Davin, hitting .500 the past five games with a team-leading 1.100 slugging percentage and .615 on-base percentage, was an exception in the performance category.
"I wanted to do so well that I was thinking too much and swinging out of my shoes,'' said Davin, who has raised her batting average to .282 and her on-base percentage to .414. "So now, I get in the box and just trust my hands. It has been a matter of spending a lot of extra time in the batting cage and not thinking about it.''
Against Ole Miss
I had a plan when I went up there, Davin said of the first shot. I wanted to put the ball in play and have a good at-bat.
As far as the second homer, Davin said she was seeing the ball well all day and trusted herself.
Attack the zone, and I got the chance, Davin said.
Weekly moved Davin to sixth in the batting order and, after Saturdays performance, is likely to keep her there.
Melissa Davin has worked so hard the last four weeks, Weekly said. She was having trouble with a couple of pitches, and weve thrown them at her 1,000 times in the last few weeks, and she is really looking good on every pitch right now.
She is an amazing athlete. She is strong, she can run, she can throw people out at the plate, and she can hit the ball out of the park. I think she is going to have some great days ahead.
All of Tennessees scoring came in the third and fourth innings with Davins bat all over the offensive output
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Sophomore Melissa Davin continued her hot hitting, driving two home runs deep over the center-field wall after walking in her first at-bat.
UT co-head coach Ralph Weekly had seen it coming, having moved Davin up a spot to No. 6 in the batting order for Saturday's game.
"Melissa is strong, she can run, she can throw people out at the plate from the outfield and she can hit the ball out of the park," Weekly said. "It was a good effort from everyone today, but we were still a little slow getting started."
"I just wanted to see the ball big, and hit it hard," said Davin, who drilled her second home run of the day for her second two-homer game in the past two SEC weekend series. "After the first home run today, I knew I could hit another one."
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Updated Stats..
University of Tennessee Athletics Softball
AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
Season (tied 4th on team)
15 Melissa Davin.... .316 43-33 76 16 24 2 1 7 26 49 .645 15 2 25 0 .441 0 0 5-6 23 1 0 1.000
League (2nd on team)
15 Melissa Davin.... .386 23-18 44 10 17 1 1 4 15 32 .727 7 2 14 0 .491 0 0 4-5 15 1 0 1.000