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After beating South Carolina in the first round of the SEC Tournament, Tennessee baseball will play Arkansas in the second round.
The glory days of the Tennessee Volunteers baseball under Tony Vitello are no longer guaranteed, and that reality has become clear entering Tuesday evening’s SEC Tournament matchup against South Carolina Gamecocks baseball in Hoover.
Three Tennessee baseball players earned All-SEC honors when the league office announced its postseason awards on Monday. Sophomore pitcher Tegan Kuhns was named Second-Team All-SEC, while Trent Grindlinger and Cam Appenzeller were named to the conference's All-Freshman Team.
The Tennessee Volunteers are the No. 10 seed in the SEC Tournament and will face No. 15 seed South Carolina first. A win against South Carolina would set up a second-round matchup with No. 7 seed Arkansas.
Elander will become the latest former Dave Van Horn assistant to coach against the Razorbacks in a head coaching role.
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Josh Elander was a popular choice to replace Tony Vitello as the Tennessee Volunteers' head baseball coach last fall. Now that the regular season is complete, Vols legend Chris Burke weighed in with some thoughts on Elander.
Former UT baseball coach Tony Vitello may actually be able to help out the Tennessee Volunteers in the first round of the SEC Tournament against the South Carolina Gamecocks.