The 100th year of varsity baseball at the University of Tennessee begins Feb. 20 at Lindsey Nelson Stadium when the Vols open the 2009 season against Oregon State.
UT announced the schedule - which includes 15 of their first 18 games at home, 35 home games in all - Wednesday.
"I want to play in front of our home fans often, and I want to build that strong home base," coach Todd Raleigh said in a UT release.
". . . The level of competition we'll be facing has also been cranked up a notch, so I think it's all going to make for a great fan experience at our ballpark."
UT's schedule also features non-conference games against Coastal Carolina, Georgia Tech and Louisville, along with SEC home games against Auburn, Georgia, Mississippi State, Arkansas and South Carolina.
Seven teams on UT's schedule have made at least one appearance in the College World Series in the last four years, five won their respective conference championship in 2008 and 13 played in an NCAA Regional last season.
Tennessee will play in-state games at East Tennessee State (March 31), at Middle Tennessee State (May 12) and at Vanderbilt (May 14-16). The Vols will play Georgia Tech at Chattanooga's AT&T Field on May 6.
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Tennessee 2009 Schedule
All Times Subject to Change
DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME
Feb. 20 Oregon State 3 p.m.
Feb. 21 Oregon State 4 p.m.
Feb. 22 Oregon State 1 p.m.
Feb. 24 Austin Peay 3 p.m.
Feb. 27 1-at Myrtle Beach TBA
Feb. 28 1-at Myrtle Beach TBA
March 1 1-at Myrtle Beach TBA
March 4 USC Upstate 4 p.m.
March 6 Ohio 3 p.m.
March 7 Ohio 4 p.m.
March 8 Ohio 2 p.m.
March 10 Western Kentucky 4 p.m.
March 11 Louisville 4 p.m.
March 13 *Auburn 7 p.m.
March 14 *Auburn 4 p.m.
March 15 *Auburn 1 p.m.
March 17 Coastal Carolina 7 p.m.
March 18 Tennessee Tech 7 p.m.
March 20 *at Florida TBA
March 21 *at Florida TBA
March 22 *at Florida TBA
March 24 Western Carolina 7 p.m.
March 25 UNC Asheville 7 p.m.
March 27 *Georgia 7 p.m.
March 28 *Georgia 4 p.m.
March 29 *Georgia 1 p.m.
March 31 at SU 7 p.m.
April 1 Charleston Southern 6:30 p.m.
April 3 *at Alabama TBA
April 4 *at Alabama TBA
April 5 *at Alabama TBA
April 7 Appalachian State 7 p.m.
April 8 Lipscomb 7 p.m.
April 10 *Mississippi State 7 p.m.
April 11 *Mississippi State 4 p.m.
April 12 *Mississippi State 1 p.m.
April 14 Belmont 7 p.m.
April 15 Middle Tennessee 7 p.m.
April 17 *at LSU 7 p.m. CT
April 18 *at LSU 3 p.m. CT
April 19 *at LSU 1 p.m. CT
April 21 SU 7 p.m.
April 24 *Arkansas 7 p.m.
April 25 *Arkansas 4 p.m.
April 26 *Arkansas 1 p.m.
May 1 *at Kentucky TBA
May 2 *at Kentucky TBA
May 3 *at Kentucky TBA
May 6 2-vs. Georgia Tech 7 p.m.
May 8 *South Carolina 7 p.m.
May 9 *South Carolina 4 p.m.
May 10 *South Carolina 1 p.m.
May 12 at Middle Tennessee 7 p.m. CT
May 14 *at Vanderbilt TBA
May 15 *at Vanderbilt TBA
May 16 *at Vanderbilt TBA
May 20-24 SEC Tournament (FSN) Hoover, Ala.
May 28-31 NCAA Regionals, 16 Campus Sites
June 5-7 NCAA Super Regionals, 8 Campus Sites
June 12-22 NCAA College World Series, Omaha, Neb.
1-Baseball at the Beach (BB&T Coastal Field)
2-AT&T Field in Chattanooga
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Comments » 7
TNfaninMS writes:
Free Gerald....oh this is about baseball... who cares............FREE GERALD WILLIAMS!@!@!@!@!
orangecountry21 writes:
1st
VOLINCALI writes:
It's football time in Tennessee.
Who cares about baseball.
Baseball passes the time between spring practise and two a days.
I don't know about you guys but I only watch baseball in MLB playoffs or CWS.
orangesox writes:
That Tech game in Chattanooga is cool. See you guys there.
Waldorf writes:
Well, still no TN-Temple on the schedule. My guess is the boys from Loudon went straight to the Delmonico shrine with double sacrifices after reading this one.
ladivolfan writes:
In true fashion, the UT football fans attack their own and shoot their wounded.
vol4gzus writes:
This is a team from UT that wears Orange & White with black trim that are Volunteer players and look at the postings. Hey you saw it was a BASEBALL story so why read and post if you aren't enamored with baseball?
Go Coach Raleigh and VOLS!!!
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