2017 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2017
Team:	Tennessee Volunteers
Conference:	Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:	SEC
Record:	27–25
Conf Record:	7–21
Head Coach:	Dave Serrano
Hc Year:	6th
Stadium:	Lindsey Nelson Stadium

The 2017 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team represented the University of Tennessee in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Volunteers played their home games at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The team was coached by Dave Serrano in his sixth season as head coach at Tennessee. Three games prior to the end of the season, Serrano announced that he will resign at its conclusion.^[1]

Roster

2017 Tennessee Volunteers active roster^[2]
	Pitchers 11 – RHP – Kyle Serrano – Junior – Knoxville, TN 12 – RHP – Hunter Martin – Senior – Murfreesboro, TN 15 – RHP – Will Neely – Sophomore – Knoxville, TN 16 – RHP – Jacob Westphal – Sophomore – Sioux City, IA 17 – RHP – Connor Darling – Freshman – Suwanee, GA 23 – LHP – Zach Warren – Junior – Vineland, NJ 24 – LHP – Alex Harper-Cook – Sophomore – Maryville, TN 25 – RHP – Zach Linginfelter – Freshman – Sevierville, TN 27 – RHP – Garrett Stallings – Freshman – Chesapeake, VA 28 – RHP – Jon Lipinski – Senior – Coral Springs, FL 29 – RHP – Daniel Vasquez – Sophomore – El Cajon, CA 30 – RHP – Andrew Schultz – Freshman – Alpharetta, GA 34 – RHP – Quint Robinson – Junior – Nashville, TN 36 – LHP – Will Heflin – Freshman – Morristown, TN 37 – RHP – Richard Jackson – Sophomore – Atlanta, GA 41 – RHP – Eric Freeman – Junior – Knoxville, TN 46 – LHP – Redmond Walsh – Freshman – Louisville, TN		Catchers 14 – Pete Derkay – Freshman – Acworth, GA 31 – Benito Santiago – Junior – Pembroke Pines, FL 32 – Danny Sirven – Sophomore – Miami, FL 35 – Nico Mascia – Freshman – Knoxville, TN Infielders 2 – Alex Sosnowski – Freshman – Orange, CA 4 – Jay Charleston – Freshman – Longwood, FL 5 – Reggie Southall – Senior – Inglewood, CA 6 – Jeff Moberg – Senior – Murrieta, CA 7 – Jordan Rodgers – Senior – Bartlett, TN 8 – Brandon Chinea – Freshman – Miami, FL 13 – Andre Lipcius – Freshman – Williamsburg, VA 19 – Max Bartlett – Senior – Starkville, MS Outfielders 1 – Brodie Leftridge – Junior – Baltimore, MD 9 – Justin Ammons – Freshman – Memphis, TN 21 – Cal Gobbell – Freshman – Savannah, TN 22 – Matt Waldren – Senior – Phoenix, AZ 26 – Dom Thornton – Junior – Houston, TX 40 – Luc Lipcius – Freshman – Williamsburg, VA		Coaches Dave Serrano – Head Coach (6th year) Larry Simcox – Assistant Coach Aric Thomas – Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator Todd Helton – Director of Player Development

Schedule and results

2017 Tennessee Volunteers baseball game log^[3]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Feb 17 at * 8–5 Martin (1–0) Walton (0–1) None 1,117 1–0 – Feb 18 at Memphis* FedExPark • Memphis, TN 1–4 Crosby (1–0) Warren (0–1) Bowlan (1) 1,489 1–1 – Feb 19 at Memphis* FedExPark • Memphis, TN 10–0 Neely (1–0) Alexander (0–1) None 2,188 2–1 – Feb 22 at * 8–4 Vasquez (1–0) Skolarz (0–1) None 262 3–1 – Feb 24 vs. * Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA (Tony Gwynn Classic) 12–5 Martin (2–0) McCarthy (0–1) None 242 4–1 – vs. * Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA (Tony Gwynn Classic) 8–4 Lipinski (1–0) Erickson (0–1) None 622 5–1 – Feb 25 vs. * Fowler Park • San Diego, CA (Tony Gwynn Classic) 10–9 Stallings (1–0) Bocko (0–1) None 6–1 –
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Mar 3 10–2 Martin (3–0) Mauricio (1–2) None 1,442 7–1 – Mar 4 Norfolk State* Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 5–2 Warren (1–1) Hemmerich (1–2) Lipinski (1) 2,028 8–1 – Mar 5 Norfolk State* Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 5–4^11 Lipinski (2–0) Parmentier (0–1) None 2,037 9–1 – Mar 7 at * – – – Mar 10 Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 1–2 Zellner (1–1) Martin (3–1) Orndorff (1) 1,384 9–2 – Mar 11 Cincinnati* Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 2–1 Stallings (1–0) Perez (0–3) None 1,144 10–2 – Cincinnati* Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 6–2 Warren (2–1) Colvin (0–1) None 1,144 11–2 – Mar 14 at * – – – Mar 15 Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 18–4 Vasquez (2–0) Neff (0–1) None 974 12–2 – Mar 17 Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 1–7 Hill (1–2) Martin (3–2) None 1,457 12–3 0–1 Mar 18 South Carolina Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 4–6^10 Reagan (2–0) Linginfelter (0–1) None 2,427 12–4 0–2 Mar 19 South Carolina Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 2–10 Lee (1–0) Neely (1–1) None 1,818 12–5 0–3 Mar 21 Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 7–1 Darling (1–0) O'Connor (1–1) None 1,461 13–5 – Mar 24 4–5 Barton (1–0) Serrano (0–1) Price (5) 7,744 13–6 0–4 Mar 25 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 4–14 Plumlee (3–1) Linginfelter (0–2) None 6,335 13–7 0–5 Mar 26 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS 4–7 Self (3–0) Warren (2–2) Price (6) 7,395 13–8 0–6 Mar 28 Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 6–0 Linginfelter (1–2) Lancaster (3–1) None 1,495 14–8 – Mar 31 Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 6–5 Martin (4–2) Gist (1–2) Warren (1) 1,916 15–8 1–6
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Apr 1 Georgia Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 5–7 Kristofak (1–1) Vasquez (2–1) Cairnes (2) 2,671 15–9 1–7 Apr 2 Georgia Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 1–3 Adkins (4–2) Linginfelter (1–3) Cairnes (3) 2,967 15–10 1–8 Apr 4 Middle Tennessee State* Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 4–7 Small (2–0) Warren (2–3) Huff (2) 1,741 15–11 – Apr 7 7–6^10 Linginfelter (2–3) Byrne (1–3) Lipinski (2) 3,894 16–11 2–8 Apr 8 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL 3–2^10 Lipinski (3–0) Byrne (1–4) None 5,776 17–11 3–8 Apr 9 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL 4–5 Kowar (5–0) Linginfelter (2–4) Byrne (5) 3,894 17–12 3–9 Apr 11 East Tennessee State* Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 2–10 McCann (3–0) Serrano (0–2) None 1,911 17–13 – Apr 13 Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 2–3 Mize (6–1) Martin (4–3) Mitchell (2) 1,876 17–14 3–10 Apr 14 Auburn Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 5–4^10 Lipinski (4–0) Herndon (1–1) None 2,418 18–14 4–10 Apr 15 Auburn Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 1–8 Daniel (3–2) Warren (2–4) None 2,298 18–15 4–11 Apr 19 Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 5–2 Freeman (1–0) Boyles (0–5) None 1,205 19–15 – Apr 21 1–2 Kilkenny (3–1) Martin (4–4) None 4,226 19–16 4–12 Apr 22 at Texas A&M Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX 1–3 Martin (5–2) Stallings (2–1) Kilkenny (6) 6,022 19–17 4–13 Apr 23 at Texas A&M Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX 5–3^14 Linginfelter (3–4) Doxakis (2–2) Schultz (1) 4,837 20–17 5–13 Apr 26 vs. East Tennessee State* 8–1 Neely (2–1) Krieg (1–4) None 3,351 21–17 – Apr 28 0–1 Raby (7–3) Martin (4–5) Hayes (6) 3,499 21–18 5–14 Apr 29 at Vanderbilt Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN 9–3 Stallings (3–1) Wright (2–5) Linginfelter (1) 3,603 22–18 6–14 Apr 30 at Vanderbilt Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN – – –
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record May 2 East Tennessee State* Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 9–2 Neely (3–1) Gentry (0–1) None 1,646 23–18 – May 6 Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 5–4 Martin (5–5) Reindl (2–1) Linginfelter (2) 1,598 24–18 7–14 Arkansas Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 0–2 Stephan (5–3) Stallings (3–2) None 1,598 24–19 7–15 Arkansas Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN – – – May 9 Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 14–8 Lipinski (5–0) Lovell (0–3) None 1,461 25–19 – May 10 at * 7–6 Schultz (1–0) Ford (1–3) Linginfelter (3) 550 26–19 – May 12 5–15 Hjelle (8–2) Martin (5–6) None 2,368 26–20 7–16 May 13 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY 3–8 Machamer (1–0) Stallings (3–3) None 3,793 26–21 7–17 May 14 at Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY 2–7 Thompson (7–2) Warren (2–5) Salow (10) 3,085 26–22 7–18 May 16 Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 4–3^11 Lipinski (6–0) Humphreys (2–4) None 1,390 27–22 – May 18 Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 0–5 Sikkema (8-1) Martin (5-7) None 1,033 27–23 7–19 May 19 Missouri Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 0–2 Bartlett (6–2) Stallings (3–4) None 1,703 27–24 7–20 May 20 Missouri Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN 2–8 Montes (4–5) Lipinski (6–1) None 2,003 27–25 7–21
Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Postponed Bold = Tennessee team member

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baseball Coach Dave Serrano to Resign . May 17, 2017 . utsports.com . May 17, 2017.
2. Web site: Roster. Tennessee Volunteers. November 8, 2015. September 5, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905070158/http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/tenn-m-basebl-mtt.html. dead.
3. Web site: Scores and Schedules. Tennessee Volunteers. December 4, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905060230/http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/. September 5, 2015. dead. mdy-all.