2022 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team

2022 Tennessee Volunteers baseball
SEC Eastern Division champion SEC regular season champions SEC Tournament champions NCAA Knoxville Regional champion
Knoxville Super Regional, 1–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
CB	No. 1
Record	57–9 (25–5 SEC)
Head coach	Tony Vitello (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Frank Anderson Josh Elander
Home stadium	Lindsey Nelson Stadium
Uniform

2022 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Tennessee x‍†‍‡‍y	25	–	5		.833			57	–	9		.864
No. 21 Florida ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			42	–	24		.636
Georgia ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			36	–	23		.610
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍y	14	–	16		.467			39	–	23		.629
South Carolina ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			27	–	28		.491
Kentucky ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			33	–	26		.559
Missouri ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			28	–	23		.549
Western
No. 3 Texas A&M x‍‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			44	–	20		.688
No. 4 Arkansas ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			46	–	21		.687
No. 25 LSU ‍‍‍y	17	–	13		.567			40	–	22		.645
No. 7 Auburn ‍‍‍y	16	–	13		.552			43	–	22		.662
No. 1 Ole Miss ‍‍‍y	14	–	16		.467			42	–	23		.646
Alabama ‍‍‍	12	–	17		.414			31	–	27		.534
Mississippi State ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			26	–	30		.464
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Volunteers played 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 (49–7)
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 23 UNC Asheville No. 18 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 16–1 Zander Sechrist Justin Honeycutt N/A WatchESPN.com 3,543 4-0 0-0 February 25 Iona No. 18 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 27–1 Chase Burns Paul Sullivan N/A SEC Network + 3,783 5–0 0-0 February 26 Iona No. 18 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 29–0 Chase Dollander Blake Helmstetter N/A SEC Network + 3,853 6–0 0–0 February 27 Iona No. 18 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. 17 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. No. 1 Texas No. 17 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. 17 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. 17 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. 10 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. 10 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. 10 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. 10 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. 10 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. 7 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. 7 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. 7 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. 7 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 10–0 Drew Beam Matthew Becker N/A SEC Network + 4,233 19–1 3–0 March 22 Butler No. 5 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 13–3 Camden Sewell Luke Zmolik N/A WatchESPN.com 4,494 20–1 3–0 March 25 at No. 1 Ole Miss No. 5 Swayze Field Oxford, MS W 12–1 Chase Burns John Gaddis N/A SEC Network + 11,337 21–1 4–0 March 26 at No. 1 Ole Miss No. 5 Swayze Field W 10–3 Chase Dollander Jack Dougherty N/A SEC Network 12,134 22–1 5–0 March 27 at No. 1 Ole Miss No. 5 Swayze Field W 4–3 Drew Beam Derek Diamond Redmond Walsh SEC Network + 9,967 23–1 6–0 March 30 Western Carolina No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 11–1 Will Mabrey Zebby Matthews N/A SEC Network + 4,607 24–1 6–0
April Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record April 1 at No. 9 Vanderbilt No. 1 Hawkins Field Nashville, TN W 6–2 Chase Burns Chris McElvain N/A ESPN2 3,802 25–1 7–0 April 2 at No. 9 Vanderbilt No. 1 Hawkins Field W 5–2 Chase Dollander Carter Holton Redmond Walsh SEC Network 3,802 26–1 8–0 April 3 at No. 9 Vanderbilt No. 1 Hawkins Field W 5–0 Drew Beam Patrick Reilly N/A SEC Network + 3,802 27–1 9–0 April 5 Lipscomb No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 5–1 Ben Joyce Kaleb Kantoya Mark McLaughlin WatchESPN.com 3,953 28–1 9–0 April 8 Missouri No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 8–3 Mark McLaughlin Carter Rustad N/A SEC Network + 4,031 29–1 10–0 April 9 Missouri No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 11–4 Chase Dollander Austin Cheeley N/A SEC Network 4,249 30–1 11–0 April 10 Missouri No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 4–3 Drew Beam Austin Marozas Redmond Walsh SEC Network + 4,327 31–1 12–0 April 12 vs. Tennessee Tech (Wood Bat game) No. 1 Smokies Stadium Kodak, TN L 3–2 Carter Gannaway Ben Joyce N/A WatchESPN.com 8,183 31–2 12–0 April 15 No. 24 Alabama No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium L 6–3 Garrett McMillan Chase Burns Dylan Ray SEC Network + 4,597 31–3 12–1 April 16 No. 24 Alabama No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 9–2 Camden Sewell Jacob McNairy N/A SEC Network + 4,383 32–3 13–1 April 17 No. 24 Alabama No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 15–4 Drew Beam Grayson Hitt N/A SEC Network + 4,211 33–3 14–1 April 19 Bellarmine No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 9–3 Zander Schrist Matt Craven N/A SEC Network + 4,067 34–3 14–1 April 22 at Florida No. 1 Condron Ballpark Gainesville, FL W 8–2 Chase Burns Ryan Slater N/A SEC Network + 5,575 35–3 15–1 April 23 at Florida No. 1 Condron Ballpark W 3–0 Blade Tidwell Brandon Sproct Camden Sewell SEC Network + 6,787 36–3 16–1 April 24 at Florida No. 1 Condron Ballpark W 6–4 (11 inn) Redmond Walsh Tyler Nesbitt N/A SEC Network+ 5,470 37–3 17–1 April 26 Xavier No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 10–1 Zander Sechrist Conner Bailey N/A SEC Network + 4,385 38–3 17–1 April 29 Auburn No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 17–4 Mark McLaughlin Carson Skipper N/A SEC Network + 4,584 39–3 18–1 April 30 Auburn No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium L 6–8 Konner Copeland Redmond Walsh N/A SEC Network + 4,635 39–4 18–2
May Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record May 1 Auburn No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 5–3 Ben Joyce Joseph Gonzalez N/A SEC Network + 4,462 40–4 19–2 May 3 Alabama A&M No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 14–1 Gavin Brasosky Tyler Campbell N/A SEC Network+ 4,329 41–4 19–2 May 5 at Kentucky No. 1 Kentucky Proud Park Lexington, KY L 2–3 Tyler Guilfoil Mark McLaughlin N/A SEC NETWORK+ 2,394 41–5 19–3 May 6 at Kentucky No. 1 Kentucky Proud Park L 2–5 Zach Lee Blade Tidwell N/A SEC Network + 2,661 41–6 19–4 May 7 at Kentucky No. 1 Kentucky Proud Park W 7–2 (7 inn) Redmond Walsh Wyatt Hudepohl N/A SEC Network + 3,209 42–6 20–4 May 10 Bellarmine No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 11–5 Kirby Connell Devin Ecklar N/A SEC Network + 4,269 43–6 20–4 May 12 Georgia No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 5–2 Chase Dollander Nolan Crisp Redmond Walsh ESPNU 4,580 44–6 21–4 May 13 Georgia No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 9–2 Camden Sewell Jonathan Cannon N/A SEC Network + 4,420 45–6 22–4 May 14 Georgia No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium L 3–8 Jack Gowen Drew Beam N/A SEC Network + 4,536 45–7 22–5 May 17 Belmont No. 1 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 18–0 J.D. McCracken Jordan Zuger N/A SEC Network + 4,599 46–7 22–5 May 19 at Mississippi State No. 1 Dudy Noble Field Starkville, MS W 27–2 Chase Dollander Brandon Smith N/A SEC Network 10,206 47–7 23–5 May 20 at Mississippi State No. 1 Dudy Noble Field W 4–3 Blade Tidwell Preston Johnson N/A SEC Network + 10,592 48–7 24–5 May 21 at Mississippi State No. 1 Dudy Noble Field W 10–5 Kirby Connell Cade Smith N/A SEC Network + 10,774 49–7 25–5
Postseason (7–0)
SEC Tournament Date Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SECT Record May 26 (8) Vanderbilt Second Round No. 1 (1) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL W 10–1 Camden Sewell Devin Futrell N/A SEC Network + 12,215 50–7 1–0 May 27 (4) LSU Third round No. 1 (1) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium W 5–2 Chase Dollander Ty Floyd Redmond Walsh SEC Network+ 12,215 51–7 2–0 May 28 (12) Kentucky Semifinal No. 1 (1) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium W 12–2 Chase Burns Austin Strickland N/A SEC Network+ 8,924 52–7 3–0 May 29 (7) Florida Final No. 1 (1) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium W 8–5 Camden Sewell Carsten Finnvold N/A ESPN2 13,270 53–7 4–0
NCAA Knoxville Regional Date Time (ET) Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record Sources June 3 6:00 p.m. (4) Alabama State Regional First round No. 1 (1) Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 10–0 54–7 1–0 June 4 7:00 p.m. (3) Campbell Regional semifinal No. 1 (1) Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 12–7 55–7 2–0 June 5 7:00 p.m. (2) Georgia Tech Regional final – Game 1 No. 1 (1) Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 9–6 56–7 3–0
NCAA Knoxville Super Regional Date Time (ET) Opponent Seed Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record Sources June 10 6:00 p.m. No. 17 Notre Dame Super Regional – Game 1 No. 1 (1) Lindsey Nelson Stadium L 6–8 56–8 3–1 June 11 2:00 p.m. No. 17 Notre Dame Super Regional – Game 2 No. 1 (1) Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 12–4 57–8 4–1 June 12 1:00 p.m. No. 17 Notre Dame Super Regional – Game 3 No. 1 (1) Lindsey Nelson Stadium L 3–7 57–9 4–2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled Bold = Tennessee team member Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Rankings

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Coaches'	16	16*	11	4	5	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
Baseball America	17	17	16	11	9	7	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	8
Collegiate Baseball^	34	18	6	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	9
NCBWA†	16	15	14	9	7	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	9
D1Baseball	19	18	17	10	7	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9

^ 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.