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All on the line: Nebraska to face Arkansas in Fayetteville Regional final

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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Nebraska and Arkansas will play one more time with a trip to the Super Regionals at stake.

Sunday night, the Huskers completed a come-from-behind victory to upset the Razorbacks 5-3 in Fayetteville, setting up a winner-take-all Game 7 situation. The two teams split their first two meetings in the opening weekend of the NCAA baseball tournament.

Nebraska struck first in Sunday night’s game thanks to a solo home run from Jaxon Hallmark in the bottom of the 1st inning, taking an early 1-0 lead. Arkansas responded with a 3-run inning in the top of the 3rd to take a 2-run lead.

In the bottom of the 5th, the Huskers enjoyed their own 3-run inning thanks to 2-out, 2-run single from Griffin Everitt, which ended up being the game-winning swing. Neither team scored the rest of the way.

Spencer Schwellenbach got the win for the Huskers on the mound. He went 4.2 innings, surrendering just 1 hit and 2 walks. He struck out 4 batters and did not give up a run. Kyle Perry gave up 3 runs on 3 hits, 3 walks and 2 errors in 4.1 innings of work. He also fanned 7 Arkansas hitters.

Hallmark and Everitt both ended the game with 2 RBIs and Schwellenbach also added an RBI.

Nebraska and Arkansas will play Monday night with first pitch scheduled for 7 p.m. ET and the game airing on ESPN2. Below are highlights from Sunday’s victory:

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB