Arkansas not only dominated the Fayetteville Regional, outscoring its opponents 26-6 across the three games, but the Regional All-Tournament Team with seven selections.
Catcher Ryder Helfrick also won tournament MVP. He started all three games behind the plate and finished the weekend 6-for-11 (.545) with three homers and 15 total bases.
That ball took a Ryde into the night pic.twitter.com/comNcLd9TQ
— Arkansas Baseball (@RazorbackBSB) June 2, 2025
Here is the full team, consisting of nine position players, two starters and two relievers.
Creighton finished with four players on the team, while North Dakota State had two. Kansas, after being eliminated and going 0-2, was not represented.
Ballots were passed out to members of the media in the seventh inning before Gabe Gaeckle took the mound for Arkansas. He would go on to strike out seven in three scoreless innings to record a save to punch the Razorbacks' ticket to the Super Regionals.
The regional was largely dominated by Arkansas on both sides of the ball, but Creighton left fielder Nolan Sailors finished his college career on a high. A senior who spent all four years as a Bluejay, finished his career 6-for-17 (.352) across four games.
Sailors, who is from Omaha playing for his home team, also made multiple plays in left field, including robbing fellow Omaha native Cam Kozeal of a homer.
Nolan Sailors with the robbery!
— Creighton Baseball (@CU_Baseball) June 2, 2025
B5 | Creighton 3, Arkansas 7#Homaha pic.twitter.com/0mLuegUo1l
He also was the only player to get a hit against an otherwise dominant first time through the order for Wood on the mound.
Wehiwa Aloy locked down the shortstop spot with his 19th and 20th home runs of the season. The way the structure of the voting works, only one player per infield position can receive a vote.
Ben North, the Creighton shortstop had the most success of the Bluejay hitters against Razorbacks pitching, getting both extra-base hits for Creighton against the Hogs.
His three -run homer in the regional final had the potential to change the momentum of the game when he cut a 6-0 deficit to 6-3. He also had a double in the first game.
However, Aloy had the most critical hit of the weekend, a tomahawked three-run homer against Creighton in the 1-0 game to stretch a 4-0 lead into 7-0.
Arkansas now awaits the winner of the Knoxville Regional. Wake Forest forced a decisive final game after winning on a walk-off walk against Tennessee Saturday.
First pitch for that game is scheduled for 5 p.m. Monday and will be broadcast on ESPN2. The winner of that game will be sent to Fayetteville for a best of three series against the Razorbacks with a trip to the College World Series on the line.
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