Game Notes, Live Updates, Score: No. 18 Tennessee Vols vs. Iona Game One

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.– The No. 18 Tennessee BaseVols will take on the Iona Gaels in game one of a weekend series in Knoxville on Friday at 4:30 p.m. ET.

Tennessee comes into Friday's matchup with an undefeated record of 4-0, having swept Georgia Southern in their first series of the season last weekend 33-3. The Vols also demolished UNC Asheville 16-1 on a Wednesday night midweek matchup in Knoxville. Against Tennessee Tech on Tuesday, the Vols' first midweek matchup of the season was suspended after two outs in the top of the fifth inning due to weather. The Vols and Golden Eagles will finish their contest at a to be determined later date in the season.

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Vols vs. Georgia Southern Game 1 Recap

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Vols vs. Georgia Southern Game 3 Recap

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--Midweek Game Reference--

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As for Iona, the Gaels come in with an 0-3 record after getting swept by Old Dominion on opening weekend. The Monarchs outscored Iona by an emphatic 47-3 last weekend and 43-1 on Saturday and Sunday. Iona only has four players with a hit coming into Friday evening's matchup.

The Vols' starting lineup against Iona in game one of the second weekend series of the season is below:

. @Vol_Baseball starting lineup against Iona in Game One:
RHP Chase Burns

LF Seth Stephenson
1B Luc Lipcius
RF Jordan Beck
CF Drew Gilbert
3B Trey Lipscomb
2B Jorel Ortega
DH Logan Chambers
C Evan Russell
SS Cortland Lawson#Vols
— Jack Foster (@jackfostermedia) February 25, 2022

Freshman RHP Chase Burns makes his second start of the season. In his first start last Friday against Georgia Southern, Burns threw five strikeouts, gave up two hits and walked one batter in five innings pitched to get the win.

Junior center fielder Drew Gilbert leads the Vols in RBIs with seven and co-leads Tennessee in hits with four other players: Luc Lipcius, Jordan Beck, Trey Lipscomb and Jorel Ortega.

Umpires for Tennessee-Iona in game one: HP Scott Kennedy, 1B Travis Rose, 2B Tyler Simpson, 3B Rusty Griffin.

In the section below, live updates, score and analysis for Tennessee-Iona game one will be continuously updated as the game progresses. First pitch is at 4:30 p.m. ET.

LIVE UPDATES

1st Inning:

-Luca Lotitto gets a hit right away off of Chase Burns. One Gael on base.

-Jake Field flies out for Iona.

-Will Jennings grounds out. Lotito advances to second.

-Jaz Burton strikes out. Tennessee ends the inning with Chase Burns' first K.

-Seth Stephenson gets a hit off of Paul Sullivan's first pitch of the night. It's a single to left field. Probably the first of many Tennessee hits in LNS on Friday. It's Stephenson's fifth hit of the season.

-Stephenson shows off his elite speed to steal second base.

-Lipcius is walked on a full count.

-Jordan Beck grounds out. Lipcius advances to second and Stephenson finds third. One out for the Vols. Drew Gilbert up to the plate.

-Drew Gilbert with an RBI single to second. Lipcius advances to third and Stephenson comes home. Trey Lipscomb to bat.

-Trey Lipscomb rips one over the right center fence for a three-run shot. Lipcius and Gilbert come home to make it four Tennessee runs early.

-Jorel Ortega strikes out looking.

-Logan Chambers hits a ground single to right field. Evan Russell up next to the dish.

-Evan Russell grounds out to second base. The first inning is over.

Vols 4, Iona 0

2nd Inning:

-Vincente Mendoza pops up to 2B

-Phoenix Bowman singles to center. A fielding error from Drew Gilbert allows Bowman to reach second.

-Bowman takes third on a passed ball from Evan Russell.

-Brad Polinsky grounds out, but Bowman gets the earned run.

-Jim Pasquale strikes out swinging. Two K's for Burns. One run allowed, two hits allowed. Cortland Lawson to lead off at the start of the bottom of the second.

-Cortland Lawson is walked.

-Seth Stephenson flies out to left field.

-Luc Lipcius cracks a single to right field. Runners on first and second for Tennessee. Jordan Beck up to bat.

**Iona pitching change. The Gaels put Drew Helmstetter in at the mound for Paul Sullivan.**

-Lawson advances to third and Lipcius takes second on a wild pitch from Helmstetter.

-Beck strikes out looking. Two outs for the Vols.

-Drew Gilbert skirts a 2 RBI single to center field. Tennessee leads 6-1 with two outs and Gilbert on first.

-Trey Lipscomb hits a high one to center, and Iona can not capitalize as the ball crashes to the grass. It's Lipscomb's ninth RBI on the season as Gilbert gets home.

-Jorel Ortega with an RBI single to left field. He advances to second on the throw to home from Iona. Lipscomb beats the throw to give Tennessee a seven run lead.

-Evan Russell dings a 2 RBI double to left center. The Vols are pouring it on early with a nine run lead. One more out til the end of the inning.

-Cortland Lawson hits an RBI single to get Russell home. Every Vol has a hit other than Jordan Beck as Tennessee leads 11-1.

-Seth Stephenson cracks an RBI double to right center as Lawson gets home from first. The hit marks Stephenson's second hit of the night, sixth of the season on 11 at bats.

-The inning finally ends with a Jordan Beck fly out to center. 7 hits and 8 runs from Tennessee in the bottom of the second. Tennessee is blowing out Iona. Jordan Beck had the second and third out of the inning.

Vols 12, Iona 1

3rd Inning:

-Nick Carnevale grounds out to short stop.

-Luca Lotito grounds a single to third.

-Jake Field grounds into a double play as Lotitio is tagged at second.

Quick end to the top of the frame for the Gaels.

Drew Gilbert to lead off.

-Drew Gilbert lines out to right field.

-Trey Lipscomb singles to third. A poor throw from short stop as the ball did not get to first. No review on the play, but Lipscomb looked out at first.

-Jorel Ortega is walked. Runners on first and second with one out for the Vols.

-Logan Chambers grounds into a double play as Ortega is tagged out at second.

Chase Burns takes the mound again to start the fourth.

Vols 12, Iona 1

4th Inning:

-Will Jennings grounds out to first.

-Jaz Burton is walked. It's Burns' first walked batter.

-Vincente Mendoza strikes out looking

-Phoenix Bowman single, Burton to second.

-Brad Polinsky flies out to the right field wall to end the top of the inning. Evan Russell to lead off to start the bottom of the fourth.

-Evan Russell launches one over the left field wall for his first home run of the season.

-Cortland Lawson sends the Helmstetter pitch over the right center wall, making it back-to-back home runs for Tennessee in back-to-back games (UNC Asheville fell victim to back-to-back Vol homers). 14 runs and 14 hits for Tennessee. The homer was Lawson's first of the season.

-Seth Stephenson lines out to center field.

-Luc Lipcius is walked. Blake Burke to pinch run for the senior.

**Iona makes a pitching change from Drew Helmstetter to Joey Kasper**

-Beck is nailed by a pitch. He advances to second. Blake Burke goes to second.

-Beck advances to second and Burke heads to third on a wild pitch.

-Drew Gilbert is walked. Blake Burke reaches home on a wild pitch. Runners on the corners and Lipscomb is up to bat.

-Lipscomb fires a 2 RBI double to left field. Beck and Gilbert score, and Lipscomb is at second base with one out in the bottom of the fourth.

-Jorel Ortega pops up to left field.

-Logan Chambers is walked.

-Evan Russell strikes out swinging to end the five run inning.

Vols 17, Iona 1

5th Inning:

**Blake Burke to first for Luc Lipcius, Kyle Booker to center for Drew Gilbert, Logan Steenstra to second base for Jorel Ortega**

-Jim Pasquale grounds out to short stop.

-Nick Carnevale grounds out.

-Luca Lotitio strikes out for the first time tonight. It's three up, three down for Tennessee. Burns has four K's.

**Matt Zguro to pitch for Joey Kasper**

-Cortland Lawson leads off. He's walked.

-Christian Scott pinch hits for Seth Stephenson. He flies out to left field.

-Lawson advances to second on a wild pitch.

-Blake Burke is walked.

-Jared Dickey to pinch hit for Jordan Beck. Beck was 0-3 with a HBP on the evening.

-Dickey is walked. Bases loaded for Tennessee.

-Kyle Booker is out on an infield fly rule. Two outs for Tennessee.

-Trey Lipscomb hits the fourth cycle in program history with a 3 RBI triple. It's the first cycle since April 1, 2016. Tennessee continues to blow out Iona, now leading 20-1. Runner on third with two outs for the Vols. Trey Lipscomb has 15 RBIs on the season.

-Logan Steenstra is hit by pitch. Runners on the corners for Tennessee.

-Hunter Ensley pinch hit for Logan Chambers and is walked to load the bases.

-Evan Russell walked. It brings Lipscomb home and keeps the bases loaded for Tennessee with two outs in the bottom of the fifth.

-Cortland Lawson fouls out to first base to end the four-run inning.

Vols 21, Iona 1

6th Inning:

**Christian Scott to take over left field for Seth Stephenson. Jared Dickey takes over right field for Jordan Beck.**

**Camden Sewell to pitch for Chase Burns.**

Final Chase Burns stats:

Chase Burns FINAL STATS: 5 IP, 4 H, 4 K, 1 R, 1 BB, 49 strikes on 74 TP. 19 BF. #Vols
— Jack Foster (@jackfostermedia) February 26, 2022

-Jake Field strikes out looking.

-Will Jennings singles to short stop.

-Jaz Burton strikes out swinging.

-Camden Sewell fields a ground ball hit by Vincente Mendoza and makes an impressive throw to first to get the out and end the top of the inning.

-Christian Scott reaches first base on an error from the second baseman.

-Blake Burke sends a two-run shot over the left field wall for his first home run of the season.

-Jared Dickey strikes out.

-Kyle Booker gets to first. One on base for the Vols with one out. Ethan Payne to pinch hit for Trey Lipscomb.

-Ethan Payne strikes out swinging.

-Logan Steenstra strikes out swinging to end the inning.

Vols 23, Iona 1

7th Inning:

**Ethan Payne takes over 3B duties. Drew Patterson takes over the mound for Sewell. Logan Steenstra takes over short stop duties. Christian Moore to take over 2B for Cortland Lawson.**

-Phoenix Bowman strikes out.

-Brad Polinsky flies out to left field.

-Jim Pasquale strikes out swinging.

Three up, three down for the Vols to lead us into the stretch.

-Hunter Ensley doubles to center

-Evan Russell walked

-Charlie Taylor pinch runs for Russell and advances to second on a wild pitch. Ensley to third.

-Christian Moore strikes out looking.

-Christian Scott sac flies to center field. Ensley scores, Taylor makes it to third.

-Blake Burke strikes out looking

Vols 24, Iona 1

8th Inning:

**Charlie Taylor to catcher**

**Kirby Connell to pitch for Drew Patterson**

-Carnevale grounds out

-Lotitio strikes out swinging.

-Field strikes out swinging

-Jared Dickey homers to right center for his first career home run.

-Kyle Booker grounds out to short stop

-Ethan Payne HBP

-Logan Steenstra flies out to right field

-Hunter Ensley is walked. Two Vols on base

-Charlie Taylor hits a 2 RBI double

-Christian Moore strikes out to end the three-run inning.

Vols 27, Iona 1

9th Inning:

-Three up, three down for Iona to end the game.

FINAL: Tennessee Vols 27, Iona 1

Tennessee is one game away from their second series win of the season.

Cover photo: Jack Foster

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