TUCSON, Ariz. — The Arizona Wildcats (33-24) hit the road to begin their NCAA Tournament journey this weekend at the Fayetteville Regional, where they will face the Arkansas Razorbacks, TCU Horned Frogs, and Santa Clara Broncos.

All games at the Fayetteville Regional will be televised on the ESPN family of networks and broadcast live on Wildcats Radio 1290 AM.

Arizona earned one of the last four spots in the NCAA Tournament during Monday's selection show, extending their postseason run to three consecutive seasons. This marks the Wildcats first time making three straight NCAA Tournament since 2010-12.

The Wildcats ride a hot streak into the weekend, having won seven of their last 10 games. Riding one of the nation's most potent offensive attacks and a rejuvenated pitching staff, the Cats entered last week's Pac-12 Baseball Tournament as the No. 8 seed and made a run all the way to the tournament final.

More information on the NCAA Fayetteville Regional can be found below.
 

Date	Opponent	Time (MST)	Arizona Pitcher	Opponent Pitcher
Friday, June 2	TCU	6:00 PM	RHP Cam Walty (5-0, 5.33)	RHP Kole Klecker (9-4, 4.04)
Saturday, June 3	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Sunday, June 4	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Monday, June 5	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Leading Off...

• The Arizona Wildcats continue their postseason journey with a berth in the NCAA Fayetteville Regional, where they will face Arkansas, TCU, and Santa Clara.
• All games will be televised on the ESPN family of networks with Mike Ferrin (PxP) and Greg Swindell (Analyst) on the call. 
• Arizona's games at the Fayetteville Regional will also be broadcast live on Wildcats Radio 1290 AM and The Varsity App with play-by-play from Brian Jeffries.
• The Wildcats selection to the NCAA Fayetteville Regional marks the program's 42nd NCAA Tournament appearances, the sixth most among all Division I programs.
• Arizona's roster features seven position players and eight pitchers who have combined to make 79 appearances with 174 at-bats and 38.2 innings in the NCAA Tournament.
• The Wildcats are led by first year head coach Chip Hale, a star player at Arizona from 1984-87. During his time in a Wildcat uniform Hale played in 16 NCAA Tournament games and won the 1986 College World Series.
• OF Chase Davis enters the Fayetteville Regional with 21 home runs on the year and 39 for his career. He is currently third on the Arizona career HR leaderboard and four shy of second place. His 21 homers this year are the third-most in a single season in program history.
• INF Kiko Romero's 86 RBI this year are tied with Ron Hassey (1974) for the most in a single season in program history.

SOME REGIONAL THEMES: The Arizona Wildcats begin their 42nd NCAA Tournament appearance this weekend at the NCAA Fayetteville Regional against host Arkansas (No. 3 national seed), TCU, and Santa Clara...All games in Fayetteville will be televised on the ESPN family of networks with Mike Ferrin (PxP) and Greg Swindell (Analyst) on the call...Arizona games at the regional will also be broadcast live on Wildcats Radio 1290 AM and The Varsity app with play-by-play from Brian Jeffries...Arizona's 42 NCAA Tournament appearances are the sixth most among all Division I programs...The Wildcats have NCAA postseason history with all three of the other programs in the Fayetteville Regional: Arizona is 1-1 against Arkansas, 1-0 against Santa Clara, and 0-1 against TCU in the NCAA Tournament...The Wildcats last faced TCU in the 2010 Fort Worth Regional, where the Horned Frogs won 11-5...Arizona last faced Santa Clara in the 1978 West Regional, when the Wildcats coming away with a 13-5 victory...The Cats have faced the Razorbacks twice in the tournament, with Arkansas winning the first matchup 10-3 at the 1979 College World Series and Arizona winning the rematch 7-2 at the 2004 CWS...Since the NCAA Tournament adopted the Super Regional format in 1999 the Wildcats have made 13 Regional appearances and advanced to the Super Regionals five times...Three of those Regional Championships since 1999 came on the road: 2004 South Bend Regional, 2008 Ann Arbor Regional, and the 2016 Lafayette Regional.

POSTSEASON POINTS:

• Arizona is participating in their 42nd NCAA Tournament in 2023, the sixth most in Division I history.
• The Wildcats sport an all-time winning record of 75-48 (.610) in the Regional/District round of the NCAA Baseball Championship, with 20 Regional/District championships (last: 2021).
• Since the NCAA Baseball Championship format change in 1999, Arizona has advanced to five Super Regional competitions.
• Arizona's current roster features a combined 174 at-bats and 38.2 innings of NCAA Tournament experience.

STREAKONOMICS: Outfielder Chase Davis strung together a 59-game on-base streak between May 8, 2022 and May 10, 2023 that tied the Arizona program record also previously accomplished by Cole Frenzel (2010-11) and Todd Trafton (1984-85). His streak ended with an 0-for-5 outing at No. 4 Stanford on May 12. His 45-game on-base streak this year was the second-longest posted by a Wildcat during the StatCrew era (1998-current). The longest active on-base streak on the team currently belongs to outfielder Mac Bingham, who has safely reached base in 15 straight games. Tony Bullard (9 games), Nik McClaughry (8 games), and Mac Bingham (6 games) all sport hit streaks of longer than five games. Freshman infielder Mason White saw his 17-game hit streak end on May 2 at Grand Canyon; it still stands as the longest streak by a Wildcat this season.

CRUSH DAVIS: Outfielder Chase Davis has proven himself to be a prolific power hitter during his collegiate career. After swatting 18 home runs during his sophomore campaign, he has followed up with a career-high 21 home runs so far this year to give him 39 career long balls. Davis enters the regional all alone in third place on the Wildcats career leaderboard. His 18 home runs last year led the team, ranked third in the Pac-12, and were tied for the sixth most in a single season in program history. His 21 home runs this year are third most in program history, the most in the Pac-12, and Top 25 nationally.

PAC-12 ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS: Five Arizona Baseball standouts were honored with Pac-12 postseason awards last week, highlighted by the selection of star shortstop Nik McClaughry as the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. In addition to McClaughry's major award selection he earned a spot on the Pac-12 All-Conference roster and Pac-12 All-Defensive Team. He was joined on the Pac-12 All-Conference team by outfielder Chase Davis, first baseman Kiko Romero, and outfielder Mac Bingham. Third baseman Tony Bullard also picked up Pac-12 All-Conference Honorable Mention recognition.

ALFA ROMERO: First baseman Kiko Romero has put together one of the most prolific run-producing seasons in Arizona history. His 86 RBI entering the regional lead the Pac-12 by 12 and are the fourth most among all Division I players. Additionally, his rate of 1.51 RBI per game is the fifth best mark in Division I. Romero currently sits in a tie for first place on the Arizona single-season leaderboard. The junior leads the team with 23 multi-RBI performances across 57 games this season, the most since Nick Quintana recorded 23 in 56 games in 2019.

LIVE BY THE LONG BALL: The Arizona lineup has slugged home runs at a historic rate this season, having crushed 93 homers in 57 games so far. Their production has been wide spread too, with five Wildcats — Chase Davis (21), Kiko Romero (19), Tony Bullard (12), Mac Bingham (10), and Emilio Corona (10) — swatting 10 or more home runs this season. This marks the first time an Arizona lineup has has five players with 10+ HR since the 1993 squad had five on a squad that set the program single-season record: George Arias (23), Jason Thompson (20), Todd Landry (17), Willie Morales (13), Robbie Moen (10).

DAVIS HONORED AS GOLDEN SPIKES SEMIFINALIST: Junior outfielder Chase Davis, one of the most accomplished sluggers in Arizona Baseball history, has been selected as one of 25 semifinalists for the Golden Spikes Award, USA Baseball announced on Monday. The Golden Spikes Award, now in its 45th year, is awarded annually to the nation's top amateur baseball player. Davis is the seventh Arizona player and the first outfielder to earn a spot on the Golden Spikes Award semifinalist list since 2007. He is one of just three Pac-12 players to earn the semifinalist distinction this year. 

McCLAUGHRY NAMED BROOKS WALLACE SEMIFINALIST: Arizona Baseball senior shortstop Nik McClaughry has been selected as a semifinalist for the 2023 Brooks Wallace Award, the College Baseball Foundation announced last week. The award honors the nation's top shortstop and will be presented this summer by the College Baseball Foundation. It is named for former Texas Tech shortstop Brooks Wallace, a slick-fielding shortstop who played for the Red Raiders from 1977 to 1980. Wallace died of leukemia at the age of 27.