NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Thirteen years ago, on May 27, 2007, the Vanderbilt baseball program won the Southeastern Conference Tournament in Hoover, Alabama. Ole Miss (37-25) failed to finish off a Cinderella run and capture a second straight SEC Tournament title. The most comprehensive coverage of the Vanderbilt Baseball on the web with highlights, scores, game summaries, and rosters… Men's Sports. baseball. ", "One area Saben Lee needs to continue improving outside of shooting is his left-hand drives. A former four-star prospect, the Notre Dame transfer should be ready to assume some of the scoring load. Some might consider change a good thing for a team that won just 11 games while losing 21 last season, and some of the changes could help, but the losses will be substantial for head coach Jerry Stackhouse. Follow him @MrChadBishop. Publisher. "There was certainly a lot to that game," Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin said. Macias: “Shea’s ground ball to the right side – I remember that vividly because it was the epitome of a seeing-eye single. The 2020 roster has been updated through Sept. 4, 2020. Rhoden: “We were running out big arm after big arm and Ole Miss had a really good offensive team so it was like, ‘Hey we’re going to throw something at ‘em they haven’t seen since high school.’ Jason threw strikes, didn’t throw very hard and was left-handed. Vandy has won two national championships and three more regular-season titles, been to the College World Series four times and has played at least one postseason game in every completed season since. Wt. SG Maxwell Evans- 6'2" senior, became a starter and showed flashes of brilliance, including his 31 point performance in the Commodores win over LSU and his 20 point game in the South Carolina win. Macias: “We were playing on fumes, but the fumes were enough to get us over that hump. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Thirteen years ago, on May 27, 2007, the Vanderbilt baseball program won the Southeastern Conference Tournament in Hoover, Alabama. Name Pos. Vanderbilt baseball named NCAA Regional host an hour after winning SEC Tournament title, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Ejike Obinna- The big man became a starter, lost the role for a few games and returned to that role later. (Vanderbilt University) Chris Lee • VandySports. Vanderbilt came so close to pulling of the biggest upset of the day, but in the end the Commodores came up one play short. A near perfect first half for Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt (49-10) became the first team to sweep the SEC regular-season and tournament titles since it pulled off the same feat in 2007. Something new this season since it is an SEC only schedule of ten games. Clarke tossed his helmet into the air as teammates mobbed him on the field in celebration. Reach Adam Sparks at asparks@tennessean.com and on Twitter @AdamSparks. That was not, in our minds a least, a luck scenario. Vanderbilt fell way behind early when senior pitcher Patrick Raby, the program’s all-time wins leader, had the shortest and worst outing of his career. They just jumped us. Recruits are listed in parenthesis. Founder and publisher at VandySports.com since 2003. Vanderbilt, ranked No. Price threw six perfect innings before allowing a hit in the seventh and finished a complete game in the one-run win. Corbin: “I think the reason they didn’t panic (after the Tennessee loss) was David Price was pitching the next day. He was a senior and had all those years of experience being a part of the really successful teams in 2003 and ’04. Standing at 6’2”, Lee plays bigger than his size with good post footwork, fearless slashing ability, and with his strong defense. Change is a constant in the world of college athletics, and the Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball roster will have some significant changes in 2021. That 2007 team, however, is recognized as one that helped lay the early foundation for what is now a college baseball powerhouse. Matthew Moyer- The Syracuse transfer never really found himself for the Commodores. They have won 22 of their past 23 games. He tossed 43 pitches, including 22 balls and a few strikes that were tagged by hard swings. Jordan Wright- Played some solid minutes as his role increased and should take another step with a year in the program. Lefty Jackson Gillis figures to be at Vanderbilt through 2019. "We wanted to win this game. Publisher. @chrislee70. “I don’t know if it was the most-talented team we had, but it was pretty damn good,” Vanderbilt head coach Tim Corbin said. The Razorbacks had only played three games compared to Vanderbilt’s five. All-American righty Kumar Rocker leads VU into 2021. It was just one of those things where my mindset was we needed a good arm, a fresh arm – and I was ready.”, Macias: “He’s an example of the kind of leadership we had on that team. “I don’t know if it was the most-talented team we had, but it was pretty damn good,” Vanderbilt head coach Tim Corbin said. Rhoden went 6 2/3 innings – a career-long outing – and Brett Jacobson closed out the final 2 1/3. Lee is one of the under-the-radar players in the draft, and could very easily turn into one of the bigger steals of the draft if he hits his upside.". Macias, Feinberg, Flaherty and Matt Meingasner all had two hits each in the championship win. That was a big reason why a lot of us came there.