2025 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team

The 2025 Tennessee Volunteers baseball team represents the University of Tennessee in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Volunteers play their home games at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. This was Tennessee's final season with Tony Vitello as their head coach, as he went on to be hired as manager of Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants following the season.

Previous season

The Volunteers finished 60–13 and 22–8 in the SEC, good for first place in the East division. They won the SEC Tournament, Knoxville Regional and Super Regional, and College World Series.

Preseason

Preseason SEC awards and honors

The Vols had six players named to SEC preseason teams

Coaches Poll

The SEC Coaches poll was released on February 2, 2025. Tennessee was predicted to finish second in the SEC.

Personnel

Roster

Coaching staff

Offseason

Signing Day Recruits

The following players signed National Letter of Intents to play for Tennessee in 2025.

2024 MLB draft

Schedule and results

! style="" | Regular Season (41–15) |- valign="top"

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 14th<br>4:30 p.m. || vs * || No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || || || || None || SECN+ || 6,212 || 1–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 15th<br>2:00 p.m. || vs Hofstra* || No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || || || Tristan Nemjo (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,249 || 2–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 16th<br>11:00 a.m. || vs Hofstra* || No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 13–1 <small>(7)</small>|| || || None || SECN+ || 4,814 || 3–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 18th<br>4:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 29–4 <small>(7)</small> || Nic Abraham (1–0) || || None || SECN+ || 4,271 || 4–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 21st<br>2:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 5–1 || Liam Doyle (2–0) || Miller Riggins (1–1) || || SECN+ || 4,741 || 5–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" | February 22nd<br>2:00 p.m. || vs Samford* || No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 7–3 || Nate Snead (1–0) || Joseph Lee (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,106 || 6–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 23rd<br>1:00 p.m. || vs Samford* || No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 11–1 <small>(7)</small> || Austin Hunley (2–0) || Josh Leerssen (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,142 || 7–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 25th<br>4:30 p.m. || vs || No. 3 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 7–5 || Tegan Kuhns (1–0) || Reese Young (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,129 || 8–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | February 28th<br>4:05 p.m. || vs Oklahoma State*<br>Astros Foundation College Classic || No. 3 || Daikin Park<br>Houston, Texas || W 5–2 || Dylan Loy (1–0) || Gabe Davis (0–1) || Nate Snead (1) || Astros.com || 11,502 || 9–0 || — |-

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 1st<br>12:05 p.m. || vs *<br>Astros Foundation College Classic || No. 3 || Daikin Park<br>Houston, Texas || W 13–3 || Brayden Sharp (1–0) || Blaine Brown (0–1) || None || Astros.com || 16,226 || 10–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 2nd<br>11:05 a.m. || vs Arizona*<br>Astros Foundation College Classic || No. 3 || Daikin Park<br>Houston, Texas || W 5–1 || Brandon Arvidson (1–0) || Bailey Smith (0–1) || None || Astros.com || 9,439 || 11–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 4th<br>6:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 2 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 22–9 <small>(7)</small> || Dylan Loy (2–0) || Noah Arnett (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,070 || 12–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 5th<br>5:30 p.m. || vs * || No. 2 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 13–1 || Austin Breedlove (1–0) || Logan Schmidt (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 4,726 || 13–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 7th<br>6:30 p.m. || vs * || No. 2 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 12–0 || Liam Doyle (3–0) || James Capellupo (1–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,468 || 14–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 8th<br>6:00 p.m. || vs St. Bonaventure* || No. 2 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 11–1 <small>(7)</small> || Marcus Phillips (1–0) || Michael Salina (1–1) || None || SECN+ || 6,007 || 15–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 9th<br>1:00 p.m. || vs St. Bonaventure* || No. 2 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 13–2 <small>(7)</small> || Tegan Kuhns (2–0) || David James (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,701 || 16–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 11th<br>4:30 p.m. || vs * || No. 2 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 4–2 || Thomas Crabtree (1–0) || Evimael Quiles (0–1) || Ryan Combs (1) || SECN+ || 5,461 || 17–0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 14th<br>6:30 p.m. || vs No. 7 Florida || No. 2 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 5–3 || Tanner Franklin (1–0) || Liam Peterson (4–1) || Nate Snead (2) || SECN+ || 6,298 || 18–0 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 15th<br>3:30 p.m. || vs No. 7 Florida || No. 2 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 10–0 <small>(7)</small> || Marcus Phillips (2–0) || Aidan King (3–1) || None || SECN || 5,575 || 19–0 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 16th<br>1:00 p.m. || vs No. 7 Florida || No. 2 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 7–4 || Dylan Loy (3–0) || Billy Barlow (1–1) || Nate Snead (3) || SECN+ || 5,579 || 20–0 || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | March 18th<br>5:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 1 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || L 6–7 <small>(10)</small>|| Andrew Cotten (1–0) || Tanner Franklin (1–1) || None || SECN+ || 6,331 || 20–1 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | March 20th<br>7:30 p.m. || at No. 12 Alabama || No. 1 || Sewell-Thomas Stadium<br>Tuscaloosa, Alabama || L 5–6 || Zane Adams (4–0) || Liam Doyle (3–1) || Carson Ozmer (6) || ESPNU || 4,341 || 20–2 || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 21st<br>5:00 p.m. || at No. 12 Alabama || No. 1 || Sewell-Thomas Stadium<br>Tuscaloosa, Alabama || W 10–7 || Dylan Loy (4–0) || Riley Quick (4–1) || Tanner Franklin (2) || SECN+ || 5,800 || 21–2 || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 22nd<br>2:00 p.m. || at No. 12 Alabama || No. 1 || Sewell-Thomas Stadium<br>Tuscaloosa, Alabama || W 9–2 || Brayden Krenzel (1–0) || Bobby Alcock (3–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,800 || 22–2 || 5–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 25th<br>6:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 1 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 14–3 || Brandon Arvidson (2–0)|| Andrew White (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,779 || 23–2 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Mar 28th<br>7:00 p.m. || at South Carolina || No. 1 || Founders Park<br>Columbia, South Carolina || W 11–7 || Liam Doyle (4–1)|| Jake McCoy (2–3) || None || SECN+ || 8,242 || 24–2 || 6–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 29th<br>4:00 p.m. || at South Carolina || No. 1 || Founders Park<br>Columbia, South Carolina || W 7–5 || Nate Snead (2–0) || Brandon Stone (1–3) || None || SECN+ || 8,242 || 25–2 || 7–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | March 30th<br>5:00 p.m. || at South Carolina || No. 1 || Founders Park<br>Columbia, South Carolina || W 7–2 || Brayden Krenzel (2–0)|| Matthew Becker (2–2) || None || SECN ||8,012 || 26–2 || 8–1 |-

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 1st<br>6:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 1 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 7–1 || Michael Sharman (1–0) || Drew Mattox (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 5,839 || 27–2 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 4th<br>7:00 p.m. || vs Texas A&M || No. 1 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 10–0 <small>(7)</small> || Liam Doyle (5–1) || Ryan Prager (2–2) || None || ESPNU || 6,544 || 28–2 || 9–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | April 5th (Game 1)<br>3:00 p.m. || vs Texas A&M ||No. 1 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || L 3–9 || Justin Lamkin (2–3) || Marcus Phillips (2–1) || Weston Moss (1) || SECN+ || 5,650 || 28–3 || 9–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | April 5th (Game 2)<br>7:00 p.m. || vs Texas A&M ||No. 1 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || L 6–17 <small>(8)</small> || Myles Patton (3–3) || Tegan Kuhns (2–1) || None || SECN+ || 6,074 || 28–4 || 9–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 8th<br>6:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 5 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 10–2 || Austin Breedlove (2–0)|| Trey Power (1–2) || None || SECN+ || 5,081 || 29–4 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 11th<br>TBD p.m. || at No. 6 Ole Miss || No. 5 || Swayze Field<br>Oxford, Mississippi || W 3–2 || Liam Doyle (6–1) || Hunter Elliott (5–1) || Dylan Loy (1) || SECN+ || 11,818 || 30–4 || 10–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | April 12th<br>4:00 p.m. || at No. 6 Ole Miss || No. 5 || Swayze Field<br>Oxford, Mississippi || L 5–8 || Riley Maddox (4–2) || Marcus Phillips (2–2) || Connor Spencer (3)|| SECN+ || 11,790 || 30–5 || 10–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 13th<br>3:00 p.m. || at No. 6 Ole Miss || No. 5 || Swayze Field<br>Oxford, Mississippi || W 10–8 || Nate Snead (3–0) || Brayden Jones (1–2) || None || SECN || 10,333 || 31–5 || 11–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 15th<br>6:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 13–3 <small>(8)</small>|| Andrew Behnke (2–0)|| Carson Brower (1–2)|| None || SECN+ || 5,305 || 32–5 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 18th<br>6:30 p.m. || vs Kentucky || No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 8–2 || Liam Doyle (7–1)||Nate Harris (3–2) || None || SECN+ || 5,956 || 33–5 || 12–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | April 19th<br>6:00 p.m. || vs Kentucky ||No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || L 1–4 || Nic McCay (4–0)|| Marcus Phillips (3–2)|| Jackson Nove (1) || SECN+ || 5,801 || 33–6 || 12–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | April 20th<br>1:00 p.m. || vs Kentucky ||No. 4 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || L 2–8 || Ben Cleaver (4–2) || Tegan Kuhns (2–2)|| None || SECN+ || 5,586 || 33–7 || 12–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 22nd<br>6:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 6 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 11–1 <small>(7)</small> || Michael Sharman (2–0)|| Ryan Kutz (0–1) || None || SECN+ || 7,174 || 34–7 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | April 25th<br>8:00 p.m. || at No. 7 LSU || No. 6 || Alex Box Stadium<br>Baton Rouge, Louisiana || L 3–6 || Jacob Mayers (1–0) || Nate Snead (3–1) || None || SECN+ || 12,919 || 34–8 || 12–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 26th<br>8:00 p.m. || at No. 7 LSU || No. 6 || Alex Box Stadium<br>Baton Rouge, Louisiana || W 9–3 || Marcus Phillips (3–3)|| Anthony Eyanson (6–2)|| Dylan Loy (2)|| ESPNU || 13,376 || 35–8 || 13–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | April 27th<br>3:00 p.m. || at No. 7 LSU || No. 6 || Alex Box Stadium<br>Baton Rouge, Louisiana || L 2–12 <small>(8)</small> || Casan Evans (3–0)|| Michael Sharman (2–1)|| None || SECN || 11,847 || 35–9 || 13–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | April 29th<br>6:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 12 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 7–5 ||Michael Sharman (3–1)|| Connor Kurki (0–2) || Nate Snead (4)|| SECN+ || 5,412 || 36–9 || — |-

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | May 2nd<br>6:30 p.m. || vs No. 10 Auburn || No. 12 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || L 1–6 || Samuel Dutton (6–2) || Liam Doyle (7–2) || Ryan Hetzler (7) || SECN+ || 5,406 || 36–10 || 13–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 3rd<br>6:00 p.m. || vs No. 10 Auburn || No. 12 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 5–4 <small>(11)</small> || Liam Doyle (8–2)|| Dylan Watts (2–1) || None ||SECN+ || 5,406 || 37–10 || 14–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | May 4th<br>1:00 p.m. || vs No. 10 Auburn || No. 12 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || L 1–8 <small>(7)</small> || Christian Chatterton (4–1)|| AJ Russell (0–1) || Cade Fisher (1) || SECN+ || 6,041 || 37–11 || 14–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | May 6th<br>6:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 15 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 12–1 <small>(7)</small> || Austin Breedlove (3–0)|| Jacob Spencer (0–3) || None || SECN+ ||5,099 || 38–11 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc | May 9th<br>5:30 p.m. || vs No. 11 Vanderbilt || No. 15 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 3–2 || Liam Doyle (9–2)|| JD Thompson (4–5)|| Nate Snead (5)|| SECN || 5,923 || 39–11 || 15–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc | May 10th<br>5:00 p.m. || vs No. 11 Vanderbilt || No. 15 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || L 6–10 || Luke Guth (1–0) || Marcus Phillips (3–4)|| None || ESPN2 || 6,329 || 39–12 || 15–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc | May 11th<br>3:00 p.m. || vs No. 11 Vanderbilt || No. 15 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || L 5–7 || Luke Guth (2–0) ||Tanner Franklin (1–2) || Ethan McElvain (1)|| ESPN2 || 6,070 || 39–13 || 15–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc | May 13th<br>5:00 p.m. || vs * || No. 17 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 9–4 || Thomas Crabtree (2–0)|| Lake Morris (1–2) || None || SECN+ || 5,263 || 40–13 || — |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc | May 15th<br>7:30 p.m. || at No. 8 Arkansas || No. 17 || Baum-Walker Stadium<br>Fayetteville, Arkansas || W 10–7 || AJ Russell (1–1)|| Zach Root (6–4) || None || ESPN2 || 10,693 || 41–13 || 16–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc | May 16th<br>7:30 p.m. || at No. 8 Arkansas || No. 17 || Baum-Walker Stadium<br>Fayetteville, Arkansas || L 6–8 || Cole Gibler (2–1)|| Liam Doyle (9–3)|| Christian Foutch (4)|| SECN+ || 10,925 || 41–14 || 16–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc | May 17th<br>3:00 p.m. || at No. 8 Arkansas || No. 17 || Baum-Walker Stadium<br>Fayetteville, Arkansas || L 4–8 || Gage Wood (2–1) || Tegan Kuhns (2–3)|| Will McEntire (2)|| SECN || 10,925 || 41–15 || 16–14 |-

|- ! style="" | Postseason (5–3) |-

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc | May 21st<br>2 p.m. || vs (9) No. 23 Alabama || (8) No. 21 || Hoover Metropolitan Stadium<br>Hoover, Alabama || W 15–10 || AJ Russell (2–1) || Zane Adams (7–4) || JT Blackwood (1) || SECN || 11,117 || 42–15 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc | May 22nd<br>4 p.m. || vs (1) No. 2 Texas || (8) No. 21 || Hoover Metropolitan Stadium<br>Hoover, Alabama || W 7–5 <small>(12)</small> || Nate Snead (4–1) || Dylan Volantis (4–1) || None || SECN || 10,135 || 43–15 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc | May 24th<br>11 a.m. || vs (4) No. 9 Vanderbilt || (8) No. 21 || Hoover Metropolitan Stadium<br>Hoover, Alabama || L 0–10 <small>(7)</small> || Cody Bowker (3–4) || Tegan Kuhns (2–4) || Fennell (1) || SECN || 14,775 || 43–16 || 2–1 |-

|- align="center" bgcolor=#ccffcc | May 30th<br>6 p.m. || vs (4) || (1) No. 16 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 9–2 || Liam Doyle (10–3) || Katskee Cooper (11–2) || None || ESPN+ || 5,969 || 44–16 || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc | May 31st<br>6 p.m. || vs (3) Cincinnati || (1) No. 16 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 10–6 || Marcus Phillips (4–4) || Kellen O'Connor (3–3) || Brandon Arvidson (1) || ESPN2 || 6,235 || 45–16 || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc | June 1st<br>6 p.m. || vs (2) || (1) No. 16 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || L 6–7 || Leffew Haiden (4–1) || Nate Snead (4–2) || None || ESPN+ || 6,015 || 45–17 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc | June 2nd<br>6 p.m. || vs (2) Wake Forest || (1) No. 16 || Lindsey Nelson Stadium<br>Knoxville, Tennessee || W 11–5 || Brayden Krenzel (3–0) || Zach Johnston (2–2) || Liam Doyle (1) || ESPN2 || 6,198 || 46–17 || 3–1 |-

|- align="center" bgcolor=#ffcccc | June 7th<br>5 p.m. || vs (3) Arkansas || (1) No. 16 || Baum–Walker Stadium<br>Fayetteville, Arkansas || L 3–4 || Zach Root (8–5) || Marcus Phillips (4–5) || Gabe Gaeckle (2) || ESPN || 10,205 || 46–18 || 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor=#ffcccc | June 8th<br>3 p.m. || vs (3) Arkansas|| (1) No. 16 || Baum–Walker Stadium<br>Fayetteville, Arkansas || L 4–11 || Cole Gibler (3–1) || Liam Doyle (10–4) || None || ESPN || 10,273 || 46–19 || 3–3

|- | Legend:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = Win&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = Loss&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = Canceled&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bold = Tennessee team member |- | style="font-size:88%"| <nowiki>*</nowiki>Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll • (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Record vs. conference opponents

Rankings

References

External links

• Tennessee Baseball