Ingrid Andress is one of the hottest rising stars in country music — and now you can get to know her a little bit better with her short film that’s out now.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee will host an NCAA Tournament Regional for the 16th straight year as the Lady Vols were revealed as the No. 9 national seed when the bracket was announced Sunday night on ESPN2.
UT will welcome Liberty, James Madison and Eastern Kentucky to Sherri Parker Lee Stadium for the NCAA Knoxville Regional this weekend from Friday, May 21 to Sunday, May 23. The Knoxville Regional will be double-elimination with the winner moving on to the NCAA Super Regional (Round of 16).
Tennessee will play Ohio Valley Tournament Champion Eastern Kentucky on Friday at 2:30 p.m. ET on ESPN3/WatchESPN. Atlantic Sun Champions Liberty will take on James Madison, the champions of the Colonial Athletic Association, Friday at noon on ESPNU.
This will be the 18th NCAA Tournament appearance overall and the 17th consecutive appearance for the Lady Vols, who have advanced to the postseason every year since 2004.
Tennessee enters the tournament with a 41-13 overall record and a 12-11 mark in conference play. The Lady Vols defeated Texas A&M and SEC regular season Co-Champions Arkansas to advance to the SEC Tournament Semifinal.
Four Lady Vols earned SEC postseason awards last week, led by pitcher Ashley Rogers and center fielder Kiki Milloy, who were named to the All-SEC First Team. Milloy was also named to the SEC Newcomer Team.
Ashley Morgan earned All-SEC Second Team honors, while graduate student Cailin Hannon was named the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Friday’s two winners will play in Game 3 on Saturday at 12 p.m. The losers from Friday’s games will play in Game 4 at 2:30 p.m., and the loser from Game 3 will face the winner from Game 4 at 5 p.m. to conclude play on Saturday.
Game 6 will be on Sunday at 12 p.m. and will feature the winner from Game 3 against the winner from Game 5. The two teams will play again in Game 7 at 2:30 p.m., if necessary.
The 16 winning teams from their respective regional sites will advance the Super Regionals, which will take place from May 27-30, depending on the host site. All Super Regional sites will feature broadcasts on the ESPN family of networks.
WEEKEND SCHEDULE Friday
Game 1: Liberty vs. James Madison | 12 p.m. | ESPNU
Game 2: Tennessee vs. Eastern Kentucky | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN3/WatchESPN
Saturday
Game 3: G1 Winner vs. G2 Winner | 12 p.m.
Game 4: G1 Loser vs. G2 Loser | 2:30 p.m.
Game 5: G3 Loser vs. G4 Winner | 5 p.m.
Sunday
Game 6: G3 Winner vs. G5 Winner | 12 p.m.
Game 7: G6 Winner vs. G6 Loser (If necessary) | 2:30 p.m.
TICKETS
Tickets for the Knoxville Regional will go on sale tomorrow on allvols.com.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Despite a standout performance from freshman Blade Tidwell on the mound, No. 4 Tennessee dropped the final game of the series against top-ranked Arkansas in a low-scoring affair Sunday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, 3-2.
Tidwell started the game for the Vols and pitched seven stellar innings, allowing just two hits and striking out a career-high eight batters. After allowing a double in the top of the first inning, Tidwell didn’t allow another hit until the seventh inning. The Loretto, Tennessee, native retired 14 consecutive batters before allowing a double with one out in top of the seventh.
Held without a hit until the fourth inning themselves, Tennessee (39-13, 18-9 SEC) got on the board first in the bottom of the fifth inning. After Pete Derkay and Pavolony hit back-to-back singles and then moved into scoring position following a wild pitch, Ferguson drove in Derkay with an RBI groundout to give the Vols a 1-0 lead.
Arkansas (39-10, 19-8 SEC) evened things up in the top of the seventh inning, as Robert Moore’s sacrifice fly to center field plated Brady Slavens.
The Razorbacks tagged another run on in both the eighth and ninth innings with Sean Hunley and Redmond Walsh on the mound for Tennessee to take a 3-1 lead.
Down two runs entering the bottom of the ninth, the Vols made things interesting with a late rally. Lipcius led off the inning with a double and then scored three batters later on an two-out RBI single by Pavolony to cut the deficit to one, but the Vols were unable to complete the comeback as Liam Spence flied out to right field to end the game.
Arkansas reliever Kevin Kopps pitched the final 3.2 innings and earned his second win of the weekend, surrendering just two hits. Lael Lockhart started and gave the Hogs 4.1 solid innings, allowing just one run on four hits while striking out seven.
Tennessee concludes its 2021 regular-season home slate on Tuesday with a midweek contest against Belmont at 6:30 p.m. before wrapping up the regular season with a road trip to Columbia to face South Carolina.
NOTABLE
PACKED HOUSE: Sunday’s crowd of 3,575 at Lindsey Nelson Stadium was Tennessee’s largest home crowd since March 30, 2007 (3,987 vs. Arkansas). A total of 10,152 fans attended this weekend’s three-game series.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Max Ferguson’s walk-off three-run blast lifted No. 4 Tennessee to a dramatic 8-7 comeback win over No. 1 Arkansas on Saturday afternoon.
Under sunny east Tennessee skies, the capacity crowd at Lindsey Nelson Stadium was sent into a frenzy as Ferguson crushed his ninth home run of the season and second of the day over the wall in right field.
For a second consecutive game against the Razorbacks, the Vols hit the ground running with a leadoff double from Liam Spence, an RBI single by Jake Rucker and a sac fly by Evan Russell that put UT ahead 2-0 in the first inning.
In the fourth inning, the Vols took advantage of an Arkansas fielding error and Luc Lipcius ended up scoring off a Connor Pavolony single to give Tennessee a 3-0 lead.
UT starter Will Heflin was fantastic in six innings of work, recording six strikeouts while carrying a no-hitter into the sixth inning against one of the most dangerous lineups in college baseball.
The Hogs broke up Heflin’s no-hitter in the sixth, scoring three runs after a two-run homer by Braydon Webb and a solo home run by Christian Franklin to tie the game.
Arkansas took the lead with two more runs in the seventh and tacked on runs in the eighth and ninth, as well.
Ferguson’s first home run of the day came in the bottom of the seventh, a no-doubter over the video board to cut the Razorback lead to 5-4.
With a full count and two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Jordan Beck launched a ball over the right field wall to cut the Arkansas lead back to one once again.
Tennessee trailed 7-5 entering the bottom of the ninth inning after the Razorbacks added another run in the top of the inning, but Pavolony singled to start the rally before Spence worked a seven-pitch walk to bring Ferguson to the plate. The junior from Atlantic Beach, Florida needed just one pitch to give the Vols their sixth walk-off win this season.
Redmond Walsh pitched the final two innings to earn the win and improve to 4-1 on the year. The redshirt senior had a pair of strikeouts on the day.
The Vols and Hogs will square off in the rubber game tomorrow at 1 p.m. Fans can watch the game on SEC Network+ and the ESPN app.
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WALKING IT OFF: Ferguson’s homer in the bottom of the ninth marked Tennessee’s sixth walk-off win of the season. After not hitting a walk-off homer since 2010, the Vols have hit three this season.
VITELLO’S THIRD VICTORY OVER TOP-RANKED OPPONENT: Saturday’s 8-7 victory over No. 1 Arkansas is the third win for Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello over a top-ranked team since his arrival in Knoxville in 2018. Vitello has also led the Big Orange to victories over No. 1 Florida in 2018 and top-ranked Texas Tech in 2020.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth propelled second-seeded Alabama into the SEC Tournament Championship game over seventh-seeded Tennessee Friday night at Rhoads Stadium as the Tide won, 6-5.
Tennessee (41-13) scored five times on seven hits, including pushing across the game’s first run in the top of the first. After a Kiki Milloy leadoff triple to right, Amanda Ayala stepped to the plate and hit a grounder to second to drive home Milloy and give Tennessee the early, 1-0, lead.
Alabama (44-7) struck back in the bottom half of the inning, plating two runs on one hit and a pair of Tennessee errors. With two away and the bases loaded, two Tennessee errors on a Savannah Woodard chopper back to the pitcher allowed a pair of runs to score for the Tide.
Taylor Clark extended the Alabama lead in the third on a two-run homer as the Crimson Tide took a, 4-1, lead into the fourth.
Another single through the left side by Webber advanced Poindexter to third and she was brought home by Seggern on a single down the left field line.
Down two runs in the sixth, Tennessee rallied and pushed three runs across the plate. With two-out in the inning and runners in scoring position, Ivy Davis scored Shipman on a high chopper to third as Webber advanced to third on the play. A wild pitch then allowed Webber to score, tying the game, and Davis to go first to third.
Cailin Hannon singled up the middle to score Davis and give the Lady Vols a, 5-4, lead.
In the bottom half of the sixth, Bailey Hemphill smacked a two-run home run over the wall in center as Alabama retook the lead in what proved to be the game’s final margin at, 6-5.
Callie Turner got the start in the circle for Tennessee and threw 1.1 innings, allowing two runs on three hits. Samantha Bender tossed 4.2 innings in relief, surrendering six hits and giving up four runs. Bender suffered the loss and falls to 1-2 on the year.
Montana Fouts started for Alabama, throwing 6.2 innings, striking out 13 and giving up three runs on five hits. Lexi Kilfoyl was brought in briefly in relief but gave up a pair of runs on two hits, before Fouts reentered the game.
Fouts picked up the victory and is now 21-3 this season.
UP NEXT
The Orange & White will await their selection for the NCAA Tournament. The selection show is slated for Sunday, May 16 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – In what had the feel of a heavyweight fight from the start, No. 4 Tennessee dropped round one to top-ranked Arkansas, 6-5, on Friday night in front of a capacity crowd at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
After holding the Razorbacks off the board to start the game, the Vols struck for five runs in the bottom of the first courtesy of a Jake Rucker two-run double and a Jordan Beck three-run homer, but were held scoreless for the remainder of the night.
Neither starting pitcher had their best night as Chad Dallas and Patrick Wicklander were both pulled before the fifth inning. Wicklander lasted just 2.2 innings, allowing five runs on six hits and two walks, while Dallas was taken out after 4.1 innings of work, allowing five runs on seven hits and three walks.
On the flip side, both team’s bullpens were lights out as neither allowed an earned run in the game. Sean Hunley was the hard-luck loser, dropping to 7-3 on the year after allowing just one unearned run on one hit in 4.2 innings of relief.
The duo of Caden Monke and Kevin Kopps allowed just one hit over the final 6.1 innings as the Razorbacks made some top-notch defensive plays as well to stay within striking distance.
After falling behind 5-0 in the first, Arkansas’s high-powered offense countered with two runs each in the second and third innings on a pair of two-run home runs by Robert Moore and Brady Slavens to cut the UT lead to one.
The Hogs (38-9, 18-7 SEC) tied the game at five with an RBI single by Cayden Wallace in the fifth, and after two scoreless innings, took their first lead of the night with a run in the top of the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Moore.
The Vols had the potential tying run at second base in the eighth after a two-out, pinch-hit double by Kyle Booker, but Kopps got Liam Spence to strike out to end the threat. Spence did finish the game with a pair of hits to extend his nation-leading on-base streak to 50 consecutive games.
Tennessee (38-12 // 17-8 SEC) will look to even the series tomorrow afternoon in game two, which is slated for a 12:02 p.m. first pitch on the SEC Network.
NOTABLE
LINDSEY NELSON WAS ROCKIN’: For the first time this season, Lindsey Nelson Stadium was at full capacity and Vol Nation didn’t disappoint. Friday night’s attendance of 3,476 was by far the highest since Tony Vitello took over as head coach in 2018. Another sold out crowd is expected for Saturday and Sunday’s contests.
BECK BLAST: Jordan Beck’s three-run homer in the first inning spotted the Vols an early 5-0 lead. It was the 10th of the year for the sophomore slugger who is now tied for the team lead with 48 RBI. UT has now homered in 12 straight SEC games.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The WNBA tips off its 25th season Friday, and as the new campaign begins there will be seven former Lady Vols on rosters around the league on opening night.
Tennessee once again leads the SEC in the number of alums on WNBA teams, with South Carolina ranking second with five, followed by Texas A&M, Mississippi State, LSU and Arkansas with two apiece. Auburn, Alabama and Missouri have one player each in the league, while Georgia, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Ole Miss and Florida have no players currently holding roster spots.
In a poll of league general managers, DeShields led all vote-getters as the league’s best 2-3 swing player.
All-time, 49 Lady Vols have gone on to play in the WNBA. A total of 43 of those Tennessee products were taken in league drafts, including 18 first-rounders and three No. 1 overall selections.
Davis, a three-time All-SEC and All-America honorable mention selection at UT, was the latest to join the professional ranks, going with the No. 9 overall pick in round one of the 2021 draft by the Lynx. The franchise announced on May 1, however, that she sustained a stress fracture in her left foot and would be out indefinitely.
Nonetheless, Minnesota opens the season at home on Friday against Phoenix at 9 p.m. ET in a game carried by CBS Sports Network. LVFL Cierra Burdick plays for the Mercury, and sets sail on her fifth year of duty in the league. She saw action in a career-high 13 games (0.3 ppg., 0.4 rpg.) with Las Vegas last season as a reserve for the WNBA runner-up Aces before moving to the Valley of the Sun.
Parker is Tennessee’s most experienced WNBA veteran and enters her 14th year in the league but initial campaign in her hometown of Chicago after playing her first 13 seasons in Los Angeles. Parker, a five-time WNBA All-Star forward, two-time league MVP and 2016 WNBA Finals MVP, is ranked by ESPN as the league’s No. 4-rated player entering 2021.
Last season, the 6-foot-4 standout started 22 games and produced an average of 14.7 points, 9.7 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.2 blocks and 1.2 steals per contest while shooting 51 percent from the field. She was chosen as the WNBA Defensive Player of the Year and was voted All-WNBA First Team for the sixth time.
DeShields, meanwhile, begins her fourth season with the Sky and joins forces with Parker to make Chicago one of the league’s most promising teams. A member of the WNBA All-Rookie Team in 2018 and a WNBA All-Star in 2019, the gifted wing player is hoping for a bounce-back year after struggles with injuries in 2020 forced her to curtail her season after 13 games and leave the “Wubble.”
Though she only put up 6.8 ppg., 1.8 rpg. and 1.5 apg. a year ago, DeShields’ 14.4/4.9/2.2 and 16.2/5.5/2.4 lines in 2018 and 2019, respectively, demonstrate she is a force to be reckoned with when healthy. ESPN concurs, placing her at No. 19 on its list of the WNBA’s top 25 players.
Parker and DeShields tip off the 2021 season on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET, as they travel to D.C. to take on the Washington Mystics in a contest televised by ABC. Among those coaching them will be another LVFL, assistant coach Tonya Edwards, who starred at Tennessee from 1986-90 and played in the WNBA from 1999-2002.
Stricklen is the second-most experienced UT player in the WNBA, heading into her 10th year as a pro. She was originally drafted second overall and spent three seasons with the Seattle Storm, played five years with the Connecticut Sun and now embarks on her second season with Atlanta. The Dream will open up by hosting the Sun on Friday at 7:30 p.m., with Twitter providing coverage.
Last season, Stricklen started 15 of 22 games with her new team. The 6-2 guard/forward averaged 6.1 ppg. and 1.9 rpg. while playing 21.7 minutes per contest. She knocked down 33 three-pointers in 99 attempts.
Harrison, meanwhile, embarks on her fifth season in the league and third year in Dallas. After sitting out the 2018 season due to medical reasons, the 6-3 forward bounced back in 2019 by starting 29 of 33 games and averaging 8.6 points and 4.9 rebounds. A pair of ankle injuries in 2020, however, limited her output to 6.4 ppg. and 4.6 rpg., and effectively ended her campaign after 13 games.
After a winter/spring of playing abroad, Harrison appears ready to get the 2021 campaign started. She’ll do so on Friday at 10:30 p.m. ET, as the Wings visit the Los Angeles Sparks with Facebook providing live coverage.
UT’s seventh active player is Russell, who enters year four with defending WNBA champion Seattle and is a two-time league champ (2018, 2020). A year ago, Russell played in 22 games, starting two, while contributing 3.5 ppg. and 3.2 rpg. and playing 13.8 mpg. as a key reserve.
Russell, who has been playing in Turkey and just arrived back in the U.S., may not be active as the WNBA slate gets under way. Her Storm teammates, however, will tip on Saturday at 3 p.m. ET, hosting the Las Vegas Aces in a tilt carried on ABC.
Two former Lady Vols are active in the front office of a pair of franchises. Tamika Catchings, who played her entire 15-year career with the Indiana Fever and is being inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend, is the vice president of basketball operations and general manager for Indy.
Additionally, Nikki (Caldwell) Fargas, who spent 13 seasons as an NCAA women’s basketball head coach, most recently at LSU, was named the president of the Las Vegas Aces on May 11. Fargas had two stints on the UT staff after her Lady Vol playing career, serving as a graduate assistant for Pat Summitt in 1998-99 and returning as an assistant from 2002-08.
INDIANAPOLIS – Tennessee’s Lindsey Nelson Stadium was among the 20 sites announced by the NCAA on Friday that have been approved to host NCAA Regionals and Super Regionals for baseball this season.
The 16 regional sites will come from the 20 approved locations announced on Friday and will be revealed on Sunday, May 30 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
The full release from the NCAA and complete list of the 20 approved sites can be seen HERE.
Entering this weekend’s series against No. 1 Arkansas, the Vols are ranked as high as No. 4 in the national polls and are No. 8 in the latest RPI rankings. The Big Orange are also tied with the Razorbacks for first in the SEC.
Should Tennessee be selected to host a regional, it would be its first time hosting one since 2005. The Vols went on to win that regional and advance all the way to the College World Series, which was their last trip to Omaha.
