It took all three allowed games but the #1 Tennessee Volunteers defeated the Evansville Purple Aces 2 games to 1 to win Knoxville Super Regional!
According to Tennessee Athletics, For the seventh time in program history, the Tennessee Volunteers are headed to Omaha, Nebraska for the Men’s College World Series.
UT got an incredible pitching performance from senior Zander Sechrist, who allowed just one unearned run over a career-high 6.1 innings while striking out six batters in his final start at Lindsey Nelson Stadium before leaving to a standing ovation from the Tennessee faithful with one out in the seventh inning.
Sechrist had plenty of run support en route to his fourth victory of the season, as the Big Orange tied a single-game program record with seven home runs on the night, led by Christian Moore and Omaha native Dalton Bargo, who had two apiece.
Blake Burke also had a big night at the plate, posting a new career-high with four hits, three of which were doubles.
Joining in on the home run parade was Billy Amick (two-run HR in the fourth), Dean Curley (solo HR in second), and Cal Stark (three-run HR in fifth).
Tennessee (55-12) will take on No. 8 national seed Florida State in its opening game at the College World Series on Friday at 6:00 PM on ESPN.