Tennessee softball coach Karen Weekly disputes claim by Texas Tech's Taylor Pannell regarding handshake line remarks

In Saturday’s action at the Women’s College World Series, No. 2 Tennessee defeated No. 11 Texas Tech on a walk-off home run by Emma Clarke.

The Volunteers advanced to Monday’s semifinal round while the Red Raiders play an elimination game against No. 18 UCLA on Sunday night. However, Tennessee coach Karen Weekly and Texas Tech third baseman Taylor Pannell didn’t move past their matchup immediately after Saturday’s matchup.

Following the game, Pannell — who transferred from Tennessee to Texas Tech after last season — claimed that Weekly told her that she made a mistake by leaving Knoxville in the postgame handshake line.

"We were walking through the line just saying 'good game,' and she said that I made a mistake instead of saying 'good game,' which is kind of crazy," Pannell told reporters, including the Knoxville News Sentinel’s Cora Hall .

"Like celebrate with your team. I just think it's funny she's still thinking about it,” she added. “It's old news. Whatever."

When informed of Pannell’s accusations, Weekly told Hall that the claim was “an outright lie.”

"If you rewatch at the tape of the handshake line, you’re going to see me go just as fast by her as anybody else," Weekly said, via the Knoxville News Sentinel. "I didn’t even know where she was in the handshake line.

“That’s an outright lie,” she continued. “I said good game, like I said to every other player."