By Zach Stipe, Director of Football Communications KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Kyle Phillips had a breakout senior season in 2018 for the Vols. The Nashville, Tenn., native totaled 55 tackles, five sacks and eight TFLs, while starting all 12 games and capturing Tennessee’s Defensive MVP honor at the end-of-year banquet. His top highlight came when he intercepted Alabama … Read more
UT Sports Information KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Another dominant pitching performance led No. 18 Tennessee to its fifth straight win as the Volunteers shut out Gardner-Webb 5-0 on Tuesday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The shutout was the ninth of the season for UT, which is two more than any other team in the country this season. … Read more
LEXINGTON, Ky. – No. 22 Tennessee pounded Kentucky 16-1 on Friday night to secure its first SEC road-series win under head coach Tony Vitello. The Volunteers exploded for 16 runs on 13 hits on a cold and rainy night at Kentucky Proud Park to earn their second straight series victory. The Big Orange got production up and … Read more
UT Sports Information LEXINGTON, Ky. – No. 22 Tennessee used the long ball to rally for a 4-2 win over SEC East rival Kentucky in Thursday night’s series opener at Kentucky Proud Park. The Big Orange scored three runs in the top of the eighth to erase a one-run deficit. Alerick Soularie put the Volunteers ahead 3-2 with … Read more
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee redshirt junior quarterback Jarrett Guarantano passed for 198 yards and four touchdowns, as the White defeated the Orange, 28-10, on Saturday evening in the 2019 Chevrolet Orange & White Game at Neyland Stadium. Guarantano, who was named the game’s most valuable player, was 12 of 22 for 141 yards in the first half and finished … Read more
UT Sports Information KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Garrett Stallings turned in an incredible performance on the mound to lead Tennessee to a 3-0 win over No. 2 Georgia on Friday night to secure its first series win over a top-five opponent since taking two of three versus No. 4 Vanderbilt in April of 2016. Stallings threw his first-career … Read more
UT Sports Information KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee earned a hard-fought 2-0 win over No. 2 Georgia in a classic pitcher’s duel on Thursday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Garrett Crochet made his first start of the season for the Vols and threw five shutout innings while working out of a number of jams to keep the Bulldogs … Read more
UT Sports Information KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee football team held its final practice before the annual Chevrolet Orange and White Game on Thursday at Haslam Field. The Vols practiced in full pads two days before they will wrap up spring workouts at the intra-squad scrimmage at 6 p.m. on Saturday inside Neyland Stadium. The format … Read more
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – It was an easy decision for Derrick Ansley to return to Rocky Top after spending a season in the NFL as the Oakland Raiders’ defensive backs coach. Ansley, who was hired as Tennessee’s defensive coordinator in February, said his relationship with head coach Jeremy Pruitt and the lure of Tennessee’s campus, resources and … Read more
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee started its nine-game homestand off on the right foot with a 6-2 victory over in-state foe Belmont on a chilly Tuesday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Volunteers used seven pitchers on the night with Will Heflin earning his third win of the season after allowing just a single run on two hits in … Read more