KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The reigning National Champion Tennessee baseball team announced on Thursday that it will play two exhibition games in October during its fall season.
During the football open week, the Volunteers will head to the Midstate to take on Western Kentucky on Friday, Oct. 25 in Nashville before heading further west to Jackson, Tennessee for a matchup against Troy on Sunday, Oct. 27.
Game times and ticket information for both games will be announced at a later date.
UT’s contest against the Hilltoppers will take place at First Horizon Park, home of the Milwaukee Brewers Triple-A affiliate Nashville Sounds. The Vols and Trojans will square off at the Jackson Baseball Stadium, home of the Prospect League’s Jackson Rockabillys.
Tennessee is coming off a record-setting season that ended with the program’s seventh trip to the Men’s College World Series and first national title. The Big Orange became the first SEC team to ever win 60 games in a season, finishing with an incredible 60-13 overall record. UT also became just the fourth program in history to win the SEC regular season crown, the SEC Tournament title and the National Championship in the same year, cementing itself as one of the greatest college baseball teams ever.
The Vols will be led by a handful of key returners while also welcoming in another talented group of newcomers to the program this fall.
