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2022 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team

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2022 Tennessee Volunteers baseball
SEC Eastern Division champion
SEC regular season champions
SEC tournament champions
NCAA Knoxville Regional champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
CBNo. 9
Record57–9 (25–5 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Frank Anderson
  • Josh Elander
Home stadiumLindsey Nelson Stadium
Uniform
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Tennessee xy 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

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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

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2022 Tennessee Volunteers baseball game log
Regular season (49–7)
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.
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Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
Coaches'[2]1616*1145511111111119
Baseball America[3]171716119711111121118
Collegiate Baseball^[4]3418632211111121119
NCBWA[5]16151497311111121119
D1Baseball[6]191817107511111111119

^ 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.

Standings

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East Division
Pos Team Pld CW CL CPCT GB W L PCT Qualification
1 y – Tennessee 66 25 5 .833 57 9 .864 Qualification for the second round & NCAA tournament
2 Georgia 59 15 15 .500 10 36 23 .610 Qualification for the first round & NCAA tournament
3 Florida 66 15 15 .500 10 42 24 .636
4 Vanderbilt 62 14 16 .467 11 39 23 .629
5 South Carolina 55 13 17 .433 12 27 28 .491 Qualification for the first round
6 Kentucky 59 12 18 .400 13 33 26 .559
7 Missouri 51 10 20 .333 15 28 23 .549
Source: SEC[7]
y – Division champion

Results

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Home \ Away ALA ARK AUB UF UGA UK LSU MISS MSST MIZZ SC TENN TAMU VAN
Alabama 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1
Arkansas 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–2
Auburn 2–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–1
Florida 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–3
Georgia 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2
Kentucky 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2
LSU 1–2 2–1 0–3 3–0 1–2
Ole Miss 0–3 1–2 3–0 0–3 1–2
Mississippi State 2–1 2–1 0–3 0–3 0–3
Missouri 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
South Carolina 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
Tennessee 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
Texas A&M 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1
Vanderbilt 2–1 0–3 3–0 0–3 1–2
Source: SEC[8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

References

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  1. ^ "Vols Release Full 2022 Baseball Schedule". University of Tennessee Department of Athletics. October 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "Baseball Coaches Poll". Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "2019 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  5. ^ "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  6. ^ "College Baseball Rankings News & Analysis". d1baseball.com. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  7. ^ "Standings" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "SEC Baseball Weekly Release" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. Retrieved December 8, 2022.