Tennessee baseball head coach Tony Vitello met with the media following the Vols’ 7-4 series-sweeping win over Florida Sunday in Knoxville.
Vitello shared his thoughts on what it’s like to sweep a Top-10 team to open conference play, Dylan Loy’s elite relief outing in the win, Tegan Kuhns’ start, Cannon Peebles’ big hit and more.
Watch Vitello’s entire post-game press conference below.
“I think the guys were eager to play at home,” Vitello said when looking back at the series sweep. “I think it’s been two times out of a decade that we have been able to start SEC play at home. So, it’s unique and rare, and the guys recognize how beneficial it is. But also, we said it last Sunday, they didn’t look like themselves, and I think a lot of it was that this was looming and they were looking forward to it, which is dangerous to look beyond anything, but it’s also understandable. We get 15, 16 games under our belt, and these guys are eager.
“So I think it was a lot of eagerness and antsiness and excitement, which can be dangerous or it can be good, and these guys are mature enough, even the young pups, they used it for their benefit or for good.”
The Vols are back in action Tuesday against ETSU before hitting the road to play Alabama in their first true road games of the season.
