NCAA Softball Highlights: Tennessee vs Missouri (March 17, 2024 Game 3)

NCAA Softball Highlights: #9 Tennessee vs #11 Missouri The Volunteers utilized three home runs to secure the SEC series sweep Sunday. Laura Mealer blasted a solo shot to center in the second before McKenna Gibson connected on a two-run homer in the third. Kiki Milloy increased the Tennessee advantage to 4-0 with a homer in the fifth. Marissa McCann found herself in a battle early in her first career SEC start. After surrendering a leadoff single, Tennessee worked the runner to third. With a runner in scoring position, McCann struck out UT right fielder Taylor Pannell to get out of the early jam. McCann, a freshman from Surprise, Arizona, allowed four runs on six hits Sunday to go with a pair of strikeouts. Trailing 3-0 in the top of the fourth, Alex Honnold provided a spark to the Mizzou offense with a one-out single. Julia Crenshaw followed, reaching on an error. Karlyn Pickens then wrapped the inning with a strikeout. She finished with 11 strikeouts Sunday in the complete-game shutout victory. Missouri attempted another rally in the seventh. Kara Daly opened the inning with a single. Katie Chester chipped in a one-out single of her own before Pickens closed the contest.