Arkansas Faces Northeastern in Sunday Noon Elimination Game — Northeastern Baseball

Arkansas and Northeastern meet in northeastern baseball on Sunday at noon at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Kansas, with the loser eliminated from the NCAA Lawrence Regional. The winner keeps playing Sunday and Monday, needing two wins Sunday and one Monday to claim the regional.

Hoglund Ballpark Matchup

Arkansas is the No. 2 seed and Northeastern is the No. 4 seed. The game will decide which team stays alive long enough to reach the regional championship round against top-seeded Kansas at 5 p.m. Sunday.

Tate McGuire is scheduled to start for Arkansas. He is 1-1 with a 5.20 ERA and a 1.33 WHIP in 45 innings, a workload that gives the Razorbacks a clear arm at the front of an elimination game.

Van Horn And Glavine

Dave Van Horn enters with a 973-493 record in his 24th season at Arkansas and a 1,293-650 mark in his 32nd season overall in Division I. Mike Glavine is 396-241-1 in his 12th season at Northeastern.

The teams arrive with similar offensive profiles but different run-prevention numbers. Arkansas has a 7.10 scoring average, a.273 batting average and a.247 opposing batting average, while Northeastern has a 7.27 scoring average, a.279 batting average and a.234 opposing batting average.

Broadcast And Conditions

ESPNU will televise the game, with Victor Rojas and Connor Wanhanen on the call. Phil Elson and Bubba Carpenter will handle the Razorback Sports Network feed, which is available through local FM and AM affiliates, the Arkansas Razorbacks Gameday app, the Varsity Network app and ArkansasRazorbacks.com, with blackouts possible.

The forecast adds another layer. The National Weather Service is calling for a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms Sunday afternoon in Lawrence, along with a high of 88 degrees and east winds of 5-10 mph that could gust to 20 mph. Those conditions sit over a game in which every pitch can move a team one step closer to the regional title round or straight out of it.