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OVerall Record: 7-7 Tennessee VOLUNTEERS STARTING ROTATION 2013 Record: 7-7 TUESDAY RHP Trevor Bettencourt (Fr., 0-1, 1.74) SEC 0-0 Head Coach: Dave Serrano WEDNESDAY LHP Andy Cox (Fr., 1-1, 7.50) NON-conference 7-7 Second year at UT (320-177-1) HOME 5-2 Away 1-3 THE RECORD NEUTRAL 1-2 Western Kentucky HILLTOPPERS STARTING ROTATION 2013 Record: 7-7 TUESDAY LHP Austin Clay (So.-RS., 2-0, 2.76) Head Coach: Matt Myers WEDNESDAY TBA THE SCHEDULE Second year at WKU (33-40) DatE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESult Feb. 15 at UNLV L, 9-10 AT FIRST GLANCE Weather Forecast Feb. 16 at UNLV (DH-1) W, 8-3 (7) Feb. 16 at UNLV (DH-2) L, 4-5 LAST TIME OUT Tuesday Wednesday Feb. 17 at UNLV L, 2-3 (14) ¢ Tennessee brought its overall record back to .500 Feb. 22 #20 Arizona State L, 0-4 at 7-7 by earning its first sweep of the 2013 season with Feb. 23 #20 Arizona State W, 11-2 three victories over Alcorn State last weekend. Feb. 24 #20 Arizona State L, 1-5 ¢ For the weekend, the Tennessee offense hit at a Feb. 26 ETSU W, 9-7 .398 clip with 16 extra-base hits and stolen bases in Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny March 1 vs. #22 Notre Dame ^ L, 2-3 (12) 14-of-15 attempts. Lee led the way, hitting a cool .500 57° | 36° | 10% 44° | 28° | 0% March 2 vs. UMass ^ W, 6-4 (7-for-14) with five runs scored and a team-high seven March 3 vs. #25 Virginia Tech ^ L, 3-7 RBIs. Pierce Bily also hit .500 (5-for-10) with five runs BROADCAST INFORMATION March 5 Belmont Postponed of his own, four RBIs, three walks and three stolen March 8 Alcorn State W, 16-0 bases. Live Audio: “The Sports Animal” FM 99.1 with March 9 Alcorn State W, 13-6 ¢ On the mound, the Orange and White limited Al- John Wilkerson and Vince Ferrara March 10 Alcorn State W, 12-4 corn State to just 15 hits and a .163 batting average Live Stats/Blog: www.UTSports.com March 12 Western Kentucky 6 p.m. over the course of the three-game set. March 13 Western Kentucky 6 p.m. Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Vol_Baseball March 15 at Alabama * 7:35 p.m. RECORD-BREAKING NUMBER OF ROOKIES Facebook: www.Facebook.com/VolBaseball March 16 at Alabama * 7:05 p.m. ¢ With 18 freshmen on this year’s roster, Tennes- March 17 at Alabama * 2:05 p.m. see set the school record for the highest percentage of INSIDE THE SERIES March 20 Western Carolina 6 p.m. true freshmen on an Opening Day roster when it hit the March 22 Missouri * 4 p.m. field last Friday in Las Vegas. True freshmen make up UT vs. WKU: Tied, 3-3 4/9/1986 Knoxville W, 5-2 March 23 Missouri * 2 p.m. 3/10/09 Knoxville W, 14-8 56.25 percent of this year’s roster, with 18 of 32 play- Series History vs. WKU: March 24 Missouri * 6 p.m. 3/9/10 Knoxville (10) L, 4-5 ers. That breaks the previous record of 53.66 percent 3/19/85 Bowling Green L, 3-4 March 26 Tennessee Tech 7:30 p.m. 2/21/12 Knoxville (13) W, 8-7 previously set in 1989. 3/20/85 Bowling Green L, 4-11 March 29 at Vanderbilt * 7 p.m. ¢ Most True Freshmen (Pct.), UT History March 30 at Vanderbilt * (CSS) 7 p.m. Year Fr. Total Pct. of Freshmen ¢ 2013 NCAA Most True Freshmen Played..................... March 31 at Vanderbilt * 2 p.m. 2013 18 32 56.25% 16 Tennessee 11 Florida April 2 Longwood 3 p.m. April 5 South Carolina * 6 p.m. 1989 22 41 53.66% 14 Iona 11 Northern Illinois April 6 South Carolina (SPSO) * 12:30 p.m. 2006 13 29 44.83% 12 Florida A&M 11 Purdue 12 Radford April 7 South Carolina * 2 p.m. ¢ The 18 true freshmen on the Opening Day ros- 11 St. John’s April 9 at ETSU 7:05 p.m. ¢ 2013 NCAA Most True Freshmen Played ter also ranks second in school history behind only the 12 Cincinnati 11 Virginia 11 Clemson April 12 at Kentucky * 6:30 p.m. 1989 season when the Vols had an incredible 22. April 13 at Kentucky * 2 p.m. ¢ Most True Freshmen (Total), UT History ¢ The Vols set the school record for most true April 14 at Kentucky * 1 p.m. 1989 22 freshmen in an Opening Day starting lineup as well. April 16 vs. Virginia Tech & 6 p.m. 2013 18 With five in the lineup against UNLV on Feb. 15, the April 19 Ole Miss * 6 p.m. 2012 13 Vols topped the previous mark of four set during the April 20 Ole Miss * 4 p.m. 2006 13 1989 campaign when true freshmen Mike Basse, Jason April 21 Ole Miss (ESPNU) * 2 p.m. ¢ The 18 true freshmen tie for the most of any team Imperial, Shawn McDonnell and Lar Gilligan earned April 23 at MTSU 7 p.m. in NCAA D-I this season, matching Florida A&M. starting nods in the first game. April 26 at Florida * 7 p.m. ¢ Freshman Andrew Lee also accomplished a rare April 27 at Florida * 7 p.m. feat on Opening Day, becoming the first true freshman April 28 at Florida * 1 p.m. AND THEY PLAY TOO... since 1990 to hit in the cleanup slot for the Vols on the ¢ To this point in the season, Tennessee played a April 30 MTSU 6 p.m. first day of a new season. The last UT player to do so May 3 Georgia * 6 p.m. total of 16 true freshmen, two more than any other was Doug Hecker against ETSU on Feb. 21, 1990. school in the nation. May 4 Georgia (CSS) * 7 p.m. May 5 Georgia (ESPNU) * 1 p.m. PROBABLE UT STARTERS Avg. HR RBI Notes May 8 Arkansas State 6 p.m. May 10 at Arkansas * 7:35 p.m. C 22 David Houser Fr. .200 0 3 Holds Perfect Game pop-time record at 1.75 seconds May 11 at Arkansas * 7:05 p.m. 1B 5 Scott Price Jr. .321 0 6 Was 5x10 with 6 runs, 4 2B, 2 RBIs vs. Alcorn State May 12 at Arkansas (CSS) * 2:05 p.m. May 14 Morehead State 6 p.m. 2B 2 Taylor Smart Jr. .268 1 5 Has hit safely in eight of his 10 starts this year May 16 Texas A&M * 6 p.m. 3B 1 Will Maddox So. .410 0 14 Hitting .556 (10x18) with 9 RBIs with two outs May 17 Texas A&M * 6 p.m. May 18 Texas A&M (SPSO) * 1 p.m. SS 10 A.J. Simcox Fr. .200 0 9 Was 4x9 with 3 runs, 5 RBIs in series vs. Alcorn State LF 8 Vance Vizcaino Fr. .243 0 6 Drafted in 31st round by NY Mets in 2012 * Southeastern Conference game ^ USA Baseball-Irish Classic (Cary, N.C.) CF 35 Pierce Bily Jr. .361 0 8 Hitting .360 (9x25) w/ 5 RBIs in 7-game hitting streak & Hokey-Smokey Classic (Greeneville, Tenn.) RF 20 Christin Stewart Fr. .281 1 6 Tied Georgia state HS career HR record with 69 All times Eastern DH 24 Andrew Lee Fr. .244 0 8 Broke out w/ 4x5, 5-RBI game vs. Alcorn State (3/9) MEDIA INFORMATION 2013 » TENNESSEE BASEBALL ROSTER Media Credentials No. Name Cl. Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School Media credentials will be issued to members of the 1 Will Maddox So. INF L-R 5-11 180 Gainesville, Ga./Gainesville HS working media only. Children and other non-workers will 2 Taylor Smart Jr. INF R-R 5-11 180 Maple Valley, Wash./Tahoma HS/ not be allowed. Requests for credentials should be made Western Nevada College by calling Assistant Media Relations Director Cameron 4 Parker Wormsley So. INF/OF R-R 6-0 170 Knoxville, Tenn./Webb School Harris at least one day in advance of each home game or 5 Scott Price Jr. INF L-R 6-3 215 Leesville, S.C./Batesburg-Leesville HS/ series. All credentials not picked up at the Media Relations USC Sumter Office will be left at the ticket will call window at the main entrance of the stadium. 6 Jeff Moberg Fr. INF/RHP R-R 5-9 155 Murrieta, Calif./Vista Murrieta HS 7 Davis Aiken Fr. INF/OF L-R 5-9 180 Watkinsville, Ga./Oconee HS Postgame Interviews 8 Vance Vizcaino Fr. INF/OF L-R 6-3 175 Wake Forest, N.C./Wakefield HS Tennessee head coach Dave Serrano is available to 10 A.J. Simcox Fr. INF R-R 6-3 180 Knoxville, Tenn./Farragut HS meet any working member of the media following the 11 Zach Luther Sr. INF R-R 6-0 175 Laguna Niguel, Calif./Texas A&M/Fullerton JC game in the video room at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Media 15 Zack Godley Sr RHP R-R 6-3 245 Bamberg, S.C./Spartanburg Methodist are asked to conduct player interviews in the video room, and media members are not permitted in the locker room 17 Derek Lance Fr.