The No. 8 seed Vols beat the No. 9 seed Alabama 15-10 in Hoover, Alabama, on May 21 with a huge offensive performance. Tennessee scored 10 straight runs after falling behind 6-5 in the top of the fifth. Every player in the Tennessee starting lineup had at least one hit while eight had at least two hits and three had three hits.

The 12-seed OU baseball team struck out 17 times and fell to fourth-seed Vanderbilt 6-1 Thursday night in Hoover, Alabama.

No. 8 seed Tennessee (41-15, 16-14 SEC) will face the winner of the Alabama-Missouri first-round matchup. The Vols will open SEC Tournament play Wednesday in the second round at 10:30 a.m. EDT (SEC Network). Tennessee won a three-game series, 2-1, at Alabama during the regular season March 20-22. The Vols did not face Missouri in 2025.

The SEC baseball regular season is over and attention turns to the conference tournament in Hoover, Alabama. For the first time, the tournament will be single-elimination with all 16 teams participating.

For the first time since the 2022 season, the powerhouse Texas Longhorns and Clemson Tigers softball programs will meet with both looking for a spot in next week’s Women’s College World Series. The two will tangle at Red and Charline McCombs Field in the NCAA Austin Super Regional that begins at 9 p.