2019 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team


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.

2019 Tennessee Volunteers baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
Record40–21 (14–16 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Frank Anderson
  • Josh Elander
Home stadiumLindsey Nelson Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt  xy 23 7 0   .767 58 12 0   .829
No. 18 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 21 9 0   .700 46 17 0   .730
Tennessee  ‍‍‍y 14 16 0   .467 40 21 0   .656
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 13 16 1   .450 34 22 1   .605
Florida  ‍‍‍y 13 17 0   .433 34 26 0   .567
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 8 22 0   .267 28 28 0   .500
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 7 23 0   .233 26 29 0   .473
Western
No. 5 Mississippi State  x‍‍‍y 20 10 0   .667 52 15 0   .776
No. 6 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y 20 10 0   .667 46 20 0   .697
No. 14 LSU  ‍‍‍y 17 13 0   .567 40 26 0   .606
No. 20 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 16 13 1   .550 39 23 1   .627
No. 12 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 16 14 0   .533 41 27 0   .603
No. 9 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 14 16 0   .467 38 28 0   .576
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 7 23 0   .233 30 26 0   .536
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 25, 2019[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Preseason

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SEC media poll

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The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019, with the Volunteers predicted to finish in fifth place in the Eastern Division.[2]

Media poll (East)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
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

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Coaching staff

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2019 Tennessee Volunteers coaching staff
  • Tony 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

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2019 Tennessee Volunteers roster
 

Pitchers

 

Catchers

Infielders

Utility

 

Outfielders

Schedule and results

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Legend
  Tennessee win
  Tennessee loss
  Postponement
Bold Tennessee team member
2019 Tennessee Volunteers baseball game log
Regular season (38–18)
Postseason (2–3)
SEC Tournament (0–1)
Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT Record
May 21 vs. (8) Auburn (9) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Hoover, AL
3–5 Horn (3–0) Stallings (8–4) Greenhill (10) SECN 38–19 0–1
NCAA Division I baseball tournament – Chapel Hill Regional (2–2)
Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record
May 31 vs. (3) Liberty (2) Boshamer Stadium
Chapel Hill, NC
1–6 Meyer (6–4) Stallings (8–5) ESPN3 2,239 38–20 0–1
June 1 vs. (4) UNC Wilmington (2) Boshamer Stadium 10–3 Crochet (5–3) Roupp (6–3) SECN 2,245 39–20 1–1
June 2 vs. (3) Liberty (2) Boshamer Stadium 6–510 Walsh (2–2) Brabrand (4–3) ESPN3 2,081 40–20 2–1
June 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:[3]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Chapel Hill Regional

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Chapel Hill Regional Teams
(1) North Carolina Tar Heels (2) Tennessee Volunteers (3) Liberty Flames (4) UNC Wilmington Seahawks
First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
1North Carolina7
4UNC Wilmington6
1North Carolina16
3Liberty1
3Liberty6
2Tennessee1
1North Carolina5
2Tennessee2
Lower round 1Lower final
2Tennessee6
4UNC Wilmington33Liberty510
2Tennessee10

Record vs. conference opponents

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Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2019 SEC baseball game results

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW
ALA 7–23 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–3 . 1–2 0–3 . 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 0–3 ALA W7 1–9 0–4
ARK 20–10 2–1 2–1 . . 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 . 3–0 1–2 1–2 ARK W1 7–3 3–0
AUB 14–16 2–1 1–2 . 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–3 AUB W6 4–6 1–1
FLA 13–17 3–0 . . 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–3 2–1 1–2 . 0–3 FLA E5 4–6 2–3
UGA 21–9 3–0 . 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 3–0 . 3–0 1–2 . 2–1 UGA E2 8–2 4–1
KEN 7–23 . 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 0–3 . 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 0–3 KEN E7 1–9 0–4
LSU 17–13 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 . . 2–1 . LSU W3 6–4 2–1
MSU 20–10 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 . 0–3 . 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 . MSU W2 8–2 3–1
MIZZ 13–16 . 0–3 . 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 . 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 MIZZ E4 5–4 1–3
MISS 16–14 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 . 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 . 1–2 3–0 . MISS W5 5–5 2–1
SCAR 8–22 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 . 1–2 0–3 . 1–2 1–2 0–3 SCAR E6 1–9 0–3
TENN 14–16 . 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 . 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 . 1–2 TENN E3 5–5 1–2
TAMU 16–13 2–1 2–1 2–1 . . 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 . 2–1 TAMU W4 6–3 1–1
VAN 23–7 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 . . 2–1 . 3–0 2–1 1–2 VAN E1 8–2 5–0
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. Missouri at Texas A&M series had one tie game.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'[4]—**2121222322182324
Baseball America[5]2521
Collegiate Baseball^[6]2422
NCBWA[7]272223272828292221242723
D1Baseball25232520

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

2019 MLB draft

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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

References

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  1. ^ "2019 SEC Baseball Standings". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "Vanderbilt picked to win 2019 SEC Baseball Championship".
  3. ^ "Vols Announce 2019 Baseball Schedule" (Press release). University of Tennessee Athletics. November 4, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  4. ^ "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  5. ^ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  7. ^ "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved December 22, 2018.