Tuesday, June 08, 2010

2 Demons on to Super Regionals

While we are cheering for Trecey Rew in the NCAA Track and Field Championships, we have two former Demon head coaches to root for in the 16-team NCAA Super Regionals in baseball.

Dave Van Horn (NSU head coach 1995-97) and his Arkansas Razorbacks will try to make it back to the College World Series for a second straight year, but it's a tough road. They beat Washington State in Fayetteville to win their regional, and now must visit No. 1-ranked Arizona State in a best-of-three series beginning Saturday.

Arkansas (43-19) takes on the Sun Devils (50-8)at 8 Saturday night on ESPNU, at 9 Sunday night on ESPN2 and perhaps at 6 Monday evening on ESPN2.

Mitch Gaspard was the Demons head coach from 2002-07, and is in his first year in that capacity with Alabama. He's gotten the Crimson Tide to rise at the right time. They rode an eight-game win streak into the SEC Tournament finals, before falling to LSU, but surprised high-seeded Georgia Tech to win the Atlanta Regional Sunday.

Bama (41-23) visits Clemson (41-22) beginning Saturday. The first game is at 5 on ESPNU, then Sunday's game is at 6 on ESPN2 and if there's a third game, it will be either at noon or 6 Monday on ESPN2, pending other Super Regional results.

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