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Tennessee Vols morning report: Kellie Harper on NCAA Tournament seeding

By Caleb Calhoun

KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 09: Tennessee Volunteers fans cheer during the first half of the game against the Indiana State Sycamores at Neyland Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
KNOXVILLE, TN - SEPTEMBER 09: Tennessee Volunteers fans cheer during the first half of the game against the Indiana State Sycamores at Neyland Stadium on September 9, 2017 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /
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One day after the Tennessee Vols men’s basketball team learned about its No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the women’s basketball team received its seeding for the Big Dance. Now, all that’s left is to look forward to postseason play in basketball in general.

Our morning update on Rocky Top continues with the aftermath of the women’s basketball selection. Multiple people were interviewed and spoke about the seeding Monday night, and we’ll touch on that here.

Beyond basketball, we have previews in baseball and softball to bring you along with a recap of cross country and continuing coverage of a golf event. Baseball also ended a drought, which we’ll get to covering. Let’s start with the basketball news.

Kellie Harper, players talk NCAA Tournament – Maria M. Cornelius, GoVols247

At 16-7, the Tennessee Lady Vols women’s basketball team earned a No. 3 seed in the River Walk region of the NCAA Tournament and will face the MTSU Blue Raiders in the opening round. Kellie Harper, Rennia Davis and Kasiyahna Kushkituah spoke about the tournament afterward. Here’s a bit of what Harper, who has now taken four different teams to the Big Dance, said.

"“We are excited to have a bracket. We are excited to have an opponent on our schedule now. We’ve had a week where we’ve been able to practice. We’ve been able to get some time off and focus on academics.”"

Baseball to face ETSU Tuesday – Ken Lay, VolsWire.com

Coming off a sweep of the UNC Greensboro Spartans over the weekend, the Tennessee Vols baseball team will host the ETSU Bucs at 6:30 p.m. ET for their final game before SEC play. At 14-3, UT enters ranked No. 13 in the D1Baseball Top 25 and No. 10 in the USA Today Coaches Poll, their first top 10 ranking since 2006.

"When East Tennessee State University makes a trip to Lindsey Nelson Stadium Tuesday night to take on No. 10 Tennessee, several Buccaneers will have a homecoming as they played their high school baseball in the Knoxville area. ETSU (10-5) has 11 players with Knoxville ties on its 2021 roster."

Softball hosts Bellarmine in doubleheader – UTSports

After losing two of three in their SEC opener against the No. 12 ranked LSU Tigers and falling to 18-3, the Tennessee Lady Vols softball team will host the Bellarmine Knights in a doubleheader. The first game is set for 2 p.m. ET, and the second is set for approximately 4:30 p.m. ET.

"Both of Tuesday’s games can be seen on SEC Network+. Fans can stream both games on WatchESPN using the ESPN App or online at espn.com/watch."

Junior finishes in top half of Cross Country Championships – NCAA.com

With a time of 21:31.4, Tennessee Lady Vols cross country junior Sydney Seymour finished No. 105 in the Women’s 6K Monday. There were 256 competitors in that event.

"Alabama’s Mercy Chelangat came in first place in the women’s race with a time of 20:01.1. It’s the first individual National Champion for Alabama in its history."

Men’s golf continues Tiger Invitational – GolfStat.com

The Tennessee Vols men’s golf team finished tied for fourth at the Tiger Invitational Monday with a score of 10-under. Expected bad weather resulted in the 15 teams playing 36 holes Monday. They will attempt to make up the other 18 over the next two days at the tournament, hosted by the Auburn Tigers in Opelika, Ala. at the Grand National Golf Course.

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