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	L, 34-7
Sat, Oct 10	Tennessee	L, 24-17
Sat, Oct 17	@ Vanderbilt	W 31-21
Sat, Oct 31	vs Missouri	6:45 PM SEC Network
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.	Shiloh Christian (16)	7-0	187	1
2.	Bentonville	6-1	163	4
3.	Conway (3)	6-1	156	2
4.	Joe T. Robinson	7-0	104	5
5.	North Little Rock	6-1	93	7
6.	Bentonville West	6-1	88	3
7.	Sheridan	7-0	70	9
8.	Springdale Har-Ber	5-2	50	8
9.	Greenwood	5-2	44	10
10	Searcy	6-1	42	6
Others receiving votes: Bryant 22, Mountain Home 7, Sylvan Hills 7, Stuttgart 6, LR Christian 4, Pulaski Academy 3, Jacksonville 3, Fayetteville 2, Benton 2, Van Buren 1, Nashville 1.

CLASS 7A
1.	Shiloh Christian (16)	7-0	92	1
2.	Conway (3)	6-1	64	2
3.	Bentonville	6-1	62	4
4.	North Little Rock	6-1	26	5
5.	Bentonville West	6-1	19	3
Others receiving votes: Springdale Har-Ber 15, Bryant 7.

CLASS 6A
1.	Sheridan (16)	7-0	90	2
2.	Searcy	6-1	71	1
3.	Mountain Home (3)	6-1	41	5
4.	Sylvan Hills	5-2	35	3
5.	Benton	4-3	31	4
Others receiving votes: Van Buren 12, Lake Hamilton 5.

CLASS 5A
1.	Joe T. Robinson (17)	7-0	93	1
2.	Greenwood (2)	5-2	76	2
3.	Jacksonville	6-1	54	4
4.	Farmington	6-1	24	3
	Little Rock Parkview	4-3	24	5
Others receiving votes: LR Mills 7, HS Lakeside 5, Greenbrier 1, Camden Fairview 1.

CLASS 4A
1.	Stuttgart (16)	7-0	92	1
2.	Nashville (3)	7-0	79	2
3.	Ozark	7-0	38	4
4.	Elkins	6-1	33	5
5.	Southside Batesville	6-1	10	—
Others receiving votes: Gravette 7, Fountain Lake 3, Forrest City 2, Lonoke 1, Booneville 1, Arkadelphia 1.

CLASS 3A
1.	Bismarck (13)	6-1	85	1
3.	Mansfield (2)	6-2	54	2
2.	Smackover	6-1	41	3
4.	Walnut Ridge (3)	6-1	27	4
5.	Rivercrest	6-1	24	5
	Atkins	6-1	24	—
Others receiving votes: Fordyce (1) 14, Newport 9, Prescott 5, Glen Rose 2.

CLASS 2A
1.	Mount Ida (10)	8-0	83	1
2.	Baptist Prep (9)	7-0	82	2
3.	Marked Tree	6-1	38	3
4.	Earle	6-1	33	4
5.	Gurdon	5-2	29	5
Others receiving votes: Dierks 11, Magnet Cove 4, Bearden 2, Des Arc 2, Hazen 1.

8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.	Corning (6)	6-0	26	1
2.	Cedar Ridge (4)	6-0	24	2
3.	Magazine (2)	6-0	17	3
Others receiving votes: Izard County 5.

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