The 15th ranked Tennessee baseball team (14-3) kicked off a three-game set with the UNC-Greensboro Spartans Friday night in Knoxville. The series served as the final full series tune-up before advancing into conference play. The Volunteers will take on in-state competitor ETSU Tuesday night before departing for Athens and a three-game set against the Georgia Bulldogs.
Game one saw Chad Dallas (2-0) take the ball for Tennessee. Pitching 5.1 innings, allowing only one hit, one run, walking a pair, and striking out seven, Dallas obtained his second win of the season in a game Tennessee would ultimately win by a 6-2 score.