This is not an easy sport, and there are no easy moments, and an Arkansas team that struggled at the plate in the regional round did no such thing Friday night. There’s not an explainer necessary, not a point of clarification worthwhile; Arkansas crushed the ball all night, NC State did not, and the Razorbacks won by a million.
The good news is that the Razorbacks’ results count only once; they won twice over, but it counts only the one time. The bad news is that NC State lost in this way while throwing its ace, and it did not force the issue onto Kevin Kopps.