LIVE UPDATES: Tennessee takes on Southern Miss, seeking 7th regional championship

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – Tennessee is seeking its seventh regional championship in program history, taking on No. 2 seed Southern Miss in the regional championship round of the Knoxville regional.

The Volunteers will have two opportunities to defeat the Golden Eagles once to advance to a fourth straight Super Regional.

It’s the first time the two programs have met since the 2023 Hattiesburg Super Regional.

Southern Miss battled back from the loser’s bracket, defeating Northern Kentucky 6-0 on Saturday and Indiana 15-3 earlier on Saturday to punch its ticket to the regional finals.

It’s the first time the two teams have met in Knoxville since 1991.

Southern Miss is the home team for today’s game.

Follow along with updates below. Scoring plays are listed in italics.

TOP FIRST INNING

A Blake Burke walk was erased by a Billy Amick double play as the Vols were unable to score in the first inning for the tenth straight game.

BOTTOM FIRST INNING

A leaping grab from Christian Moore helped Zander Sechrist retire Southern Miss in order to close the first.

TOP SECOND INNING

Dylan Dreiling led off the inning with a double down the left field line.

Hunter Ensley drove in Tennessee’s first run of the game with an RBI single | Tennessee 1, Southern Miss

Ensley was thrown out on an attempted steal of second.

BOTTOM SECOND INNING

A second scoreless frame from Sechrist kept the Vols up 1-0 after two innings.

TOP THIRD INNING

Cal Stark drew a leadoff walk but was unable to advance further.

BOTTOM THIRD INNING

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