Arkansas Headed to Fourth Straight Super Regional
The Arkansas Razorbacks punched their ticket to the NCAA Super Regional with a 7-3 victory over the #1 seeded Oklahoma State Cowboys yesterday in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Hagen Smith escaped a bases-loaded jam with his team up two runs in the eighth to help the Hogs reach a fourth straight super regional. Jalen Battles led the way at the plate, going 2 for 3 with 2 RBI’s and 2 runs scored. Peyton Stovall was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI’s, while Michael Turner went 1 for 4 with 2 RBI’s and a run scored.
The Razorbacks will now head to the Chapel Hill Super Regional to play a best-of-three-game series at UNC beginning Friday, June 10, or Saturday, June 11, at Boshamer Stadium in Chapel Hill, N.C.
The matchups:
Notre Dame (38-14) at No. 1 national seed Tennessee (56-7)
Connecticut (49-14) at Stanford (45-15)
Auburn (40-19) at Oregon State (47-16)
Oklahoma (40-21) at No. 4 Virginia Tech (44-12)
Louisville (41-19-1) at No. 5 Texas A&M (40-18)
Texas (45-19) at East Carolina (45-19)
Mississippi (35-22) at Southern Mississippi (47-17)
Arkansas (41-19) at North Carolina (42-20)
Matchups for the NCAA baseball super regionals were set Monday night. The best-of-three super regionals begin Friday and will determine the field for the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, beginning June 17.
