Van Horn Leads Hogs Against Virginia In CWS

OMAHA, Nebraska – Seconds after Dave Van Horn stepped from the podium after Friday’s coaches’ press conference he was surrounded by local Nebraska media. Van Horn left eastern Nebraska 13 years ago to go get his national championship, they remind him. A championship that, of course, has not come yet.

His fourth try from Fayetteville begins Saturday at 2 p.m. Arkansas plays Virginia in the College World Series opener at TD Ameritrade Park. The Cavaliers finished at national runners-up last season and knocked Arkansas out of the NCAA Tournament in the Charlottesville, Virginia, Regional.

The title didn’t come that year. It didn’t come in 2004 or 2009 or 2012 when the Razorbacks made it to…