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State of the Hogs: Moore's 'slug bunt' ignites 4-run inning

FAYETTEVILLE — Over the last decade, three times Arkansas baseball players have called their coach by his initials or simply by his last name in the interview room.

Dave Van Horn has always been amused. Chris Oliver and Isaiah Campbell both just called him by his last name. Carson Shaddy called him by his initials.

However, Robert Moore’s reference to the key moment in the Hogs’ 9-3 victory over Gonzaga on Friday provided a first in Van Horn’s 18 years at the helm. The youngest player in the history of Van Horn’s career also became the first to call his coach simply “Dave.