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.

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.

Media poll (East) 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 staffTony 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

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

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

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 PostponementBoldTennessee 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 Knoxville, TN 6–0 SECN+ 1,297 1–0 February 16 Appalachian State Lindsey Nelson Stadium 2–0 Tuthill (0–1) 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 Lindsey Nelson Stadium 18–0 Hunley (1–0) 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 Lindsey Nelson Stadium 7–1 Hunley (2–0) Meyer (1–2) 1,398 8–0 February 27 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 recordMarch 1 vs. Louisiana–Monroe Blue Wahoos Stadium Pensacola, FL 7–2 557 10–0 March 2 (1) vs. Blue Wahoos Stadium 10–2 Reitz (0–1) 259 11–0 March 2 (2) vs. Blue Wahoos Stadium 6–37 Neely (2–0) 389 12–0 March 5 vs. Hoover, AL 11–2 Hunley (3–0) 1,032 13–0 March 8 No. 25 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. Fresno State No. 25 Lindsey Nelson Stadium 13–9 Linginfelter (4–0) Mitchell (1–2) Crochet (2) SECN+ 1,228 15–0 (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 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 ParkAuburn, AL 0–2 Anderson (3–0) Greenhill (3) SECN+ 3,060 17–2 0–1March 16 at No. 18 Auburn No. 23 Plainsman Park 2–5 Fuller (1–0) SECN 3,513 17–3 0–2March 17 at No. 18 Auburn No. 23 Plainsman Park 3–5 Gray (1–1) Crochet (1–1) SECN+ 3,401 17–4 0–3March 19 Thomas StadiumJohnson 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 1–3March 23 South Carolina Lindsey Nelson Stadium 2–3 Tringali (1–0) Linginfelter (4–2) Kerry (3) SECN+ 2,662 19–5 1–4March 24 South Carolina Lindsey Nelson Stadium 6–3 Crochet (2–1) Hinson SECN+ 1,918 20–5 2–4March 26 East Tennessee State Lindsey Nelson Stadium 5–6 Oglesby (1–0) Silseth (0–1) 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 2–5March 30 at No. 6 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field 4–10 Raby (5–0) Linginfelter (4–3) Fisher (2) SECN 3,512 20–8 2–6March 31 at No. 6 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field 7–6 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 recordApril 2 6–2 SECN 1,990 22–8 April 5 Lindsey Nelson Stadium 3–611 SECN+ 2,684 22–9 3–7April 6 No. 8 Mississippi State Lindsey Nelson Stadium 2–1 Peyton (1–2) SECN+ 2,485 23–9 4–7April 7 No. 8 Mississippi State Lindsey Nelson Stadium 5–7 Keegan (3–1) Heflin (3–1) SECN+ 2,416 23–10 4–8April 9 Lindsey Nelson Stadium 11–2 Silseth (1–1) 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 No. 2 Georgia Lindsey Nelson Stadium 3–0 Stallings (6–2) Smith (3–2) SECN+ 2,765 26–10 6–8April 13 No. 2 Georgia Lindsey Nelson Stadium 1–7 Locey (6–0) SECN+ 3,311 26–11 6–9April 16 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 ParkLexington, KY 4–2 Schultz (2–0) Harper (3–2) Walsh (7) SECN+ 3,463 28–11 7–9April 19 at Kentucky No. 25 Kentucky Proud Park 16–1 Stallings (7–2) Hazelwood (2–3) SECN+ 3,717 29–11 8–9April 20 at Kentucky No. 25 Kentucky Proud Park 8–2 Linginfelter (6–4) Thompson (3–1) SECN+ 3,257 30–11 9–9April 23 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 StadiumFayetteville, AR 9–11 Kopps (4–3) Schultz (2–1) Cronin (9) SECN+ 11,787 31–12 9–10April 27 at No. 8 Arkansas No. 20 Baum–Walker Stadium 3–15 Wicklander (4–1) Stallings (7–3) None SECN+ 11,594 31–13 9–11April 28 at No. 8 Arkansas No. 20 Baum–Walker Stadium 3–410 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 recordMay 3 Lindsey Nelson Stadium 11–5 SECN+ 2,385 32–14 10–12May 4 No. 24 Missouri Lindsey Nelson Stadium 2–6 Bedell (3–1) Dulle (4) SECN 1,844 32–15 10–13May 5 No. 24 Missouri Lindsey Nelson Stadium 8–10 Sewell (4–1) SECN+ 2,243 32–16 10–14May 7 Lindsey Nelson Stadium 9–4 Heflin (4–1) SECN+ 1,702 33–16 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan StadiumGainesville, FL 9–10 Crisp (4–2) Walsh (0–2) SECN+ 3,542 33–17 10–15May 11 at Florida 8–7 Crochet (4–3) Specht (1–1) SECN 3,659 34–17 11–15May 12 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium 5–4 Crisp (4–3) SECN+ 3,265 35–17 12–15May 14 Lindsey Nelson Stadium Schultz (3–1) Saliba (2–2) Walsh (9) SECN+ 2,002 36–17 May 16 No. 15 Ole Miss Lindsey Nelson Stadium 7–0 Ethridge (5–6) SECN 2,310 37–17 13–15May 17 No. 15 Ole Miss Lindsey Nelson Stadium 7–5 Walsh (1–2) Miller (4–2) SECN+ 2,866 38–17 14–15May 18 No. 15 Ole Miss Lindsey Nelson Stadium 4–5 Hoglund (2–2) Olenek (1) SECN+ 2,718 38–18 14–16 Postseason (2–3) (0–1) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT RecordMay 21 (9) Hoover Metropolitan StadiumHoover, AL 3–5 Horn (3–0) Stallings (8–4) Greenhill (10) SECN 38–19 0–1 (2–2) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT recordMay 31 (2) Boshamer StadiumChapel Hill, NC 1–6 Meyer (6–4) Stallings (8–5) ESPN3 2,239 38–20 0–1June 1 vs. (4) UNC Wilmington (2) Boshamer Stadium 10–3 Crochet (5–3) Roupp (6–3) SECN 2,245 39–20 1–1June 2 vs. (3) Liberty (2) Boshamer Stadium 6–510 Walsh (2–2) Brabrand (4–3) ESPN3 2,081 40–20 2–1June 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: *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

Record vs. conference opponents

Rankings

2019 MLB draft

Player Position Round Overall MLB team Andre Lipcius 3B 3 83 Detroit Tigers Garrett Stallings RHP 5 151 Los Angeles Angels Andrew Schultz RHP 6 180 Philadelphia Phillies Zach Linginfelter RHP 9 271 Los Angeles Angels Ricky Martinez SS 18 542 Arizona Diamondbacks Jay Charleston OF 26 769 Kansas City Royals

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