Ace Karlyn Pickens and the Tennessee Volunteers will face the Florida Gators in an NCAA softball tournament Women's College World Series elimination game Friday night at Devon Park. The Lady Vols are coming off a 4-3 loss to the Oklahoma Sooners in Thursday's opener where Ella Parker hit a three-run,

After opening losses in the Women's College World Series, the No. 3 Gators and No. 7 Volunteers face a winner-takes-all matchup at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Tennessee pitcher Karlyn Pickens fires a 78.2 mph strike for the fastest-recorded pitch in college softball history. Pickens has emerged as not only the hardest thrower softball has ever seen, but one of the sport's elite pitchers in her junior season this spring.