2023 Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball team

2023 Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball
SEC regular season & tournament champion NCAA Knoxville Regional champion
Women's College World Series
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	44–8 (19–5 SEC)
Head coach	Karen Weekly (21st season)
Home stadium	Sherri Parker Lee Stadium

2023 Southeastern Conference softball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 3 Tennessee ‍†‍‡‍y	19	–	5	–	0		.792			51	–	10	–	0		.836
No. 14 Georgia ‍‍‍y	16	–	7	–	0		.696			42	–	15	–	0		.737
No. 20 Auburn ‍‍‍y	15	–	9	–	0		.625			43	–	19	–	0		.694
No. 7 Alabama ‍‍‍y	14	–	10	–	0		.583			45	–	22	–	0		.672
No. 17 Arkansas ‍‍‍y	14	–	10	–	0		.583			40	–	19	–	0		.678
No. 16 LSU ‍‍‍y	13	–	11	–	0		.542			42	–	17	–	0		.712
Texas A&M ‍‍‍y	12	–	12	–	0		.500			35	–	21	–	0		.625
No. 21 Florida ‍‍‍y	11	–	13	–	0		.458			38	–	22	–	0		.633
No. 24 Kentucky ‍‍‍y	10	–	14	–	0		.417			31	–	22	–	1		.583
No. 25 South Carolina ‍‍‍y	9	–	15	–	0		.375			40	–	22	–	0		.645
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y	8	–	16	–	0		.333			32	–	28	–	0		.533
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	7	–	16	–	0		.304			28	–	25	–	0		.528
Missouri ‍‍‍y	7	–	17	–	0		.292			35	–	26	–	0		.574
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2023 Rankings from NFCA/USA Today

The 2023 Tennessee Lady Volunteers softball team was an American softball team that represented the University of Tennessee during the 2023 Southeastern Conference softball season and the 2023 NCAA Division I softball season. The team played their home games at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee, and was coached by Karen Weekly in her 21st season. The team won the Southeastern Conference regular season and tournament, which earned them an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I tournament.

In May, Weekly was named SEC Softball Coach of the Year, and pitcher Karlyn Pickens was named SEC Softball Freshman of the Year.

Roster and personnel

2023 Tennessee Lady Volunteers roster
	Pitchers 14 – Ashley Rogers – Redshirt Senior 17 – Ryleigh White – Junior 23 – Karlyn Pickens – Freshman 28 – Nicola Simpson – Sophomore 33 – Payton Gottshall – Senior 80 – Charli Orsini – Freshman Outfielders 1 – Katie Taylor – Sophomore 8 – Brylee Mesusan – Freshman 9 – Kiki Milloy – Senior 19 – Jamison Brockenbrough – Freshman 21 – Shakara Goodloe – Senior		Infielders 2 – Lair Beautae – Sophomore 3 – Taylor Pantell – Freshman 6 – Jenna Mosley – Freshman 11 – Zaida Puni – Junior 16 – Camryn Sarvis – Freshman 24 – McKenna Gibson – Sophomore 36 – Grace Keene – Sophomore Utility 5 – Rylie West – Junior 12 – Mackenzie Donihoo – Senior 27 – Giulia Koutsoyanopulos – Junior 34 – Destiny Rodriguez – Freshman 50 – Jackie Kirkpatrick – Freshman 88 – Amanda Ahlin – Freshman
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2023 Lady Volunteers coaching staff
Karen Weekly – Head coach Chris Malveaux – Assistant coach Megan Rhodes Smith – Assistant coach Kate Malveaux – Volunteer assistant Lori Mitchell – Director of softball operations Aubrey Leach – Graduate assistant Ralph Weekly– Special advisor
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Record vs. conference opponents

Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2023 SEC softball records Source: 2023 SEC softball game results, 2023 SEC softball schedule
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	Team	SR	SW
ALA	14–10		1–2	1–2	.	.	.	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	.	ALA	5–3	1–0
ARK	14–10	2–1		.	2–1	1–2	2–1	.	3–0	1–2	.	.	2–1	1–2	ARK	5–3	1–0
AUB	15–9	2–1	.		1–2	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	.	.	AUB	6–2	1–0
FLA	11–13	.	1–2	2–1		2–1	1–2	.	.	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–3	.	FLA	4–4	0–1
UGA	16–7	.	2–1	2–1	1–2		2–1	1–2	2–0	.	.	3–0	.	3–0	UGA	6–2	2–0
KEN	10–14	.	1–2	.	2–1	1–2		.	0–3	3–0	2–1	.	0–3	1–2	KEN	3–5	1–2
LSU	13–11	1–2	.	1–2	.	2–1	.		3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–3	.	LSU	5–3	1–1
MSU	7–16	0–3	0–3	1–2	.	0–2	3–0	0–3		.	.	3–0	.	0–3	MSU	2–6	2–4
MIZZ	7–17	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–2	.	0–3	1–2	.		1–2	.	.	1–2	MIZZ	1–7	0–2
MISS	8–16	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	.	2–1		.	0–3	1–2	MISS	1–7	0–1
SCAR	9–15	1–2	.	1–2	2–1	0–3	.	1–2	0–3	.	.		1–2	3–0	SCAR	2–6	1–2
TENN	19–5	2–1	1–2	.	3–0	.	3–0	3–0	.	.	3–0	2–1		2–1	TENN	7–1	4–0
TAMU	12–12	.	2–1	.	.	0–3	2–1	.	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–2		TAMU	5–3	1–2
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	Team	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season. Tie brkrs: ARK>ALA hd to hd.