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Big 12 teams opened NCAA Championship play with a 4-1 record on Friday.
Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas Tech and West Virginia collected opening wins in their respective regionals to advance in the winners bracket, while Baylor dropped a heartbreaker.
The Conference has now improved to 237-167 (.587) in regional play.
After a 13-2 upset win over No. 2 California in the Fayetteville Regional, TCU will play Arkansas on Saturday. Baylor dropped a tough pitching duel to Loyola Marymount, 3-1, and will face Omaha in an elimination game at 4 p.m. CT in the Los Angeles Regional.
Texas Tech, which boasts of the nation’s best offenses, sprinted out to an 11-2 victory over Army West Point and will face Dallas Baptist in a winners bracket matchup in Lubbock on Saturday night.
West Virginia fought off an early deficit and picked up a 6-2 win over Fordham in its first regional game in Morgantown since 1955. The Mountaineers play No. 3-seed Duke in a 6 p.m. CT first pitch.
In the Oklahoma City Regional, the Cowboys registered a 2-0 shutout over Harvard and will play Nebraska in a 7 p.m. CT contest on Saturday.
Friday, May 31 Results and Saturday, June 1 Schedule (Times CT)
Fayetteville Regional hosted by Arkansas – plays winner of Oxford Regional
#1 Arkansas 11, #4 Central Conn. St. 5
#3 TCU 13, #2 California 2
#2 California (32-19) vs. #4 Central Conn. St. (30-22), Noon, ESPN3
#1 Arkansas (42-17) vs. #3 TCU (33-26), 6 p.m., ESPN3
Los Angeles Regional hosted by UCLA – plays winner of Corvallis Regional
#3 Loyola Marymount [CA] 3, #2 Baylor 1
#1 UCLA 5, #4 Omaha 2
#2 Baylor (34-18) vs. #4 Omaha (31-23-1), 4 p.m., ESPN3
#1 UCLA (48-8) vs. #3 Loyola Marymount [CA] (33-23), 9 p.m., ESPN3
Lubbock Regional hosted by Texas Tech – plays winner of Oklahoma City Regional
#1 Texas Tech 11, #4 Army West Point 2
#2 Dallas Baptist 11, #3 Florida 8
#3 Florida (33-25) vs. #4 Army West Point (35-25), Noon., ESPN3
#1 Texas Tech (40-17) vs. #2 Dallas Baptist (42-18), 6 p.m., ESPN3
Morgantown Regional hosted by West Virginia – plays winner of Nashville Regional
#3 Duke 8, #2 Texas A&M 5
#1 West Virginia (37-20) 6, #4 Fordham 2
#2 Texas A&M (37-22-1) vs. #4 Fordham (38-23), 1 p.m., ESPN3
#1 West Virginia (38-20) vs. #3 Duke (32-25), 6 p.m., ESPN2
Oklahoma City Regional hosted by Oklahoma State – plays winner of Lubbock Regional
#3 Nebraska 8, #2 UConn 5
#1 Oklahoma State 2, #4 Harvard 0
#2 UConn (36-24) vs. #4 Harvard (27-15), 1 p.m., ESPN3
#1 Oklahoma State (37-18) vs. #3 Nebraska (32-22), 7 p.m., ESPN3
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