Game one of the Hattiesburg Super Regional between Tennessee and Southern Miss is delayed to Sunday. Play will resume Sunday at 12 p.m. ET barring any additional weather delays.
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Tonight’s game has been suspended.
We will make this game up at 11 a.m. CT. Game two’s start time has not been established yet.
Sorry, everybody.#EverythingMatters | #SMTTT
— Southern Miss Baseball (@SouthernMissBSB) June 11, 2023
Shortly after Southern Miss’ announcement, the NCAA announced game two of the series will begin at 3 p.m. ET or at least 55 minutes after the completion of game two–whichever one comes first. Therefore, Tennessee and Southern Miss will play a Sunday doubleheader.
TV information is still to be determined.
⚾️ Hattiesburg Update ⚾️
We will resume Game 1️⃣ tomorrow at NOON ET / 11:00 AM CT
Game 2️⃣ will begin at 3 PM ET / 2 PM CT
Networks TBD#RoadToOmaha
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) June 11, 2023
Southern Miss leads the Vols 4-0 with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning. Tennessee has a runner on first as it looks for its first run of the weekend.
The Vols and Golden Eagles twice went into a weather delay Saturday. The first was an hour, 35 minute delay in the bottom of the fourth inning. The two teams resumed for 13 minutes and recorded five outs before lightning struck and they went back into a delay.
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The Golden Eagles scored two runs in the first inning via a Tate Parker two-out, two-RBI triple before adding a run in the third and fourth inning via solo home runs from Dustin Dickerson and Nick Monistere respectively.
Golden Eagles’ starter Billy Oldham was fantastic before the delay, retiring the first 10 batters he faced before the Vols got two baserunners in the fourth inning and another in the fifth.
The winner of the Hattiesburg Super Regional will advance to the College World Series in Omaha. Tennessee is looking for its first trip to the College World Series since 2021 and Southern Miss is looking for its first trip to Omaha since 2009.
Stay tuned to Rocky Top Insider for full coverage of the weekend series.
