Tennessee baseball's season has ended in the Super Regional round with a disappointing 10-1 loss to Arkansas in Game 2 of their three-game series.
The Vols' SEC struggles continue to haunt them, which is why Tennessee will not return to Omaha and the College World Series with another SEC series loss. Arkansas' Game 2 win eliminated the Vols from postseason contention, ending Tennessee's season.
The Vols' offense struggled again on Sunday, scoring just one run on six hits after another disappointing day at the plate on Saturday. While the Vols' bats did better than Game 1 in terms of hits produced, they still struggled throughout the day, striking out more times than they recorded hits.
Tennessee's pitching staff, however, did not hold things together like they did in Game 1. Liam Doyle started the game but did not last very long, pitching only 3.2 innings and allowing five runs in his short outing.
Doyle needed to bring his best on Sunday to give Tennessee a chance to win Game 2 and live to fight another day. If the Vols did win, a potential Game 3 was scheduled for Monday. That did not happen, as the Razorbacks had the number of Tennessee's pitchers in both games of the Fayetteville Super Regional.
The Vols bullpen used six pitchers in relief, and all but one allowed at least one run in each of their short appearances.
With the disappointing end to the season, Tennessee will miss the men's College World Series for the first time since 2022 after back-to-back appearances in Omaha.
Tennessee finishes the year 46-19 in its title defense season. Historically, it was unlikely that Tennessee would repeat as champions, as repeat national champions have only happened twice since 2000.