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Dave Van Horn discusses Arkansas' early offensive success in NCAA Tournament

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Arkansas caught fire in the second inning of its NCAA Tournament showdown against SEMO, scoring seven runs. During a break in the action, Arkansas head coach Dave Van Horn pulled back the curtain on the Razorbacks’ red-hot bats.

“We got a couple of big hits there and turned that into a really big inning,” Van Horn said. “I’m just proud of our guys. We gave a little bit of it back to them with a couple of walks and a big hit. It seems to have settled down but who knows what’s going to happen.”

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Arkansas’ electric second inning was highlighted by Ben McLaughlin’s three-run homer over the left field fence, which gave the Razorbacks a commanding 8-0 lead. It was McLaughlin’s eighth home run this season.

As Van Horn mentioned, Arkansas did not hold on to its massive lead. In the third inning, SEMO retaliated with four runs. SEMO didn’t slow down, piling in another four runs in the top of the fifth inning to even the game at eight runs.

Dave Van Horn and Co. will look to rediscover its offensive rhythm after failing to score since the second inning. Arkansas failed to win its Regional last season. The Razorbacks last reached the College World Series in 2022.

2024 NCAA Regionals – Times, TV Networks (all times ET)

Athens Regional

1:00 p.m. — (7) Georgia vs. Army | ESPN+
7:00 p.m. — Georgia Tech vs. UNC Wilmington | ESPN+

Bryan-College Station Regional

1:00 p.m. — (3) Texas A&M vs. Grambling State | ESPN+
6:00 p.m. — Texas vs. Louisiana | ESPN2 or ESPN+

Charlottesville Regional

(12) Virginia 4, Penn 2
7:00 p.m. — Mississippi State vs. St. John’s | ESPN+

Chapel Hill Regional

LSU 4, Wofford 3
6:00 p.m. — (4) North Carolina vs. Long Island University | ESPN+

Clemson Regional

Coastal Carolina 13, Vanderbilt 3
7:00 p.m. — (6) Clemson vs. High Point | ACCN or ESPN+

Corvallis Regional

4:00 p.m. — Nicholls State vs. UC Irvine | ESPN+
9:00 p.m. — (15) Oregon State vs. Tulane | ESPN2 or ESPN+

Fayetteville Regional

3:00 p.m. — (5) Arkansas vs. Southeast Missouri State | ESPN+
8:00 p.m. — Kansas State vs. Louisiana Tech | ESPN+

Greenville Regional

Evansville 4, (16) East Carolina 1
6:00 p.m. — Wake Forest vs. VCU | ESPNU or ESPN+

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Knoxville Regional

1:00 p.m. — Indiana vs. Southern Miss | ESPN+
7:00 p.m. — (1) Tennessee vs. Northern Kentucky | SECN or ESPN+

Lexington Regional

(2) Kentucky 10, Western Michigan 8
7:00 p.m. — Illinois vs. Indiana State | ESPN+

Norman Regional

UConn 4, Duke 1
7:00 p.m. — (9) Oklahoma vs. Oral Roberts | ESPN+

Raleigh Regional

2:00 p.m. — South Carolina vs. James Madison | ESPN+
7:00 p.m. — (10) NC State vs. Bryant | ESPN+

Santa Barbara Regional

3:00 p.m. — Oregon vs. San Diego | ESPNU or ESPN+
9:00 p.m. — (14) UC Santa Barbara vs. Fresno State | ESPN+

Stillwater Regional

3:00 p.m. — Florida vs. Nebraska | ESPN+
7:00 p.m. — (11) Oklahoma State vs. Niagara | ESPN+

Tallahassee Regional

(8) Florida State 7, Stetson 2
6:00 p.m. — Alabama vs. UCF | ESPN+

Tucson Regional

3:00 p.m. — West Virginia vs. Dallas Baptist | ESPN2 or ESPN+
9:00 p.m. — (13) Arizona vs. Grand Canyon | ESPN+