Tennessee Baseball Game Notes vs. New Orleans - 3/8-9

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Tennessee Volunteers | Lindsey Nelson Stadium Media Relations: Cameron Harris u CHarri48@utk.edu u Office: (865) 974-8876 u Cell: (817) 408-7604 u Fax: (865) 974-1269 u UTSports.com

TENNESSEE (7-2) vs. NEW ORLEANS (1-9)

2011 SCHEDULE (7-2, 0-0)

Home: 7-2 | Away: 0-0 | Neutral: 0-0 | Vs. Top 25: 0-0 Date FEBRUARY 18 Fri. 19 Sat. 20 Sun. 25 Fri. 26 Sat. 27 Sun. MARCH 4 Fri. 5 Sat. 6 Sun. 8 Tue. 11 Fri. 12 Sat. 13 Sun. 15 Tue. 16 Wed. 18 Fri. 19 Sat. 20 Sun. 23 Wed. 25 Fri. 26 Sat. 27 Sun. 30 Wed. APRIL 1 Fri. 2 Sat. 3 Sun. 5 Tue. 7 Thu. 8 Fri. 9 Sat. 12 Tue. 14 Thu. 15 Fri. 16 Sat. 20 Wed. 22 Fri. 23 Sat. 24 Sun. 26 Tue. 27 Wed. 29 Fri. 30 Sat. MAY 1 Sun. 6 Fri. 7 Sat. 8 Sun. 11 Wed. 13 Fri. 14 Sat. 15 Sun. 17 Tue. 19 Thu. 20 Fri. 21 Sat.

Opponent (TV) Milwaukee Milwaukee Milwaukee Canisius Canisius Canisius Bradley Indiana Morehead State New Orleans New Orleans Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan Manhattan Alabama A&M at Austin Peay *at Kentucky *at Kentucky *at Kentucky at Lipscomb *Ole Miss *Ole Miss (SS) *Ole Miss (SS) UNC Asheville

Knoxville, Tenn. • Lindsey Nelson Stadium • March 8

Time/Result W, 4-0 W, 7-6 L, 6-9 W, 4-0 W, 6-2 W, 9-4 W, 7-3 L, 6-3 W, 10-8 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 2 p.m. 5 p.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m. CT 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. CT 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m.

*at Florida (CSS) 7 p.m. *at Florida (CSS) 7 p.m. *at Florida 1 p.m. Presbyterian College 7 p.m. *South Carolina (ESPNU) 7:30 p.m. *South Carolina 6 p.m. *South Carolina (SS) 2 p.m. Appalachian State 7 p.m. *at Alabama (ESPNU) 6:30 p.m. CT *at Alabama 6:30 p.m. CT *at Alabama 5 p.m. CT Western Carolina 7 p.m. *Georgia 6 p.m. *Georgia 4 p.m. *Georgia 2 p.m. MTSU 7 p.m. at Tennessee Tech 6 p.m. CT *at Vanderbilt 6 p.m. CT *at Vanderbilt (CSS) 2 p.m. CT *at Vanderbilt 1 p.m. CT *Mississippi State 6 p.m. *Mississippi State 4 p.m. *Mississippi State (SS) 2 p.m. at MTSU 6 p.m. CT *at LSU (CST) 7 p.m. CT *at LSU (CSS) 6:30 p.m. CT *at LSU 1 p.m. CT Belmont 7 p.m. *Auburn 6 p.m. *Auburn 6 p.m. *Auburn 2 p.m.

Home Games in Bold *-SEC Game 2011 Tennessee Volunteer Baseball Game Notes

TUESDAY, MARCH 8 (Game One)-- 4 p.m. LHP Rob Catapano (0-0, 27.00) vs. RHP Zach Kelt (1-1, 8.59)

TUESDAY, MARCH 8 (Game Two) -- 7 p.m. LHP T.J. Thornton (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Scott Stonestreet (0-0, 7.88)

WEATHER FORECAST Tuesday Wednesday

WEEKEND SCHEDULE Live Stats/Blog: www.UTSports.com Twitter: www.Twitter.com/VolBaseball

Mostly Cloudy 64° | 49° | 10%

Live Audio: www.UTSports.com

Rain 57° | 42° | 70%

NOTES AND STORYLINES uTuesday's meeting will be the first between Tennessee and New Orleans on the baseball diamond. uThe Orange and White has been ultra-aggressive on the bases this season, swiping an SEC-high 30 bags in 34 attempts. That is three more than any other team in the conference, despite playing two less games than anyone other than South Carolina, which has just six. With his league-leading 10, senior Khayyan Norfork alone has more than four different SEC teams. uThe Vols had nine thefts alone on Feb. 27 vs. Canisius, led by three each from Matt Duffy and Andrew Toles. Khayyan Norfork also had two in that contest. uAfter recording four saves in all of 2010, the Vols already have surpassed that mark with five saves in nine games this year. They come from four different pitchers no less as well (Williams, Steckenrider, Dean and Godleyx2). uThrough the first nine home games, UT has had 12.832 fans enter the stadium for an average of 1,425 per contest. The 2,345 who witnessed the Big Orange blank Milwaukee on Feb. 18 represented the second-largest Opening Day crowd in school history behind only the 2,753 on hand on the first day of the 1995 campaign. uTennessee opens the 2011 season with 16 straight home games. That is the longest homestand for the Vols since they played 22 consecutive games in Knoxville to open the 1963 campaign. uUT Opening Day starter junior Steven Gruver has set the tone for the Vol pitching staff so far in 2011, leadin the team to a pair of shutouts in his first three starts. He opened the year with 16.2 scoreless innings, and has struck out 24 while walking just five. uSeniors Matt Duffy (.433) and Khayyan Norfork (.400) have led the way offensively for the Big Orange. They have nine multiple-hit games between them and have combined for nearly half (20) of the team's 52 RBIs. uIncluding his two seasons at North Carolina, Tennessee senior and Knoxville native Rob Catapano has started 12 collegiate games. The team he has started for has won all 12 contests, including all five of the games he started in 2010 for the Big Orange. uSenior Josh Liles is nearing a pair of milestones as he needs just two runs and three RBIs to reach 100 in both categories for his career. He also needs 45 more hits to become the 15th player in UT history with 200 hits.

PROBABLE UT STARTERS

Avg. HR RBI Notes

C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH

.294 .167 .400 .433 .393 .182 .300 .250 .300

28 33 8 13 2 7 1 12 10

Matt Ramsey Jr. Josh Liles Sr. Khayyan Norfork Sr. Matt Duffy Sr. Zach Osborne Jr. Chris Fritts So. Andrew Toles Fr. Charley Thurber Jr. Tyler Horne Sr.

0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0

1 7 8 12 5 2 3 3 7

Had one career start at C before '10 (3/25/09 vs. Asheville) Has advanced a runner w/ an out, team-high 7 times Has reached base to start an inning in 10-of-15 opps. Leads the team with six two-out RBIs Has started 119 of 120 games at SS since arriving at UT Was named to the 2010 SEC All-Freshman Team His mother, Vicky, played basketball at New Orleans Has two of team's three outfield assists Sat out last year after hitting .299 (10 HRs) in 2009 Page 1


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