The top-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols beat the Belmont Bruins, 1-0, on Tuesday night in Knoxville but the program is holding its collective breath as senior pitch Karlyn Pickens exited the game with an apparent arm inury in the second inning.
Pickens delivered a pitch to Belmont’s Brenn Blume and began to shrug her pitching shoulder before grabbing it and grimacing in discomfort.
The right-hander called time once she got the ball back and called for a trainer. After a discussion in the circle with medical staff and pitching coach Megan Rhodes Smith, Pickens tested her arm with one practice pitch and shook her head no…