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Tennessee will have a free live audio broadcast on UTSports.com for all road games. These broadcasts will feature play-by-play from Stephen K. Lee
2013 Season Preview
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Thursday, Feb. 7: Tennessee vs. Southern Utah (Home Team), 6 p.m. ET
Friday, Feb. 8: Tennessee vs. Idaho State (Home Team), 1 p.m. ET
Friday, Feb. 8: Tennessee (Home Team) vs. Utah State, 3:30 p.m. ET
Saturday, Feb. 9: Tennessee (Home Team) vs. South Dakota, 1 p.m. ET
Saturday, Feb. 9: Tennessee vs. BYU(Home Team), 3:30 p.m. ET
Sunday, Feb. 10: Tennessee (Home Team) vs. Oklahoma State, 1 p.m. ET
WHAT'S ON DECK IN 2013
The 2013 softball season is finally here! Here are a few things Lady Vol fans should know entering this new season:
■No. 6/5 Tennessee will have seven SEC games televised, with three on the ESPN networks, three on FOX Sports Net and one on CSS.
■For home games not on TV, there will be a free live video broadcast on UTSports.com, often featuring Brian Rice as the play-by-play announcer.
■Tennessee will have a free live audio broadcast on UTSports.com for all road games. These broadcasts will feature play-by-play from Stephen K. Lee
■Coverage of UT softball games will also include a free live blog on the "Gameday Central" pages. The live blog will follow the action and fans can interact and ask questions.
■Tennessee has a program record of 799-339-2, so the next UT victory will be No. 800.
■UT co-head coach Karen Weekly is 789-273-2 as a head coach in her entire career. Eleven more wins puts her in the 800-win club.
■UT co-head coach Ralph Weekly is 1,067-357-2 as a head coach in his entire career. Thirty-three more wins puts him in the 1,100-win club.
■The Weeklys are 566-176-2 at Tennessee. Thirty-four more wins gives them 600 for their UT careers.
■Tennessee features five Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Americans on its roster: Raven Chavanne (2010, 2011, 2012), Lauren Gibson (2011, 2012), Ellen Renfroe (2011, 2012), Madison Shipman (2012) and Kat Dotson (2010).
■There's a lot of Red, White and Blue in that Tennessee Orange! UT has six players who have played for Team USA, either on the U.S. Senior National Team, the USA Elite Team, the U.S. Junior National Team or the USA Futures Team -- Lauren Gibson (2011-2012 U.S. Senior National), Raven Chavanne (2010 USA Futures Team, 2011 Senior National Camp invitee), Ellen Renfroe (2012 USA Elite Team, 2012 Senior National Camp invitee), Madison Shipman (2012 USA Elite Team, 2010-11 U.S. Junior National Team), Cheyanne Tarango (2010-11 U.S. Junior National Team), Erin Gabriel (2010-11 U.S. Junior National Team)
