Baum-Walker Stadium is hosting NCAA Regionals yet again with Nebraska, Northeastern and New Jersey Tech joining the No. 1 Razorbacks in the Fayetteville NCAA Regional.
Arkansas earned the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history.
The Razorbacks will open the tournament on Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. with Nebraska and Northeastern facing off at 7 p.m.
Information from Arkansas Communications is included in this story.
Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn said after the 7-2 win over Tennessee he wanted to win and made sure players knew he wanted to win tourney.
Hogs shortstop Jalen Battles (3-for-4, 2 RBI) had big tournament championship game in the field and at the plate with a big homer.
Arkansas first baseman Cullen Smith on his two-run homer in the eighth inning and winning tournament for coach Dave Van Horn.
Tennessee coach Tony Vitello talked with the media after losing in the SEC Tournament championship game to Arkansas, 7-2.
Now Dave Van Horn can focus on what has been the primary goal for Arkansas all season and that’s the first national championship in history.
The Razorbacks picked up their first SEC Tournament title with a 7-2 win over Tennessee on Sunday afternoon that followed a customary pattern.
Jaxon Wiggins started on the mound and survived 3.2 innings, then the Hogs’ bats got going, Kevin Kopps came into the game in the seventh and it was over.
Wiggins scattered four hits and Tennessee got a run across in the first inning when Drew Gilbert singled through the right side of the infield to score Jake Rucker and have a 1-0 lead that held up until the fifth.
A pair of RBI singles from Jalen Battles and Zack Gregory combined with a sacrifice fly from Matt Goodheart gave the Hogs a 3-1 lead but they weren’t done.
Battles homered in the seventh and in the eighth, Robert Moore delivered an RBI single that was followed by Cullen Smith’s two-run homer.
With Kopps already on the mound that was more than the usual cushion he deals with coming into games.
After a year of struggles for Connor Noland, he came on in relief Saturday against the Rebels and didn’t give up a hit, striking out four.
Dave Van Horn said after Saturday’s 4-3 over the Rebels he isn’t surprised to be playing Tennessee after they won the East regular-season title.
Arkansas catcher Casey Opitz felt the pitchers all had pretty good days in holding Ole Miss off in 4-3 win to set up title game with Vols.
The Hogs dropped a 4-1 game to Arizona on Saturday and Courtney Deifel was emotional at times talking about what this team accomplished.
Arkansas dropped the second game in the Super Regional on Saturday and redshirt junior Danielle Gibson talked about the emotions.
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