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Tennessee Softball: Vols Achieve Historic Victory Over No. 1 Florida Gators

By Caleb Calhoun

Sep 12, 2015; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers mascot carries the flag through the fans during Vol Walk prior to the game against the Oklahoma Sooners at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 12, 2015; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers mascot carries the flag through the fans during Vol Walk prior to the game against the Oklahoma Sooners at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports /
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Tennessee softball had an amazing win on Sunday thanks to a walk-off grand slam. The No. 8 ranked Volunteers defeated the Gators 5-1.

Ralph and Karen Weekly’s team had enjoyed an amazing 20-game winning streak up until a loss on the road to the No. 16 ranked LSU Tigers last Sunday. That started, a three-game losing streak for Tennessee softball, as it carried over to two straight losses to the No. 1 ranked Florida Gators this weekend.

But while their 20-game winning streak was epic, the way they got their next win after it ended was also epic.

The Vols avoided a sweep at the hands of the Gators thanks to a grand slam from Megan Greer in the fifth inning with the team trailing 1-0. It was the first runs any SEC team had scored on the Gators in 47 innings.

That grand slam was the difference in the game, as Tennessee softball won 5-1. With the win, they move to 42-8 on the year and 14-6 in the SEC, while Florida falls to 46-4 and 20-3 in the SEC.

This game was historic for multiple reasons.

For starters, it’s always historic when you defeat the No. 1 team in the country. But it was also about a Tennessee softball attendance record.

The crowd of 2,239 at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium Sunday was the largest crowd ever to witness a Tennessee softball home game.

So to knock of the No. 1 team in the country in front of a record crowd is pretty impressive.

Of course, in the grand scheme of things, the Vols still lost the series as the Gators took two out of three.

But by snapping a losing streak along with all the other things we mentioned, they still had a lot to celebrate on Sunday.

And they also snapped the Gators’ historic streak of pitching scoreless innings. So it was a great win all the way around.

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