N.C. State Beating Arkansas in Super Regional Bigger Than 1983 Final Four
On 6/14/21 at 12:51 AM EDT
If baseball were football on Friday night, then the Arkansas Razorbacks would have beaten North Carolina State by scoring three touchdowns and allowing a safety. That 21-2 win during the first game of the 2021 NCAA Super Regionals wasn t enough to get the No. 1-ranked Razorbacks to the College World Series, though. They needed one more win.
The N.C. State Wolfpack prevailed Saturday by one run, setting up a winner-take-all on Sunday. N.C. State then eeked out a one-run win, 3-2, over the Hogs in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
North Carolina State, Texas, Tennessee and Arizona locked up spots in the College World Series on Sunday, with the Wolfpack knocking out No. 1 national seed Arkansas.
North Carolina State, Texas, Tennessee and Arizona locked up spots in the College World Series on Sunday, with the Wolfpack knocking out No. 1 national seed Arkansas.
Two days after losing its NCAA super regional opener by 19 runs, Jose Torres hit a tiebreaking home run in the top of the ninth inning off SEC pitcher of the year Kevin Kopps and NC State beat the Razorbacks 3-2 in the deciding Game 3.
Tennessee defeated LSU 15-6 and Texas beat South Florida 12-4 to complete two-game sweeps, and Arizona won a three-game series with a 16-3 victory over Mississippi.
Virginia beat Dallas Baptist 4-0 and Notre Dame defeated Mississippi State 9-1 to force deciding third games Monday.