Category: Tennessee Vols Baseball

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – After a two-year stint as the program’s volunteer assistant coach, Richard Jackson has been elevated to a full-time assistant, Tennessee head baseball coach Tony Vitello announced on Thursday. Following a change by the NCAA this offseason to allow schools to add a third full-time assistant coach, Jackson was the clear choice to fill the role for the…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Southeastern Conference announced the 2024 league schedules for all 14 baseball teams on Wednesday afternoon. Tennessee will host Ole Miss (March 22-24), Georgia (March 29-31), defending national champion LSU (April 12-14), Missouri (April 26-28) and South Carolina (May 16-18) at Lindsey Nelson Stadium this season. For the fifth time in the Tony Vitello era,…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee baseball team will hold a home run derby on Saturday, Sept. 9 at Lindsey Nelson Stadium prior to the football game against Austin Peay later in the day. The event is slated to begin at 11:30 a.m. and be open to the public free of charge. The derby will last for…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The 2023 summer ball season has officially come to a close for all of Tennessee’s players as they begin to return to campus for the start of fall practice. Updates on how the Vols fared in summer ball can be found below. USA Collegiate National TeamRHP Drew BeamStats: 3 APP, 3 GS, 3-0, 2.25…

CLEMSON, S.C. – Tennessee came out swinging to build a big early lead and cruised from there to open its NCAA tournament run with a convincing 8-1 victory over Charlotte on Friday evening at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina. The Volunteers scored in each of the first four innings to race out to an…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee baseball and head coach Tony Vitello released its full schedule for the 2023 season on Wednesday. Coming off a record-setting 2022 campaign that included SEC regular season and tournament titles, the Volunteers will look to get back to the College World Series after narrowly missing out on back-to-back trips to Omaha last season. UT…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A second-half surge of 46 points for Colorado was the difference Sunday afternoon as the 11th-ranked Vols fell to the Buffaloes, 78-66, at Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville. Colorado’s KJ Simpson and Tristan da Silva combined for 24 second-half points as the Buffs (2-1) shot 15-of-28 (53.6 percent) from the floor and converted…

Tennessee Athletics BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Tennessee’s conference slate for the 2023 baseball season has been reveled, as the SEC announced the league schedules for all 14 teams on Wednesday afternoon. The defending SEC champion Volunteers will open their SEC slate on the road at Georgia (March 17-19) before hosting Florida for their SEC home opener the…

Tennessee Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Capping a wildly successful summer of baseball for Tennessee Volunteers across the country, members of the Vols claimed five different championships nationwide and took home a number of postseason honors. As the team returns to Rocky Top with classes set to begin next week, five different Vols finished on a high-note…