Wright State catcher Sean Murphy (Wright State Athletics)

Dispatches From Champaign: May 31

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — When Wright State pitcher Jack Van Horn celebrated his 23rd birthday on Saturday, the Raiders hadn’t won a regional game since 1993, when he was 1 year old.

On Sunday, Van Horn, a redshirt junior with only two previous starts in his collegiate career, was told with less than an hour’s notice that he’d have to go out there and get the Raiders’ second regional win in an afternoon.

“Yeah, it was right after Notre Dame lost,” Van Horn said. “Like five minutes after Notre Dame lost.”

Van Horn responded by throwing eight of the unlikeliest innings of shutout[…]