Tennessee-Northern Illinois Game Notes

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TENNESSEE 2012 VOLUNTEER BASEBALL 14 CWS Appearances on Staff | 36 All-Americans | 15 1st-Round Picks | 3 SEC Championships TENNESSEE (0-0) vs. NORTHERN ILLINOIS (0-0)

2012 SCHEDULE

Feb. 17-19 | Lindsey Nelson Stadium | Knoxville, Tenn.

Tennessee

VOLUNTEER STARTING ROTATION

Northern Illinois

HUSKIES STARTING ROTATION

RHP Drew Steckenrider (2-0, 6.12) 2011 Record: 25-29 (7-23 SEC) FRIDAY SATURDAY RHP Zack Godley (1-1, 3.38) Head Coach: Dave Serrano SUNDAY RHP Nick Blount (1-5, 6.04) First year at UT

LHP Tom Barry (5-5, 3.79) 2011 Record: 30-27 (16-11 MAC) FRIDAY SATURDAY LHP Jake Hermsen (2-2, 8.05) Head Coach: Ed Mathey RHP Tony Manville (9-1, 4.73) 10th year at NIU (240-261-1) SUNDAY

BROADCAST INFO >>> Live Stats/Blog: www.UTSports.com Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Vol_Baseball

Back to the Future

Live Video: www.UTSports.com/AllAccess with Roger Hoover (PxP) and Adam King (analyst)

Weather Forecast

 On June 15, 2011, Tennessee brought a familiar Friday Saturday Sunday face back to Knoxville to lead the program back to its rightful place among the nation’s elite. The Vols hired Dave Serrano, former head coach at UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton. A veteran of seven College World Series and one Mostly Sunny Showers Light Rain of just 11 coaches to lead two different programs to 59° | 41° | 20% 57° | 41° | 50% 43° | 30° | 70% Omaha, Serrano arrived at Rocky Top with a career record of 289-139-1 (.675) in seven seasons as a Division I head coach. After leading UC Irvine to the 2007 CWS in his third year at the helm of the Anteaters, he moved on to Cal State Fullerton where he averaged 43.75 wins per season in his four campaigns with the Titans, including an appearance in Omaha in 2009. Serrano, returned to the site of his first Division I job, as he served two seasons as an assistant coach at Tennessee from 1995-96, following seven years at Cerritos Junior College. His first taste of Omaha came as a Volunteer as he helped lead a Big Orange squad featuring all-time UT greats Todd Helton and R.A. Dickey to the College World Series for the first time in over four decades in 1995. During Serrano’s first stint in Knoxville, Tennessee posted an impressive 97-36 (.729) record, including a school-record 54 wins in 1995.

Playing the Best

 According to the BoydsWorld.com 2012 preseason strength of schedule rankings, Tennessee is set to play the 11th-toughest slate in the nation this year and third-hardest among SEC schools.  2012 NCAA Toughest Schedule (BoydsWorld.com) 1. Stanford 6. California 11. TENNESSEE 2. Southern Cal 7. Washington St. 12. Ole Miss 3. Oregon 8. Arizona State 13. Baylor 4. UCLA 9. Washington 14. Georgia 5. Florida 10. Auburn 15. Vanderbilt

16. Cal St. Fullerton 17. Clemson 18. Long Beach St. 19. Georgia Tech 20. Miami (Fla.)

21. Florida State 22. Mississippi St. 23. Alabama 24. UCSB 25. South Carolina

Renovations Continue at Lindsey Nelson Stadium

 Tennessee fans will notice a number of changes to Lindsey Nelson Stadium when they return for the first time in 2012. The most noticeable will be the new black padded wall in the outfield designed to provide more protection for players and create a cleaner, more simple look. In conjunction, the batter’s eye has been painted black as well. Another addition at LNS is the new playground on top of the batting cages down the right-field line for young Vol fans to enjoy during the game.

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Important facts about today’s game are included below in 140 characters or less.  Exactly 247 days since @DaveSerranoUT said it for the first time, it is finally, “Baseball Time in Tennessee!”  According to Boyd’s World, the #Vols have the 11th toughest schedule in the nation and third toughest in the SEC this season.  In the 102-year history of the @Vol_Baseball program, first-year head coaches are a combined 13-7-1 in their managerial debuts. 2012 Tennessee Volunteer Baseball Game Notes

PROBABLE UT STARTERS Avg. HR RBI Notes C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH

44 30 1 11 12 5 7 13 20

Wes Walker Davis Morgan Will Maddox Zach Luther Zach Osborne Chris Pierce Chris Fritts Jared Allen Drew Steckenrider

Sr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Jr.

.125 .278 --- --- .330 .208 .227 --- .192

0 1 -- -- 1 1 2 -- 0

2 16 -- -- 19 4 14 -- 4

(0-0, 0-0 SEC)

Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result FEBRUARY 17 Fri. Northern Illinois 4 p.m. 18 Sat. Northern Illinois 1 p.m. 19 Sun. Northern Illinois 1 p.m. 21 Tue. Western Kentucky 3 p.m. 24 Fri. Seton Hall 4 p.m. 25 Sat. Seton Hall 1 p.m. 26 Sun. Seton Hall 1 p.m. 28 Tue. MTSU 4 p.m. MARCH 2 Fri. vs. Houston # (ESPN3) 3:30 p.m. CT 3 Sat. vs. Texas # (LHN) 3:30 p.m. CT 4 Sun. vs. Rice # (ESPN3) 6 p.m. CT 7 Wed. Ball State 6 p.m. 9 Fri. Louisiana-Monroe 6 p.m. 10 Sat. Louisiana-Monroe 4 p.m. 11 Sun. Louisiana-Monroe 2 p.m. 13 Tue. Tennessee Tech 7 p.m. 16 Fri. at Georgia * 7 p.m. 17 Sat. at Georgia * 3 p.m. 18 Sun. at Georgia * 2 p.m. 21 Wed. Florida International 7 p.m. 23 Fri. Kentucky * 6 p.m. 24 Sat. Kentucky * 4 p.m. 25 Sun. Kentucky * 2 p.m. 27 Tue. Mississippi Valley State 7 p.m. 28 Wed. Mississippi Valley State 7 p.m. 30 Fri. Alabama * 6 p.m. 31 Sat. Alabama * (CSS) 1 p.m. APRIL 1 Sun. Alabama * 2 p.m. 4 Wed. Memphis 7 p.m. 6 Fri. at South Carolina * 7 p.m. 7 Sat. at South Carolina * (ESPNU) 8 p.m. 8 Sun. at South Carolina * 1:30 p.m. 11 Wed. at ETSU 7 p.m. 13 Fri. Florida * 6 p.m. 14 Sat. Florida * (SPSO) 3 p.m. 15 Sun. Florida * 2 p.m. 17 Tue. ETSU 7 p.m. 19 Thu. at Mississippi State * (ESPNU) 6:30 p.m. CT 20 Fri. at Mississippi State * 6:30 p.m. CT 21 Sat. at Mississippi State * 1 p.m. CT 24 Wed. Austin Peay 7 p.m. 27 Fri. at Auburn * 6 p.m. CT 28 Sat. at Auburn * 3 p.m. CT 29 Sun. at Auburn * 1 p.m. CT MAY 4 Fri. Vanderbilt * 6 p.m. 5 Sat. Vanderbilt * (CSS) 1 p.m. 6 Sun. Vanderbilt * 2 p.m. 9 Wed. at Memphis (FOX SS) 6:30 p.m. CT 11 Fri. at Ole Miss * 6:30 p.m. CT 12 Sat. at Ole Miss * 4 p.m. CT 13 Sun. at Ole Miss * 1:30 p.m. CT 15 Tue. at MTSU 6 p.m. CT 17 Thu. Arkansas * 6 p.m. 18 Fri. Arkansas * 6 p.m. 19 Sat. Arkansas * 4 p.m. Home Games in Bold *-SEC Game # - Houston College Classic (Minute Maid Park)

(2011 Stats)

Made five starts behind the plate last season Spent his summer playing in the Alaska Baseball League Attended same high school as Vol LB A.J. Johnson Son of former NFL QB Ed Luther; Started career at Texas A&M 15 games away from entering UT career top-10 list (161) Played in 37 games last season, starting at 3 positions Named to Northwoods League All-Star Team this summer 2011 MaxPreps All-American 1st Team out of Polk County HS Only career HR came in first collegiate AB (2/17/10 Xavier) Page 1


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