KNOXVILLE — With the Southeastern Conference unveiling the league slate for the 2022 softball season Thursday afternoon, Tennessee head coach Karen Weekly has announced the Lady Vols' entire schedule for the upcoming campaign.
Tennessee's 2022 regular-season schedule includes two home tournaments, three road tournaments, seven midweek contests and eight SEC weekend series. Game times and television assignments will be announced at a later date.
To view the schedule in its entirety, click here.
Season tickets go on sale October 6 and can be purchased online via AllVols.com or by calling 865-656-1200. New this season, softball fans can enjoy a porch in the outfield of Sherri Parker Lee Stadium. Any fans with questions about the new pricing structure or the new porch area can visit TennesseeFund.org.
Tourney Time
The Lady Vols will spend the month of February on the road, opening the season with three consecutive tournaments away from Knoxville. The campaign begins Feb. 11-13 in Miami with the Felsberg Invitational, hosted by Florida International. Tennessee will return to The Sunshine State the following weekend for the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational, held Feb. 17-20 at the Eddie C. Moore Complex. UT will head to the west coast to wrap up February at the Mary Nutter Classic in Palm Springs, California, set for Feb. 25-27.
The Lady Vols will host a pair of home tournaments this spring, beginning the weekend of March 4-6 as Dartmouth, Virginia and South Alabama come to Rocky Top for the Tennessee Invitational. UT is also scheduled to put on a two-day, three-team event April 23-24 with East Carolina and UNC Greensboro, dubbed the Lady Vol Challenge.
Midweek Matchups
Tennessee's home opener is slotted for Wednesday, March 2, when the Lady Vols welcome Tennessee Tech to Sherri Parker Lee Stadium. It will be the first of three midweek in-state matchups during the month of March, with Austin Peay (Tuesday, March 8) and Lipscomb (Wednesday, March 30) also scheduled to visit Rocky Top.
Additional midweek contests for the Lady Vols include a neutral-site meeting with Memphis in Columbia, Tennessee, on March 15, a visit to Western Carolina on April 13, a home game against Virginia Tech on April 20 and a road matchup at Liberty on April 27.
Conference Crusade
The Lady Vols will play a total of eight three-game series in SEC play, with four at home and four on the road. Tennessee will begin the conference slate facing three of the league's top four teams from the 2021 season, starting at Missouri (March 11-13 in Columbia) before taking on reigning co-champions Arkansas (March 18-20 in Knoxville) and Florida (March 25-27 in Gainesville) in back-to-back weekends.
Tennessee opens the month of April with a three-game set against Mississippi State (April 1-3) before heading south to Athens, Georgia, to battle the Bulldogs April 8-10. The next weekend, Texas A&M comes to Knoxville for a three-game series April 16-18.
The Lady Vols' final road series of SEC action is set for April 30 - May 2 in Oxford, Mississippi, against Ole Miss. Tennessee concludes the regular season with a three-game home series against Auburn, May 6-8.
The 2022 SEC Tournament will take place in Gainesville, Florida, May 10-14.
