Today On Rocky Top: Tennessee Volunteers News 5/31

Apr 20, 2013; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers fans line up for autographs before the spring Orange and White game at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports

From Go Vols Xtra

"In June 1997, a former women’s assistant volleyball coach was awarded $150,000 in a discrimination lawsuit against the University of Tennessee.Sixteen years later, the story has been thrust into the spotlight. Its antagonist, former Lady Vols coach Julie Hermann, is the center of an ongoing hailstorm of controversy as the maligned new athletic director at Rutgers University in New Jersey.On Thursday, the News Sentinel received UT’s court files on the case through an open records request."

From WBIR

"The Lady Vols softball team defeated Florida 9-2 Thursday afternoon in Oklahoma City in the Women’s College World Series.Ellen Renfroe threw a complete-game four-hitter and struck out nine to pick up the win.The Lady Vols broke on top in the first inning and never looked back.  A bases loaded walk made it 1-0, then Cheyenne Tarango roped a double to center field that scored what proved to be the winning run.Florida trimmed that 3-0 lead to 3-2 in the fifth before Tennessee erupted for four runs in the sixth to ice the game."

From Rant Sports

"Tennessee has the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation according to Rivals.com and the No. 2 class according to 247Sports.com and Butch Jones hasn’t even coached a game yet as the head coach of the Volunteers. What Jones has accomplished thus far on the recruiting trail—even though it’s early—is nothing short of remarkable.The last time Tennessee has had a recruiting class ranked this high on national signing day was in 2002 when the Vols had the No. 2 ranked class, according to both of the aforementioned recruiting websites. However, Tennessee, was coming off of an 11-2 season and were three years removed from a 13-0 season that resulted in the first ever BCS Championship when that class was assembled."

From Go Vols Xtra

"The Southeastern Conference is negotiating with St. Louis, Tampa, Fla., and Atlanta to host future men’s basketball tournaments.Commissioner Mike Slive said Thursday the league is in talks with those cities to fill upcoming vacancies in the rotation. The SEC wants to narrow its locations down to a primary spot. Nashville, Tenn., is hosting the event in 2015, 2016 and 2019.St. Louis (2017), Tampa (2018) and Atlanta (2020) are expected to fill the holes.The league is looking for a primary site after having success with permanent models in Atlanta (football) and Hoover, Ala. (baseball)."

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