University of Georgia Athletics
Tennessee Wins SEC Softball Tournament
May 13, 2006 | Softball
May 13, 2006
ATHENS, Ga. --- The Tennessee Lady Vols (53-9) captured the program's first SEC Tournament Championship on Saturday with a 3-0 win over the LSU Tigers (51-12) at the UGA Softball Complex.
Monica Abbott improved her record to 37-7 after hurling a five-hit shutout, striking out six. The junior left-hander was presented with Tournament MVP honors following the game.
Tennessee plated all three of its runs in the sixth inning. The Lady Vols loaded the bases after stringing together two singles and a hit-by-a-pitch. Katherine Card plated Kenora Posey and Lindsay Schutzler with a two-RBI single to left field. Tennessee scored its last run of the frame courtesy of Natalie Brock's RBI single.
"Last night we decided to make some changes offensively," said Tennessee co-head coach Ralph Weekly. "We had (Katherine) Card showing bunt so she could see the ball longer and it worked. We also had people moving around in the box and we made some two-strike adjustments."
Emily Turner (25-7) took the loss for the Tigers after allowing three earned runs and nine hits in 7.0 innings.
The SEC All-Tournament team was announced at the conclusion of Saturday's championship game. For a complete list of honorees, please see list below.
2006 SEC Softball Tournament
All-Tournament Team
MVP- Monica Abbott, Tennessee
P-Monica Abbott, Tennessee
P-Emily Turner, LSU
C-Killian Roessner, LSU
1B-Tonya Callahan, Tennessee
2B-Vanessa Soto, LSU
3B-Lauren Delahoussaye, LSU
SS-Lindsay Schutzler, Tennessee
OF-Sarah Fekete, Tennessee
OF-Brittany Rogers, Alabama
OF-Katherine Card, Tennessee
DP-India Chiles, Tennessee
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