It had been four years since the Vanderbilt baseball team was swept by any team, and 13 years since the University of Tennessee was the one to do it.
That’s no longer the case after No. 1 Tennessee (27-1, 9-0) swept No. 9 Vanderbilt (20-7, 4-5) over the weekend, taking 6-2, 5-2 and 5-0 wins at Hawkins Field.
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