The number 11 was lucky for Tennessee, as the 11th-ranked Lady Vols defeated Western Carolina 11-0 then 11-3 in a doubleheader Wednesday.

Megan Rhodes picked up another win for the Lady Vols and had strong appearences in both games for Tennessee. Rhodes had eight strikeouts in six innings while allowing only three hits.

Rhodes had a strong supporting cast of hitters as nine different batters had RBIs in the two games.

The Lady Vols (40-7) came out swinging in game one, taking very little time to run up the score. Tennessee used an eight-run second inning led by an Erin Webb triple to put the game out of reach.

Rhodes made quick work of the Catamounts (8-28) with two strikeouts in the top of the first. Tennessee's Kenora Posey helped start the scoring onslaught with a bunt single. Then Posey stole her 32^nd and 33^rd bases of the season.

After a Chandra Mogan walk, Shannon Doepking singled home Posey to give the Lady Vols the lead. Tiffany Huff then doubled to score Mogan and Doepking to total the Lady Vols three-run first.

"It was a good day on paper for my hitting," Huff said. "Although there are a few things I could work on."

Rhodes continued to dominate as she had a quick second inning including two more strikeouts.

"Pitching today was like coming out for another day at the ball park," Rhodes said. "This is one of our last midweek [games] and we came out ready to go."

The Tennessee offense refused to let up in the second.

Lillian Hammond's  started the inning with a single and then a stolen base.  After Kelly Grieve hit a grounder, Hammond scored when the throw was wild. Posey then hit a single, and advanced all the way to third while Grieve was caught in a rundown and tagged out at home.

Mogan then singled to score Posey. Tonya Callahan and Doepking then drew walks in the next two at bats. Huff hit an infield single to score Mogan on the following at bat.

After a Jennifer Lapicki walk, Erinn Webb continued her strong hitting with a bases clearing triple.

Nicole Kajitani doubled to score Webb to finish off the Lady Vols scoring.

Rhodes pitched two more innings, striking out three more batters and allowing only two hits. She finished the game with the win and seven strikeouts in four innings of work.

Danielle Pieroni pitched the fifth inning for the Lady Vols and struck out two to close out the game.

Tennessee fell behind 3-0 in game two, but rallied back in the third inning thanks to a Shannon Doepking double. Tennessee finished with 10 hits en route to an 11-3 win.

Doepking led Tennessee's attack with three RBIs.  The Lady Vols stole eight bases in the game, one shy of the school record. Junior Lillian Hammond stole two of those and was 3-3 at the plate.

The Lady Vols, however, were slow out of the gate. After a base runner on an error, a fielder's choice, and a single by the Catamounts, an Ashton Ward wild pitch allowed Casey Camp to score.

I was really upset with how we came out in the second game. Coach Ralph Weekly

After Ward walked Beth Hauser, Stephanie Beatty hit a double for Western Carolina to bring home Hauser and Amber Hawkins and give the Catamounts a 3-0 lead.

"I was really upset with how we came out in the second game after we dominated so well in the first game," head coach Ralph Weekly said. "But that's what happens with young teams."

In the bottom half of the first, the Lady Vols were able to get back two runs. Posey singled and added another stolen base before Mogan singled her home. Mogan then stole a base and scored on a Callahan single.

"I was mad because we had five straight batters with runners in scoring position and we didn't hit it out of the infield," Weekly said.

Ward came out in the second and third innings and made quick work of Western Carolina to keep the Catamounts lead to one run. Ward struck out the first two batters before getting the third to fly out to center field in the second. She added another strikeout in a three-batter third inning.

In the bottom of the third, Tennessee took the lead on a Shannon Doepking double that scored Kajitani and Callahan.

"I had a couple good at bats today," Doepking said. "The team hit really good and we were able to put up a lot of runs."

Lapicki bunted home Natalee Weissinger, who pinch ran for Doepking.

Rhodes came in to pitch for the Lady Vols in the fourth inning. She pitched two innings and allowed only one hit and had a strikeout.

"Megan has won five of our last six games," Weekly said. "She has really stepped up."

In the fourth, Hammond scored on a Posey sacrifice fly. Kelly Grieve scored later on a Kajitani sacrifice fly. After walking and working her way to third base, Callahan scored the final run of the inning when she advanced home on a wild pitch.

The Lady Vols added three more runs in the fifth inning to end the game. Webb and Hammond both singled to reach base. Grieve singled home the two base runners.

After Kajitani was hit by a pitch and Callahan was intentionally walked to load the bases, Doepking drew a walk to win the game for the Lady Vols.

Next up for the Lady Vols will be an exhibition against the U.S. Olympic team on Saturday. The next league game will be Wednesday in a doubleheader against Ole Miss with games starting at 3 p.m.