Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
TEAM CAPSULES
NO. 1 SEED ARKANSAS RECORD 39-18, 18-12, tied for 1st in SEC West
COACH Dave Van Horn (633-401 in 16th year at Arkansas, 1,218-601 in 30th year overall)
KEY PLAYERS RHP Blaine Knight (10-0, 2.78 ERA), 3B Casey Martin (.343, 13 HR, 43 RBI), LF Heston Kjerstad (.336, 11 HR, 47 RBI), 2B Carson Shaddy (.327, 10 HR, 38 RBI), RF Eric Cole (.325, 12 HR, 44 RBI)
NOTEWORTHY Arkansas has won home NCAA regionals twice in six previous appearances. The Razorbacks are 29-3 at Baum Stadium this season.
NO. 2 SEED SOUTHERN MISS RECORD 43-16, 23-6, 1st in Conference USA
COACH Scott Berry (342-189-1 in 9th year at USM and overall)
KEY PLAYERS RHP Nick Sandlin (9-0, 1.13 ERA, 134 K, 15 BB), 3B Luke Reynolds (.400, 15 HR, 60 RBI), CF Matt Wallner (.358, 16 HR, 66 RBI), RHP Walker Powell (7-2, 3.53 ERA)
NOTEWORTHY Southern Miss has a 15-5 record against two of the other regional teams: 10-4 vs. Arkansas and 5-1 vs. Dallas Baptist.
NO. 3 SEED DALLAS BAPTIST RECORD 40-19, 16-5, 2nd in Missouri Valley
COACH Coach Dan Heefner (428-227 in 11th year at DBU)
KEY PLAYERS RF/1B Devlin Granberg (.426, 11 HR, 65 RBI), CF Jameson Hannah (.360, 6 HR, 45 RBI), 1B Kody Funderburk (.313, 12 HR, 47 RBI), RHP Trevor Conn (8-1, 2.92 ERA), SS Jimmy Glowenke (.327, 9 HR, 45 RBI)
NOTEWORTHY DBU is one of 10 teams to play in the NCAA Tournament the last five seasons along with Florida, LSU, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma State, Clemson, Florida State, Cal State-Fullerton and Louisville.
NO. 4 SEED ORAL ROBERTS RECORD 38-18, 24-6, 1st Summit League
COACH Ryan Folmar (215-129 in 6th year at ORU)
KEY PLAYERS DH Noah Cummings (.323, 9 HR, 55 RBI), 1B Spencer Henson (.368, 9 HR, 54 RBI), RHP Justin McGregor (8-1, 2.56 ERA), LHP Miguel Ausua (8-1, 3.27 ERA)
NOTEWORTHY ORU has a 34-50 in 28 NCAA appearances, including 1-2 in the Fayetteville Regional last season.