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Tennessee holds off late LSU rally to win SEC Tournament title

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Tennessee defeated LSU 4-3 in the SEC Tournament title game on Sunday afternoon, capping off a great week for the Vols in Hoover.

For Tennessee, that means winning the SEC regular season and tournament championships this season. Tennessee also accomplished the feat in 2022 – the last SEC program to do so.

Tennessee held off a late LSU rally to get this win. The Vols entered the 9th inning with a 4-1 lead, but LSU scored twice after a pair of defensive mistakes by Tennessee. However, with the tying run at second base, Aaron Combs was able to secure back-to-back strikeouts to end the threat and give Tennessee the title.

The big hit for the Vols in this game came in the third inning when Billy Amick belted a 3-run home run behind the left field fence. Tennessee later scored one more run in the 7th inning and that ultimately proved to be the difference.

Perhaps the most important defensive play of the game came in the 6th inning when catcher Cal Stark struck out LSU’s Steven Milam at first base. The Tigers loaded the bases before Milam was picked off with two outs to end the inning.

There was a lot of talk about Tennessee’s depleted pitching staff, but the Vols limited LSU to the lowest offensive output all week. AJ Russell got the start in his second appearance back from injury, but threw only 1 inning. Tennessee used a total of five pitchers, with freshman Dylan Loy doing most of the heavy lifting: 4.2 innings, 2 hits, 2 walks, 0 earned runs and 5 strikeouts.

Tennessee is confident of becoming the No. 1 overall seed in this year’s NCAA Tournament. The bracket will be unveiled Monday at noon ET.

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