Tennessee baseball head coach Josh Elander met with the media following the Vols’ series sweep of Nicholls in Knoxville.
UT beat Nicholls 5-1 and 12-2 in a Saturday doubleheader to complete the series sweep. Starting pitchers Landon Mack and Evan Blanco each did well in their UT debuts while Blaine Brown mashed at the plate.
Brown tallied three home runs across both games Saturday and finished the series 8-14 with five RBI. Elander touched on Mack and Blanco’s starts, Brown’s excellence at the plate and more, including why Manny Marin did not play in either game.
Watch Elander’s entire post-game press conference below.
“I just really like how they stayed hooked up for 18 innings today,” Elander said when asked what he learned about his team Saturday. “I know you’re going for a shutout there late in the, whatever, the seventh [inning] it is, but our two guys dive and do everything they can to keep the ball in the infield. Or Hunter High coming off the bench and diving to try to keep the ball in the infield.
“So again, just staying hooked up. I told them it’s not easy to win two games in one day. I don’t care who you’re playing or when or where you’re playing, it’s not easy to do in college baseball. So [I’m] proud of how they handled their business, and we’ll give them the day tomorrow, get a little reset, and we’ll look into next week, too.”
Tennessee is back in action Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET against UNC Asheville for the first midweek contest of the season.
