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TENNESSEE (16-4) vs. LIPSCOMB (7-13)
2011 SCHEDULE (16-4, 1-2)
Home: 14-2 | Away: 2-2 | 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. 9 Wed. 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
Nashville, Tenn. • Dugan Field at Marsh Stadium (1,500) • March 23
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 W, 14-0 (7 Inn.) W, 18-4 W, 4-2 W, 11-5 W, 3-2 (7 inn.) W, 15-1 W, 9-1 W, 5-3 L, 3-5 W, 12-8 L, 3-7 6 p.m. CT 6 p.m. 3 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m.
*at Florida (CSS) 7 p.m. *at Florida (CSS) 1 p.m. *at Florida 1 p.m. Presbyterian College 6 p.m. *South Carolina (ESPNU) 7:30 p.m. *South Carolina 6 p.m. *South Carolina (SS) Noon 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) Noon CT *at Vanderbilt *Mississippi State *Mississippi State *Mississippi State (SS) at MTSU *at LSU (CST) *at LSU (CSS) *at LSU Belmont *Auburn *Auburn *Auburn
1 p.m. CT 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. CT 7 p.m. CT 3 p.m. CT 1 p.m. CT 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m.
Home Games in Bold *-SEC Game 2011 Tennessee Volunteer Baseball Game Notes
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 -- 7 p.m. ET RHP Jon Reed (1-0, 4.50) vs. LHP Chris Nunn (1-1, 3.72)
WEATHER FORECAST Wednesday
BROADCAST INFORMATION Live Stats/Blog: www.UTSports.com Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Vol_Baseball Radio: FM 99.1/99.3 "The Sports Animal" with John Wilkerson and Roger Hoover
Scattered T-Storms 77° | 47° | 50%
NOTES AND STORYLINES uThe Vols hold a 7-1 advantage over Lipscomb all-time, including a 16-7 triumph last season and a 17-3 victory in 2009. The Bisons only win came in 2008 in Nashville, 6-4. This will be UT's third trip to the Music City to face Lipscomb as it also claimed a 5-3 decision in the first-ever meeting between the two squads in 1979. uThe Tennessee offense currently ranks first in the SEC in almost every major offensive category with a .334 batting average, .427 on base percentage, .492 slugging pct., 222 hits, 17 home runs and 327 total bases. It is also second with 153 runs scored and 144 RBIs. uSenior second baseman Khayyan Norfork continues to establish himself as one of the hottest hitters in the nation, improving his batting average to an even .500 (37-for-74) on the season with 13 hits in five games last week. He has now posted 13 multi-hit contests in 20 games this year and leads the SEC in batting average, on-base percentage (.615), slugging percentage (.770) and hits (37). With hits in all five of UT’s games last week, Norfork has now hit safely in a career-high 11 straight games and 19 of 20 contests this season. uThe contest with Austin Peay last Wednesday marked the Orange and White's first road game of the year, as Tennessee opened 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. uThe Orange and White has been ultra-aggressive on the bases this season, swiping an SEC-high 49 bags in 59 attempts. That is six more than any other team in the conference. With 16 of his own, senior Khayyan Norfork alone has more than four different SEC teams and ranks second in the league. The 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 nine saves in 20 games this year. They have come from seven different pitchers no less as well (Blount, Williams, Steckenrider, Dean, Thornton, Ramseyx2 and Godleyx2). uIn UT's 18-4 win over New Orleans on March 9, Duffy became just the second player in UT history to hit for the cycle, finishing 4-for-6 with three runs scored and four RBIs. Chris Burke is the only other Vol to accomplish the rare feat, doing so against Vanderbilt on May 11, 2001. uUT Opening Day starter junior Steven Gruver has set the tone for the Vol pitching staff so far in 2011, leading the team to a pair of shutouts in his first three starts and throwing a complete game in his fourth. He opened the year with 16.2 scoreless innings, and has struck out 37 while walking just six. uHaving recently scored the 100th run of his career, senior Josh Liles reached another mileston on Friday and is nearing another. With three RBIs last Friday, Liles has now reached 100 in that category as well, while 30 more hits would make him 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
.246 .324 .500 .391 .344 .283 .325 .250 .357
28 33 8 13 2 7 1 12 21
Matt Ramsey Jr. Josh Liles Sr. Khayyan Norfork Sr. Matt Duffy Sr. Zach Osborne Jr. Chris Fritts Jr. Andrew Toles Fr. Charley Thurber Jr. Ethan Bennett Fr.
0 0 2 4 1 2 1 2 4
3 14 21 26 11 10 16 8 18
Also has two saves as the team's closer Has raised batting avg. 157 pts during 11-game hit streak Leads the nation with a .615 on-base percentage Leads all SEC players in RBIs, third in OBP Has started 129 of 130 games at SS since arriving at UT Hitting .368 (7-for-19) with two outs Ranks 5th in SEC with 10 stolen bases in 11 attempts Has four of team's seven outfield assists Had six straight multiple RBI games (3/9-3/16) Page 1