And while much was made of the Southeastern Conference earning eight of the top 16 seeds in the tournament, only Arkansas and LSU made it to Omaha, Neb. More: Texas baseball report card: The good and bad of Horns' debut SEC season Those two SEC teams will face each other in the opening round,

The 2025 College Baseball World Series rolled along on Monday with a pair of Bracket 2 games in Omaha. In the opening matchup, Arkansas defeated Murray State 3-0 in an elimination game behind a no-hitter by Gage Wood to keep its title hopes intact.

Gage Wood said he had one thing on his mind after tossing a strike for the final out of a historic College World Series no-hitter, which led Arkansas past Murray State and extended his season: "We're not going home.

Arkansas and Omaha. For a place that is supposed to be the Mecca of college baseball, it hasn’t been particularly kind to the Razorbacks. Each of the last three times, and four of their last five the Hogs have been to the College World Series,

Wood had 19 strikeouts to complete just the third no-hitter in MCWS history and end the Racers' Cinderella run.

Gage Wood kept the Razorbacks alive with an outing against Murray State described by his pitching coach as “by far the greatest performance I’ve ever seen.”