Congrats to Melissa McFerrin and her Tigers! Women's Basketball finished in a tie for second place, our highest finish in a decade and a great jump from last year's ninth-place finish. It's been amazing what has been accomplished in less than two seasons. Now, it's off to the GMC Sierra Conference USA tournament in Tulsa next week. The Tigers are the #4 seed and will face either 5^th seeded ECU or 12^th seeded Southern Miss on Tuesday at 2:30.

Hey Tiger fans!! This is Kim Sirman and I volunteered to write our softball blog for this weekend! Well things started off a little rough for me the morning we had to get up to head to the airport at 6 a.m. for our tournament! Turns out my alarm didn't go off, and I woke up to a call from Janelle asking where I was because the bus was about to leave! Well, I jumped out of bed, grabbed my things and ran to my car because I had to meet them at the airport so I wouldn't miss the flight, and thankfully I made it in time! The girls joked and made fun of me for a while, and now they know to call me to make sure I'm up next time, but I was just glad to have made it there and ready for what seemed to be an already interesting weekend.

What a big win for the Women's Basketball team Thursday night, knocking off Marshall to clinch a top-four spot in the CUSA Tournament and a first round bye. I didn't realize until this morning, the win also means we'll finish no lower than a second place tie, however our seeding could range from two to four. This was one of the better coaching jobs I've seen in 15 years of broadcasting. The Tigers only dressed seven players and one had only played two minutes all season. Coach McFerrin had a great game plan and the players did a tremendous job of executing it. I hope to see all of you at FedExForum tommorrow afternoon a 1:00 when we face East Carolina. This will be a great opportunity for the fans to show their appreciation of what this team has accomplished this year, with hopefully more to come.

Just taking a quick break from prepping for two big home games this week (Thursday vs. Marshall at the Fieldhouse and Saturday at 1 p.m. vs. East Carolina at FedExForum) and wanted to pass along some congratulations for a couple of Tigers.

What a great weekend for the baseball and women's basketball.
 
Baseball opened FedExPark with a series split over #38 Middle Tennessee, the weather was great for the first two games and the Tiger fans responded with two good crowds. I've heard nothing but good things from everyone who was able to go. I went out Sunday to watch, but apparently brought rain and lightning with me, the game was called in the fourth. Thanks again to Andrew Vandeventer for filling in on the broadcast while I was out, he'll be back in a few weeks.

Great win today! All around team effort, utilizing every aspect of the game. Another solid pitching performance, clutch hits, awesome defense (minus my error), bunting in key situations, throwing out runners, and NEVER GIVING IN!

We couldn't have asked for better pitching performances from our pitchers today. Vanessa, Lauren, and Carly combined for 13 K's and delivered solid performances.

On the road today leaving for the big battle with Tulane tommorrow night in New Orleans. In my seven years as  the Voice of Womens' Basketball, this will be the biggest regular season game I've called. The two first place teams face off with just four games left after.

Hey Tiger fans,

Just checking in with a couple of quick news bits for you for this weekend. While we hope to see you in New Orleans for our game at Tulane, those of you who cannot make it to the game in person can still listen online for free to Jeff Brightwell's play-by-play call at www.gotigersgo.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/08stretch-audio.html.

This weekend will be a big one for the Tiger baseball team as they will play their first three games at FedExPark. The three-game series will be against a very good Middle Tennessee program, so bundle up and come out to FedExPark for Friday's first pitch at 4 p.m.