Diamond Vols Podcast: Chapel Hill Regional preview
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🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Summary
GoVols247's Ben McKee and former Tennessee baseball pitcher Will Heflin begin the latest Diamond Vols Podcast by reacting to Josh Elander's decision to start Evan Blanco against East Carolina in the first game of the Chapel Hill Regional. They then discuss the latest developments with injured Vols Reese Chapman and Landon Mack.
ESPN's Mike Monaco then joins to preview the Chapel Hill Regional. Monaco will be on the call all weekend along with former LSU pitcher Ben McDonald.
Stephen Igoe of Hoist The Colours rounds out the podcast with a preview of East Carolina ahead of the Pirates' matchup with Tennessee.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome into the Diamond Falls podcast on Govalls 247.com. |
| 0:04.0 | I'm Ben McKean. |
| 0:04.6 | I'm joined by former Tennessee baseball pitcher Will Heflin as we sit less than 48 hours away from first pitch of the Chapel Hill Regional. |
| 0:15.9 | I guess if my quick math is correct, we're about 38 hours away from first pitch. |
| 0:22.4 | Will and I are recording this on Wednesday night. |
| 0:25.4 | It's been a noteworthy day full of news for Tennessee baseball. |
| 0:30.4 | Josh Elander met with the media just afternoon on Wednesday before the team left town for Chapel Hill and bust over. We talked Landon |
| 0:40.2 | Mack with Elander. We talked Reese Chapman going back to Chapel Hill as a head coach now and so |
| 0:47.7 | much more. So we'll dive into all of that. And on the back end of the podcast, after Will and I get |
| 0:52.7 | done, we've got two great guests. |
| 0:54.8 | I'm really excited for you all to hear interviews. |
| 0:57.6 | I was able to knock out today with Mike Monaco of ESPN, who you all know we're big fans of here on the pod. |
| 1:03.5 | He was phenomenal. |
| 1:04.5 | He's going to be on the call with Ben McDonald all weekend long. |
| 1:07.1 | He's a fun personality and has a great wealth of knowledge. |
| 1:10.8 | He's covered. He's called fun personality and has a great wealth of knowledge. He's covered. He's called |
| 1:12.6 | regionals and super regionals in Chapel Hill the last couple of years. So he's very familiar with what |
| 1:19.8 | Tennessee is walking into. He called Tennessee earlier this year. He's been around Josh |
| 1:23.8 | Elander, so he kind of knows what to expect. Now, I will warn you, we recorded before Josh Elander so he kind of knows what to expect now I will warn you we recorded before |
| 1:29.5 | Josh Elander announced that Evan Blanco is going to be the starter and he and I were kind of on |
| 1:34.3 | the Teagan Coons train so keep that in mind when you are listening and then Stephen Igo who runs |
| 1:40.9 | our East Carolina site at 24-7. He joins after Mike, |
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