In February, when Arkansas baseball entered the season in the Top 10 every preseason poll
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Little attention was paid to sophomore right-hander Will McEntire.
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Arkansas baseball coach Dave Van Horn had come to lean on McEntire more than any other pitcher on the roster
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It was no surprise, then, that Van Horn, facing elimination, handed the ball to the 6-foot-2, 225-pound sophomore on Tuesday night.
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With Hagen Smith, the Saturday starter for most of the year, largely moved to the bullpen and Jaxon Wiggins
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“Will The Thrill” like Arkansas basketball coach Eric Musselman did or “Mac Daddy,”
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carry a no-hitter to the fourth inning and ultimately give up just one run on three hits with one walk and nine strikeouts
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the win puts Arkansas just two wins away from making its third College World Series Finals appearance in program history.
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It also marks the Hogs’ 45th win of the season & a benchmark of excellence that no other college baseball team can match over the last five completed seasons
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Just as important was the Arkansas lineup getting back to doing the things it was doing in the Stillwater Regional and Chapel Hill Super Regional.