Today On Rocky Top: Tennessee Volunteers News 6/2
By Zach Ragan
August 31, 2012; Atlanta, GA, USA; Tennessee Volunteers running back Marlin Lane (15) breaks away on a long run in the second half against the North Carolina State Wolfpack at the Georgia Dome. Tennessee beat NC State 35-21. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Shirey-USA TODAY Sports
From The Tennessean
"One after another, they had their shots. One after another, they whiffed or popped up or tapped out.“It’s all about timely hitting,” Tennessee co-head coach Ralph Weekly said Saturday, “and it took us a while to get that timely hit.”It took until two outs in the bottom of the seventh.That’s when Tory Lewis slapped a single through the middle of the Washington infield to score Whitney Hammond for a 1-0 win over the Huskies in the Women’s College World Series."
From the Times Free Press
"No. 9 hitter Tory Lewis singled up the middle to score pinch-runner Whitney Hammond with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, and Tennessee beat Washington 1-0 on Saturday in the winners bracket of the Women’s College World Series.Both Lewis and Hammond are from Chattanooga and Girls Preparatory School.“Our kids fought from the very beginning,” Tennessee co-coach Ralph Weekly said. “It’s all about timely hitting and it took us awhile to get that timely hit, but the kids never quit. They never got their heads down and they never stopped fighting.”"
From Rocky Top Talk
"In 1999 Tennessee’s National Championship momentum lasted two games, then met a familiar end in Gainesville with a 23-21 loss. Down in the dumps, the Vols barely beat Memphis the following week 17-16. Auburn was up next in Tommy Tuberville’s first season. But it was hard to be as excited because you knew you were behind the eight ball again in the East Division."
From the Times Free Press
"It all began rather innocuously after Tennessee’s seventh spring football practice.Per the usual routine, Butch Jones, the Volunteers’ first-year coach, opened his typical post-practice meeting with the media with some of his own comments before taking questions.After saying he liked his team’s focus their first couple of days back from spring break, Jones unknowingly spawned a phenomenon.“It’s like building a building,” the coach said that Tuesday morning. “You build it brick by brick, and that’s what we’re building right now with this football program and this football team.”"
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