2017 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team

2017 Tennessee Volunteers baseball
2017 Tennessee Volunteers baseball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	27–25 (7–21 SEC)
Head coach	Dave Serrano (6th season);
Home stadium	Lindsey Nelson Stadium
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida ^x‍†‍‍^y	21	–	9	–	0	.700	52	–	19	–	0	.732
No. 10 Kentucky ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	–	0	.633	43	–	23	–	0	.652
No. 15 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍^y	15	–	13	–	1	.534	36	–	25	–	1	.589
Missouri ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0	.467	36	–	23	–	0	.610
South Carolina ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0	.433	35	–	25	–	0	.583
Georgia ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0	.367	25	–	32	–	0	.439
Tennessee ‍‍‍	7	–	21	–	0	.250	27	–	25	–	0	.519
Western
No. 2 LSU ^x‍†‍‡‍^y	21	–	9	–	0	.700	52	–	20	–	0	.722
No. 22 Arkansas ‍‍‍^y	18	–	11	–	0	.621	45	–	19	–	0	.703
No. 13 Mississippi State ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	–	0	.567	40	–	27	–	0	.597
No. 8 Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	41	–	23	–	0	.641
No. 29 Auburn ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	37	–	26	–	0	.587
Ole Miss ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0	.467	32	–	25	–	0	.561
Alabama ‍‍‍	5	–	24	–	1	.183	19	–	34	–	1	.361

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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 Memphis*	FedExPark • Memphis, TN	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 Loyola Marymount*	George C. Page Stadium • Los Angeles, CA	8–4	Vasquez (1–0)	Skolarz (0–1)	None		262	3–1	–
Feb 24	vs. Seton Hall*	Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA (Tony Gwynn Classic)	12–5	Martin (2–0)	McCarthy (0–1)	None		242	4–1	–
	vs. San Diego State*	Tony Gwynn Stadium • San Diego, CA (Tony Gwynn Classic)	8–4	Lipinski (1–0)	Erickson (0–1)	None		622	5–1	–
Feb 25	vs. UC Irvine*	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	Norfolk State*	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	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	5–4¹¹	Lipinski (2–0)	Parmentier (0–1)	None	SECN+	2,037	9–1	–
Mar 7	at East Tennessee State*	Thomas Stadium • Johnson City, TN	–						–	–
Mar 10	Cincinnati*	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 Middle Tennessee State*	Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN	–						–	–
Mar 15	Austin Peay*	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	18–4	Vasquez (2–0)	Neff (0–1)	None		974	12–2	–
Mar 17	South Carolina	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	1–7	Hill (1–2)	Martin (3–2)	None	SECN	1,457	12–3	0–1
Mar 18	South Carolina	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	4–6¹⁰	Reagan (2–0)	Linginfelter (0–1)	None	SECN+	2,427	12–4	0–2
Mar 19	South Carolina	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	2–10	Lee (1–0)	Neely (1–1)	None	ESPNU	1,818	12–5	0–3
Mar 21	Marshall*	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	7–1	Darling (1–0)	O'Connor (1–1)	None		1,461	13–5	–
Mar 24	at Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	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	Tennessee Tech*	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	6–0	Linginfelter (1–2)	Lancaster (3–1)	None		1,495	14–8	–
Mar 31	Georgia	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	6–5	Martin (4–2)	Gist (1–2)	Warren (1)	SECN+	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)	SECN+	2,671	15–9	1–7
Apr 2	Georgia	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	1–3	Adkins (4–2)	Linginfelter (1–3)	Cairnes (3)	SECN+	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	at Florida	Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL	7–6¹⁰	Linginfelter (2–3)	Byrne (1–3)	Lipinski (2)	SECN+	3,894	16–11	2–8
Apr 8	at Florida	Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL	3–2¹⁰	Lipinski (3–0)	Byrne (1–4)	None	SECN+	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)	SECN	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	Auburn	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	2–3	Mize (6–1)	Martin (4–3)	Mitchell (2)	SECN	1,876	17–14	3–10
Apr 14	Auburn	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	5–4¹⁰	Lipinski (4–0)	Herndon (1–1)	None	SECN+	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	UNC Asheville*	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	5–2	Freeman (1–0)	Boyles (0–5)	None		1,205	19–15	–
Apr 21	at Texas A&M	Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX	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	5–3¹⁴	Linginfelter (3–4)	Doxakis (2–2)	Schultz (1)		4,837	20–17	5–13
Apr 26	vs. East Tennessee State*	Smokies Park • Kodak, TN	8–1	Neely (2–1)	Krieg (1–4)	None		3,351	21–17	–
Apr 28	at Vanderbilt	Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN	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)	SECN	3,603	22–18	6–14
Apr 30	at Vanderbilt	Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN	–				SECN		–	–

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	Arkansas	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	5–4	Martin (5–5)	Reindl (2–1)	Linginfelter (2)	SECN	1,598	24–18	7–14
	Arkansas	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	0–2	Stephan (5–3)	Stallings (3–2)	None	SECN+	1,598	24–19	7–15
	Arkansas	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	–				SECN		–	–
May 9	Belmont*	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	14–8	Lipinski (5–0)	Lovell (0–3)	None		1,461	25–19	–
May 10	at Eastern Kentucky*	Turkey Hughes Field • Richmond, KY	7–6	Schultz (1–0)	Ford (1–3)	Linginfelter (3)		550	26–19	–
May 12	at Kentucky	Cliff Hagan Stadium • Lexington, KY	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	Morehead State*	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN	4–3¹¹	Lipinski (6–0)	Humphreys (2–4)	None		1,390	27–22	–
May 18	Missouri	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

Record vs. conference opponents

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

2017 SEC baseball records v t e Source: 2017 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	5–24		1–2	3–0	0–3	.	.	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2	.	0–3	0–2	ALA	W7	1–9	1–6
ARK	18–11	2–1		1–2	.	3–0	.	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	.	1–1	2–1	2–1	ARK	W2	6–3	2–0
AUB	16–14	0–3	2–1		3–0	2–1	.	0–3	2–1	.	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	.	AUB	W5	7–3	1–2
FLA	21–9	3–0	.	0–3		3–0	2–1	2–1	.	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	.	2–1	FLA	E1	8–2	4–1
UGA	11–19	.	0–3	1–2	0–3		2–1	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	.	1–2	UGA	E6	4–6	0–3
KEN	19–11	.	.	.	1–2	1–2		2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	KEN	E2	7–3	2–0
LSU	21–9	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–2		3–0	.	2–1	2–1	.	1–2	.	LSU	W1	7–3	4–0
MSU	17–13	3–0	0–3	1–2	.	1–2	2–1	0–3		.	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	.	MSU	W3	6–4	3–2
MIZZ	14–16	3–0	1–2	.	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	.		1–2	2–1	3–0	0–3	1–2	MIZZ	E4	4–6	2–2
MISS	14–16	3–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	.	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–1		.	.	2–1	2–1	MISS	W6	5–5	1–2
SCAR	13–17	2–1	.	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	.		3–0	.	1–2	SCAR	E5	2–8	1–0
TENN	7–21	.	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	.	0–3	0–3	.	0–3		1–2	1–1	TENN	E7	1–7	0–4
TAMU	16–14	3–0	1–2	2–1	.	.	0–3	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–2	.	2–1		1–2	TAMU	W4	5–5	2–1
VAN	15–13	2–0	1–2	.	1–2	2–1	1–2	.	.	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1		VAN	E3	5–4	0–0
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. Alabama and Vanderbilt had one tie game.

References

^ "Baseball Coach Dave Serrano to Resign". utsports.com. May 17, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
^ "Roster". Tennessee Volunteers. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
^ "Scores and Schedules". Tennessee Volunteers. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.

[1] "Baseball Coach Dave Serrano to Resign". utsports.com. May 17, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2017.

[2] "Roster". Tennessee Volunteers. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.

[3] "Scores and Schedules". Tennessee Volunteers. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.

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