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Tony Vitello recaps Tennessee’s win against UNC Asheville

Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello recaps the Vols’ win against UNC Asheville.

No. 8 Tennessee (3-1) defeated UNC Asheville (0-4), 3-2, on Tuesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

Rankings reflect the USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll.

Tennessee leads the all time series versus UNC Asheville, 32-7. The Vols have won ten consecutive games in the series since 2015.

Attendance for Tuesday’s game at Lindsey Nelson Stadium was 4,699, which set a program record for highest attendance in a home opener, breaking the previous record of 4,550 versus Alabama A&M in 2023.

Tuesday’s contest at Lindsey Nelson Stadium will begin a 15-game homestand for Tennessee. The Vols’ next away game is slated for March 15 at Alabama.

PHOTOS: Vols win 2024 home opener at renovated Lindsey Nelson Stadium

Following Tuesday’s non-conference matchup, seventh-year head coach Tony Vitello recapped the Vols’ win. Vitello’s postgame press conference can be watched below.

PHOTOS: Vols win 2024 home opener at renovated Lindsey Nelson Stadium

PHOTOS: Tennessee baseball wins 2024 home opener at renovated Lindsey Nelson Stadium

No. 8 Tennessee (3-1) defeated UNC Asheville (0-4), 3-2, on Tuesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

Tuesday’s contest was the first at a renovated Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Lindsey Nelson Stadium can now hold 7,750-plus capacity, an increase from last year’s 4,387.

Austin Hunley (1-0) earned the win for Tennessee. He pitched 3.1 innings and recorded two strikeouts, while not allowing a run or walk. Derek Schaefer started for the Vols and pitched three innings. He recorded three strikeouts and allowed two hits, one earned run and one walk.

Kavares Tears hit Tennessee’s only home run in the contest. He went 2-for-4 and totaled one RBI and one run.

Below are photos of Tennessee’s home opening win versus UNC Asheville on Tuesday.

Tennessee defeats UNC Asheville in home opener

Tennessee baseball defeats UNC Asheville in home opener.

No. 8 Tennessee (3-1) defeated UNC Asheville (0-4), 3-2, on Tuesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

Derek Schaefer started for the Vols and pitched three innings. He recorded three strikeouts and allowed two hits, one earned run and one walk.

Austin Hunley (1-0) earned the win for Tennessee. He pitched 3.1 innings and recorded two strikeouts, while not allowing a run or walk.

Kavares Tears hit Tennessee’s only home run in the contest. He went 2-for-4 and totaled one RBI and one run.

Tennessee recorded five hits against the Bulldogs. Dylan Dreiling, Christian Moore and Blake Burke had one hit each.

The Vols will next play on Wednesday against East Tennessee State at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. First pitch is slated for 4:30 p.m. EST and can be watched on SEC Network+.

Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire

Tennessee-UNC Asheville baseball preview

Tennessee-UNC Asheville baseball preview: Vols will host Bulldogs on Tuesday

No. 8 Tennessee (2-1) will host UNC Asheville (0-3) on Tuesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

First pitch between the Vols and Bulldogs is slated for 4:30 p.m. EST and can be watched on SEC Network+.

Tennessee leads the all time series versus UNC Asheville, 31-7. The Vols have won nine consecutive games in the series since 2015.

Tuesday’s contest at Lindsey Nelson Stadium will begin a 15-game homestand for Tennessee. The Vols’ next away game is slated for March 15 at Alabama.

Tennessee opened its 2024 season winning two of three games in the Shriners Children’s College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.

UNC Asheville lost three games at Georgia to open the 2024 campaign.

PHOTOS: Tennessee opens 2024 baseball season with win against Texas Tech

Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire

PHOTOS: No. 9 Tennessee defeats UNC Asheville

PHOTOS: No. 9 Tennessee baseball defeats UNC Asheville

No. 9 Tennessee (20-6, 3-3 SEC) defeated UNC Asheville (15-9), 5-0, Tuesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

Zander Sechrist started for Tennessee and pitched 1.2 innings, recording two strikeouts.

Jacob Bimbi (1-1) earned the win for Tennessee, recording three strikeouts in 1.1 innings pitched.

Blake Burke and Christian Scott hit home runs for the Vols.

Tennessee entered Tuesday’s contest versus UNC Asheville after sweeping Texas A&M in a three-game Southeastern Conference series.

PHOTOS: Tennessee completes sweep versus Texas A&M in game No. 3

2023 SEC baseball power rankings after March 26 games

Vols are top 10 in USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll

Below are photos of Tennessee’s win versus UNC Asheville on Tuesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

Five mid-majors punch their ticket to this year’s men’s NCAA Tournament

The mid-majors have punched their tickets, led by Drake.

Selection Sunday is just a week away, but five mid-major programs on Saturday and Sunday have already punched their tickets to The Big Dance.

Farleigh Dickinson, Southeast Missouri State, Drake, UNC Asheville, and Kennesaw State have all secured their place to participate in this year’s March Madness.

Farleigh Dickinson (19-14) was the first team to punch their ticket, making the tournament their opponent in the Northeast Conference tournament championship game by default. Merrimack is ineligible to make the NCAA Tournament as the program is finishing its last year of ineligibility due to the NCAA”s policy on programs that reclassify. The actual Northeast Conference Tournament title game will be played on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.

Southeast Missouri State (19-16) clinched its spot in this year’s tournament by winning the Ohio Valley Conference, defeating Tennessee Tech (16-17) by the final score of 89-82 in overtime. The Redhawks won the OVC Tournament after entering as the conference’s No. 5 seed.

UNC Asheville (27-7), the top seed in the Big South Tournament, held off a strong effort from the Big South’s No.7 seed, the Campbell Fighting Camels (16-18), to punch their ticket with a 77-73 victory.

Drake (27-7) has had the most convincing win of the conference tournament title game thus far, leaving no doubt in defeating the Bradley Braves (25-9), the Missouri Valley Conference’s top-seeded team 77-51.

Finally, the last team to clinch their tournament appearance this weekend when the ASUN’s top-seeded Kennesaw State Owls (26-8) defeated No. 2 Liberty (26-8) by a final score of 67-66 in the ASUN conference championship game.

While most conference tournaments will take place over the course of the next week, several more tickets will be punched in the upcoming days. The Southern Conference, CAA, Horizon League, Summit League, and West Coast Conference will all hold their title games on Monday.  Additionally, the Big Sky Conference,  Patriot League, and Southland Conference will host their title games on Tuesday.

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Zander Sechrist records win, strikes out seven against UNC Asheville

Zander Sechrist records win and strikes out seven for Tennessee against UNC Asheville.

No. 15 Tennessee (4-0) defeated UNC Asheville (0-4), 16-1, before a crowd of 3,543 at Lindsey Nelson Stadium Wednesday.

Tennessee recorded 12 hits, including nine for extra bases.

The Vols had five players hit home runs: Luc lipcius, Jordan Beck, Trey Lipscomb, Christian Moore and Seth Stephenson.

A look at Tennessee’s five home runs against UNC Asheville

Drew Gilbert tripled for the Vols, who scored 12 runs over the first five innings.

Lipcius, Logan Steenstra and Ethan Payne doubled for Tennessee, which also scored four times in the seventh.

First basemen Lipcius went 2-for-2, scored twice and had one RBI.

Stephenson entered the game as a pinch hitter and finished the contest at second base. He had two hits, one run and three RBIs.

Pitcher Zander Sechrist started and went three innings for Tennessee. He did not allow a hit, surrendered one walk and struck out seven.

Wyatt Evans, Ben Joyce, Gavin Brasosky, Jake Fitzgibbons, Grant Cherry and Mark McLaughlin each pitched one inning for Tennessee.

Joyce recorded 10 pitches clocked at 100-plus miles per hour.

The Bulldogs in the ninth inning when Kevin Catrine homered off McLaughlin.

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A look at Tennessee’s five home runs against UNC Asheville

A look at Tennessee’s five home runs against UNC Asheville on Wednesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

Tennessee (4-0) defeated UNC Asheville (0-4), 16-1, Wednesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

The Vols will play next against Iona for a three-game home series Friday-Sunday. First pitch is slated for 4:30 p.m. EST Friday and 1 p.m. EST Saturday and Sunday. SEC Network+ will televise each game.

Following Wednesday’s contest against UNC Asheville, Vols Wire looks at Tennessee’s five home runs.

Below are Tennessee’s five home runs versus the Bulldogs in its fourth victory during the 2022 season. UNC Asheville recorded one home run in the contest.

Vols smash UNC Asheville, 12-1

Vols smash UNC Asheville, 12-1.

KNOXVILLE — A perfect record remained intact for the University of Tennessee baseball team Wednesday as the Volunteers battled the rain to rout UNC Asheville, 12-1, at Lindsey Nelson stadium.

The 19th-ranked Vols (9-0) pounded 15 hits, including  three home runs and two doubles against the Bulldogs (2-6).

Alerick Soularie, UT’s preseason All-American, homered to open the scoring in the bottom of the second inning and appears to becoming out of a slump that saw him go 0-for-13 in his first three games of the 2020 campaign.

Evan Russell and Connor Pavolony also went deep for the Big Orange, which extended its advantage to 12-0 with two runs in the third. The Vols would blow things open with five in the sixth and four more in the seventh.

Liam Spence, hitting in the leadoff spot for the Vols, went 3-for-5 with an RBI, a run and a stolen base to lead Tennessee’s offensive attack.

Pavolony, Jake Rucker and Pete Derkay each had two hits.

Mark McLaughlin went five innings of scoreless relief to pick up the win on the mound. He surrendered a hit and a walk, while recording five strikeouts.

Time change for Tennessee-UNC Asheville game

2020 Tennessee baseball.

KNOXVILLE — Tennessee (8-0) remained unbeaten on the 2020 season after defeating Northern Kentucky, 15-1, Tuesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

The Vols have a quick turnaround for its second midweek contest Wednesday. Tennessee was scheduled to play host to UNC Asheville at 4:30 p.m. ET at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

The contest has been moved to 4 p.m. ET and can be streamed on SEC Network+.

The Vols will continue its 10-game homestand with a weekend series against George Washington Feb. 28-March 1. All games will be streamed on SEC Network+. Friday and Saturday’s contests will begin at 4 p.m. ET and first pitch is slated for 1 p.m. ET on Sunday.