FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The fourth-ranked Arkansas baseball team is set for its eighth Super Regional appearance in program history this weekend, welcoming Ole Miss to town with a College World Series appearance on the line at Baum-Walker Stadium.
The Hogs and Rebels will face off in a best-of-three series starting on Saturday with first pitch set for 11 a.m. on ESPN. Game two will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday on ESPNU. If necessary, game three will be on Monday at 3 p.m. on ESPN2.
Arkansas is fresh off a clean sweep of the Fayetteville Regional with a win over Central Connecticut State (11-5) and two wins over TCU (3-1, 6-0). The Razorback starting pitching was on point throughout the weekend as the trio of Isaiah Campbell, Connor Noland and Patrick Wicklander combined for a 0.99 ERA over 18 1/3 innings and struck out 17. Campbell tied his career-best outing, going eight innings with eight strikeouts against the Horned Frogs.
The Razorbacks are making their eighth appearance in a super regional in school history and first time in back-to-back years. This week will mark the fourth time Arkansas has ever hosted the super regional round (2004, 2015, 2018, 2019) and are 6-2 in those games.
On the flip side, Ole Miss comes in as the winner of the Oxford Regional, sweeping the field in their own right with wins over Jacksonville State (16-2, 19-4) and Clemson (6-1). The Rebels are appearing in their sixth Super Regional and first since 2014.
This will be the sixth time Arkansas and Ole Miss have faced off this year, including a three-game series at Baum Stadium and two games in the SEC Tournament. The Rebels are the only team to beat the Razorbacks in a series at home this year and have won each of their last two series in Baum-Walker Stadium (2017, 2019). The two teams split a pair of games at the SEC Tournament before Ole Miss reached the SEC Tournament final for the second-straight year.
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