Tennessee was the visiting team Saturday night inside Lindsey Nelson Stadium for the first time this season.
The Volunteers were also the better team, and that was hardly a first.
Dean Curley and Christian Moore launched two-run home runs in the second inning, and Billy Amick hit a grand slam in the third as the No. 1 Vols scored the first nine runs during a 12-6 drubbing of Indiana. Amick’s grand slam was Tennessee’s 12th of the spring, with only the Arizona State Sun Devils having amassed more in a single season with their 14 in 2003.
Tennessee’s 11th consecutive NCAA tournament regional victory dating back to 2021 took four hours to complete.
“That is a good team, and that was a good win,” Vols coach Tony Vitello said afterward in a news conference. “We hit a couple of speed bumps, but that’s going to happen this time of year.”