FAYETTEVILLE — Eric Cole had three hits, a home run and scored five runs to help No. 5 national seed Arkansas advance to the College World Series with a 14-4 win over South Carolina in the deciding game of their NCAA super regional on Monday night.
The trip to Omaha is the first since 2015 for the Razorbacks (44-19), and it's their fifth in the last 16 seasons under coach Dave Van Horn.
Cole had a pair of RBIs for Arkansas, and Luke Bonfield added three hits and four RBIs. The Razorbacks scored five runs in the first inning, highlighted by a three-run home run by Carson Shaddy.