You may have noticed a circular outline in the pockets of Tennessee softball players this season.

So, what is it?

As ESPN reporter Holly Rowe revealed during the super regionals, it is a poker chip with a team saying inscribed on it.

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Featured are the letters 'KTP.' That stands for 'Keep Throwing Punches.' That has been what the team has settled on as a motto in its hunt to win the program's first national championship.

The symbolism of the poker chip is an 'all in' approach. The goal is to keep the mentality every time they take the field.

So far, this has helped Tennessee make a push to its ninth-ever Women's College World Series appearance.

The event will start on Thursday with all four WCWS games being held. The slate of games will begin at noon ET and run through the final first pitch time of 9:30 ET.

The losers of the first round of games will turn around to play in a pair of elimination games on Friday. The winner survives and will have to win three more in a row to advance, while the loser has its season ended.

The winning teams of the opening round move on to play the other winners on Saturday. Teams that win on Thursday and Saturday will have two chances to win one game and move to the finals series. Losers of the Saturday slate will need to win three-straight games to advance.

Once there are just two teams remaining in the double-elimination format, there will be a brand new best-of-three series to decide the national champion.

As the national 7-seed, Tennessee will open the WCWS against 2-seed Oklahoma. The Sooners are four-time defending national champions.

First pitch is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. ET in Oklahoma City — the site of every game of the WCWS. The game will air on ESPN.

The Lady Vols already own a series win over Oklahoma this season. On the road, Tennessee took two-of-three against the Sooners in Norman.

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