Once SEC play started, Tennessee baseball’s midweek matchups have served as useful tuneups to the more difficult challenges that lie ahead. On many occasions, the Volunteers ultimately had the upper hand against inferior competition; but fresh off a series win at Texas A&M — and a series-clinching game in which Tennessee dropped 20 runs — Nashville’s Lipscomb Bisons were able to drop Tennessee by holding the club to only one run.
On Tuesday night, the Bisons (13-22) were in Knoxville to do battle with the fourth ranked Vols (32-9, 12-6). Prior to this meeting, Lipscomb had lost each of its matchups with SEC opponents in 2021, resulting in an 0-5 record.