Tennessee to face Stanford in elimination game at College World Series
Tennessee baseball’s back is back against the wall after losing its College World Series opener to LSU 6-3 Saturday night at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha. Now the Vols will face Stanford on Monday at 2 p.m. Eastern Time (TV: ESPN) in an elimination game.
Stanford led No. 1-seed Wake Forest 2-1 in the eighth inning in Saturday’s afternoon game, but the Demon Deacons scored two in the bottom of the eighth to win 3-2. Tennessee (43-21) got down 5-0 against LSU and ace Paul Skenes and saw its comeback attempt end in a 6-3 loss, after scoring three runs in the eighth.
Stanford (44-19) got to Omaha after beating Texas in three games in the Super Regional round. The Cardinal lost to Texas A&M in the second game of its home regional on June 3, but bounced back with a win over Cal State Fullerton then two straight wins over the Aggies to advance to Super Regional.
How to watch, stream and listen
Time: 2 pm ET, Monday
Location: Charles Schwab Field (4,300)
TV: ESPN
Streaming: WatchESPN
Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.
LSU opened the scoring Saturday night in the second on a Gabe Dugas solo home run. The Tigers added another run in the third, two more in the sixth and one more in the seventh to build the lead to 5-0.
Maui Ahuna got the Vol on the board in the eighth with an RBI single to score Christian Scott and Hunter Ensley hit a two-run home run later in the inning to get the Vols back within two runs at 5-3.
LSU added a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth and Tennessee went down quietly in the ninth.
The Vols lost their first game of the Hattiesburg Super Regional to Southern Miss last week, but rallied from down 4-0 to win 8-4 in Game 2, then advanced to Omaha with a 5-0 win late Monday night in Game 3.
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Tennessee is looking to avoid the 0-2 performance it had at the College World Series in 2021, losing to Virginia and Texas as its season came to an end.
Tennessee baseball’s history at the College World Series
Head coach Tony Vitello took Tennessee to Omaha in 2021 after sweeping through the regional and super regional rounds in Knoxville, beating LSU at Lindsey Nelson Stadium to make their return to Omaha. The Vols were done after two games though, losing to Virginia and Texas to see their season come to an end.
Tennessee went 0-for-2 at the College World Series in 2005 as well, losing to Florida 6-4 and then falling to Arizona State 4-2 two days later.
The Vols lost their CWS opener in 2001 in Omaha, falling 21-13 to Miami, but bounced back with a 19-12 win over Georgia and a 10-2 win over USC before being eliminated in a 12-6 loss in a rematch with Miami.
Tennessee beat Clemson 5-3 in its first game in Omaha in 1995, but lost 11-1 to Cal State Fulton two days later. After that it was a 6-2 win over Stanford, but Fullerton delivered the season-ending loss 11-0 when the two teams met again.
The Vols finished runner up in Omaha in 1951, losing 7-1 to Utah in their opening game at the College World Series, then rattling off four straight wins, beating Princeton, Springfield, USC and Utah, before losing to Oklahoma 3-2.
