2022 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team

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2022 Tennessee Volunteers baseball
Tennessee Volunteers logo.svg
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
2022 record20-1 (3-0 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Frank Anderson
  • Josh Elander
Home stadiumLindsey Nelson Stadium
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 4 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 4 – 0   1.000 19 – 2   .905
No. 5 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 3 – 0   1.000 20 – 1   .952
No. 17 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 2 – 1   .667 17 – 4   .810
No. 8 Florida ‍‍‍ 2 – 1   .667 16 – 5   .762
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 0 – 3   .000 12 – 5   .706
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 0 – 3   .000 15 – 7   .682
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 0 – 4   .000 10 – 11   .476
Western
No. 3 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 3 – 0   1.000 16 – 3   .842
No. 1 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 2 – 1   .667 16 – 4   .800
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 2 – 1   .667 13 – 7   .650
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 1 – 2   .333 15 – 6   .714
No. 21 LSU  ‍‍‍ 1 – 2   .333 15 – 6   .714
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 1 – 2   .333 13 – 9   .591
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 1 – 2   .333 13 – 9   .591
‡ – Tournament champion
As of March 26, 2022[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team represents the University of Tennessee in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Volunteers play their home games at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

Previous season[]

The Volunteers finished 50–18, 20–10 in the SEC to finish in first place in the East division. They hosted the 2021 Knoxville Regional and finished 3–0. The Vols then hosted LSU in the Knoxville Super Regional, winning the first two games to advance to their first College World Series since 2005. The Vols lost both of their games in Omaha to Virginia and Texas.

Schedule and results[]

2022 Tennessee Volunteers Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record
February 18 Georgia Southern No. 19 Lindsey Nelson Stadium
Knoxville, TN		 W 9-0 Chase Burns Ty Fisher N/A SEC Network + 4,335 1-0 0-0
February 19 Georgia Southern No. 19 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 10-3 Ethan Smith Thomas Higgins N/A SEC Network + 4,651 2-0 0-0
February 20 Georgia Southern No. 19 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 14-0 Camden Sewell Ben Johnson N/A SEC Network + 4,580 3-0 0-0
February 22 Tennessee Tech No. 16 Lindsey Nelson Stadium Suspended (Will not be made up) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3-0 0-0
February 23 UNC Asheville No. 16 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 16-1 Zander Sechrist Justin Honeycutt N/A WatchESPN.com 3,543 4-0 0-0
February 25 Iona No. 15 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 27-1 Chase Burns Paul Sullivan N/A SEC Network + 3,783 5-0 0-0
February 26 Iona No. 15 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 29-0 Chase Dollander Blake Helmstetter N/A SEC Network + 3,853 6-0 0-0
February 27 Iona No. 15 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 12-2 (7 inn) Drew Beam Nick Chiaia N/A SEC Network + 3,526 7-0 0-0
March
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record
March 1 East Tennessee State No. 6 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 4-1 Camden Sewell Landon Smiddy Redmond Walsh WatchESPN.com 4,391 8-0 0-0
Shriners Children's College Classic
March 4 vs. Texas No. 6 Minute Maid Park
Houston, TX		 L 7-2 Pete Hansen Camden Sewell N/A MLB Network 16,515 8-1 0-0
March 5 vs. Baylor No. 6 Minute Maid Park W 10-5 Kirby Connell Jake Jackson N/A MLB Network 24,787 9-1 0-0
March 6 vs. Oklahoma No. 6 Minute Maid Park W 8-0 Drew Beam Chazz Martinez N/A MLB Network 12,577 10-1 0-0
March 8 James Madison No. 3 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 9-8 (10 inn) Redmond Walsh Lliam Grubbs N/A WatchESPN.com 3,502 11-1 0-0
March 9 James Madison No. 3 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 10-2 Will Mabrey Sean Culkin N/A WatchESPN.com 3,524 12-1 0-0
March 11 (DH 1) Rhode Island No. 3 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 17-4 Chase Burns Ryan Twitchell N/A SEC Network + 3,860 13-1 0-0
March 11 (DH 2) Rhode Island No. 3 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 8-3 Chase Dollander Domenic Picone N/A SEC Network + 3,860 14-1 0-0
March 13 Rhode Island No. 3 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 12-3 Drew Beam Trystan Levesque N/A SEC Network + 3,607 15-1 0-0
March 15 Eastern Kentucky No. 2 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 7-1 Zander Sechrist Isaac Milburn N/A WatchESPN.com 3,925 16-1 0-0
March 18 South Carolina No. 2 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 8-3 Chase Burns Noah Hall N/A SEC Network + 3,940 17-1 1-0
March 19 South Carolina No. 2 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 5-2 Chase Dollander Will Sanders Redmond Walsh SEC Network 3,987 18-1 2-0
March 20 South Carolina No. 2 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 10-0 Drew Beam Matthew Becker N/A SEC Network + 4,233 19-1 3-0
March 22 Butler No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 13-3 Camden Sewell Luke Zmolik N/A WatchESPN.com 4,494 20-1 3-0
March 25 at Ole Miss Swayze Field
Oxford, MS		 SEC Network +
March 26 at Ole Miss Swayze Field SEC Network
March 27 at Ole Miss Swayze Field SEC Network +
March 30 Western Carolina Lindsey Nelson Stadium
April
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record
April 1 at Vanderbilt Hawkins Field
Nashville, TN
April 2 at Vanderbilt Hawkins Field
April 3 at Vanderbilt Hawkins Field
April 5 Lipscomb Lindsey Nelson Stadium
April 8 Missouri Lindsey Nelson Stadium
April 9 Missouri Lindsey Nelson Stadium
April 10 Missouri Lindsey Nelson Stadium
April 12 vs. Tennessee Tech (Wood Bat game) Smokies Stadium
Kodak, TN
April 15 Alabama Lindsey Nelson Stadium
April 16 Alabama Lindsey Nelson Stadium
April 17 Alabama Lindsey Nelson Stadium
April 22 at Florida Florida Ballpark
Gainesville, FL
April 23 at Florida Florida Ballpark
April 24 at Florida Florida Ballpark
April 26 Xavier Lindsey Nelson Stadium
April 29 Auburn Lindsey Nelson Stadium
April 30 Auburn Lindsey Nelson Stadium
May
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record
May 1 Auburn Lindsey Nelson Stadium
May 3 Alabama A&M Lindsey Nelson Stadium
May 5 at Kentucky Kentucky Proud Park
Lexington, KY
May 6 at Kentucky Kentucky Proud Park
May 7 at Kentucky Kentucky Proud Park
May 10 Bellarmine Lindsey Nelson Stadium
May 12 Georgia Lindsey Nelson Stadium
May 13 Georgia Lindsey Nelson Stadium
May 14 Georgia Lindsey Nelson Stadium
May 17 Belmont Lindsey Nelson Stadium
May 19 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field
Starkville, MS
May 20 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field
May 21 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field
Postseason
SEC Tournament
Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SECT Record
May 24–29 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Hoover, AL
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled
Bold = Tennessee team member
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

[2]

Rankings[]

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
Coaches'[3]1616*11
Baseball America[4]171716
Collegiate Baseball^[5]34186
NCBWA†[6]161514
D1Baseball[7]191817

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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2022 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  2. ^ "Vols Release Full 2022 Baseball Schedule". University of Tennessee Department of Athletics. October 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Baseball Coaches Poll". Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  5. ^ "2019 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  6. ^ "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  7. ^ "College Baseball Rankings News & Analysis". d1baseball.com. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
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