By Otis Kirk
FAYETTEVILLE -- Arkansas will be joined at the Fayetteville Regional by Santa Clara, Arizona and TCU.
The Hogs will face Santa Clara at 2 p.m. on Friday with Arizona taking on TCU at 8 p.m. in the other first-round game. Here's a closer look at the three teams coming to Fayetteville.
No. 2 TCU (37-22, Won 6 in row)
Defeated Arkansas 18-6 on Feb. 18 in Arlington, Texas. Also defeated Vanderbilt 11-4 and fell to Missouri 9-8 in 10 innings at Arlington. But that was early in the season. They defeated Oklahoma State 12-5 to win the Big 12 Tournament. Their last loss was May 17 to Kansas State 7-6.
Catcher Karson Bowen, 6 home runs, .345 batting average
Shortstop Anthony Silva, 7 home runs, .342
First Baseman Cole Fontenelle, 11 home runs, .325
Third Baseman Braydon Taylor, 20 home runs, .306
Kole Klecker, 9-4, 3.04 ERA
Cam Brown, 3-2, 5.25
Garrett Wright, 2-2, 3.52, 4 saves
Louis Rodriguez, 2-1, 4.53, 3 saves
No. 3 Arizona (33-24, Lost 1 in row, won 7 of last 9 games)
Left Fielder Chase Davis, 21 home runs, .369 batting average
Center Fielder Max Bingham, 10 home runs, .369
First Baseman Kiko Romero, 19 home runs, 86 runs batted in, .347
Third Baseman Tony Bullard, 12 home runs, .335
Bradon Zastrow, 6-5, 5.28 earned run average
Aiden Roy, 5-2, 6.50
Trevor Long, 2-5, 5.63, 5 saves
No. 4 Santa Clara (35-18, Won 8 in row)
Santa Clara is very dangerous No. 4 seed. They split with Stanford who is a national seed. Santa Clara downed Stanford 10-5 on March 7, but lost to them 20-17 on May 9. Last loss was to Portland 8-4 on May 13.
Center Fielder Coleman Brigman, 12 home runs, .303 batting average
First Baseman Efrain Mango, 17 home runs, 54 runs batted in, .318
Cole Kitchen, 15 starts, 3-2, 4.25 earned run average
Jared Felkes, 13 starts, 6-1, 5.05
August Souza, 1-2, 1.69, 5 saves
The winner of the Fayetteville Regional will oppose the winner of the Terre Haute Regional hosted by Indiana State in the super regional.
NCAA Fayetteville Regional
Friday, June 2
Game 1 – Arkansas vs. Santa Clara – 2 p.m. (ESPN+)
Game 2 – TCU vs. Arizona – 8 p.m. (ESPNU)
Saturday, June 3
Game 3 – Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser – 2 p.m.
Game 4 – Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner – 8 p.m.
Sunday, June 4
Game 5 – Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser – 2 p.m.
Game 6 – Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner – 8 p.m.
Monday, June 5 (If Necessary)
Game 7 – If the Game 5 Winner Wins Game 6 – TBD