Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
CAMPBELL STAYS
calm in super regional final.
FAYETTEVILLE — Blaine Knight and Kacey Murphy walked and talked with Arkansas Razorbacks right-hander Isaiah Campbell on his stroll to the bullpen prior to his Monday night start against South Carolina in the NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional.
Believe in your stuff and attack the strike zone, the veteran pitchers counseled.
Campbell delivered four solid innings for the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, which clobbered the Gamecocks 14-4 to advance to its ninth College World Series.
Campbell didn’t last the requisite five innings to pick up the victory, but he allowed just 2 earned runs on 4 hits through 4-plus innings.
“You live for this moment,” Campbell said. “It’s Game 3 of a super regional to go to Omaha. That’s what you’ve dreamed about your whole life, to go to Omaha. So I didn’t put any pressure on myself.
“No one on this team put any pressure on themselves. We had a really loose locker room before the game. It was really good to see.”