23. The Tigers will host cross-town opponent Belmont in a doubleheader at Tiger Field. The Schedule The first game is slated to begin at 4 p.m. The Tigers will par cipate in four tournaments this season including the Tiny Lasiter Tournament (Feb.12-14) Other non-conference opponents include SEC powin Conyers, Ga. Schools that will par cipate in tourna- erhouse Tennessee, Western Kentucky, Memphis and ment include South Carolina State, North Carolina A&T, Middle Tennessee State. Hampton and Florida A&M. OVC Preseason Selec on The next weekend TSU will travel to Lafaye e, La. to The Tennessee State University so ball team was precompete in the Ragin Cajun Tournament, Feb.18-20. dicted to finish the 2011 campaign in 11th place in a During the tournament the Tigers will face Louisiana- poll voted on by the league’s head coaches. Lafaye e, Maine, Mississippi Valley State and Stephen F. Aus n. Next the Tigers will take aim at the Phyllis Ra er Memorial (Feb.25-27), in Kennesaw, Ga. TSU will matchup with opponents such as Georgia State, Mercer, Ball State, Purdue, and Kennesaw State will be in a endance. March, 4-5, the Tigers will conclude tournament play with the Stetson Tournament in Stetson, Fla., where they will face Elon University, Stetson, and Binghamton University. Conference ac on will kick-off Saturday, March 12, as the Tigers will travel to Cookeville, Tenn. to face Tennessee Tech. The Tigers will end regular season conference play May, 01 against Murray State, in Murray, Ky. The OVC Tournament is set to begin Thursday, May 12 and end Saturday, May 14.
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