2017 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team

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2017 Tennessee Volunteers baseball
Tennessee Volunteers logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record27–25 (7–21 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Lindsey Nelson Stadium
Seasons
←  2016
2018  →
2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  x‍†‍‍y21–9–0 .70052–19–0 .732
No. 10 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y19–11–0 .63343–23–0 .652
No. 15 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y15–13–1 .53436–25–1 .589
Missouri  ‍‍‍14–16–0 .46736–23–0 .610
South Carolina  ‍‍‍13–17–0 .43335–25–0 .583
Georgia  ‍‍‍11–19–0 .36725–32–0 .439
Tennessee  ‍‍‍7–21–0 .25027–25–0 .519
Western
No. 2 LSU  x‍†‍‡‍y21–9–0 .70052–20–0 .722
No. 22 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y18–11–0 .62145–19–0 .703
No. 13 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y17–13–0 .56740–27–0 .597
No. 8 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y16–14–0 .53341–23–0 .641
No. 29 Auburn  ‍‍‍y16–14–0 .53337–26–0 .587
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍14–16–0 .46732–25–0 .561
Alabama  ‍‍‍5–24–1 .18319–34–1 .361
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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. [1]

Contents

Roster

2017 Tennessee Volunteers active roster [2]
 

Pitchers

 

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 

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 [3]
Regular season
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

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA 5–241–23–00–3..0–30–30–30–31–2.0–30–2ALAW71–91–6
ARK 18–112–11–2.3–0.1–23–02–11–2.1–12–12–1ARKW26–32–0
AUB 16–140–32–13–02–1.0–32–1.2–12–12–11–2.AUBW57–31–2
FLA 21–93–0.0–33–02–12–1.3–03–02–11–2.2–1FLAE18–24–1
UGA 11–19.0–31–20–32–10–32–11–2.2–12–1.1–2UGAE64–60–3
KEN 19–11...1–21–22–11–22–12–12–13–03–02–1KENE27–32–0
LSU 21–93–02–13–01–23–01–23–0.2–12–1.1–2.LSUW17–34–0
MSU 17–133–00–31–2.1–22–10–3.3–02–13–02–1.MSUW36–43–2
MIZZ 14–163–01–2.0–32–11–2..1–22–13–00–31–2MIZZE44–62–2
MISS 14–163–02–11–20–3.1–21–20–32–1..2–12–1MISSW65–51–2
SCAR 13–172–1.1–21–21–21–21–21–21–2.3–0.1–2SCARE52–81–0
TENN 7–21.1–11–22–11–20–3.0–30–3.0–31–21–1TENNE71–70–4
TAMU 16–143–01–22–1..0–32–11–23–01–2.2–11–2TAMUW45–52–1
VAN 15–132–01–2.1–22–11–2..2–11–22–11–12–1VANE35–40–0
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. Alabama and Vanderbilt had one tie game.

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References

  1. ↑ "Baseball Coach Dave Serrano to Resign". utsports.com. May 17, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Roster". Tennessee Volunteers. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Scores and Schedules". Tennessee Volunteers. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
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