No. 15 Tennessee (4-0) defeated UNC Asheville (0-4), 16-1, before a crowd of 3,543 at Lindsey Nelson Stadium Wednesday.
Tennessee recorded 12 hits, including nine for extra bases.
The Vols had five players hit home runs: Luc lipcius, Jordan Beck, Trey Lipscomb, Christian Moore and Seth Stephenson.
A look at Tennessee’s five home runs against UNC Asheville
Drew Gilbert tripled for the Vols, who scored 12 runs over the first five innings.
Lipcius, Logan Steenstra and Ethan Payne doubled for Tennessee, which also scored four times in the seventh.
First basemen Lipcius went 2-for-2, scored twice and had one RBI.
Stephenson entered the game as a pinch hitter and finished the contest at second base. He had two hits, one run and three RBIs.
Pitcher Zander Sechrist started and went three innings for Tennessee. He did not allow a hit, surrendered one walk and struck out seven.
Wyatt Evans, Ben Joyce, Gavin Brasosky, Jake Fitzgibbons, Grant Cherry and Mark McLaughlin each pitched one inning for Tennessee.
Joyce recorded 10 pitches clocked at 100-plus miles per hour.
The Bulldogs in the ninth inning when Kevin Catrine homered off McLaughlin.
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