According to Tennessee Baseball, #4 Tennessee continued its red-hot hitting from Saturday’s victory with another explosive offensive performance on Sunday afternoon, run-ruling Auburn for the second straight day to claim the series with a 19-5 win at Plainsman Park. For the second game in a row, the Big Orange (26-6, 7-5 SEC) blasted six home runs and finished with 14 total for the weekend, the most in any series during the Tony Vitello era. With Sunday’s win, UT secured its third straight victory in a Sunday rubber game and improved to 3-1 in series-deciding contests this season. With Sunday’s series-clinching victory, the Vols secured their first series win at Auburn since 2005. Tennessee was 1-8 in its previous nine games on the road against the Tigers entering this weekend’s series. The Big Orange return to Knoxville for four home games next week, starting with a midweek contest against Alabama A&M on Tuesday at 6 p.m. before defending national champion LSU visits Lindsey Nelson Stadium for a highly-anticipated weekend series.
According to Tennessee Softball, #4Lady Vols clinched a series victory against the third-ranked Georgia Bulldogs and secured their 30th win of the season with a spectacular performance in the late stages of the game on Sunday at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium. Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the sixth, a one-out single by Rylie West put two Lady Vols in scoring position with runners on second and third. Sophia Nugent’s one-out, opposite-field blast on the next at-bat propelled Tennessee (30-6, 10-2 SEC) to its 3-1 victory. With the win, the Lady Vols have won 12 of their last 13 SEC series dating to 2022. Tennessee’s Karlyn Pickens got the start in the circle and retired the first six batters she faced, aided by five strikeouts. The sophomore right-hander finished the day with eight punchouts in five innings, allowing three hits and a run. The Lady Vols will begin a three-game set against the Mississippi State Bulldogs in Starkville on Friday, April 12th