Tennessee Teams Doing Well in NCAA Baseball Regionals

Now I'm not too smart when it comes to college baseball, but I do know that there are some strong Tennessee schools who are in contention for the College World Series this year.

There are three Tennessee teams currently battling in their respective regional brackets to continue their journey to the College World Series:

Vanderbilt ( Louisville Regional)

Vanderbilt is no stranger to postseason action in college baseball. This team made it to the College World Series just a couple seasons ago. However, this isn't the same team that was ranked #1 nationally. They lost their opening round game to MTSU 5-4, but almost came back to win. They had a respective runner-up finish in the SEC tournament to get them this far.

Vandy won an elimination game today over Indiana in convincing fashion 10-0 today. They'll now get the loser of tonight's matchup between MTSU and Louisville.

Vanderbilt is a very resilient team and I wouldn't count them out of this regional just yet. If anyone is capable of winning three-straight elimination games it's Vandy.

MTSU (Louisville Regional)

Vandy isn't the only local team competing in the Louisville regional bracket. MTSU now has a remarkable 44-16 record overall after winning their first game of the regional over Vanderbilt in dramatic fashion. They have another tough test tonight that could put them in the regional final game if they can defeat #1 seed Louisville, which is ranked No. 12 nationally with a 45-15 record. Not to mention they're playing on Louisville's home field.

Tonight's matchup will definitely be the toughest test of the season for the Blue Raiders.

Tennessee Tech (Clemson Regional)

I really feel for what the Golden Eagles went through Friday night after losing a tough game to Clemson to open up the regional. Clemson needed two runs in the 9th inning to steal the win from the Golden Eagles. You still can't under-estimate Tennessee Tech.

Facing elimation in Saturday's game, Tech got their first NCAA regional win since 2001 by eliminating the #2 seed Alabama. Now Tech will either get another shot at Clemson, which I'm sure they would love, or the Cowboys of Oklahoma State. Either way, great win for the Golden Eagles! They're now 32-24 overall, which may not jump off the screen at you, but when the postseason rolls around the regualr season absolutely means nothing.