Murray State won a regional at Ole Miss and a super regional at Duke to become the fourth No. 4 seed to make it to Omaha. The Racers are led by Dan Skirka, the national coach of the year who had a pit stop at Ouachita Baptist early in his coaching career.

Arkansas' Gage Wood pitched the first no-hitter in College World Series in 65 years in a 3-0 win over Murray State to keep the season alive with 19 strikeouts. The 19 strikeouts are the most in a College World Series game and the most in program history breaking Hagen Smith's record of 17 against Oregon State in 2024.

Arkansas and Murray State meet in College World Series action on Monday afternoon in a must-win game for both teams in the double-elimination format.

OMAHA, Neb. — The foundation for Murray State baseball coach Dan Skirka included a pit stop in Southwest Arkansas. In 2009, Skirka was just a couple of years removed from a standout playing career as a shortstop at Grand Valley State when he spent a year as a graduate assistant at Ouachita Baptist in Arkadelphia.

Each year removed from game two of the 2018 College World Series championship against Oregon State feels like cutting open scar tissue over again. When fans finally feel like this could be the year, everything that this Arkansas baseball team had become leading up to the most important game of the season is undone.

Murray State and No. 15 UCLA saw their first action of the 2025 Men's College World Series on Saturday, where the former’s ongoing Cinderella story hit a bit of a snag in Game 3 after the Bruins’ 6-4 win.

AJ Salgado hits a two-run double and Michael Barnett holds Murray State to three hits and a run in UCLA's 6-4 win at the College World Series.