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Tennessee headed back to Texas next season for series at Globe Life Park in Arlington

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Tennessee Baseball. Credit: UT Athletics
Tennessee Baseball. Credit: UT Athletics

Tennessee Baseball is headed back to Globe Life Park in Arlington next season, where the Vols will play in the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series February 27-March 1.

The event field was officially announced on Friday morning, with Tennessee joining Arizona State, Mississippi State, Texas A&M, UCLA and Virginia Tech. 

The Vols went to Arlington for the 2024 Shriners Children’s College Showdown at Globe Life Field. They won two of three there, beating Texas Tech and Baylor and losing to Oklahoma in 10 innings. 

Tennessee went to Houston earlier this season, beating Oklahoma State, Rice and Arizona February 28-March 2 at Daikin Park. The Vols in 2023 were part of the MLB Desert Invitational in Arizona, losing to Arizona in Scottsdale and Grand Canyon in Phoenix before beating UC San Diego in Mesa.

Up Next: Tennessee vs. Arkansas, Friday, 7:30 p.m. ET, SEC Network

Tennessee (41-13, 16-12 SEC) faces Arkansas (41-12, 18-10) Friday night at 7:30 Eastern Time on SEC Network in Fayetteville. It’s the second game of the three-game series to close the regular season, which started with a 10-7 win for the Vols Thursday night. 

Projections for Tennessee in the NCAA Baseball Tournament have the Vols either hosting a regional as one of the final 16 national seeds or on the road as a No. 2 seed. 

Baseball America this week had Tennessee as the 16th and final host seed, with No. 2 UTSA, No. 3 ETSU and No. 4 Tennessee Tech also playing in the Knoxville Regional. 

The Vols have dropped four straight SEC series, losing two of three at home against Vanderbilt, Auburn and Kentucky and two of three at LSU. They won two of three at Ole Miss, after losing two of three against Texas A&M.

‘Tennessee is in serious danger of falling out of the hosting race’

D1Baseball.com dropped Tennessee to a No. 2 seed, sending the Vols on the road to West Virginia, where Virginia is the No. 3 seed and HolyCross is the No. 4 seed.

On3’s Field of 64 projections earlier this week had Tennessee as the No. 15 national seed, hosting No. 2 Dallas Baptist, No. 3 Kansas and No. 4 Tennessee Tech in the Knoxville Regional. 

“Tennessee is in serious danger of falling out of the hosting race,” On3’s Jonathan Wagner wrote, “though they hold on in this week’s Field of 64. The Vols are 39-13 overall, 15-12 in the SEC and No. 15 in RPI with a 10-8 Q1 record, but have now lost four series in a row and five of their last six, and if they can’t take their final series against Arkansas, will a team that’s lost six of their last seven series get the nod? 

“If they don’t Dallas Baptist is right on the cusp, and actually dropped out of the top 16 in this week’s projections.”

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