Jordan Davis recently appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to sing his number-one song “Buy Dirt.”
Watch Jordan’s performance here…
Photo Courtesy of Jordan Davis
Tenille Townes latest project, Masquerades, is out now!
Talking about the 7-track EP, and the name it carries, Tenille says, “This EP marks the beginning of a new chapter of music with you guys…. I really do think that we are beautiful complexities underneath everything we hide behind. Setting down my masquerade over the past little while has been liberating, terrifying, disorienting, and empowering all at the same time. Pull one thread and the infinity of emotions and doubts and hopes and fears and everything in between unravels and these songs were created from the heart of that place. From both sides of who I am. And from the courage that you guys have given me, lifting up the pieces of these songs in their raw form leading up to here. Couldn’t me more excited for our new frontier together.”
Tenille’s EP Masquerades includes “When’s It Gonna Happen,” “Villain In Me,” “Light In Your Eyes” and “When You Need It” which features Wrabel.
Townes says, “Loved getting to do this song about friendship with Wrabel… making this music video was the first time we met in person after writing so many songs together through a computer screen. Becoming friends and creating together was one of the brightest spots in such a dark time and I love that this song represents all of that to me. Hope you feel loved as you listen to it and cheers to the friends who are always there when we need it“
Masquerades track list;
1. “When You Need It” (featuring Wrabel)
2. “When’s It Gonna Happen”
3. “The Sound of Being Alone”
4. “Villain In Me”
5. “Shared Walls” (featuring BRELAND)
6. “Same Road Home”
7. “Light In Your Eyes”
Tenille Townes’ EP Masquerades is out now – and it includes “Shared Walls” which features BRELAND.
Photo Credit: Lauren Dunn
Did you catch the video of Shania Twain and Harry Styles at this year’s Coachella?
Shania shared “I am honored and thrilled to have joined Harry Styles onstage for his Coachella debut. What a magical moment!! And I mean c’mon… WHAT A SHOW! I’m a huge fan! Grateful we got to create this memory together.”
Check out Harry and Shania singing her classic “Man! I Feel Like A Woman.”
Photo Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Stephanie Quayle‘s self-titled album is out now!
Stephanie shares that her new project is the result of living through these past couple of years, “As many of us know, 2020 and 2021 changed the course of our live music experiences. Now in 2022, we have so much catching up to do with our fan family. This album is for them.”
Her Family and friends were a big part of Stephanie’s self-titled album “It was requested by them and made with them in mind. This collection of music includes some songs they’ve heard, and a few they haven’t. It’s those new songs that really complete this chapter, and sets up what comes next. I hope each listener finds a piece of themselves in this album and the songs become the soundtrack to new memories and moments in their lives.”
The 8-track collection includes music that Stephanie has previously shared with her fans, like “Wild Frontier” and “I Want The World For You” – but it also features new songs like “Hang My Hat.”
Quayle says “’Hang My Hat’ is a lyrical play and total earworm. Tori Tullier had this title and it was an ‘OF COURSE’ when we three (Quayle, Tullier and Karen Kosowski) sat down to write. As a writer on the song, I feel so incredibly proud of it and its complex simplicity – not to mention how honest it is in regards to my husband, the heart I hang my hat on every day. The Western imagery represents so much to me, from my roots to what I live to how I want to live. It’s the mindset of not running away from love but choosing it every day, letting it grow like the sunrise… sometimes it’s too bright and you have to shift your gaze to get it all back into focus. There’s an effortless story here to tell and when it comes to love, that story never gets old. Thank God or we would all be out of business.”
Stephanie Quayle’s self-titled album is available now.
Photo Courtesy of Stephanie Quayle
Box Score (PDF) | Series Stats vs. Florida (PDF)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Down to its final strike in the ninth inning, No. 1/1 Tennessee rallied for five late runs to defeat Florida, 6-4, in 11 innings to complete the weekend sweep at Condron Family Ballpark.
True freshman designated hitter Christian Moore was the hero, plating the tying runs with a two-out single in the ninth inning before blasting a two-run homer in the 11th to put the Volunteers ahead 6-4.
Redmond Walsh was rock solid out of the bullpen, pitching three shutout innings of hitless relief to earn the win and improve to 2-0 on the year.
With the win, Tennessee became the first team in SEC history to start conference play 17-1. The only other team to start 16-1 was the 1951 Vols.
The Big Orange (37-3, 17-1 SEC) were held to just one hit entering the ninth inning before cranking out four base knocks to score three runs and tie the game at four. Walsh was able to work out of a couple of jams in the ninth and 10th innings to keep UF off the board before Moore’s go-ahead two-run homer in the top of the 11th.
Gators’ starter Brandon Neely was phenomenal in just his third start this season, racking up a career-high eight strikeouts while allowing just one hit in seven innings.
Drew Beam wasn’t quite his normal dominant self but was still solid and battled to keep UT within striking distance. The Murfreesboro, Tennessee, native, allowed three runs on four hits in four innings before making way for Will Mabrey and the bullpen.
Mabrey and Mark McLaughlin held down the fort to keep the Vols in the game, combining to toss four solid innings of relief, allowing just one unearned run and two hits before Walsh took over.
After not leading once over the first two games, it was the Gators who jumped out to the early lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first. UF had just one hit in the inning but the advantage of two walks and a hit batter in the inning to go up 2-0.
Florida (23-17, 6-12 SEC) extended its lead to 3-0 in the fourth with a home run from Jac Caglianone, a solo shot that just cleared the wall in center field.
The Gators scored again in the fifth when Caglianone drove in his second run of the afternoon with a sacrifice fly to deep center field to make it 4-0. Josh Rivera scored on the play after reaching on a bunt single before advancing to third on an errant throw on the play.
The Vols broke up the no-hitter and the shutout in the top of the seventh inning. Drew Gilbert tripled off the top of the wall in right field and came in to score on an RBI groundout by Trey Lipscomb to cut the Florida lead to 4-1.
After a scoreless eighth, Jorel Ortega got the ninth-inning rally started with a solo home run to left-center field to lead off the frame and cut the deficit to two.
Following a back-to-back strikeouts, Lipscomb kept the inning going with a bloop single before Luc Lipcius walked and Evan Russell singled to load the bases. Moore came up with the biggest hit of his young career with a two-run single to score Lipscomb and pinch-runner Seth Stephenson to tie the game at four.
Florida threatened in the ninth, getting the winning run to third with only one out, but the veteran Walsh got a strikeout and a fly out to left field to escape the jam and send the game to extras.
In the 11th, Russell singled up the middle with two outs to set up Moore’s eventual game-winning two-run blast to left-center. Walsh set the Gators down in order in the bottom of the inning to slam the door and secure the sweep.
UP NEXT: The Vols return home for a five-game homestand starting with a midweek contest against Xavier on Tuesday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. The game will be streamed digitally on SEC Network+ and the ESPN app.
NOTABLE
VOLS CLEANING CREW IS BACK IN BUSINESS: With Sunday’s thrilling come-from-behind victory, Tennessee set a new program record for series sweeps in a season, recording their eighth of the year. The previous record was seven, set by the 1994 SEC Championship team.
This weekend’s sweep was UT’s first over the Gators in Gainesville since 2001 and just their third on the road at Florida in program history (2022, 2001, 1971).
BULLPEN CLUTCH AGAIN: The Vols’ bullpen came up huge once again, holding Florida to just one unearned run while allowing just two hits over the final seven innings of the game.
-UT Athletics
Box Score (PDF) | Series Stats vs. Florida (PDF)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Down to its final strike in the ninth inning, No. 1/1 Tennessee rallied for five late runs to defeat Florida, 6-4, in 11 innings to complete the weekend sweep at Condron Family Ballpark.
True freshman designated hitter Christian Moore was the hero, plating the tying runs with a two-out single in the ninth inning before blasting a two-run homer in the 11th to put the Volunteers ahead 6-4.
Redmond Walsh was rock solid out of the bullpen, pitching three shutout innings of hitless relief to earn the win and improve to 2-0 on the year.
With the win, Tennessee became the first team in SEC history to start conference play 17-1. The only other team to start 16-1 was the 1951 Vols.
The Big Orange (37-3, 17-1 SEC) were held to just one hit entering the ninth inning before cranking out four base knocks to score three runs and tie the game at four. Walsh was able to work out of a couple of jams in the ninth and 10th innings to keep UF off the board before Moore’s go-ahead two-run homer in the top of the 11th.
Gators’ starter Brandon Neely was phenomenal in just his third start this season, racking up a career-high eight strikeouts while allowing just one hit in seven innings.
Drew Beam wasn’t quite his normal dominant self but was still solid and battled to keep UT within striking distance. The Murfreesboro, Tennessee, native, allowed three runs on four hits in four innings before making way for Will Mabrey and the bullpen.
Mabrey and Mark McLaughlin held down the fort to keep the Vols in the game, combining to toss four solid innings of relief, allowing just one unearned run and two hits before Walsh took over.
After not leading once over the first two games, it was the Gators who jumped out to the early lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first. UF had just one hit in the inning but the advantage of two walks and a hit batter in the inning to go up 2-0.
Florida (23-17, 6-12 SEC) extended its lead to 3-0 in the fourth with a home run from Jac Caglianone, a solo shot that just cleared the wall in center field.
The Gators scored again in the fifth when Caglianone drove in his second run of the afternoon with a sacrifice fly to deep center field to make it 4-0. Josh Rivera scored on the play after reaching on a bunt single before advancing to third on an errant throw on the play.
The Vols broke up the no-hitter and the shutout in the top of the seventh inning. Drew Gilbert tripled off the top of the wall in right field and came in to score on an RBI groundout by Trey Lipscomb to cut the Florida lead to 4-1.
After a scoreless eighth, Jorel Ortega got the ninth-inning rally started with a solo home run to left-center field to lead off the frame and cut the deficit to two.
Following a back-to-back strikeouts, Lipscomb kept the inning going with a bloop single before Luc Lipcius walked and Evan Russell singled to load the bases. Moore came up with the biggest hit of his young career with a two-run single to score Lipscomb and pinch-runner Seth Stephenson to tie the game at four.
Florida threatened in the ninth, getting the winning run to third with only one out, but the veteran Walsh got a strikeout and a fly out to left field to escape the jam and send the game to extras.
In the 11th, Russell singled up the middle with two outs to set up Moore’s eventual game-winning two-run blast to left-center. Walsh set the Gators down in order in the bottom of the inning to slam the door and secure the sweep.
UP NEXT: The Vols return home for a five-game homestand starting with a midweek contest against Xavier on Tuesday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. The game will be streamed digitally on SEC Network+ and the ESPN app.
NOTABLE
VOLS CLEANING CREW IS BACK IN BUSINESS: With Sunday’s thrilling come-from-behind victory, Tennessee set a new program record for series sweeps in a season, recording their eighth of the year. The previous record was seven, set by the 1994 SEC Championship team.
This weekend’s sweep was UT’s first over the Gators in Gainesville since 2001 and just their third on the road at Florida in program history (2022, 2001, 1971).
BULLPEN CLUTCH AGAIN: The Vols’ bullpen came up huge once again, holding Florida to just one unearned run while allowing just two hits over the final seven innings of the game.
-UT Athletics
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A day after historic pitching dominated, the bats answered the bell in No. 14 Tennessee’s 9-1 win over ECU to finish out the Lady Vol Challenge 3-0.
Senior outfielder Kiki Milloy led the offensive outburst with three hits, two doubles, two RBIs, two runs and two stolen bases. Milloy’s three-hit outing was her first of the season and first since hosting Missouri at the end of the 2021 regular season. The do-it-all senior also extended her team lead in doubles, stolen bases, RBIs and runs.
The Lady Vols (33-13) roped 12 hits, including six for extra bases, in Sunday’s triumph. Freshman infielder McKenna Gibson and sophomore outfielder Rylie West each mashed two-run homers, while Zaida Puni (2-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI) and Kelcy Leach (1-for-3, RBI) both knocked doubles for the Big Orange. Leach’s two-bagger went down as the game-ending hit, driving in Puni to make the score 9-1 and secure the run-rule win in the bottom of the sixth.
Sophomore starting pitcher Bailey McCachren was lifted in the top of the second with no outs and runners on first and second in favor of freshman Nicola Simpson. Simpson utilized the ground ball to work the Lady Vols out of trouble, including a double play from Ivy Davis to Gibson to Ashley Morgan that kept the Pirates at bay and off the scoreboard. Simpson finished the day recording her second career win on two-and-a-third innings of two-hit ball and a single run surrendered.
The Seattle, Washington, native sat down ECU (19-29) in order in the third and the offense repaid her efforts with six runs of support in the bottom of the third. Davis got the onslaught started, ripping a single the other way that turned into a three-bagger when the Pirate right fielder could not handle the hit. Milloy promptly brought Davis home on a ground ball double laced through two ECU fielders, reaching the wall in left center. Puni doubled off the right field wall to trade places with Milloy and double the Tennessee lead to 2-0.
Gibson knocked out ECU’s starting pitcher showing off her opposite field power, bombing home run No. 10 on the season near the top row of the outfield bleachers and once again doubling the Tennessee lead to 4-0 over the Pirates.
West gave the incoming Pirate pitcher a harsh greeting, sending her sixth homer of the season over the recently opened porches in center field for a 6-0 cushion. The bomb was her first homer to leave the park since the series finale against Florida on March 27.
In the fourth inning, it was sophomore pitcher Ryleigh White’s turn to work the Lady Vols out of trouble. Inheriting a similar situation to Simpson in the second, White used similar tactics to stymie the Pirates: letting the defense work. Graduate senior Amanda Ayala recorded her second outfield assist of the season, throwing out a runner at third on a base hit. A lineout back to White would strand two Pirates on base and hold them to a single run in the frame.
The Lady Vols gave ECU some déjà vu in the bottom half of the frame. Milloy led off with her 12th double and Puni brought her in again for her 10th multi-RBI game of the season, bringing the Big Orange lead to 7-1 and just two runs away from run-ruling the Pirates for a second time this weekend.
White cruised over the final two innings of play while Tennnessee added a pair of runs in the fifth and sixth innings to clinch the victory. Milloy put the Lady Vols ahead 8-1 with an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth before Leach doubled to left-center field to end the game 9-1 in the sixth, improving UT’s all-time record against ECU to 4-1 and its season record to 33-13.
UP NEXT: The Lady Vols hit the road to finish up their SEC reprieve for a matchup with the Liberty Flames on Wednesday, April 27. The game will be a rematch from the 2021 NCAA Knoxville Regional. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. from Lynchburg and can be seen on ESPN+.
-UT Athletics
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 1/1 Tennessee secured its ninth consecutive SEC road series win with a 3-0 blanking of Florida on Saturday night at Condron Family Ballpark.
With the win, UT improved to 36-3 overall and 16-1 in conference play, tying the best start in SEC history. The only other team to start league play 16-1 was the 1951 Volunteers, who finished as the runner-up at the College World Series. The Vols have also won their last three series against the Gators.
The duo of Blade Tidwell and Camden Sewell were lights out on the mound for the Big Orange, combining to hold the Gators (23-16, 6-11 SEC) to just two hits as UT recorded their seventh shutout of the season.
Making just his third start of the year and his first in SEC play, Tidwell was sharp in 4.2 shutout innings of work. The sophomore right hander allowed just two singles and one walk while striking out five batters on 72 pitches before making way for Sewell out of the bullpen in the fifth inning.
Sewell did not allow a hit over the final 4.1 innings and finished with three strikeouts en route to earning his first save of the year.
Luc Lipcius led the Vols at the dish, reaching base in all four of his plate appearances with a pair of hits and two walks. Lipcius was the only UT player with multiple hits on the night and has drawn five walks in the series while scoring three runs.
Florida starting pitcher Brandon Sproat provided the Gators with a quality start, holding the Vols to just one hit through the first four innings before Lipcius led off the fifth with a solo blast into the bullpen in right field. Cortland Lawson added a double later in the inning but was left stranded on second to end the frame. Sproat was stuck with the loss despite allowing just three runs on five hits in six innings of work.
The Big Orange added to their lead in the sixth with another long ball courtesy of Drew Gilbert, who hammered the first pitch he saw through the wind into the Gator bullpen to put the Vols ahead 3-0. Jordan Beck scored on the play after singling up the middle one batter earlier.
The Vols were held to just one hit by UF’s bullpen over the final three innings, but didn’t need any more insurance thanks to the strong pitching effort from Tidwell and Sewell, paired with some stellar defense.
Tennessee look to record its eighth sweep of the season in Sunday’s series finale. First pitch is set for noon ET and the game will be streamed on SEC Network+ / ESPN app.
TIDWELL SHARP IN FIRST SEC START: Sophomore right-hander Blade Tidwell earned his first win of the season after tossing 4.2 scoreless innings on Saturday evening. The Loretto, Tennessee, native, struck out five and gave up just two singles and one walk in his longest outing of the year.
Tidwell was credited with the win despite not pitching five complete innings since he was on a pitch count, and it was deemed a controlled start prior to the game starting.
GATOR KILLER: Vols’ senior right hander Camden Sewell has carved up the Gators throughout his Tennessee career. In four appearances against Florida, the Cleveland, Tennessee, native, is 1-0 with two saves and has allowed just five hits and one earned run in 14.1 innings pitched. In that span he has 11 strikeouts and has issued only two walks.
In his last outing against UF prior to Saturday night’s contest, Sewell tossed six shutout innings, allowing just two hits while striking out six to lead the Vols to a win in the 2021 SEC Tournament semifinals.
#ROADVOLS: With Saturday’s win, UT recorded its 10th consecutive road series win, with nine of those coming in SEC play. The Vols have not lost a road series since 2019.
-UT Athletics
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 1/1 Tennessee opened its series at Florida with a convincing 8-2 victory on Friday night at the newly-named Condron Family Ballpark in Gainesville.
With the win, the Volunteers (35-3, 15-1 SEC) became only the second team in history to start Southeastern Conference play 15-1, joining UT’s 1951 College World Series team, which started and finished league play at 16-1.
Chase Burns was back to his normal self on Friday night following a couple of disappointing outings the past two weeks. The freshman right hander allowed just two runs (one earned) in 6.1 innings, giving up just two hits and striking out five on the night to earn the win and improve to 7-1 on the year.
Trey Lipscomb, Jordan Beck and Cortland Lawson all had two hits for the Big Orange and combined to drive in six of the team’s eight runs. Lipscomb led the way with three RBIs, courtesy of a three-run blast in second inning.
After threatening in the top of the first but coming up empty, the Vols didn’t miss out on their chances in the second, tagging Gators’ starter Ryan Slater for seven runs on six hits to take a commanding 7-0 lead.
Christian Moore, Lawson and Beck all drove in runs with singles before Lipscomb provided the big blow with a no-doubt three-run homer onto the berm in left field, his 16th home run of the season.
Florida (23-25, 6-10 SEC) was aided by an error to scratch across a run in the third, but Burns was able to limit the damage with a pair of ground outs to end the inning. Tennessee regained its seven-run advantage in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Lawson to make it 8-1.
UF plated its first and only earned run of the night on a leadoff solo home run from Mac Guscette in the bottom of the fifth, cutting its deficit to six.
Flamethrower Ben Joyce tossed 1.2 shutout frames with a pair of strikeouts in relief of Burns. Redmond Walsh made his 92nd career appearance, passing Andy Cox (91) to set a new program record, by retiring the Gators in order to shut the door in the ninth.
Tennessee will look to win the series tomorrow night. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. and the game will be streamed on SEC Network+ / ESPN app.
ELANDER AS ACTING HC: With Friday’s victory, Tennessee assistant coach Josh Elander improved to 4-0 as acting head coach for the Vols. Elander has served as acting head coach for each of the past three games and also led UT to a 5-3 win over Kentucky on May 6, 2018, as acting head coach.
LIPSCOMB GOES DEEP AGAIN: Senior slugger Trey Lipscomb pulled even with Florida’s Jud Fabian for the SEC lead in home runs, blasting his 17th of the season. Lipscomb also had three RBIs on the night, giving him 60 for the year, which also leads the conference.
-UT Athletics
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 1/1 Tennessee opened its series at Florida with a convincing 8-2 victory on Friday night at the newly-named Condron Family Ballpark in Gainesville.
With the win, the Volunteers (35-3, 15-1 SEC) became only the second team in history to start Southeastern Conference play 15-1, joining UT’s 1951 College World Series team, which started and finished league play at 16-1.
Chase Burns was back to his normal self on Friday night following a couple of disappointing outings the past two weeks. The freshman right hander allowed just two runs (one earned) in 6.1 innings, giving up just two hits and striking out five on the night to earn the win and improve to 7-1 on the year.
Trey Lipscomb, Jordan Beck and Cortland Lawson all had two hits for the Big Orange and combined to drive in six of the team’s eight runs. Lipscomb led the way with three RBIs, courtesy of a three-run blast in second inning.
After threatening in the top of the first but coming up empty, the Vols didn’t miss out on their chances in the second, tagging Gators’ starter Ryan Slater for seven runs on six hits to take a commanding 7-0 lead.
Christian Moore, Lawson and Beck all drove in runs with singles before Lipscomb provided the big blow with a no-doubt three-run homer onto the berm in left field, his 16th home run of the season.
Florida (23-25, 6-10 SEC) was aided by an error to scratch across a run in the third, but Burns was able to limit the damage with a pair of ground outs to end the inning. Tennessee regained its seven-run advantage in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Lawson to make it 8-1.
UF plated its first and only earned run of the night on a leadoff solo home run from Mac Guscette in the bottom of the fifth, cutting its deficit to six.
Flamethrower Ben Joyce tossed 1.2 shutout frames with a pair of strikeouts in relief of Burns. Redmond Walsh made his 92nd career appearance, passing Andy Cox (91) to set a new program record, by retiring the Gators in order to shut the door in the ninth.
Tennessee will look to win the series tomorrow night. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. and the game will be streamed on SEC Network+ / ESPN app.
ELANDER AS ACTING HC: With Friday’s victory, Tennessee assistant coach Josh Elander improved to 4-0 as acting head coach for the Vols. Elander has served as acting head coach for each of the past three games and also led UT to a 5-3 win over Kentucky on May 6, 2018, as acting head coach.
LIPSCOMB GOES DEEP AGAIN: Senior slugger Trey Lipscomb pulled even with Florida’s Jud Fabian for the SEC lead in home runs, blasting his 17th of the season. Lipscomb also had three RBIs on the night, giving him 60 for the year, which also leads the conference.
-UT Athletics
