04.03.15 Tennessee at Ole Miss Game Notes

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APRIL 3-5, 2015 » OXFORD-UNIVERSITY STADIUM/SWAYZE FIELD » OXFORD, MISS. Tennessee

VOLUNTEERS STARTING ROTATION

Ole Miss

REBELS STARTING ROTATION

2015 Record: 12-13, 2-7 SEC FRIDAY-3 SATURDAY-4 Head Coach: Dave Serrano Fourth year at UT (378-236-1) SUNDAY-5

2015 Record: 15-14, 3-8 SEC Head Coach: Mike Bianco 15th year at UM (672-408-1)

RHP Kyle Serrano (So., 2-3, 3.80) RHP Bret Marks (Sr., 3-3, 2.35) LHP Drake Owenby (Jr., 1-3, 3.31)

FRIDAY-3 SATURDAY-4 SUNDAY-5

AT FIRST GLANCE

LHP Christian Trent (Jr., 4-2, 3.74) RHP Brady Bramlett (R-So., 4-1, 1.79) TBA

Weather Forecast

TENNESSEE vs. OLE MISS

¢ The Tennessee Volunteers (12-13, 2-7 SEC) continue an eight-game road stretch with a three-game weekend series visiting the Ole Miss Rebels (15-14, 4-5 SEC) on Friday, April 3 - Sunday, April 5. ¢ In 79 all-time meetings between Ole Miss and Tennessee, the Rebels hold a 44-34-1 advantage. ¢ Ole Miss is 21-15-1 edge in games played in Oxford, Miss., as well as 19-16 all-time in games played in Knoxville. ¢ Tennessee’s first recorded games against the Rebels came in a three-game series in 1907. While the location is not documented, Tennessee took two-of-three games in the matchup, including a 2-1 win in 12 innings in the series finale. ¢ The last series between Tennessee and Ole Miss was played on April 19-21, 2013 in Knoxville, when the Rebels took a three-game sweep over the Vols at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

Series Breakdown

Overall: Ole Miss leads, 44-34-1 Record in Oxford: Ole Miss, 21-15-1 LAST 10 MEETINGS 4/21/13 Knoxville L, 4-3 4/20/13 Knoxville L, 6-4 4/19/13 Knoxville L, 5-0 5/13/12 Oxford L, 4-2 5/12/12 Oxford (11) L, 7-4 5/11/12 Oxford L, 4-2 3/27/11 Knoxville L, 6-1 3/26/11 Knoxville W, 6-4 3/25/11 Knoxville L, 6-1 4/4/10 Oxford W, 10-6

Friday

Cloudy 84° | 53°

Saturday

Sunday

Partly Cloudy 69° | 50°

Cloudy 75° | 63°

BROADCAST INFORMATION Broadcast: SEC Network + Stream Live Audio: UTSports.com/WNML FM 99.1 Live Stats/Blog: www.UTSports.com Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Vol_Baseball Facebook: www.Facebook.com/VolBaseball Instagram: www.Instagram.com/Vol_Baseball pitch numbers with nine. His .663 slugging percentage is also third in the league. ¢ Sophomore Nick Senzel’s four triples ranks tied for third in the league. ¢ While the Vols are tied for first in the SEC with 32 total sacrifice bunts in 2015, junior A.J. Simcox is tied for second in the league with six sac bunts of his own. ¢ Senior righty Bret Marks (3-3) holds a .152 opposing batters average entering weekend competition at Ole Miss, which ranks first in the SEC. His 53 strikeouts on the season as fourth-most in the league.

UT PICKED 4TH IN SEC EAST

VOLS ON THE SEC CHARTS

¢ After a two-home run performance on Wednesday night at Arkansas State, junior outfielder Christin Stewart is now tied for first in the SEC with eight homers on the year. He ranks tied for first in hit by

 The Tennessee Volunteers were predeicted to finish fourth in the SEC Eastern Division, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches.  Tennessee, which has won six total SEC championships (3 regular season, 3 tournament), received 51 points.  With 11 first-place votes, the Vanderbilt Commodores were predicted to win the 2015 title. Florida (2) and LSU (1) also received first-place votes.

PROBABLE UT STARTERS Avg. HR RBI Notes (Career) C 22 David Houser 1B 15 Nathaniel Maggio 2B 13 Nick Senzel 3B 2 Brett Langhorne SS 10 A.J. Simcox LF 20 Christin Stewart RF 5 Chris Hall CF 1 Brodie Leftridge DH 24 Andrew Lee

Jr. So. So. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr.

.220 .240 .331 .115 .277 .318 .091 .196 .248

0 2 2 0 1 16 0 0 3

28 26 51 1 54 91 1 1 22

Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage over 34 games in 2014 Knocked his first career HR in a 6-3 win over UF in 2015 Earned Freshman All-SEC and All-American honors Has made nine starts at 3B in 2015 as a true freshman Hit his first career HR on 3/13/15, after 115 games at UT Led UT with .330 avg. & five HR in 54 starts in 2014 Led Cumberland Univ. to an NAIA Nat. Champ. in 2014 Has four extra-base (2-2B, 2-3B) in his freshman campaign Contributes on both sides, also as an RHP (5-4, 3.55)

2015 » SCHEDULE & RECORD THE RECORD

TENNESSEE (12-13) at OLE MISS (15-14)

OVERALL RECORD:

12-13

SEC 2-7 NON-CONFERENCE 10-6 HOME 5-5 AWAY 6-8 NEUTRAL 1-0

THE SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT 2/13 at FIU L, 4-3 2/14 at FIU W, 9-2 2/15 at FIU L, 3-0 2/18 vs. Tennessee Tech Postponed 2/20 at Lipscomb (Emerson, Ga.) W, 6-0 2/20 vs. Rutgers Cancelled 2/21 vs. Rutgers (DH) Cancelled 2/22 vs. Rutgers Cancelled 2/24 vs. Lipscomb Cancelled 2/25 at Belmont W. 4-1 2/27 at UC Irvine L, 5-2 2/27 at UC Irvine (DH) L, 2-1 2/28 at UC Irvine W, 12-10 3/3 vs. MTSU Cancelled 3/4 vs. Morehead State Postponed 3/6 vs. Grand Canyon W, 4-1 3/7 vs. Grand Canyon L, 1-0 3/8 vs. Grand Canyon W, 7-1 3/10 vs. ETSU W, 5-2 3/11 vs. Morehead State L, 11-8 3/13 at Florida * W, 6-3 3/14 at Florida * L, 8-3 3/15 at Florida * L, 9-4 3/17 vs. Austin Peay W, 3-0 3/20 vs. Georgia * L, 2-1 3/21 vs. Georgia * L, 12-7 3/22 vs. Georgia * L, 10-4 3/25 vs. Cincinnati W, 7-0 3/27 at Vanderbilt * L, 9-0 3/28 at Vanderbilt * W, 9-5 3/29 at Vanderbilt * L, 14-3 4/1 at Arkansas State W, 7-4 4/3 at Ole Miss * 7:30 p.m. ET 4/4 at Ole Miss * 5 p.m. ET 4/5 at Ole Miss * 2:30 p.m. ET 4/7 at Western Carolina 6 p.m. ET 4/9 vs. Missouri * 7 p.m. ET 4/10 vs. Missouri * 7 p.m. ET 4/11 vs. Missouri * 12 p.m. ET 4/14 at MTSU 7 p.m. ET 4/16 at Kentucky * 7 p.m. ET 4/17 at Kentucky * 6:30 p.m. ET 4/18 at Kentucky * 12 p.m. ET 4/21 at ETSU 6:05 p.m. ET 4/24 vs. South Carolina * 6 p.m. ET 4/25 vs. South Carolina * 4 p.m. ET 4/26 vs. South Carolina * 1 p.m. ET 4/29 vs. Xavier 6 p.m. ET 5/1 vs. Texas A&M * 6 p.m. ET 5/2 vs. Texas A&M * 7 p.m. ET 5/3 vs. Texas A&M * 2 p.m. ET 5/6 vs. Belmont 6 p.m. ET 5/8 at Arkansas * 7:35 p.m. ET 5/9 at Arkansas * 7:05 p.m. ET 5/10 at Arkansas * 2:05 p.m. ET 5/12 vs. UNC Asheville 6 p.m. ET 5/14 vs. Mississippi State * 6 p.m. ET 5/15 vs. Mississippi State * 6 p.m. ET 5/16 vs. Mississippi State * 1 p.m. ET * DENOTES SEC CONTEST


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