Category: Tennessee Vols Baseball

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Five Tennessee players were selected on Day 2 of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft, which consistent of rounds 2-10. Chad Dallas, Liam Spence, Max Ferguson, Connor Pavolony and Jake Rucker all had their names called on Monday afternoon. The five picks are the most in program history through the first 10 rounds of an MLB Draft, breaking the…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee pitcher Blade Tidwell earned his second Freshman All-America honor on Monday, garnering first-team recognition from D1Baseball.com. Tidwell became the 20th Vol to earn Freshman All-America honors in program history last month when he was tabbed a first-team selection by Perfect Game. He the first UT player to earn Freshman All-America honors since Sean Hunley in 2018 and…

UT Athletics TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – No. 6 Tennessee got production up and down the lineup to come away with a 9-8 victory and another series win at Alabama on Sunday afternoon. The Vols scored in six different innings and finished the day with 15 hits, their most in an SEC game this season. Five different players…

UT Athletics TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – No. 6 Tennessee pulled out a big win in extras on Saturday night, coming away with an 8-4 victory at Sewell-Thomas Stadium to even its series with Alabama. The Volunteers scored four runs in the top of the 11th and Camden Sewell retired the side in order in the bottom of the inning to…

UT Athletics KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 6 Tennessee took care of business with a solid all-around effort in a 9-2 victory over Western Carolina on Tuesday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. A pair of freshmen were the stars for the Big Orange as outfielder Kyle Booker and pitcher Jake Fitzgibbons both put forth their best performances of the season to…

UT Athletics BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Tennessee senior Sean Hunley has been named the SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week, as announced by the conference on Monday afternoon. Hunley shared the honor with Vanderbilt’s Jack Leiter after an impressive series against No. 14 LSU last weekend. The veteran right hander played a hand in all thee of the Vols victories…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 9 Tennessee completed its first series sweep over LSU since 2008 with a 3-2 walk-off win in extra innings in Sunday’s series finale at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Luc Lipcius came up with the big hit with an RBI single to center field in the bottom of the eighth to give the Volunteers their…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Evan Russell tied Tennessee’s single-game record with three home runs and Drew Gilbert hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 11th inning to lead No. 9 Tennessee to an incredible 9-8 victory over No. 14 LSU. The game started on Saturday night and was suspended in the top of the ninth inning with the Tigers…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Led by an incredible performance on the mound from junior Chad Dallas, No. 9 Tennessee opened its series against No. 14 LSU with a 3-1 victory in front of an energized crowd on Friday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Dallas dominated from the jump, recording two of his career-high 11 strikeouts in the opening…

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A productive night on the offensive end and solid efforts on the mound from eight different pitchers powered No. 9 Tennessee to a 13-5 win over Eastern Kentucky Tuesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Tennessee (18-4) tallied 12 hits on the night from nine different players, led by a three-hit, four-RBI performance from Trey Lipscomb. Lipscomb’s…