• What: Tennessee baseball vs. Wake Forest
• Where: Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee
• When: Monday at 6 p.m. ET
• How to Watch: ESPN2
It all comes down to this. After the Tennessee Vols suffered a close loss to Wake Forest on Sunday, the two sides will face off in a winner-moves-on showdown on Monday night. With a win, Tennessee will head to Fayetteville for a three-game series with Arkansas.
With a loss, however, the Vols will see their season come to a close and the dream of repeating as the national champs will be over. There's a lot of pressure for UT, but Tony Vitello remains confident his team will come out on top. With that said, what time is the first pitch coming on Monday? Originally it was set to 8 p.m. ET, but shortly after that time was announced, things were then moved to 6 p.m.
Tennessee and Wake Forest will face off in a winner-moves-on battle at 6 p.m. ET
In case you had your alarms set for 8 p.m., go ahead and move things up by a couple of hours. This is a contest between the top-two seeds in the Knoxville Regional, with Vitello and his players hoping to do everything possible to keep the campaign going.
Vols fans were able to get quite the laugh over the weekend after Wright State eliminated No. 1 seed Vanderbilt from the tourney. Remember how much smack the Commodores were talking after taking down Tennessee in the SEC Tournament?
Of course you do. Now, though, the Vols are focused on the task at hand and that's to beat the Demon Deacons in front of a packed stadium in this one. Wake Forest has a bit of momentum after what happened on Sunday night, but it's all on the line in this crucial showdown.
Will Tennessee step up and take care of business, or will a nightmare end to the season be on the way? We're hoping for the former. It's almost time to see if UT will rise to the occasion or not.