Tony Vitello Details Vols’ Pitching Plan Entering Super Regional
Tennessee baseball is subscribing to the saying “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” The Vols will stick to the pitching plan that’s paid dividends the last two weeks in this weekend’s super regional series against Notre Dame. “Blade (Tidwell) will throw on Friday, again, and (Chase) Dollander will throw on Saturday,” Tennessee head coach […]
Tennessee Pitching Trio Lands Summer Invitation from Team USA
As Tennessee continues to rack up individual awards from the regular season, a trio of Tennessee’s pitchers has been invited to take part in the Team USA collegiate national baseball team this upcoming summer. In fact, the trio of Volunteer pitchers makes us Tennessee’s entire regular-season weekend rotation. According to a press release from Tennessee […]
Tennessee Outlasts Campbell in Offensive Shootout
KNOXVILLE, Tn — Tennessee outlasted No. 3 seed Campbell in an offensive shutout Saturday night. The Fighting Camels jumped out to a 4-0 lead before Tennessee took the lead in the fifth inning and withheld a handful of Campbell pushes to win, 12-7. Four different Vols’ homered while Kirby Connell was fantastic in relief, helping send […]
How To Watch: Tennessee Ready To Rumble With Campbell Saturday Night
Tennessee baseball resumes NCAA Tournament play at 7 p.m. ET Saturday night against No. 3 seed Campbell. The SEC Network will broadcast the Saturday nightcap of the Knoxville Regional between the Vols and Fighting Camels Campbell opened up the Knoxville Regional by defeating ACC-foe Georgia Tech, 15-8. The Fighting Camels jumped out to a commanding, […]
Tony Vitello Details Knoxville Regional Pitching Plan
While Tony Vitello admits that you can’t “put it in stone” now that it’s tournament time, the fifth-year head coach has Tennessee’s (53-7, 25-5 SEC) pitching plan in place for the start of this weekend’s Knoxville Regional. Sophomore right-handed pitcher Blade Tidwell will start the weekend opener against four-seed Alabama State. The decision allows Tennessee […]
WATCH: Evan Russell, Chase Dollander Preview Knoxville Regional
As the Volunteers prepare for the upcoming Knoxville Regional this weekend, Tennessee catcher Evan Russell and pitcher Chase Dollander met with the media on Thursday to discuss the games on the horizon. Dollander also spoke about the transition to Tennessee and how instrumental pitching coach Frank Anderson has been for him, while Russell talked about […]
Tennessee Knocks Off LSU, Advances To SEC Tournament Semifinals
HOOVER, Ala. — Tennessee and LSU didn’t get going until 10:10 p.m. local time and 11:10 p.m. back in Knoxville, but the Vols were ready to play nonetheless, defeating LSU to advance to the SEC Tournament semifinals. Here’s everything to know about the Vols’, 5-2, victory. Jordan Beck Announces His Presence Tennessee right fielder Jordan Beck […]
Tony Vitello Announces Tennessee’s Starting Pitcher For Friday At SEC Tournament
Tennessee right-handed pitcher Chase Dollander will start for the Vols in their second game of the SEC Tournament. “Yes. He will start for us,” Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello said of Dollander Thursday night. The Vols are in the winner’s bracket of their side of the SEC Tournament after dominating instate rival Vanderbilt, 10-1, Thursday […]
Tennessee Baseball Lands Six Players On All-SEC Teams
The regular-season SEC Champion Tennessee Volunteers raked up postseason honors on Monday. Tennessee won three of the four major awards while seven total players occupied the All-SEC teams. Tony Vitello won SEC Coach of the Year, Chase Dollander won SEC Pitcher of the Year and Drew Beam won SEC Freshman of the Year while star […]
Tennessee Sophomore Chase Dollander Wins SEC Pitcher Of The Year
Tennessee sophomore Chase Dollander is the SEC Pitcher of the Year, the SEC announced Monday afternoon. Dollander was fantastic in his first season in Knoxville, posting an 8-0 record and 2.33 ERA in 11 starts and two relief appearances. However, it’s the right-handed pitcher’s success against conference opponents that earned him the respect of the […]
