Top-seeded Texas let a lead slip away and bowed out of the Southeastern Conference baseball tournament early, falling to Tennessee 7-5 in 12 innings Thursday at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover,

Heading into their game on Thursday afternoon, the No. 2 Texas Longhorns (42-12) found themselves in a fairly comfortable position. They'd won the regular seaso

After losing in the quarterfinal round of the SEC Tournament, the Longhorns must turn their attention to their upcoming NCAA regional.

Tennessee softball will face Nebraska at 2 p.m. ET on May 25 in Game 3 of the NCAA super regional with a trip to the WCWS on the line.

Leighann Goode had three hits and drove in two runs, Mac Morgan survived a shaky seventh inning in the circle, and Texas defeated Clemson 6-5 on Saturday night to win the Austin Super Regional. The Longhorns took two of three games from the Tigers and advanced to the Women's College World Series for the eighth time.