2019 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team

The 2019 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Volunteers played their home games at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

2019 Tennessee Volunteers baseball
Chapel Hill Regional, 2–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
2019 record	40–21 (14–16 SEC)
Head coach	Tony Vitello (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Frank Anderson Josh Elander
Home stadium	Lindsey Nelson Stadium

2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt  ^x‍†‍‡‍^y	23	–	7	–	0		.767			58	–	12	–	0		.829
No. 18 Georgia  ‍‍‍^y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			46	–	17	–	0		.730
Tennessee  ‍‍‍^y	14	–	16	–	0		.467			40	–	21	–	0		.656
Missouri  ‍‍‍	13	–	16	–	1		.450			34	–	22	–	1		.605
Florida  ‍‍‍^y	13	–	17	–	0		.433			34	–	26	–	0		.567
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0		.267			28	–	28	–	0		.500
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			26	–	29	–	0		.473
Western
No. 5 Mississippi State  ^x‍‍‍^y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			52	–	15	–	0		.776
No. 6 Arkansas  ^x‍‍‍^y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			46	–	20	–	0		.697
No. 14 LSU  ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	–	0		.567			40	–	26	–	0		.606
No. 20 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	13	–	1		.550			39	–	23	–	1		.627
No. 12 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			41	–	27	–	0		.603
No. 9 Auburn  ‍‍‍^y	14	–	16	–	0		.467			38	–	28	–	0		.576
Alabama  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			30	–	26	–	0		.536
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 25, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

Preseason

SEC media poll

The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Volunteers predicted to finish in fifth place in the Eastern Division.[2]

Media poll (East)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Vanderbilt	87 (9)
2	Florida	81 (4)
3	Georgia	68 (1)
4	South Carolina	53
5	Tennessee	40
6	Kentucky	30
7	Missouri	26

Personnel

Coaching staff

2019 Tennessee Volunteers coaching staff

Tony Vitello – Head Coach – 2nd year Frank Anderson – Assistant Coach – 2nd year Josh Elander – Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator – 2nd year Ross Kivett – Assistant Coach/Camp Coordinator – 2nd year J. P. Arencibia – Student Assistant Coach – 2nd year Quentin Eberhardt – Strength & Conditioning Coach – 2nd year Chad Zurcher – Coordinator of Baseball Operations – 4th year Todd Helton – Director of Player Development – 3rd year Sean McCann – Video Coordinator – 2nd year

Roster

2019 Tennessee Volunteers roster
	Pitchers 11 – Will Heflin – Junior – Morristown, TN 15 – Will Neely – Senior – Knoxville, TN 16 – Camden Sewell – Freshman – Cleveland, TN 18 – Chase Wallace – Sophomore – Sevierville, TN 20 – Tanner Kohlhepp – Freshman – Eau Claire, WI 25 – Zach Linginfelter – Junior – Sevierville, TN 27 – Garrett Stallings – Junior – Chesapeake, VA 28 – Elijah Pleasants – Freshman – Clarksville, TN 29 – Daniel Vasquez – Junior – El Cajon, CA 30 – Andrew Schultz – Junior – Alpharetta, GA 31 – Caleb Pearson – Freshman – Brentwood, TN 32 – Sean Hunley – Sophomore – Mount Juliet, TN 33 – Joshua Plummer – Sophomore – Mechanicsville, VA 34 – Garrett Crochet – Sophomore – Ocean Springs, MS 37 – Richard Jackson – Senior – Atlanta, GA 41 – Bennett Shoptaw – Freshman – Little Rock, AR 43 – Hunter Dreves – Freshman – Fort Thomas, KY 44 – Alex Harper-Cook – Junior – Maryville, TN 45 – Chase Silseth – Freshman – Farmington, NM 46 – Redmond Walsh – Sophomore – Louisville, TN		Catchers 17 – Connor Pavolony – Freshman – Woodstock, GA 19 – Landon Gray – Junior – Granbury, TX 36 – Matthew Ellis – Freshman – Waddy, KY Infielders 7 – Jake Rucker – Freshman – Greenbrier, TN 12 – Ricky Martinez – Junior – Pflugerville, TX 13 – Andre Lipcius – Junior – Williamsburg, VA 14 – Austin Knight – Freshman – Jacksonville, FL 21 – Trey Lipscomb – Freshman – Frederick, MD 35 – Nico Mascia – Junior – Knoxville, TN 40 – Luc Lipcius – Junior – Williamsburg, VA 42 – Max Ferguson – Freshman – Atlantic Beach, FL Utility 10 – Pete Derkay – Junior – Acworth, GA		Outfielders 1 – Alerick Soularie – Sophomore – Houston, TX 4 – Jay Charleston – Junior – Longwood, FL 5 – Zach Daniels – Sophomore – Stockbridge, GA 6 – Evan Russell – Sophomore – Lexington, TN 8 – Christian Scott – Freshman – Clarksville, TN 9 – Justin Ammons – Junior – Memphis, TN 38 – Dalton Reese – Freshman – Collierville, TN 39 – Paul Komistek – Freshman – Knoxville, TN 51 – Ethan Barker – Junior – Midland, TX

Schedule and results

Legend
	Tennessee win
	Tennessee loss
	Postponement
Bold	Tennessee team member

2019 Tennessee Volunteers Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (38–18)
February (9–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record February 15 Appalachian State Lindsey Nelson Stadium Knoxville, TN 6–0 Stallings (1–0) Sprinkle (0–1) SECN+ 1,297 1–0 February 16 Appalachian State Lindsey Nelson Stadium 2–0 Linginfelter (1–0) Tuthill (0–1) Crochet (1) SECN+ 1,523 2–0 February 17 Appalachian State Lindsey Nelson Stadium 3–0 Neely (1–0) Kepley (0–1) Schultz (1) SECN+ 1,118 3–0 February 19 Northern Kentucky Lindsey Nelson Stadium 18–0 Hunley (1–0) Richardson (0–1) SECN+ 945 4–0 February 22 Indiana Lindsey Nelson Stadium 5–1 Stallings (2–0) Milto (1–1) Walsh (1) SECN+ 1,068 5–0 February 23 Indiana Lindsey Nelson Stadium 11–0 Linginfelter (2–0) Gordon (0–2) SECN+ 981 6–0 February 24 Indiana Lindsey Nelson Stadium 5–3 Crochet (1–0) Sommer (1–1) Schultz (2) SECN+ 1,767 7–0 February 26 Liberty Lindsey Nelson Stadium 7–1 Hunley (2–0) Meyer (1–2) 1,398 8–0 February 27 Middle Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 2–0 Sewell (1–0) Keenan (1–1) Walsh (2) SECN+ 1,487 9–0
March (12–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record March 1 vs. Louisiana–Monroe Blue Wahoos Stadium Pensacola, FL 7–2 Stallings (3–0) Barton (1–1) Crochet (2) 557 10–0 March 2 (1) vs. North Florida Blue Wahoos Stadium 10–2 Linginfelter (3–0) Reitz (0–1) 259 11–0 March 2 (2) vs. Western Kentucky Blue Wahoos Stadium 6–3^7 Neely (2–0) Calvert (0–2) Walsh (3) 389 12–0 March 5 vs. Troy No. 25 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL 11–2 Hunley (3–0) Goodwin (0–2) 1,032 13–0 March 8 Fresno State No. 25 Lindsey Nelson Stadium 8–3 Stallings (4–0) Jensen (1–2) SECN+ 933 14–0 March 9 Fresno State No. 25 Lindsey Nelson Stadium Suspended in the 8th inning. Game completed on March 10. March 10 (1) Fresno State No. 25 Lindsey Nelson Stadium 13–9 Linginfelter (4–0) Mitchell (1–2) Crochet (2) SECN+ 1,228 15–0 March 10 (2) Fresno State No. 25 Lindsey Nelson Stadium 7–10 Moore (3–0) Neely (2–1) Arias (4) SECN+ 2,323 15–1 March 12 UNC Asheville No. 23 Lindsey Nelson Stadium 8–4 Sewell (2–0) Harris (0–2) SECN+ 1,687 16–1 March 13 UNC Asheville No. 23 Lindsey Nelson Stadium 7–2 Heflin (1–0) Sondock (0–1) SECN+ 1,214 17–1 March 15 at No. 18 Auburn No. 23 Plainsman Park Auburn, AL 0–2 Anderson (3–0) Stallings (4–1) Greenhill (3) SECN+ 3,060 17–2 0–1 March 16 at No. 18 Auburn No. 23 Plainsman Park 2–5 Fuller (1–0) Linginfelter (4–1) SECN 3,513 17–3 0–2 March 17 at No. 18 Auburn No. 23 Plainsman Park 3–5 Gray (1–1) Crochet (1–1) SECN+ 3,401 17–4 0–3 March 19 at East Tennessee State Thomas Stadium Johnson City, TN 5–1 Heflin (2–0) Montagna (1–1) Jackson (1) 1,715 18–4 March 22 South Carolina Lindsey Nelson Stadium 15–5 Stallings (5–1) Sweatt (1–1) SECN+ 1,807 19–4 1–3 March 23 South Carolina Lindsey Nelson Stadium 2–3 Tringali (1–0) Linginfelter (4–2) Kerry (3) SECN+ 2,662 19–5 1–4 March 24 South Carolina Lindsey Nelson Stadium 6–3 Crochet (2–1) Hinson SECN+ 1,918 20–5 2–4 March 26 East Tennessee State Lindsey Nelson Stadium 5–6 Oglesby (1–0) Silseth (0–1) Giambalvo (4) SECN+ 1,619 20–6 March 29 at No. 6 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field Nashville, TN 2–4 Fellows (6–0) Stallings (5–2) Brown (6) SECN+ 3,626 20–7 2–5 March 30 at No. 6 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field 4–10 Raby (5–0) Linginfelter (4–3) Fisher (2) SECN 3,512 20–8 2–6 March 31 at No. 6 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field 7–6 Crochet (3–1) Rocker (2–3) SECN 3,563 21–8 3–6
April (10–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record April 2 Belmont Lindsey Nelson Stadium 6–2 Heflin (3–0) Matter (0–1) SECN 1,990 22–8 April 5 No. 8 Mississippi State Lindsey Nelson Stadium 3–6^11 Trysten (2–1) Crochet (3–2) SECN+ 2,684 22–9 3–7 April 6 No. 8 Mississippi State Lindsey Nelson Stadium 2–1 Linginfelter (5–3) Peyton (1–2) Walsh (4) SECN+ 2,485 23–9 4–7 April 7 No. 8 Mississippi State Lindsey Nelson Stadium 5–7 Keegan (3–1) Heflin (3–1) Liebelt (3) SECN+ 2,416 23–10 4–8 April 9 Lipscomb Lindsey Nelson Stadium 11–2 Silseth (1–1) Steventon (0–1) SECN+ 2,581 24–10 April 11 No. 2 Georgia Lindsey Nelson Stadium 2–0 Schultz (1–0) Hancock (6–2) Walsh (5) SECN 1,994 25–10 5–8 April 12 No. 2 Georgia Lindsey Nelson Stadium 3–0 Stallings (6–2) Smith (3–2) SECN+ 2,765 26–10 6–8 April 13 No. 2 Georgia Lindsey Nelson Stadium 1–7 Locey (6–0) Linginfelter (5–4) Kristofak (3) SECN+ 3,311 26–11 6–9 April 16 Morehead State No. 25 Lindsey Nelson Stadium 3–1 Sewell (3–0) Garbrick (2–4) Walsh (6) SECN+ 1,537 27–11 April 18 at Kentucky No. 25 Kentucky Proud Park Lexington, KY 4–2 Schultz (2–0) Harper (3–2) Walsh (7) SECN+ 3,463 28–11 7–9 April 19 at Kentucky No. 25 Kentucky Proud Park 16–1 Stallings (7–2) Hazelwood (2–3) SECN+ 3,717 29–11 8–9 April 20 at Kentucky No. 25 Kentucky Proud Park 8–2 Linginfelter (6–4) Thompson (3–1) SECN+ 3,257 30–11 9–9 April 23 Gardner–Webb No. 20 Lindsey Nelson Stadium 5–0 Sewell (4–0) Davis (2–1) SECN+ 1,720 31–11 April 26 at No. 8 Arkansas No. 20 Baum–Walker Stadium Fayetteville, AR 9–11 Kopps (4–3) Schultz (2–1) Cronin (9) SECN+ 11,787 31–12 9–10 April 27 at No. 8 Arkansas No. 20 Baum–Walker Stadium 3–15 Wicklander (4–1) Stallings (7–3) None SECN+ 11,594 31–13 9–11 April 28 at No. 8 Arkansas No. 20 Baum–Walker Stadium 3–4^10 Trest (1–1) Walsh (0–1) None SECN 9,419 31–14 9–12
May (7–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record May 3 No. 24 Missouri Lindsey Nelson Stadium 11–5 Hunley (4–0) Ash (2–1) Walsh (8) SECN+ 2,385 32–14 10–12 May 4 No. 24 Missouri Lindsey Nelson Stadium 2–6 Bedell (3–1) Crochet (3–3) Dulle (4) SECN 1,844 32–15 10–13 May 5 No. 24 Missouri Lindsey Nelson Stadium 8–10 Sikkema (6–3) Sewell (4–1) SECN+ 2,243 32–16 10–14 May 7 Austin Peay Lindsey Nelson Stadium 9–4 Heflin (4–1) Martinez (0–2) SECN+ 1,702 33–16 May 10 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium Gainesville, FL 9–10 Crisp (4–2) Walsh (0–2) SECN+ 3,542 33–17 10–15 May 11 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium 8–7 Crochet (4–3) Specht (1–1) Sewell (1) SECN 3,659 34–17 11–15 May 12 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium 5–4 Jackson (1–0) Crisp (4–3) Hunley (1) SECN+ 3,265 35–17 12–15 May 14 Tennessee Tech Lindsey Nelson Stadium 15–10 Schultz (3–1) Saliba (2–2) Walsh (9) SECN+ 2,002 36–17 May 16 No. 15 Ole Miss Lindsey Nelson Stadium 7–0 Stallings (8–3) Ethridge (5–6) SECN 2,310 37–17 13–15 May 17 No. 15 Ole Miss Lindsey Nelson Stadium 7–5 Walsh (1–2) Miller (4–2) SECN+ 2,866 38–17 14–15 May 18 No. 15 Ole Miss Lindsey Nelson Stadium 4–5 Hoglund (2–2) Linginfelter (6–5) Olenek (1) SECN+ 2,718 38–18 14–16
Postseason (2–3)
SEC Tournament (0–1) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SECT Record May 21 vs. (8) Auburn (9) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL 3–5 Horn (3–0) Stallings (8–4) Greenhill (10) SECN 38–19 0–1
NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament – Chapel Hill Regional (2–2) Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record May 31 vs. (3) Liberty (2) Boshamer Stadium Chapel Hill, NC 1–6 Meyer (6–4) Stallings (8–5) ESPN3 2,239 38–20 0–1 June 1 vs. (4) UNC Wilmington (2) Boshamer Stadium 10–3 Crochet (5–3) Roupp (6–3) SECN 2,245 39–20 1–1 June 2 vs. (3) Liberty (2) Boshamer Stadium 6–5^10 Walsh (2–2) Brabrand (4–3) ESPN3 2,081 40–20 2–1 June 2 at (1) North Carolina (2) Boshamer Stadium 2–5 Bergner (6–1) Linginfelter (6–6) Lancellotti (3) ESPN3 3,507 40–21 2–2

Schedule Source:[3]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Chapel Hill Regional

Chapel Hill Regional Teams
(1) North Carolina Tar Heels	(2) Tennessee Volunteers	(3) Liberty Flames	(4) UNC Wilmington Seahawks

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	North Carolina	7
	4	UNC Wilmington	6
						1	North Carolina	16
						3	Liberty	1
	3	Liberty	6
	2	Tennessee	1
											1	North Carolina	5	-
										2	Tennessee	2	-
	4	UNC Wilmington	3
	2	Tennessee	10
						2	Tennessee	6
						3	Liberty	5^10

Rankings

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'[4]	NR	NR*	NR*	21	21	22	23	NR	NR	22	18	23	24	NR
Baseball America[5]	NR	NR	NR	NR	25	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	21	NR	NR	NR
Collegiate Baseball^[6]	NR	NR	NR	24	22	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
NCBWA†[7]	NR	NR	27	22	23	27	28	28	29	22	21	24	27	23
D1Baseball	NR	NR	NR	25	23	NR	NR	NR	NR	25	20	NR	NR	NR

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

1. "2019 SEC Baseball Standings". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
2. http://www.secsports.com/article/25945736/vanderbilt-picked-win-2019-sec-baseball-championship
3. "Vols Announce 2019 Baseball Schedule" (Press release). University of Tennessee Athletics. November 4, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
4. "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
5. "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
6. "2019 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
7. "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved 2018-12-22.