WATCH: Tony Vitello Gives Incredible Postgame Speech Following Super Regional Win for Tennessee Baseball

Jonathan Williams | Jun 10, 2024

Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello signals to an official during the home opener between Tennessee and UNC Asheville, at the newly renovated Lindsey Nelson Stadium, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. / Caitie McMekin/News Sentinel / USA TODAY

Tony Vitello's Tennessee Volunteer bunch is headed to the College World Series in Omaha for the third time in four seasons. It's quite the accomplishment, one that didn't come all that easy to the Vols. The Evansville Aces gave the Vols every bit of a fight they were looking for, forcing a three-game series in the Knoxville Super Regional.

Vitello spoke after the game three win against Evansville and addressed a question that was posed to first baseman Blake Burke. Burke was asked after the game two loss, if the season ends with a loss to Evansville in the super regional, would the entire season be for not? In other words, the historical season Tennessee had, would it all have been for nothing and considered a failure if they lost to Evansville in the Super Regional.

WATCH: Tony Vitello Gives Passionate Speech Following Tennessee Baseball Win

Tony Vitello turned me into a College Baseball fan. Watch this video to understand why. This is one of the best press conferences I’ve witnessed.
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— Chad Withrow (@TheChadWithrow) June 10, 2024

"The word success to me is very important. In this room, we make these guys write down what success is for them and teach them that they need to define what a successful at bat is or what a successful outing is, whatever it was. Noah, Noah Webster of Webster's dictionary, it says success is a degree or measure of achievement. Or if you read an another deal online degree or measure of succeeding. So those two words right there, and I definitely ain't the smartest fella, but any degree and measure means you get a pick, you get to pick what success is, which is pretty awesome."

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