Today On Rocky Top: Tennessee Volunteers News 5/26

Apr 20, 2013; Knoxville, TN, USA; Tennessee Volunteers fans line up for autographs before the spring Orange and White game at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports

From Go Vols Xtra

"The Vol and Lady Vol track and field team closed out competition Saturday at the NCAA East Regional meet in Greensboro, N.C. where one Vol relay team punched its ticket to the national championship meet.The 4×100-meter relay team got the final day off to a great start, finishing fifth to qualify for nationals for the second straight year.The team of Jamol James, Arnez Hardnick, Reginald Juin, and Jarael Nelvis ran a season-best 39.58 seconds. The 4×400 team ran 3:08.97 to finish in 16th place."

From Rocky Top Talk

"I’m rocking the orange tie to church this morning in celebration of the Lady Vols’ softball super regional win over Alabama. Truth be told, I’d wear an orange tie if we beat Alabama in underwater basket weaving.Tennessee Football isn’t just about Saturdays in the fall. It bleeds into the whole weekend, with a heavy dose of anticipation on Friday, an absolutely full day on Saturday both pre, during, and post game…and then there’s Sunday morning. Sunday morning either brings the thrill of victory, or the agony of defeat. And the power of both is felt all over East Tennessee, including and often especially in church attendance."

From Bleacher Report

"Julie Hermann, the latest athletic director at beleaguered Rutgers University, may have a dark past of her own.According to Craig Wolff of The Star-Ledger, Hermann “ruled through humiliation, fear and emotional abuse” during her tenure as head coach of the University of Tennessee women’s volleyball program."

From Go Vols Xtra

"Huntsville Stars outfielder Kentrail Davis is glad to be back in East Tennessee for the second time in his professional baseball career. While at Tennessee he was literally the face of the program, even gracing a billboard on Interstate 40.“They (UT) made my head a bobblehead with the orange Power-T eyeblack,” Davis said Friday. “When I saw it I was like ‘Oh. Wow.’”"

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