Hogs down Tennessee for first SEC Tournament title

Now Dave Van Horn can focus on what has been the primary goal for Arkansas all season and that’s the first national championship in history.

The Razorbacks picked up their first SEC Tournament title with a 7-2 win over Tennessee on Sunday afternoon that followed a customary pattern.

Jaxon Wiggins started on the mound and survived 3.2 innings, then the Hogs’ bats got going, Kevin Kopps came into the game in the seventh and it was over.

Wiggins scattered four hits and Tennessee got a run across in the first inning when Drew Gilbert singled through the right side of the infield to score Jake Rucker and have a 1-0 lead that held up until the fifth.

A pair of RBI singles from Jalen Battles and Zack Gregory combined with a sacrifice fly from Matt Goodheart gave the Hogs a 3-1 lead but they weren’t done.

Battles homered in the seventh and in the eighth, Robert Moore delivered an RBI single that was followed by Cullen Smith’s two-run homer.

With Kopps already on the mound that was more than the usual cushion he deals with coming into games.

Sat, Sep 5	vs North Alabama	W 31-14
Sat, Sep 12	@ Utah	L, 43-10
Sat, Sep 19	Georgia	L, 45-17
Sat, Sep 26	Tulsa	W 34-6
Sat, Oct 3	@ Texas A&M	6:00 PM ESPN or ESPN2
Sat, Oct 10	Tennessee	3:15 PM SEC Network
Sat, Oct 17	@ Vanderbilt	TBA
Sat, Oct 31	vs Missouri	TBA
Sat, Nov 7	@ Auburn	TBA
Sat, Nov 14	South Carolina	TBA
Sat, Nov 21	@ Texas	TBA
Sat, Nov 28	vs LSU	TBA

OVERALL		Record	Pts
1.	Bentonville (15)	4-0	192	1
2.	Conway	3-1	158	2
3.	Shiloh Christian (2)	4-0	153	3
4.	Bentonville West (2)	4-0	143	4
5.	Joe T. Robinson	4-0	107	5
6.	Searcy	4-0	96	6
7.	North Little Rock	4-0	89	9
8.	Bryant (1)	1-3	37	8
9.	Sylvan Hills	4-0	31	—
10.	Benton	2-2	18	9
Others receiving votes: Springdale Har-Ber 17, Sheridan 13, Greenwood 9, Fayetteville 9, El Dorado 5, Mountain Home 5, Stuttgart 5, Pulaski Academy 4, LR Mills 4, Farmington 3, LR Parkview 2.

CLASS 7A
1.	Bentonville (15)	4-0	92	1
2.	Conway	3-1	65	2
3.	Shiloh Christian (2)	4-0	56	3
4.	Bentonville West (2)	4-0	52	4
5.	North Little Rock	4-0	20	5
Others receiving votes: Bryant (1) 14, Springdale Har-Ber 1.

CLASS 6A
1.	Searcy (19)	4-0	99	1
2.	Sylvan Hills	3-1	60	3
3.	Benton (1)	2-2	46	2
4.	Sheridan	4-0	29	—
4.	El Dorado	3-1	26	4
Others receiving votes: Mountain Home 25, Van Buren 15.

CLASS 5A
1.	Joe T. Robinson (20)	4-0	100	1
2.	Greenwood	2-2	61	2
3.	Little Rock Parkview	3-1	46	—
4.	Farmington	4-0	44	4
5.	Little Rock Mills	4-0	15	—
Others receiving votes: Valley View 10, Greenbrier 10, HS Lakeside 4, Jacksonville 4, Camden Fairview 4, Pine Bluff 2.

CLASS 4A
1.	Stuttgart (16)	4-0	95	1
2.	Nashville (2)	4-0	77	2
3.	Gosnell (1)	4-0	43	3
4.	Ozark	4-0	29	—
5.	Elkins	3-1	5	5
Others receiving votes: Fountain Lake 10, Gravette 8, Arkadelphia 6, Forrest City 5, Hamburg 3, Pottsville 2, Lonoke 1.

CLASS 3A
1.	Fordyce (12)	2-1	85	1
2.	Bismarck (1)	3-1	61	2
3.	Smackover (4)	4-0	46	4
4.	Mansfield (2)	3-2	38	3
5.	Rivercrest	223-1	22	5
Others receiving votes: Glen Rose 20, Walnut Ridge (1) 12, Rison 8, Palestine-Wheatley 3, Newport 2, Quitman 2, Atkins 1.

CLASS 2A
1.	Mount Ida (15)	5-0	93	1
2.	Baptist Prep (4)	4-0	71	2
3.	Junction City	2-3	30	3
4.	Marked Tree	3-1	22	—
5.	Gurdon	3-2	19	—
Others receiving votes: East Poinsett County 17, Earle (1) 13, Bigelow 11, Bearden 7, Hazen 6, Dierks 5, Des Arc 3, Hector 2, England 1.

8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.	Corning (8)	4-0	34	1
2.	Cedar Ridge (6)	4-0	32	2
3.	Magazine (1)	2-0	12	—
Others receiving votes: Izard County 8, Woodlawn 3, Rose Bud 1.

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