HOOVER, Ala. - Tennessee’s offense has been a runaway train since mid-April, and South Carolina had no way to stop it Tuesday night. The No. 20 Volunteers racked up 15 hits in an 11-6 victory over South Carolina in the SEC Tournament first round at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium. It marked the first time Tennessee won its opening game in Hoover in back-to-back years since 1993-94. Tuesday’s outburst followed Tennessee’s 25-run showing in a series win over Texas in Knoxville fr

HOOVER, Ala. - For the first time in the history of college baseball, a machine will have the final word on balls and strikes. The 2026 SEC Baseball Tournament, which opens Tuesday at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium will deploy an automated ball-strike challenge system across every game of the field. It is a landmark experiment that puts the sport’s most prestigious conference tournament at the forefront of officiating technology. The Southeastern Conference announced earlier

KNOXVILLE, Tenn - The connection between Southern California and the Southeastern Conference has become one of the most reliable talent pipelines in amateur baseball. Now, that pathway is once again drawing attention, this time through the Grindlinger family. While Trent Grindlinger has quickly established himself at the University of Tennessee, his brother, Jared Grindlinger, is beginning to surface as a prospect to monitor ahead of the 2026 MLB Draft cycle. Trent’s brother

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee Volunteers baseball continued to solidify its postseason résumé Tuesday night, defeating Presbyterian Blue Hose baseball 8-1 at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in its penultimate midweek contest of the 2026 regular season. Tennessee controlled the game throughout, capitalizing on its offensive depth while limiting Presbyterian to a single run. The midweek result aligns with the program’s recent push to strengthen its NCAA Tournament profile following a la

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - When Josh Elander took the reins of a Tennessee baseball program that had become one of college baseball’s royalty, nobody expected the road to be smooth. Four months later, the first-year head coach finds himself steering a ship that has weathered serious storms. After making Tennessee program history, as the first head coach to reach the 30-win mark in the first season, he looks to be finally sailing in the right direction. Josh Elander’s team currently b

KNOXVILLE, TN- There comes a moment in every college baseball season when the margin between contender and also-ran becomes razor thin. For the 2026 Tennessee Volunteers, that moment will take place this weekend. The Vols enter Week 9 play with a 20-12 overall record, but that comes with a troubling 4-8 mark in SEC play. It is conference play that has quietly transformed what was supposed to be a promising year under first-year head coach Josh Elander into a genuine fight t

The LSU-Tennessee series had everything. It had brilliance, heartbreak, new uni looks, a head coach ejected, and a LSU slugger nobody expected to steal the show. After a rocky start to conference play, the new Lindsey Nelson Stadium rose out of the Tennessee hills like a promise. A $100-million-plus renovation had transformed it into one of the nation’s finest facilities, nearly doubling its capacity to 8,012. The Vol faithful filled the pews to set a new attendance record