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	11:00 AM ABC
Sat, Sep 26	Tulsa	TBA
Sat, Oct 3	@ Texas A&M	TBA
Sat, Oct 10	Tennessee	TBA
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 (13)	2-0	155	1
2.	Conway	1-1	124	2
3.	Benton (1)	1-0	120	3
4.	Bentonville West (1)	2-0	106	5
5.	Shiloh Christian (1)	2-0	99	6
6.	Bryant	0-2	75	4
7.	Joe T. Robinson	2-0	59	7
8.	Searcy	2-0	51	10
9.	North Little Rock	2-0	48	9
10.	Sylvan Hills	2-0	12	—
Others receiving votes: Greenwood 10, Fayetteville 7, Van Buren 3, Rogers 3, Greenbrier 2, Pulaski Academy 2, Jonesboro 2, Springdale Har-Ber 1, Elkins 1.

CLASS 7A
1.	Bentonville (13)	2-0	77	1
2.	Conway	1-1	53	2
4.	Bentonville West (1)	2-0	40	4
5.	Shiloh Christian (1)	2-0	34	5
3.	Bryant (1)	0-2	25	3
Others receiving votes: North Little Rock 10, Pulaski Academy 1.

CLASS 6A
1.	Benton (15)	1-0	79	1
2.	Searcy (1)	2-0	62	2
3.	Sylvan Hills	2-0	43	3
4.	Van Buren	2-0	15	4
5.	Mountain Home	1-1	11	5t
	Jonesboro	2-0	11	5t
Others receiving votes: El Dorado 10, FS Southside 4, Sheridan 4, Marion 1.

CLASS 5A
1.	Joe T. Robinson (15)	2-0	79	1
2.	Greenwood (1)	0-2	52	2
3.	Greenbrier	1-0	44	3
5.	Farmington	2-0	30	5
4.	Little Rock Parkview	1-1	14	4
Others receiving votes: HS Lakeside 10, Valley View 5, Jacksonville 4, Morrilton 2.

CLASS 4A
1.	Stuttgart (13)	2-0	75	1
2.	Elkins (2)	2-0	48	2
3.	Nashville (1)	2-0	43	4
4.	Bauxite	2-0	21	5t
5.	Gosnell	2-0	14	5t
Others receiving votes: Gravette 11, Arkadelphia 8, Ozark 6, Warren 6, Fountain Lake 4, Lonoke 3, Pottsville 1.

CLASS 3A
1.	Fordyce (11)	0-1	70	1
2.	Mansfield (1)	1-1	41	2
3.	Glen Rose	1-1	29	4
4.	Bismarck	1-1	27	3
5.	Prescott (3)	2-0	21	5t
Others receiving votes: Walnut Ridge (1) 19, Rivercrest 19, Smackover 7, Rison 3, Newport 2, Cedarville 1, Helena-West Helena 1.

CLASS 2A
1.	Mount Ida (9)	2-0	72	2
2.	Junction City (5)	1-1	60	1
3.	Baptist Prep (1)	2-0	23	4t
4.	Des Arc	1-1	19	—
5.	Earle (1)	2-0	17	—
Others receiving votes: Bigelow 9, East Poinsett County (1) 8, Hector 7, Des Arc 6, Earle 6, Magnet Cove 4, Poyen 3, Marked Tree 2, Dierks 2, Cross County 1, Hazen 1.

8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.	Corning (5)	2-0	25	2t
2.	Cedar Ridge (7)	2-0	24	1
3.	Woodlawn (1)	1-0	14	—
Others receiving votes: Magazine 7, Strong (1) 6, Izard County 5, Lafayette County 1, Johnson County Westside 1.

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