Tennessee baseball is still dancing in the 2025 SEC Tournament.

The 8-seed Vols scraped out a 7-5 win in 12 innings over 1-seed Texas in the quarterfinals of the event.

Tennessee now has a spot in the SEC Tournament Semifinals. The Vols will play the winner between 4-seed Vanderbilt and 12-seed Oklahoma.

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The hero at the plate was Gavin Kilen. After ripping a home run in the 10th inning, he drilled a ball to deep right-center in the 12th to push in the deciding two runs. These were his only two hits in six at-bats as he finished with a run and three RBI.

Andrew Fischer, Hunter Ensley and Cannon Peebles all also produced multi-hit afternoons.

Liam Doyle got the ball to start for Tennessee. The Vols' ace was touched up for the second-straight game, though, only pitching for 3.2 innings before being pulled. His final line sat at six hits, four runs, two walks and five strikeouts.

Following Doyle, Brandon Arvidson entered and shoved. He was sensational for Tennessee, going 5.1 innings without allowing a run on just two hits. After that stretch, he was put back on the mound in the 10th where he allowed back-to-back singles with an error on a pick-off attempt in the middle to tie the game.

Dylan Loy replaced him and struck out the only batter he faced. Nate Snead then came on and struck out a pair to keep the game alive. He would go the rest of the way, shutting down Texas' bats and earning the win.

After Tennessee went down in order, Texas struck first in the bottom of the first. The Longhorns earned a lead-off walk and tagged up on a fly ball to center to put a runner on second. With two outs, a single scored the runner to give Texas a 1-0 advantage.

After the Vols went down in order again, Doyle allowed a pair of runners to reach in the bottom of the second. However, Doyle dialed up back-to-back strikeouts to get out of the inning unscathed.

Tennessee got its first runner on via a lead-off hit-by-pitch of Levi Clark, but a double play erased him and left the Vols hitless through three.

After a 1-2-3 inning from Doyle, the top of Tennessee's order also went down in order. This allowed Texas to add another run off a double, wild pitch and sac-fly. With two outs and two on, Doyle gave up a triple to score another pair.

This made way for Arvidson to enter and get the final out of the frame. The Longhorns' lead had ballooned up to 4-0 through four innings, though.

The Vols got their first hit of the game in the top of the fifth thanks to a Dean Curley roped double to left. After a hit-by-pitch of Reese Chapman to get two on with one out, Texas went to the bullpen for the first time in the game.

Before a pitch could be thrown, the game underwent a delay with an umpire entering concussion protocol. When the game resumed, Clark reached on a fielding error to load the bases with one down.

To take advantage of the miscue, Peebles flared a single into center to score two runs. This brought the score to 4-2, still in the favor of Texas.

In the sixth, the Vols pushed back to tie the game. Tennessee used a Curley bases-loaded walk and sac-fly from Chapman to score two and notch the game at four.

After neither team did damage in the seventh, the Vols got a lead-off single from Fischer to start the eighth. A double play ended the threat, though.

Tennessee couldn't get a runner on in the ninth, creating a walk-off situation for Texas. Arvidson stayed in the game for the frame, recording three-straight outs to force extra innings. It wasn't without dramatics, though, as a two-out, two-strike pitch was hit just foul, but well gone.

In the 10th, Kilen became the hero for the moment. He hit a solo shot into the bullpen to give Tennessee a one-run lead in extras.

The Longhorns opened the inning with a single before an errant throw on a pick-off moved the runner to third. A following single tied the game.

Arvidson was then replaced by Loy who struck out one and intentionally walked another, with an open base, before Snead took over. Snead struck out both batters he faced to send it to the 11th.

Ensley got on to lead off the 11th on an infield single. After a pitching change to Dylan Volantis, the SEC Freshman of the Year, the Vols did no further damage and went into the bottom of the inning tied.

Snead returned in the 11th, but didn't have the same control. After issuing a lead-off walk, a pinch-runner entered and stole second with one out. With the base open and down 2-0, Snead opted to intentionally walk the batter. On a line-out, Ariel Antigua turned two to get out of the jam.

In the 12th, Clark worked a lead-off walk before being pinch-run for by Jay Abernathy. Peebles followed it up with a single to put two on with no outs. A bunt from Manny Marin moved the runners into scoring position.

Kilen became the hero again, ripping a double to score a pair. This would be all Tennessee got in the inning.

Snead stayed in for the 12th, producing a 1-2-3 inning and notching a win.

Tennessee is now one of the final four teams remaining in the 2025 SEC Baseball Tournament.

The Vols will square off with the winner of 4-seed Vanderbilt and 12-seed Oklahoma on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET. The game will air on SEC Network.

The Commodores are yet to play their first game of the tournament. The Sooners have notched wins over 13-seed Kentucky and 5-seed Georgia in low-scoring affairs to this point.

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