FAYETTEVILLE — It’s the oldest cliché in sports: The team that plays the hardest wins the most.
Sometimes playing hard leads to aggressive mistakes and won’t effect the outcome. That seemed to be the saving grace for No. 19 Nebraska in a 5-3 victory over No. 1 Arkansas on Sunday night at Baum-Walker Stadium.
The Cornhuskers staved off elimination in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional despite running into two double plays on line outs, making outs at third and home plate to hurt rallies, and giving up two runs on a wild pitch.
The Razorbacks could not take advantage because they committed three errors, made pitching mistakes on two-strike counts and succumbed to superb pitching.