Tennessee baseball's title defense is off to a great start after a dominating performance vs. Hofstra. The Tennessee Volunteers kicked off their 2025 season in dominant fashion, sweeping Hofstra in a three-game series at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

Jay Abernathy played in all three games for Tennessee baseball against Hofstra, but the freshman entered all three games.

The Tennessee Volunteers are still undefeated following their weekend series opener as they run ruled Hofstra all three games in the seventh inning. They are many takeaways from the series that Tennessee on SI provided below.

No. 2 Tennessee (3-0) completed a series sweep against Hofstra (0-3) to open its 2025 baseball season. Rankings reflect the USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll. All three contests in the series were decided by a run-rule decision. The Vols defeated Hofstra, 13-1 in seven innings, on Sunday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee found itself trailing for the first time in 2025 during the top of the first inning on Sunday against Hofstra. However, the Vols responded with 13 unanswered runs, securing a 13-1 victory and completing a three-game sweep of the Pride.

Nate Snead threw three innings in Tennessee baseball's 13-1 win against Hofstra on Sunday. This doctor's golden rule? “You should be thinking about nothing when you're peeing."