It's no secret that talk around the office vending machines across Arkansas have sometimes circled around to whether Razorbacks baseball coach Dave Van Horn will hang it up if he wins the national championship this season.

Tennessee, much like the entire second half of this baseball season, just couldn’t quite put the pieces together this weekend in Fayetteville. The Volunteers dropped a must-win game No. 2 on Sunday afternoon as Arkansas got to Liam Doyle early on and never let up.

A grand slam by Logan Maxwell in the fourth inning helped Arkansas punch its ticket to Omaha for the 12th time in school history and the first time since 2022.