Illini LHP Cooper Omans Scratched from NCAA Lexington Regional with Arm Soreness

Illinois entered the 2024 Lexington Regional without consistent weekend starting pitcher Cooper Omans due to what was classified as arm soreness

Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer

June 2, 2024

LEXINGTON, Ky.  — If Illinois was going to win the program’s first NCAA regional away from home, it was going to have to be without a key piece of its weekend starting pitching rotation.

Cooper Omans, a fifth-year senior left-hander, was scratched from this weekend due to what Illinois head coach Dan Hartleb called arm soreness . . .

 

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