Rocky Top Insider Crew -- Talks Notre Dame

Tennessee Coach & Players Talk Notre Dame

 

Tennessee's Tony Vitello, first baseman Luc Lipcius and reliever Redmond Walsh talk Super Regional loss today to our Fighting Irish!

Highlights: Notre Dame's Super Regional WIN!

What Though The Odds: IRISH Off to OMAHA!!!

 

Photos of Notre Dame vs. Tennessee

The VolsWire posted these photos from Notre Dame's 8-6 win over their Tennessee Volunteers last night in the NCAA Super Regional in Knoxville...

LINK:  PHOTOS

Tennessee Fans Wearing These T-shirts...

Here's a USA Today story on the t-shirts being worn last night by fans of the Tennessee Volunteers in the Super Regional last night...

LINK:  USA TODAY STORY

Link Jarrett Talks Win Over #1 Tennessee!

 

This is courtesy of my friends at Irish Sports Daily -- they were kind enough to post this on YouTube.

If you'd like to subscribe to their site (like I do) go to:  irishsportsdaily.com

Tennessee Insider On Loss to Notre Dame

Tennessee Coach & Players On Loss to IRISH!

Highlights: Notre Dame 8 - 6 Over #1 Tennessee

Notre Dame is now one win away from playing in the College World Series!  Game time today is 2 PM ET and we can watch it all on ESPN!

Go Irish!

Tennessee Head Coach Talks Notre Dame...

 

Can't wait to watch this game tonight!  Notre Dame begins Super Regional play at 6 PM ET vs the #1 Tennessee Volunteers on ESPN2...

Greatest TD in Notre Dame Stadium History?

 

Lets set the scene -- its the annual Notre Dame Football Fantasy Camp.  It's the final day and the two teams square off in iconic Notre Dame Stadium Thursday afternoon.

The BLUE team had just scored a TD to take the lead.  The GOLD team has the ball back with seven seconds left on its own 25 yard line...

And, this happens!

Another "Distance" National Title for the IRISH

 

The "#DistanceU" in college Track & Field is the University of Notre Dame!  Last night Notre Dame senior Dylan Jacobs won the NCAA National Championship in the 10,000 meters!

Congrats Dylan!

Know Thy Foe: Tennessee Talks Regional Win

 

Here's Tennessee's head coach with a couple of his players talking about their Regional win over Georgia Tech...

The #1 ranked Volunteers host our Fighting Irish this Friday (tomorrow) night at 6 PM ET for the first game of their Super Regional.  We can watch the game LIVE on ESPN2.

Here is the schedule for all eight SUPER REGIONALS -- all times are Eastern Standard Time:

LINK:  NCAA BASEBALL SUPER REGIONAL SCHEDULE

Top Hitter In Baseball: Tennessee's Lipscomb

 

Lipscomb -- the starting third baseman for the Tennessee Volunteers has hit 21 home runs, drove in 78 runs and is hitting a robust .361 on the season...

It will be interesting to see how Link Jarrett's pitching staff attacks the sluggers of Tennessee this weekend.

Go Irish!

Tennessee Relief Pitcher -- 105.5 MPH Pitch

Notre Dame vs. Tennessee: Analyzing Stats

Here's what this Super Regional Series looks like between the #1 ranked Tennessee Volunteers and our Fighting Irish of Notre Dame -- truly looks like a mismatch on paper...

Don't give up on our IRISH!!!

 

NCAA PITCHING RANKINGS:

ERA:

• #1 Tennessee: 2.35 runs per game
• #10 Notre Dame:  3.87 runs per game

 

STRIKE OUTS PER 9 INNING GAME:

• #4 Notre Dame:  11.1 K's per game
• #9 Tennessee:  10.6 K's per game

 

WALKS / HITS PER INNINGS PITCHED:

• #1 Tennessee: 0.97
• #12 Notre Dame:  1.27

 

HITS ALLOWED PER 9 INNING GAME:

• #1 Tennessee:  6.27 hits given up per game
• #5 Notre Dame:  7.56 hits given up per game

 

NCAA HITTING RANKINGS:

BATTING AVERAGE:

• #12 Tennessee: .310
• #46 Notre Dame:  .296
  

 

RUNS PER 9 INNING GAME:

• #3 Tennessee:  9.4 runs per game
• #40 Notre Dame:  7.8 runs per game

 

HOME RUNS PER 9 INNING GAME:

• #1 Tennessee:  2.42 homers per game
• #55 Notre Dame:  1.33 homers per game

 

 

 

Know Thy Foe: Tennessee Baseball Team

 

Here's all you need to know about the SEC Champion and the undisputed #1 ranked baseball team in the country -- the Tennessee Volunteers.

I'm quite confident the folks in Vegas will give us zero chance to win this series...

What though the odds!

HITTERS:

• Trey Lipscomb -- .361 / 21 homers / 78 RBI
• Gilbert Drew -- .381 / 11 homers / 70 RBI
• Seth Stephenson -- .337 / 17 homers / 59 RBI
• Luc Lipcius -- .313 / 16 homers / 39 RBI
• Evan Russell -- .303 / 13 homers / 43 RBI

 

STARTING PITCHERS:

• Chase Dollander -- 2.38 ERA / 9 - 0 / 103 K's in 72 innings 
• Drew Beam -- 2.60 ERA / 8 - 1 / 60 K's in 72 innings
• Chase Burns -- 2.69 ERA / 8 - 1 / 98 K's in 73 innings 

 

RELIEF PITCHER:

• Ben Joyce -- throws it over 100 MPH / 48 K's in 29 innings

 

NATIONAL RANKINGS:

• Polls:  #1 -- consensus top team in the country, some say greatest team of all-time
  
• Team ERA:  #1 -- 2.35 runs per game
  
• Home Runs:  #1 -- 150 in 62 games
• Doubles:  #1 -- 148 in 62 games
  
• Runs:  #1 -- 583 in 62 games

 

LINK:  TENNESSEE BASEBALL STATS

Texas Tech Talks NCAA Loss to Notre Dame!

FIGHTING IRISH Are Onward To Rocky Top!

Link Jarrett's Notre Dame Baseball team punched their ticket to the NCAA Super Regional in Knoxville, TN next week with their 2-1 win over Texas Tech tonight.  If all goes as expected, it will set up a match-up with the undisputed #1 team in the country -- the Tennessee Volunteers.

Go Irish!

LINK:  BOX SCORE

LINK:  NCAA TOURNAMENT BRACKET