American college baseball season
The 2018 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season . The Volunteers played their home games at Lindsey Nelson Stadium . The team was coached by Tony Vitello in his first season as head coach at Tennessee.
Roster
2018 Tennessee Volunteers active roster [1]
Pitchers
11 – LHP – Will Heflin – Sophomore – Morristown, TN
15 – RHP – Will Neely – Junior – Knoxville, TN
17 – RHP – Connor Darling – Sophomore – Suwanee, GA
18 – RHP – Chase Wallace – Freshman – Sevierville, TN
20 – RHP – Donovan Benoit – Freshman – Pensacola, FL
23 – RHP – Riley Watkins – Freshman – Eads, TN
25 – RHP – Zach Linginfelter – Sophomore – Sevierville, TN
27 – RHP – Garrett Stallings – Sophomore – Chesapeake, VA
28 – RHP – Alex Harper-Cook – Sophomore – Maryville, TN
29 – RHP – Daniel Vasquez – Junior – El Cajon, CA
30 – RHP – Andrew Schultz – Sophomore – Alpharetta, GA
32 – RHP – Sean Hunley – Freshman – Mount Juliet, TN
33 – RHP – Joshua Plummer – Freshman – Mechanicsville, VA
34 – LHP – Garrett Crochet – Freshman – Ocean Springs, MS
37 – RHP – Richard Jackson – Junior – Atlanta, GA
41 – LHP – Sam Springer – Freshman – Knoxville, TN
46 – LHP – Redmond Walsh – Freshman – Louisville, TN
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Utility
Coaches
Tony Vitello – Head Coach (1st year)
Frank Anderson – Assistant Coach
Josh Elander – Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Todd Helton – Director of Player Development
Schedule
2018 Tennessee Volunteers Baseball Game Log[2]
Regular Season
February
Date
Opponent
StadiumSite
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall Record
SEC Record
February 16
Maryland
Lindsey Nelson Stadium Knoxville, TN
0–4
Bloom (1–0)
Lingenfelter (0–1)
None
1,312
0–1
–
February 17
Maryland
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
Postponed (inclement weather) Makeup: February 18 as a single-admission doubleheader[3]
February 18 (1)
Maryland
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
4–10
Fisher (1–0)
Darling (0–1)
None
2,330
0–2
–
February 18 (2)
Maryland
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
13–6
Neely (1–0)
Alexander (0–1)
Benoit (1)
2,330
1–2
–
February 20
Lipscomb
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
8–5
Crochet (1–0)
Tripp (0–1)
Vasquez (1)
1,393
2–2
–
February 23
UNC Greensboro
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
3–2
Heflin (1–0)
Maynard (0–1)
Wallace (1)
1,286
3–2
–
February 24
UNC Greensboro
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
11–4
Stallings (1–0)
Hensley (0–1)
None
1,383
4–2
–
February 25
UNC Greensboro
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
2–3
Maynard (1–1)
Crochet (1–1)
Wantz (1)
1,110
4–3
–
February 27
Middle Tennessee State
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
5–4
Heflin (2–0)
Williams (0–1)
Wallace (2)
1,277
5–3
–
February 28
Arkansas–Pine Bluff
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
9–1
Hunley (1–0)
O'Guinn (0–2)
None
968
6–3
–
March
Date
Opponent
StadiumSite
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall Record
SEC Record
March 2
East Tennessee State
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
9–10
Bates (1–0)
Wallace (0–1)
Maher (3)
1,266
6–4
–
March 3
Memphis
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
2–1
Stallings (2–0)
Bowlan (0–3)
None
1,329
7–4
–
March 4
Middle Tennessee State
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
5–712
Dennis (1–0)
Crochet (1–2)
None
1,495
7–5
–
March 6
James Madison
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
10–1
Hunley (2–0)
Bourne (0–1)
None
1,117
8–5
–
March 7
James Madison
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
2–21
Kelly (1–1)
Schultz (0–1)
None
1,064
8–6
–
March 9
at Cincinnati
Marge Schott Stadium Cincinnati, OH
3–212
Lingenfelter (1–1)
Lowe II (0–1)
None
467
9–6
–
March 10
at Cincinnati
Marge Schott Stadium
7–5
Stallings (3–0)
Alldred (0–1)
Linginfelter (1)
816
10–6
–
March 11
at Cincinnati
Marge Schott Stadium
2–1
Neely (2–0)
Orndorff (0–2)
None
661
11–6
–
March 14
Western Carolina
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
5–0
Hunley (3–0)
Bishop (0–2)
None
1,096
12–6
–
March 16
at No. 8 Ole Miss
Swayze Field Oxford, MS
8–6
Crochet (2–2)
Rolison (3–2)
Linginfelter (2)
7,277
13–6
1–0
March 17
at No. 8 Ole Miss
Swayze Field
1–7
Feigl (5–0)
Stallings (3–1)
None
8,875
13–7
1–1
March 18
at No. 8 Ole Miss
Swayze Field
0–5
McArthur (3–0)
Neely (2–1)
Caracci (1)
7,560
13–8
1–2
March 20
East Tennessee State
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
6–9
Giambalvo (2–0)
Heflin (2–1)
Korzybski (1)
1,148
13–9
–
March 23
Alabama
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
5–4
Linginfelter (2–1)
Medders (0–1)
None
1,874
14–9
2–2
March 24
Alabama
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
Postponed (inclement weather) Makeup: March 25 as a single-admission, 7-inning doubleheader [4]
March 25 (1)
Alabama
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
2–17
Stallings (4–1)
Walters (2–3)
None
2,299
15–9
3–2
March 25 (2)
Alabama
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
3–07
Neely (3–1)
Rukes (1–1)
None
2,299
16–9
4–2
March 27
at Western Carolina
Hennon Stadium Cullowhee, NC
17–3
Hunley (4–0)
Bishop (0–3)
None
572
17–9
–
March 29
at South Carolina
Founders Park Columbia, SC
1–6
Hill (3–2)
Crochet (2–3)
None
6,425
17–10
4–3
March 30
at South Carolina
Founders Park
2–6
Morris (5–2)
Stallings (4–2)
None
6,945
17–11
4–4
March 31
at South Carolina
Founders Park
3–6
Demurias (3–0)
Linginfelter (2–2)
None
7,816
17–12
4–5
April
Date
Opponent
StadiumSite
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall Record
SEC Record
April 3
Belmont
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
9–2
Hunley (5–0)
Fowlkes (0–5)
None
1,691
18–12
–
April 6
No. 1 Florida
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
Postponed (inclement weather) Makeup: April 8 as a single-admission, 7-inning doubleheader [5]
April 7
No. 1 Florida
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
6–22
Singer (7–1)
Crochet (2–4)
None
1,819
18–13
4–6
April 8 (1)
No. 1 Florida
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
4–611
Butler (3–1)
Lingenfelter (2–3)
None
2,639
18–14
4–7
April 8 (2)
No. 1 Florida
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
6–47
Neely (4–1)
Dyson (4–2)
None
2,639
19–14
5–7
April 10
UT Martin
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
9–0
Hunley (6–0)
Cain (0–4)
None
1,317
20–14
–
April 11
UT Martin
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
15–1
Heflin (3–1)
Westfall (0–3)
None
1,182
21–14
–
April 13
at No. 19 LSU
Alex Box Stadium Baton Rouge, LA
3–9
Hess (6–3)
Crochet (2–5)
None
10,848
21–15
5–8
April 14
at No. 19 LSU
Alex Box Stadium
5–14
Hilliard (7–2)
Stallings (4–3)
Gilbert (1)
10,578
21–16
5–9
April 15
at No. 19 LSU
Alex Box Stadium
7–9
Petersen (1–0)
Lingenfelter (2–4)
None
10,451
21–17
5–10
April 17
East Tennessee State
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
6–2
Heflin (4–1)
Sweeney (1–1)
None
1,703
22–17
–
April 20
No. 14 Texas A&M
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
7–4
Wallace (1–1)
Kilkenny (8–1)
None
2,307
23–17
6–10
April 21
No. 14 Texas A&M
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
3–8
Doxakis (6–1)
Stallings (4–4)
None
2,946
23–18
6–11
April 22
No. 14 Texas A&M
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
6–4
Crochet (3–5)
Sherrod (4–2)
Wallace (3)
1,941
24–18
7–11
April 24
No. 21 Tennessee Tech
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
Postponed (inclement weather) Makeup: April 25 [6]
April 25
No. 21 Tennessee Tech
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
6–7
Provey (3–0)
Heflin 4–2
Roberts (10)
1,301
24–19
–
April 27
at No. 20 Georgia
Foley Field Athens, GA
6–8
Adkins (4–0)
Schultz (0–2)
Kristofak (3)
2,513
24–20
7–12
April 28
at No. 20 Georgia
Foley Field
4–12
Hancock (5–3)
Stallings (4–5)
None
3,201
24–21
7–13
April 29
at No. 20 Georgia
Foley Field
6–510
Crochet (4–5)
Schunk (1–1)
None
2,620
25–21
8–13
May
Date
Opponent
StadiumSite
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall Record
SEC Record
May 1
Morehead State
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
2–4
Rogers (1–1)
Hunley (6–1)
Conway (3)
1,407
25–22
–
May 4
No. 13 Kentucky
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
6–2
Lingenfelter (3–4)
Hjelle (6–4)
Crochet (1)
2,080
26–22
9–13
May 5
No. 13 Kentucky
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
3–10
Haake (2–4)
Hunley (6–2)
None
1,912
26–23
9–14
May 6
No. 13 Kentucky
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
5–3
Crochet (5–5)
Lewis (7–3)
Stallings (1)
2,324
27–23
10–14
May 11
Vanderbilt
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
6–7
Fellows (5–4)
Heflin (4–3)
Day (1)
2,309
27–24
10–15
May 12
Vanderbilt
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
2–7
Raby (4–5)
Hunley (6–3)
None
2,245
27–25
10–16
May 13
Vanderbilt
Lindsey Nelson Stadium
8–7
Stallings (5–5)
Gillis (3–1)
None
1,521
28–25
11–16
May 17
at Missouri
Taylor Stadium Columbia, MO
2–312
Pferrer (1–0)
Crochet (5–6)
None
906
28–26
11–17
May 18
at Missouri
Taylor Stadium
2–1
Hunley (7–3)
Plassmeyer (5–4)
Stallings (2)
1,264
29–26
12–17
May 19
at Missouri
Taylor Stadium
3–8
Ball (2–1)
Neely (4–2)
None
1,176
29–27
12–18
Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponed Bold = Tennessee team member
Record vs. conference opponents
Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.
Source: 2018 SEC baseball game results
Team
ALA
ARK
AUB
FLA
UGA
KEN
LSU
MSU
MIZZ
MISS
SCAR
TENN
TAMU
VAN
Team
Div
SR
ALA
8–22
0–3
0–3
.
1–2
2–1
1–2
1–2
2–1
1–2
.
0–3
0–3
.
ALA
W7
2–8
0–4
ARK
18–12
3–0
3–0
1–2
1–2
3–0
1–2
0–3
.
1–2
2–1
.
3–0
.
ARK
W2
5–5
4–1
AUB
15–15
3–0
0–3
1–2
.
1–2
2–1
2–1
1–2
0–3
.
.
2–1
3–0
AUB
W3
5–5
2–2
FLA
20–10
.
2–1
2–1
2–1
2–1
.
0–3
3–0
.
2–1
2–1
2–1
3–0
FLA
E1
9–1
2–1
UGA
18–12
2–1
2–1
.
1–2
1–2
.
.
3–0
1–2
3–0
2–1
2–1
1–2
UGA
E2
6–4
2–0
KEN
13–17
1–2
0–3
2–1
1–2
2–1
.
2–1
2–1
.
2–1
1–2
.
0–3
KEN
E5
5–5
0–2
LSU
15–15
2–1
2–1
1–2
.
.
.
2–1
2–1
1–2
0–3
3–0
1–2
1–2
LSU
W4
5–5
1–1
MSU
15–15
2–1
3–0
1–2
3–0
.
1–2
1–2
1–2
2–1
.
.
1–2
0–3
MSU
W5
4–6
2–1
MIZZ
12–18
1–2
.
2–1
0–3
0–3
1–2
1–2
2–1
.
1–2
2–1
.
2–1
MIZZ
E6
4–6
0–2
MISS
18–12
2–1
2–1
3–0
.
2–1
.
2–1
1–2
.
1–2
2–1
2–1
1–2
MISS
W1
7–3
1–0
SCAR
17–13
.
1–2
.
1–2
0–3
1–2
3–0
.
2–1
2–1
3–0
2–1
2–1
SCAR
E3
6–4
2–1
TENN
12–18
3–0
.
.
1–2
1–2
2–1
0–3
.
1–2
1–2
0–3
2–1
1–2
TENN
E7
3–7
1–2
TAMU
13–17
3–0
0–3
1–2
1–2
1–2
.
2–1
2–1
.
1–2
1–2
1–2
.
TAMU
W6
3–7
1–1
VAN
16–14
.
.
0–3
0–3
2–1
3–0
2–1
3–0
1–2
2–1
1–2
2–1
.
VAN
E4
6–4
2–2
Team
W–L
ALA
ARK
AUB
FLA
UGA
KEN
LSU
MSU
MIZZ
MISS
SCAR
TENN
TAMU
VAN
Team
Div
SR
SW
Updated for entire regular season.
References
^ "Roster" . Tennessee Volunteers. Retrieved February 20, 2018 .
^ "Scores and Schedules" . Tennessee Volunteers. Retrieved May 8, 2018 .
^ "Saturday Baseball Postponed, Vols to Play doubleheader on Sunday" . utsports.com . University of Tennessee Athletics . February 18, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018 .
^ "Saturday Baseball vs. Alabama Postponed, Doubleheader Scheduled for Sunday" . utsports.com . University of Tennessee Athletics . March 24, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018 .
^ "Vols-Gators Series Opener Postponed Due to Rain" . utsports.com . University of Tennessee Athletics . April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2018 .
^ "UT-Tennessee Tech Baseball Moved to Wednesday at 5 p.m." utsports.com . University of Tennessee Athletics . April 24, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018 .
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