UT is ranked No. 16 in the NFCA Coaches' Poll, No. 14 the USA Softball Top 25 & No. 11 in the RPI. The Vols’ 16-game win streak is the second longest current streak in Division I behind Arizona. Tennessee has lost three straight to Alabama but has won the past two meetings in Knoxville. The Vols have swept their past three weekend series’ and earned their rst SEC road sweep since 2015 last weekend at No. 20 Kentucky. UT is 9-3 vs. ranked foes this season with eight straight wins against ranked opponents.
Last weekend, Alabama won two out of three games against eighth-ranked LSU in Tuscaloosa before defeating UAB, 8-0, on Tuesday. Alabama is now 35-7 overall and 10-5 in SEC play. The Crimson Tide leads the SEC in strikeouts (384), is second in walks (191) and opposing batting average (.165) and third in ERA (1.46), wins (36), hits allowed (165) and elding percentage (.976). In conference-only games, Alabama is ranked second in hits (97), batters struck out (101) and wins (10) and is third in runs scored (63), total bases (135), walks (52) and opposing batting average (.214).
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