COLUMBIA, S.C. – The seventh-ranked Lady Vols won their second SEC series of the season Sunday night with a 7-0 shutout of 23rd-ranked South Carolina at Beckham Field. Tennessee (25-4, 5-0 SEC) won its 17th straight game – the longest streak in the nation – thanks to strong pitching and timely hitting. Graduate Payton Gottshall got the start for the…… MORE
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The University of Tennessee men’s basketball team clinched its second consecutive Sweet 16 appearance, its second time doing so in program history, with a 62-58 victory Saturday night over seventh-seeded Texas at Spectrum Center, Fifth-year guard Dalton Knecht, who iced the game with four late free throws, scored a game-high 18 points for sixth-ranked,…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 7/8 Tennessee came up short in a back-and-forth battle against No. 17 Ole Miss on Saturday night, falling 8-5 at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Big Orange battled back to take a late 5-4 lead into the ninth inning after tying the game at four with two runs in the seventh before pulling…… MORE
RALEIGH, N.C. – No. 6 seed Tennessee blew the game open in the second quarter vs. No. 11 seed Green Bay and cruised to a 92-63 victory in NCAA First Round play on Saturday afternoon at Reynolds Coliseum. The Lady Vols (20-12) scorched the nets with 70-percent field-goal marksmanship in the second frame and limited the…… MORE
COLUMBIA, S.C. – No. 7 Tennessee needed extra innings Saturday night to knock off 23rd-ranked South Carolina at Beckham Field, 2-1, to extend its nation-leading 16-game win streak. Sophomore Camryn Sarvis had the clutch at-bat in the 10th inning, hitting a sacrifice fly to score sophomore Taylor Pannell from third. Initially called out at home, Tennessee challenged the ruling which was…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 7/8 Tennessee burst out of the gates with eight runs over the first three innings and never looked back in a dominant 15-3 run-rule victory to open its weekend series against No. 17 Ole Miss on a rainy Friday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Volunteers (20-3, 2-2 SEC) added two more…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Graduate Payton Gottshall made history Thursday night as she notched her 1,000th career strikeout in the seventh inning against Western Carolina as she shut the door on a 6-0 Lady Vol victory at Catamount Softball Complex. Tennessee (23-4) extends its nation-leading win streak to 15 in a row with its 13th shutout of the year. Coming out…… MORE
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – For the third consecutive season, the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team claimed a first-round victory in the NCAA Tournament, this time with an 83-49 decision Thursday night against No. 15-seeded Saint Peter’s. Sixth-ranked, second-seeded Tennessee (25-8, 14-4 SEC) led wire-to-wire at Spectrum Center and got a game-best 23 points from fifth-year guard Dalton…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 7/8 Tennessee got back in the win column with a 10-2 midweek win over Xavier on Tuesday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Volunteers (19-3) held the Musketeers (9-12) to just four hits on the night thanks in large part to impressive performances on the mound from starter Zander Sechrist and reliever Kirby Connell. Sechrist…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. –Dalton Knecht of the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team is an Associated Press First Team All-American, as announced Tuesday afternoon. The AP is the second of the four organizations—the others are the NABC, The Sporting News and the USBWA—utilized for, in aggregate, determining the consensus All-America teams. Knecht previously claimed unanimous first-team plaudits from The Sporting News.…… MORE
