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PHOTOS: Tennessee defeats Georgia Tech in Knoxville Regional final

PHOTOS: Tennessee baseball defeats Georgia Tech in Knoxville Regional final

No. 1 Tennessee (55-7) defeated Georgia Tech, 9-6, Sunday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in the NCAA Tournament Knoxville Regional.

Georgia Tech was victorious against Campbell, 16-5, Sunday in an elimination game, advancing to play Tennessee.

PHOTOS: Tennessee defeats Alabama State in Knoxville Regional

PHOTOS: Charlie Taylor starts at catcher for Tennessee in Knoxville Regional

Alabama State also competed in the Knoxville Regional.

The winner of the Knoxville Regional will play the winner of the Statesboro Regional in Super Regional play.

Georgia Southern, Notre Dame, Texas Tech and UNC Greensboro are competing in the Statesboro Regional.

Below are photos of the Tennessee-Georgia Tech game.

Max Ferguson named Batter of the Week

Former Vol Max Ferguson named Batter of the Week.

Former Vol Max Ferguson has been named the BeatBox Beverages Opening Week Batter of the Week.

Ferguson was selected by San Diego in the 2021 MLB draft. He was drafted in the fifth round with the 160th overall selection.

The former Vol is playing for the Lake Elsinore Storm in 2022. The Storm plays in the California League and are a Single-A affiliate of the Padres.

Ferguson, the Vols’ starting second baseman in 2021, batted .253 for Tennessee, which won 50 games and made its first appearance in the College World Series since 2005. He hit 12 home runs and stole 15 bases last season.

Ferguson recorded a career batting average of .258 at Tennessee and hit 14 home runs.

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Tennessee baseball history: Head coach S.W. Anderson

Recapping the career of UT baseball coach S.W. Anderson.

Tennessee first fielded a baseball team in 1897 and Vols Wire takes a look at some of the program’s most successful coaches.

This installment will look at the tenure of Cyrus S.W. Anderson.

A career-long minor league player, Anderson was hired at Tennessee in 1948. He remained on Rocky Top until 1952.

In five years at Tennessee, Anderson compiled a head coaching record of 49-51-1. Despite his sub-.500 overall coaching mark, Anderson holds a place in UT baseball lore as his first winning season was a monumental one.

After winning just 18 games in his first three years as head coach, the program had a breakout campaign in 1951. The Vols won the Southeastern Conference championship and made its first trip to Omaha and the College World Series.

That year, the Big Orange went 20-3 and posted a 16-1 SEC mark. Anderson was named the conference’s Coach of the Year.

The Vols had College World Series wins against Springfield, Princeton and Utah after dropping its first game to the Redskins (now the Utes), 7-1.

Tennessee reached the championship game where it dropped a narrow, 3-2, decision to Oklahoma.

The Sooners also won national championships in football and wrestling during the 1950-51 academic year.

As a player, Anderson made minor league stops in Memphis and Chattanooga in the Volunteer State.

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Dylan Sampson commits to Tennessee

Tennessee Vols’ football recruiting news.

The University of Tennessee and head coach Josh Heupel received a commitment Sunday.

2022 running back prospect Dylan Sampson announced his commitment to the Vols on Twitter.

“After a great visit, I have decided to commit to the University of Tennessee,” Sampson said.

The 5-foot-10, 180-pound running back is from Dutchtown High School in Geismar, Louisiana.

Sampson has Power Five offers from Tennessee, Louisville, Purdue, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Duke, Indiana, Michigan State, Mississippi State, North Carolina State, Northwestern, South Carolina and Wake Forest.

Tennessee and Heupel offered Sampson on March 30.

Tennessee’s 2022 football commitment tracker

Big board: Tennessee’s 2022 football recruiting class by position

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Tennessee evens series at Alabama

Recapping Tennessee’s victory over Alabama Saturday.

Tennessee has now played in six extra inning games this season.

The Volunteers are 6-0 in extra inning contests in 2021 following an 8-4 victory at Alabama on Saturday.

The No. 6 Vols used a four-run 11th inning to down Alabama. Tennessee will now go for the series win on Sunday.

In the deciding frame, UT (23-5, 6-2 SEC) was opportunistic as Evan Russell drew a walk with the bases loaded. He later scored the game’s final run when Pete Derkay was caught stealing.

Logan Steenstra has an RBI with a sacrifice fly and Derkay drove in a run with a bunt single.

In the bottom of the 11th, Tennessee pitcher Camden Sewell slammed the door on Alabama (16-10, 2-6) to pick up his first win of the 2021 season.

Sewell (1-0) went 3.2 innings, surrendering one hit and one walk. He struck out three for the Vols, who fell behind 1-0 in th bottom of the fourth when William Hamiter clubbed a solo home run.

The Vols answered with four runs in the top of the seventh as Steenstra came home on an errant pickoff throw. Connor Pavalony had a two-run single and Jordan Beck picked up an RBI with a sacrifice fly.

Alabama scored a run in the seventh before adding two in the eighth to tie the game, 4-4.

For the Big Orange, Jake Rucker had two hits and Drew Gilbert went 1-for-3 with two runs and a stolen base.

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Vols outlast Indiana State in extra innings

Recapping Tennessee’s win over Indiana State on Sunday.

After being swept in a doubleheader Saturday, Tennessee found its way back into the win column with a walk-off Sunday afternoon.

The No. 15 Volunteers outlasted Indiana State, 6-5 in 11 innings, at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. UT claimed the game when Luc Lipcius scored on an error by the Sycamores (3-4).

The Vols (7-2) had to put in extra work to salvage a series split against Indiana State, but Tennessee grabbed the lead early as it scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning.

Pete Derkay started the scoring in the opening frame with an RBI single. He would later come home on a hit by Jordan Beck. Connor Pavolony drove in another run with a sacrifice fly.

Tennessee extended its lead to 5-0 with a pair of runs in the fifth as Max Ferguson had a double that plated Beck and Jake Rucker.

Indiana State used the long ball to pull even in the game as Josue Urdaneta crushed a two-run homer in the sixth. Diego Gines had a two-run double in the eighth to make it 5-4.

The Sycamores would tie things at 5-5 when they scored on a wild pitch before Tennessee earned victory in the 11th inning.

Reliever Redmond Walsh recorded his second victory of the season as he pitched 4.2 innings. He surrendered three unearned runs and three hits.

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Vols’ tennis team blanks Notre Dame

Recapping UT’s 7-0 win over Notre Dame in tennis.

A victory over Notre Dame Friday afternoon was the sixth consecutive win of the spring season for the Tennessee men’s tennis team.

The No. 10 Volunteers shut out the Fighting Irish, 7-0, at the Goodfriend Tennis Center.

Tennessee held Notre Dame to just two set wins in nine contested matches. The victory was UT’s third shutout of the year.

With the win, the Vols improved to 6-0 this spring. The Irish dropped to 4-2 on the season.

In doubles, Giles Hussey and Mark Wallner overcame a 4-0 deficit in the first doubles set and rallied for a 6-4 victory.

The team of Martim Prata and Johannus Monday also won in doubles along with the tandem of Adam Walton and Pat Harper.

In singles, the Vols got a win from Harper, who downed Notre Dame’s Brandon Ancona, 6-3, 7-5 in his first singles match of the spring.

Monday knocked off a top-10 player as he defeated the Irish’s Richard Ciamarra, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5). Ciamarra entered play Friday as the No. 6 singles player in the nation.

UT also got singles wins from Walton, Prata, Hussey and Luca Widenmann.

Hussey and Prata have each captured nine consecutive singles victories while Widenmann has won 15 straight matches.

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Halftime: Tennessee 14, South Carolina 7

Recapping the first half of Tennessee’s game against South Carolina

COLUMBIA — After months of speculation, the 2020 Southeastern Conference football season is finally here, and things did not start well for Tennessee early.

The defense surrendered a long drive that resulted in a 3-yard run by South Carolina’s Kevin Harris.

The Volunteers followed that up with a drive that stalled and a nearly costly special teams gaffe, when punter Paxton Brooks had to attempt a fake after corralling a bad snap.

But the defense stopped the Gamecocks cold.

Tennessee then answered when Jarrett Guarantano culminated a long scoring drive with a 1-yard touchdown plunge to tie the game, 7-7, with 3 minutes, 7 seconds remaining in the opening frame.

The Big Orange took a 14-7 lead when linebacker Henry To’o To’o intercepted a pass from South Carolina graduate transfer quarterback Collin Hill, and returned it 32 yards for a touchdown.

The Vols will get the ball to start the second half.