Prime-seeded Tennessee opened NCAA Event play with a win within the Knoxville Regional Friday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
The Volunteers, a No. 1 nationwide seed, defeated fourth-seeded Alabama State, 10-0, earlier than an introduced crowd of 4,340.
With a victory over the Hornets (34-24), Tennessee (54-7) tied the single-season document for wins, matching the 1995 Vols.
Tennessee’s pitching employees additionally recorded its ninth shutout of the season.
Blade Tidwell (3-1) pitched 7.2 innings and allowed three hits. He had seven strikeouts.
Ben Joyce and Mark McLaughlin appeared in reduction for Tennessee.
Jordan Beck was 2-for-4 with two house runs, two runs and 4 RBIs. Blake Burke, Jorel Ortega and Drew Gilbert additionally hit house runs for the Vols.
Ortega went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. He drove in Tennessee’s first run of the sport within the second inning.
The Vols prolonged its benefit to 4-0 with runs in fourth and fifth innings.
Tennessee, which had 15 hits, scored one other run within the seventh inning earlier than closing the scoring with a run within the eighth.