Tennessee baseball has lost a super regional opener twice under Tony Vitello before Saturday's defeat. It won Game 2 both times to force Game 3.

Tennessee and Arkansas will continue their baseball series Saturday in a NCAA Tournament Fayetteville Super Regional. The Vols and Razorbacks first played on March 14, 1992, with Arkansas winning, 1-0, in Seattle, Washington. The Razorbacks lead the series, 44-29, all time.

In the eighth inning of the game, Vols catcher Cannon Peebles was ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct directed at the Demon Deacons' catcher. "NCAA allowed me exactly one question (through text) to home plate umpire Casey Moser.