Southern Miss starting pitcher Billy Oldham was impressive Saturday afternoon, but Mother Nature remains undefeated.
A 94-minute delay due to lightning in the Hattiesburg area during the bottom of the fourth inning seemed brief compared to the stoppage in the bottom of the fifth, when thunderstorms arrived to cause nearly a five-hour break before NCAA officials finally suspended the super regional opener at Pete Taylor Park.
The teams will resume play Sunday at noon Eastern, with game two of the super regional set for 3. Network information for both contests was not immediately available Saturday night.
Tennessee coaches and players went to their hotel several minutes after the second stoppage occurred, as the teams wound up playing for just 13 minutes between the two delays.
Southern Miss struck for two runs in the first inning, when Vols starter Andrew Lindsey used up 35 pitches. Lindsey erased a leadoff single with a successful pickoff at first, but he would allow a walk and an infield hit before Tate Parker ripped a two-out drive into left-center field that wound up being a standup triple.