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Ole Miss overpowers Hogs to set up winner-take-all game Monday

Matt Goodheart and Dominic Fletcher combined for five of Arkansas’ 12 hits Sunday, but Ole Miss out-slugged the Razorbacks for a 13-5 win.

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FAYETTEVILLE — Matt Goodheart and Dominic Fletcher combined for five of Arkansas’ 12 hits Sunday, but Ole Miss out-slugged the Razorbacks for a 13-5 win, forcing a deciding third game of the super regional Monday.

The winner-take-all game three is set for a 3 p.m. first pitch on ESPN2.

You can listen to Phil Elson and Bubba Carpenter with the call on ESPN Arkansas 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home.

The winner advances to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska and will play its first game against the winner of the LSU-Florida State Super Regional.

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Arkansas (45-18) jumped out in front early with a two-run home run by Fletcher in the first inning, his 11th of the year and first since May 9 against LSU, however, Ole Miss (41-26) responded with eight-straight runs over the first two innings to build up a six-run lead.

The Hogs pulled within three after scoring three in the fourth behind three-straight two-out doubles by Trevor Ezell, Casey Martin and Goodheart, but the pitching combo of Doug Nikhazy and Houston Roth was strong enough to keep the Razorback hitters at bay.

Nikhazy made it through five innings with five runs allowed but struck out eight. Roth finished the game with a four-inning save, his first of the year, giving up just two hits and striking out three.

Tomorrow’s game will mark the fifth time Arkansas will play a deciding third game in a Super Regional in its history and the eighth time the Razorbacks and Rebels have faced off this year.

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2019 NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional

Series tied 1-1

Game 1: Arkansas 11, Ole Miss 2 | Box Score
Game 2: Ole Miss 13, Arkansas 5 | Box Score
Game 3: Arkansas (H) vs Ole Miss – 3 p.m.

Arkansas starting pitcher Connor Noland didn’t have his best stuff early on as he lasted just one inning and gave up four runs on three hits, throwing just 20 pitches.

Kole Ramage, Kevin Kopps and Elijah Trest all followed out of the bullpen after Noland, each throwing at least two of the remaining innings.

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The Rebel offense still couldn’t be slowed as Ramage gave up the next four runs while walking six, a career-high.

Kopps came in to pitch in the middle of the fourth and gave up just one walk in the fifth as Arkansas started to mount its comeback.

However, Tyler Keenan homered off Kopps in the sixth to make it 9-5 Ole Miss, one of four home runs hit in the game for Ole Miss.

After the Rebels had taken the 8-2 lead after two innings, the Razorback offense finally started to get to Nikhazy in the fourth when Ezell, Martin and Goodheart all roped two-out doubles.

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Goodheart and Ezell have both had the hot bat all postseason for Arkansas as the duo has combined to hit .477 in the NCAA Tournament.

Ezell is 12-for-23 (.522) over five tournament games and has four hits in the super regional alone.

Martin’s bat has also been strong in the super regional as he is 4-for-9 (.444) over the last two games with one double and three RBIs.

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2024 High School Rankings

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
OVERALLRecordPtsPrv
1.Bryant (18)8-02521
2.Conway (6)8-02302
3.Greenwood (2)8-02103
4.Little Rock Parkview7-11714
5.Bentonville5-31416
6.Benton7-11265
7.Fayetteville6-21008
8.Pulaski Academy6-2757
9.Rogers5-3459
10.Shiloh Christian6-24010
Others receiving votes: Marion 13, Valley View 9, Joe T Robinson 8, Mountain Home 4, Cabot 3, Elkins 3.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (20)8-01241
2.Conway (6)8-01052
3.Bentonville5-3753
4.Fayetteville6-2455
5.Pulaski Academy6-2354
Others receiving votes: Rogers 5.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (26)8-01301
2.Benton7-11022
3.Shiloh Christian6-2713
4.Marion7-1524
5.Mountain Home7-131
Others receiving votes: Little Rock Catholic 4.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (23)7-11271
2.Joe T Robinson7-1902
3.Valley View (3)8-0803
4.Hot Springs Lakeside7-1484
5.Farmington7-130
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 4, Maumelle 4, Morrilton 3, Greenbrier 2, Harding Academy 1.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (19)8-01161
2.Arkadelphia (5)6-2792
3.Little Rock Mills (1)8-0703
4.Warren6-2404
5.Malvern (1)8-0315
Others receiving votes: Dardanelle 22, Southside Batesville 11, Mena 8, Bauxite 7, DeWitt 4, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
4.Bismarck (15)8-01054
5.Fordyce (4)8-0765
Prescott (3)7-1531t
1.Osceola (2)6-149
3.Mayflower (1)8-036
Others receiving votes: Booneville (1) 31, Rivercrest 19, Mansfield 14, Charleston 4, Rison 3.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (21)8-01211
2.Conway Christian (4)8-01042
3.Des Arc7-1663
4.Bigelow (1)6-2455
5.Murfreesboro6-230
Others receiving votes: Marked Tree 10, Mineral Springs 6, Junction City 5, Cross County 1, Mount Ida 1, Poyen 1
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (25)5-0761
2.Midland (1)7-0502
3.Cedar Ridge7-1253
Others receiving votes: Rector 5.

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