University of Tennessee Athletics
1995 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES
September 16, 2005 | Baseball
1995 |
| Players John Alkire, RHP Justin Altmann, INF Bryce Christensen, OF Travis Copley, DH John Darlington, LHP R.A. Dickey, RHP Ray Espinosa, C Travis Exum, RHP Eduardo Figueroa, OF Jason Franklin, INF Brad Greene, RHP Todd Helton, 1B/P Ed Lewis, 2B Jonathan McLuhan, OF Ryan Meyers, RHP Joe Nadeau, LHP Scott Schroeffel, OF/P Lance Smith, OF Scott Vieira, INF Matt Whitley, SS Coaches Support Staff All-Tournament Team CWS Results |
 Led by National Player of the Year Todd Helton, Tennessee headed back to the College World Series in 1995 after a dramatic 3-1 victory over Oklahoma State in the Mideast Regional Finals. |
Tennessee's 1995 College World Series Team - An Audio Look Back
With a dramatic 3-1 victory over Oklahoma State in the Mideast Regional finals, the Tennessee Volunteers returned to play in the College World Series for the first time in 44 years. The Vols' 44-year absence from the College World Series was the longest span between appearances by any team in college baseball history. In 1951, UT finished runner-up to Oklahoma. Tennessee earned the 1995 trip after defeating the Cowboys in 11 innings.
Tennessee, the fifth seed in the College World Series, won its first game, 3-1, versus the No. 4 seed Clemson Tigers. Three-time All-America and national player of the year, Todd Helton turned in a complete game pitching performance against the Tigers, allowing one run on four hits with two walks and nine strikeouts. Scott Schroeffel went 2-for-4 with a home run, double and two runs scored.
The Vols were knocked into the losers bracket after eventual national champion Cal State Fullerton pounced on UT, 11-1, in the second round. Helton drove in the only Vol run of the game in the bottom of the first.
Tennessee bounced back to stay alive in the double-elimination tournament with an impressive 6-2 victory over the tradition laden Stanford Cardinal. Ryan Meyers turned in perhaps one of the best pitching performances of his career as he went the distance, allowing two runs on six hits with seven strikeouts. Helton and Travis Copley each hit solo home runs, but it was Schroeffel's 3-for-4 night with two home runs, three runs scored and three RBI that put the Vols in the semifinals against the Titans.
Once again though, the Titans proved to have too much offense as they jumped on UT for seven runs in the first. The deficit was too much to overcome, and Cal State Fullerton won, 11-0, rolling on to the title.
Schroeffel was named to the all-tournament team after batting .533 (8-for-15) with three home runs, a double and four RBI.
