Tennessee Baseball Releases 2024 SEC Schedule
The SEC released Tennessee baseball’s 10 series conference schedule Wednesday including home series against defending national champs LSU and eastern division rival South Carolina. Tennessee opens up SEC play at Alabama on March 15-17. The Vols didn’t face Alabama last season and the Crimson Tide are entering Rob Vaughn’s first season as head coach. Tony […]
Tennessee Baseball Lands Transfer Pitcher
Wichita State pitcher Nate Snead committed to Tennessee baseball Wednesday afternoon. Snead is one of an abundance of Wichita State baseball players to enter the transfer portal since the Shockers parted ways with coach Eric Wedge at the beginning of the offseason. Snead visited Tennessee over the weekend as Tony Vitello and his staff quickly […]
How Much of a Concern is Chase Burns’ Departure for Tennessee Baseball?
Tennessee baseball lost star pitcher Chase Burns to the transfer portal on Tuesday. The loss is a big hit to Tennessee’s pitching staff for the 2024 season, as the upcoming junior figured to serve as either the Friday or Saturday night starter for the Vols. After moving to a bullpen role due to early-season struggles […]
Tennessee Baseball’s Pitching Dominant In Run To Omaha
Tennessee baseball posted just a .204 team batting average in last weekend’s Hattiesburg Super Regional. But that was no problem. The Vols’ pitching staff was simply fantastic for a second straight weekend as Tennessee punched its ticket to the Men’s College World Series. Tennessee allowed just nine runs in the super regional despite a rare […]
Tennessee Pitching Coach Turns Down Same Position At Texas
Tennessee pitching coach Frank Anderson turned down an offer to be the Texas pitching coach, Horns247 first reported Tuesday and a trusted source confirmed to RTI Wednesday. Anderson left his position as Houston’s pitching coach in 2017 to join first time head coach Tony Vitello at Tennessee. The Nebraska native has an abundance of ties […]
‘I Can’t Put That Into Words’: Drew Gilbert Has One More Game At LNS
There was a chance Drew Gilbert’s last moment in a Tennessee uniform would be Kellen Levy ejecting him in a loss. The ejection predicated a one-game suspension for the First Team All-SEC centerfielder and with the Vols on the brink of elimination, Gilbert wasn’t guaranteed another game in the orange-and-white. Tony Vitello wanted to make […]
Tennessee Drops Super Regional Opener, Is On Brink Of Elimination
KNOXVILLE, Tn — Tennessee’s season is on the brink after Notre Dame took the Knoxville Super Regional opener, 8-6. The Fighting Irish hit four home runs in four innings while jumping out to a massive lead the Vols couldn’t overcome while a pair of ejections set Tennessee back the rest of the weekend. Here’s everything to […]
Drew Gilbert, Frank Anderson Tossed From Knoxville Super Regional Opener
Tennessee outfielder Drew Gilbert and pitching coach Frank Anderson were ejected from the Knoxville Super Regional opening loss against Notre Dame. With the Vols trailing, 8-2, in the fifth inning an Alex Rao 1-0 pitch appeared to miss low and inside. Home plate umpire Kellen Levy called the pitch a strike and Gilbert emphatically argued […]
Tennessee Baseball Back As Unanimous No. 1 Team After One Week Hiatus
Following Tennessee’s weekend series loss at Kentucky, the Vols were no longer the unanimous No. 1 team in the country. Tony Vitello’s fifth team was still the top-ranked team in a number of rankings including D1Baseball and the USA Today Coaches Poll. However, the Vols fell from the top spot in three rankings including Baseball […]
Tony Vitello Mixing Up Pitching Rotation Entering Georgia Series
Tennessee baseball coach Tony Vitello is mixing up his weekend pitching rotation ahead of this weekend’s series against Georgia. Chase Dollander will start for the Vols in Thursday night’s series opener, sophomore Blade Tidwell will start in game two Friday with the Vols’ starter for Saturday’s series finale is still to be determined. Either Chase […]
