Wildcats beat UC Santa Barbara to win Tucson Regional

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TUCSON, Arizona (KOLD News 13) – Arizona had another strong pitching performance on Sunday evening June 6th when the Wildcats beat UC Santa Barbara 5-2 to win the Tucson Regional.

Arizona will face either Ole Miss or Southern Miss in a super-regional series. The teams play on Monday at 10 a.m. to decide who can compete against the Wildcats in a best-of-three series with a ticket to the College World Series.

Chandler Murphy gave up seven hits but only ran one run in five innings for the Wildcats to take his seventh win. Randy Abshier, Dawson Network, Gil Luna, Preston Price and Vince Vannelle also took the hill for Arizona. Vannelle earned the Save, his eighth.

Ryan Holgate went 2 for 3 for Arizona with two RBIs and two runs scored. Nik McClaughry added two RBIs while Tony Bullard scored twice.

Tucson Regional Schedule:

Friday 4th June

Game 1: UC Santa Barbara 14, Oklahoma State 4

Game 2: Arizona 12, Grand Canyon 6

Saturday 5th June

Game 3: Oklahoma State 5, Grand Canyon 3

Game 4: Arizona 4, UC Santa Barbara 0

Sunday June 6th

Game 5: UC Santa Barbara 13, Oklahoma State 3

Game 6: Arizona 5, UC Santa Barbara 2

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