No. 1 national seed Tennessee (56-12) defeated No. 8 seed Florida State (47-16), 12-11, on Friday at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.
“I guess, I’ve had time, but I haven’t taken time to think of what a good opening statement is,” Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello said. “Obviously, both teams get a lot of credit for putting on a show for the fans. My understanding is the game prior to ours was like that, too, and that’s what this place is about, and it’s why we get the crowds that we do here. It’s why this sport has grown into what it is.
“There’s a lot that could be dissected in the game, so we’ll leave it up to your questions. Just the one thing that I haven’t shared with the team, but I’ll share with these guys is we hit BP early, and we had a lot of downtime in kind of a holding room, a makeshift locker room.”
Below are photos of Tennessee’s win versus Florida State in the College World Series.