2017 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team

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.

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

2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	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

Roster

2017 Tennessee Volunteers active roster
	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
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 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.