Tennessee beats Texas A&M to win the Men’s College World Series

The Tennessee Volunteers entered the men’s NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed in the country and still finished on top.

Tennessee defeated the Texas A&M Aggies 6-5 in Game 3 of the Men’s College World Series final on Monday night to claim the team’s first national championship title. The Volunteers became the first team since Miami in 1999 to win the title as a No. 1 national seed.

The Volunteers started fast on Monday, with Christian Moore hitting a home run to open the game. Tennessee led 6-1 after seven innings, but the Aggies scored two runs in the eighth and ninth innings to cut the score. Relief pitcher Aaron Combs struck out Ted Burton to end the game.

Texas A&M won Game 1 of the series but lost the last two games. The Aggies left nine runners on base Monday night. Volunteers pitcher Zander Sechrist earned the win by allowing one run on six hits and one walk in 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts.

Dylan Dreiling of Tennessee, who hit three home runs during the series, was named Most Outstanding Player.