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Noland shuts down Bulldogs as Razorbacks sweep SEC series

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Noland shuts down Bulldogs as Razorbacks sweep SEC series

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Freshman right-hander Connor Noland handcuffed second-ranked Mississippi State for 7.2 scoreless innings on Saturday and Arkansas rolled to a 10-2 win before a crowd of 11,087 at Baum-Walker Stadium.

The win gave the Razorbacks a sweep in a series that has seen the winning team do that now for four years in a row.

Arkansas (30-10, 12-6 SEC) moved ahead of Texas A&M for the overall SEC West lead by half a game. The Hogs are now 21-4 at Baum-Walker Stadium this year and have won 21 or more games at home every year since 2006.

Noland, who had not pitched past the fifth inning in 10 previous starts this year, held the Bulldogs to only four hits in his career-long outing and came away with no walks and five strikeouts on 89 pitches.

It was Noland’s second win of the week as he pitched two scoreless frames on Tuesday against Arkansas-Pine Bluff and is now 2-2 on the year.

After a slight struggle in the first inning where he left two aboard, but didn’t let any runs cross, Noland retired 10 of the next 11 batters he faced, allowing just a single by Gunner Halter in the third inning.

He went on to pitch into the eighth inning before Jacob Kostyshock took over with two outs. Noland finished the game with 11 groundball outs and no extra-base hits allowed.

Offensively, seven Razorbacks had at least one hit in Saturday’s game. Casey Martin, Jordan McFarland and Jacob Nesbit each came away with two hits.

Nesbit took home the top hitting line with a 2-for-4 game and four RBIs, three coming off a home run in the sixth, making it 7-0. It was Nesbit’s second home run of the year as two of his three hits in the series came in today’s game.

Nesbit drives in first run, then blasts Hogs to big inning

With just one hit in the series prior to Saturday’s series finale, third baseman Jacob Nesbit came through not only once, but twice. Nesbit drove in the game’s first run in the fifth inning on a single up the middle to score Jordan McFarland.

Then, in the sixth, Arkansas had already sent six men to the plate before Nesbit came up again and blasted a 0-1 pitch into the Hog Pen for three runs and pushing Arkansas’ lead to 7-0.

Nesbit has seven hits in his last 10 games and the four RBIs was a career high.

McFarland steps up with Kjerstad out

With Heston Kjerstad having to serve a one-game suspension due to his ejection on Friday, junior Jordan McFarland got the start at designated hitter and Matt Goodheart moved to right.

McFarland responded well with the spot start, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI. His single in the fifth eventually led to him being driven in by Nesbit for Arkansas’ first run.

Today was McFarland’s first start in conference play this season and first on the weekend since March 13. It was also his first multi-hit game since Feb. 16 against Eastern Illinois.

Hog pitching shuts down SEC’s top offense

Mississippi State came into the weekend series with Arkansas as SEC’s top hitting team with a .327 average, which was also the second-highest average in the country.

Arkansas pitching, however, kept the Bulldogs in check all weekend, limiting them to just 10 runs on 17 hits and a .173 team batting average. MSU’s leading hitter Jake Mangum was held to only two hits in the series.

All three of Arkansas’ starting pitchers held the Bulldogs to two runs or less and struck out five or more.

Razorback quotables

“Just a great job by our team, obviously, all three days coming out and really playing solid baseball and putting together some really good innings, offensively. Today, the story was Connor Noland. I mean, he was just lights outs. He had his two-seamer going, sinking. He wasn’t overpowering, 90 miles an hour. Most of his pitches were right at 90 and then he had a really good slider. He mixed in some changeups to some lefties. But he kind of went with the harder breaking pitch today and just did a super job.” — Coach Dave Van Horn on Connor Noland’s outing

“Great job all weekend. I’m just proud of these guys. It’s been a good week. We had that tough game last Saturday at Vandy after a tough 3-2 loss on Friday and then we fought back and won Sunday. You can see how it kind of turns things. We did Tuesday and then won three more games. We’ve won five in a row. Just a really good job by our team mentally to stay strong last weekend and it led to this great week we had.” — Van Horn on his team’s sweep of Mississippi State

“I’ve said all along that he’s mature for being a freshman in college. His mental makeup is advanced over some kids his age — maybe a lot — that we coach. It’s one reason why liked him right when he got in here and started working with us. We felt like he’d have a chance to pitch on the weekend, because of the mental part of it. Physically, he’s already there. Now he just needs experience. But you did see the mature part of him come out this whole week leading up today, and he got rewarded for it.” — Van Horn on Connor Noland’s maturity

 “I was just looking for a pitch I could handle. He threw me a fastball on the first pitch of the at bat that kind of sawed off my hands little bit. He threw me a fastball again on the next pitch and I didn’t miss it that time.” — Jacob Nesbit on his home run in the sixth inning

 Coach (Dave) Van Horn says the SEC is kind of like a league like no other. Rankings don’t matter so much, like we saw last year.  We got swept by them in Starkville and we were ranked top five and they weren’t ranked at all.  So, anybody can beat anybody on any given day.  Thats just kind of baseball in general. Anytime you can sweep anybody in the SEC that’s something you want to do.” — Jordan McFarland on sweeping Mississippi State and now leading the division

 “I’ve been waiting for that moment for a long time. Going seven and two-thirds innings, I mean that’s what you dream about, going out there and performing well at your peak performance. That was a big thing and just happy it happened.” — Connor Noland on having a career day on the mound

 Up next

Arkansas continues the homestand next Tuesday and Wednesday as it welcomes Northwestern State to Baum-Walker Stadium for a two-game series.

First pitch on Tuesday is set for 6:30 p.m., followed by game two on Wednesday at 3 p.m.

You can listen to the game on ESPN Arkansas 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home.

Both games will be televised online on SEC Network+.

Nesbit, Noland, McFarland recapping series sweep over MSU

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Arkansas third baseman Jacob Nesbit, pitcher Connor Noland and designated hitter Jordan McFarland talked about the 10-2 win, series sweep over the Bulldogs.

Hari sets Danish 100-meter national record, Top 10 mark

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Hari sets Danish 100-meter national record, Top 10 mark

WACO, Texas — A Danish national record and a pair of Arkansas Top 10 marks highlighted action for Arkansas at the Michael Johnson Invitational at Clyde Hart Track & Field Stadium Saturday afternoon.

Kris Hari has had quite the last two weeks on the track for the Razorbacks where he’s turned in a lifetime-best in the 100-meters on each occasion.

At last week’s John McDonnell, Hari raced to a time of 10.31 lowering his personal-best from the previous wind-legal mark of 10.52.

On Saturday, Hari ran 10.26 in the 100-meters finishing fourth-overall in a field that featured the No. 1 time in the NCAA this season by Texas Tech’s Divine Oduduru who paced the field at 9.94.

Hari’s time is the 10th-fastest in Arkansas program history and is also a new Danish National Record in the event besting the previous mark of 10.29 set by Morten Jensen in 2004.

Roy Ejiakuekwu also turned in a lifetime-best in the 100-meters with his time of 10.37 for seventh-place, while Josh Oglesby made it 3-for-3 on the day for Razorback PRs in the race as his time of 10.44 is a lifetime-best for the freshman from Katy, Texas.

Jalen Brown (21.17), Rashad Boyd (21.29), and Rhayko Schwartz (21.51) finished 10th, 12th, and 14th in the 200-meters with Brown’s mark being an all-conditions lifetime-best in the event.

Hunter Woodhall, who returned to the track where he made his Arkansas outdoor debut last season, used a run of 46.52 to finish fifth overall.

Tre’Bien Gilbert (14.01) and Shakiel Chattoo (14.24) grabbed top-three finishes going 2-3 in the 110-meter hurdles.

The 400-meter hurdles saw Travean Caldwell run a lifetime-best 50.40 that is the eighth-fastest ever by a Razorback athlete.

Sam Kempka’s fourth-place finish in the shot put was a lifetime-best for the senior who finished with a best of 18.54m (60-10). Jeff Rogers mark of 17.58m (57-8.25) was also a lifetime-best in a seventh-place finish.

Arkansas’ 4×400m Relay of Caldwell, Brown, Hari, Woodhall closed out the meet with a season-best 3:07.37.

Men’s 4×100m Relay
1. Oglesby, Boyd, Hari, Ejiakuekwu – 39.40 – season-best

Men’s 100-meters
4. Kris Hari – 10.26 – Danish National Record/No. 10 in program history
7. Roy Ejiakuekwu – 10.37
12. Josh Oglesby – 10.44

Men’s 200-meters
10. Jalen Brown – 21.17
12. Rashad Boyd – 21.29
14. Rhayko Schwartz – 21.51

Men’s 400-meters
5. Hunter Woodhall – 46.52
16. John Winn – 47.50
24. James Milholen – 48.85

Men’s 800-meters
8. Eugene Grayson III – 1:52.73
11. Reese Walters – 1:56.01

Men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase
3. Carter Persyn – 9:54.98

Men’s 110-meter hurdles
2. Tre’Bien Gilbert – 14.01
3. Shakiel Chattoo – 14.24
9. Gabe Moore – 14.75
10. Daniel Spejcher -15.12

Men’s 400-meter hurdles
5. Travean Caldwell – 50.40 No. 8 time in program history
9. Nick Hilson – 51.88

Men’s 4×400m Relay
3. Caldwell, Brown, Hari, Woodhall – 3:07.37 – season-best

Discus
5. Erich Sullins – 51.22m (168-0.50)
12. Gabe Moore – 45.44m (149-1)
16. Daniel Spejcher – 38.44m (126-1.50)

Men’s Long Jump
6. Gabe Moore – 6.78m (22-3)
13. Daniel Spejcher – 6.40m (21-0)

Men’s Shot Put
4. Sam Kempka – 18.54m (60-10)
7. Jeff Rogers – 17.58m (57-8.25)

Men’s Triple Jump
4. Laquan Nairn – 15.12m (49-7.25)

Razorbacks get five Top 10 performances in sprints, relays in Baton Rouge

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Razorbacks get five Top 10 performances in sprints, relays in Baton Rouge

BATON ROUGE, La. — Arkansas’ women’s sprints and relays wrapped up the LSU Alumni Gold Saturday afternoon with five program Top 10 marks including two by sophomore Janeek Brown who took a break from the hurdles this weekend to focus on her sprint work.

The Razorback sprint relay of Kiara Parker, Payton Chadwick, Janeek Brown, and Kethlin Campbell got the day started on a high note, turning in a season-best performance of 43.45 that also doubles as the No. 4 performance in program history.

Brown started her individual events with a quick run of 11.22 in the 100-meters finishing fifth-overall. Heer time stands as the No. 4 time in program history behind Jada Baylark (11.04), Veronica Campbell (11.10) and Kiara Parker at 11.13.

Parker finished sixth in the same event running 11.23 while Tamara Kuykendall finished seventh in the “B” section of the event running 11.83.

In the deuce, Brown once again led the charge for Arkansas as she doubled back from the 100-meters to post a lifetime-best in the 200-meters at 23.05.

For the second time in the meet, Brown ran a lifetime-best that finished in the all-time top-10 list checking in at No. 4 in program history trailing only Veronica Campbell (22.41), Taylor Ellis-Watson (22.48), and Jada Baylark (23.00).

Also competing in the 200-meters were Chadwick (23.39) who finished ninth in the “A” section, and Tamara Kuykendall (24.26) and Shafiqua Maloney (24.73) who took seventh and 19th in the “B” section.

Kethlin Campbell ran the No. 5 time in program history in the 400-meters earning a second-place finish in her season opener in the event.

Campbell is now a member of both the indoor and outdoor top-10 list in the 4000-meters in only her first season on The Hill after transferring from Duke this past summer.

Following Campbell were Morgan Burks-Magee (53.83) in 10th, Sydney Hammit (54.03) close behind in 11th, Paris Peoples (54.36) in 13th, and Tiana Wilson in 16th-place.

Sydney Davis (56.01) and Shafiqua Maloney (56.75) took seventh and 10th in the “B” section of the 400-meters.

Alex Byrnes took eighth-place in the 800-meters with her run of 2:09.85.

In the hurdle events, Chadwick took care of the high hurdles running a season-best 12.97 for third-place while J’Alyiea Smith handled the intermediate hurdles running 1:01.12 for 12th-place.

To close out the meet, Burks-Magee, Campbell, Chadwick, and Parker ran 3:30.37 in the 4×400-meter relay that is good for No. 7 in program history.

4×100-meter relay
1. Parker, Chadwick, Brown, Campbell – 43.45 – No. 4 in program history

100-Meters
5. Janeek Brown – 11.22 – No. 4 in program history
6. Kiara Parker – 11.23
7. Tamara Kuykendall – 11.83

200-meters
4. Janeek Brown 23.05 – No. 4 in program history
9. Payton Chadwick – 23.39

7. Tamara Kuykendall – 24.26
19. Shafiqua Maloney – 24.73

400-meters
2. Kethlin Campbell – 51.83 – No. 5 in program history
10. Morgan Burks-Magee – 53.83
11. Sydney Hammit – 54.03
13. Paris Peoples – 54.36
16. Tiana Wilson – 55.26

7. Sydney Davis – 56.01
10. Shafiqua Maloney – 56.75

800-meters
8. Alex Byrnes – 2:09.85

100-meter hurdles
3. Payton Chadwick – 12.97 – Season-Best

400-meter hurdles
12. J’Alyiea Smith – 1:01.12

4×400-meter relay
1. Burks Magee, Campbell, Chadwick, Parker – 3:30.37- No. 7 in program history

Long Jump
7. G’Auna Edwards – 6.00m (19-8.25)

Matthews wins, but Razorbacks fall in match play at SEC

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Matthews wins, but Razorbacks fall in match play at SEC

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Arkansas redshirt freshman Brooke Matthews played to a 3-up win but is wasn’t enough to lift the Razorbacks as they fell 3-1-1 to Auburn in the first round of match play at the SEC Championship in Birmingham, Alabama, on Saturday.

Matthews has won four consecutive matches picking up three match wins and co-medalist honors at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic in Athens, Georgia, last week.

In Saturday’s match, Matthews went into the 12th hole of the match all square. She won that hole and picked up two more holes as the match closed.

SEC Individual champion Maria Fassi played extra golf needing some heroics on the 18th hole to continue play. An errant tee shot had Fassi in the woods.

She battled out of the trees leaving herself a long putt nearly the width of the green to stay in the game. Her roll was on the mark just sliding by the top of the hole and it looked like she would drop the match.

Her Tiger opponent, however, missed her putt allowing the scoring to remain all square. The duo moved on to extra holes, but the game was suspended as Auburn won in the other positions.

The loss eliminates Arkansas from the SEC Tournament as the Razorbacks finish T5 overall.

Razorback Lineup
Auburn def. Arkansas, 3-1-1
Maria Fassi (Ark) vs. Kaleigh Telfer (AU), AS through 19
Elena Hualde (AU) def. Kaylee Benton (Ark), 1-up
Brooke Matthews (Ark) def. Brooke Sansom (AU), 3-up
Julie McCarthy (AU) def. Ximena Gonzalez (Ark), 3-up
Mychael O’Berry (AU) def. Dylan Kim (Ark), 3-up

Up Next
The NCAA Selection Show airs Wednesday, April 24 at 4:30 p.m. on the Golf Channel.

Each regional features 18 teams and six individuals with the low six teams and low three individuals not on an advancing team moving on to the NCA Championship in Fayetteville.

Regionals will be conducted May 6-8. Possible regional sites include:

• Saugahatchee Country Club | Opelika, Alabama | Auburn University, host
• Tumble Creek Golf Club | Cle Elum, Washington | University of Washington, host
• Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club | Norman, Oklahoma | University of Oklahoma, host
• Forest Akers West Golf Course | East Lansing, Michigan | Michigan State University, host

Viljoen cracks Arkansas all-time Top 10 at Bryan Clay Invitational

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Viljoen cracks Arkansas all-time Top 10 at Bryan Clay Invitational

AZUSA, Calif. — The South African native etched her name in the Arkansas record book as Carina Viljoen added her name to the Razorbacks all-time Top 10 list Friday night on the final day of the Bryan Clay Invitational.

Viljoen highlighted a group of four who competed in the 1,500-meters Friday night as she crossed the line in 4:14.27 for eighth-place.

Her time stands as the seventh-fastest mark in program history bumping Jessica Kamilos and Therese Haiss off the list with their identical times of  4:16.31 from 2015 and 2017, respectively.

Viljoen’s time shaved two seconds off her lifetime-best heading into the meet.

Taylor Werner took 16th-place shaving almost 10 seconds off her lifetime-best as she crossed the line in 4:17.79 topping her previous best of 4:25.96.

The true-freshman Meghan Underwood took 33rd-place with her lifetime-best of 4:22.39 that shaved four seconds off her previous best of 4:26.33 from the end of March.

Rounding out competition on the night for Arkansas was Rachel Nichwitz who ran 4:43.38 for 138th-place.

Arkansas will continue this weekend’s slate with action at the LSU Alumni Gold meet in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Sunday morning starting at 9:40 a.m. from the Bernie Moore track stadium on the campus of LSU.

Lifetime best performances finish ‘Bryan Clay,’ first day at ‘Michael Johnson’

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Lifetime best performances finish ‘Bryan Clay,’ first day at ‘Michael Johnson’

AZUSA, Calif. — Numerous lifetime-bests once again headlined the action on the west coast for Arkansas, capping day three at the Bryan Clay Invitational and day one at the Michael Johnson Invitational.

Two of the three 800-meters performances on Friday night were lifetime-bests as Kieran Taylor, and Chase Pareti sprinted to times of 1:48.06 and 1:50.04, respectively, finishing sixth and 23rd.

Moving up to the 1,500-meters, there were six Razorbacks on the track for Arkansas. Cameron Griffith led the group running a lifetime-best of 3:39.86 for a 10th-place finish that falls just outside the Arkansas all-time top-10 list.

Following Griffith were Ethan Moehn (3:44.89) in 35th, and Kyle Levermore in 92nd-place, while Ryan Murphy finished 27th in his heat running a lifetime-best 3:53.01.

Meanwhile, in Waco, Texas, Erich Sullins was the first Razorback in action as he competed in the hammer throw. Sullins posted a runner-up finish at the Michael Johnson Invitational finishing with a best of 67.22m (220-6).

Freshman Daniel Spejcher posted an eighth-place finish in the javelin turning in a lifetime-best of 45.91m (150-7) while Gabe Moore also posted an eighth-place finish clearing 4.45m (14-7.25) in the pole vault.

Arkansas will continue action at the Michael Johnson Invitational tomorrow morning starting at 9:30 a.m. from the Clyde Hart Track & Field stadium in Waco, Texas.

Razorbacks can’t close sweep, falling to LSU on Saturday

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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas and LSU went scoreless for six of the seven innings in LSU’s game three, 3-1 win, but the Razorbacks took the series, 2-1.

Driving the defensive performance, the Razorback pitching staff combined for nine strikeouts, a weekend-high against the Tigers.

Mary Haff recorded the loss and is now 16-10 on the season. Junior Autumn Storms entered in relief for Haff and pitched the four, final innings.

Behind Haff and Storms, the Arkansas defense held the league’s best offense to a 0-for-3 record with the bases loaded and held off 14 stranded base runners.

Junior Sydney Parr recorded a career-high five putouts in the contest, making five crucial catches in center field for the Razorbacks. Parr recorded the final out of the inning three times, twice with runners in scoring position.

LSU scored all three of its runs on a three-run home run by Amanda Doyle in the third inning. Doyle finished the contest with three hits in four at bats.

Arkansas gave its best run at the Tiger lead in the sixth inning. The Hogs put a runner on base after pinch-hitter Aly Manzo reached on a fielder’s choice.

Junior Keely Edwards reentered for Arkansas before advancing to second on a wild pitch and scoring on a sacrifice fly by sophomore Danielle Gibson.

Up next

Arkansas will hit the road for the final road series of the regular season next weekend at Texas A&M before returning to Fayetteville for the final home series against Auburn.

Big innings lift Hogs to series win, sets up Saturday matchup for sweep

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Big innings lift Hogs to series win, sets up Saturday matchup for sweep

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas jumped on second-ranked Mississippi State early and never looked back Friday night, winning 12-5 to claim the series and move into sole possession of second place in the SEC West.

The win is the Razorbacks’ (29-10, 11-6 SEC) fourth in a row and third in conference play as they used a four-run second inning and five-run seventh innings to pull away from the Bulldogs for the seven-run victory.

It’s the sixth-straight home series win over Mississippi State dating back to 2007.

Four different Razorback hitters recorded multi-hit games led by catcher Casey Opitz, who went 3-for-5 with three RBIs, all from a bases-clearing single in the seventh that was misplayed by the Bulldogs’ right fielder.

Over the last three games, Opitz has had the hot bat going 7-for-12 (.583) at the plate with six RBIs and one home run.

Sophomore infielder Casey Martin turned in another strong line, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and four RBIs. His big swing came in the second inning when he took Peyton Plumlee deep to centerfield for a grand slam, his first of his career.

It was the third grand slam hit by a Razorback this season and the eighth home run of the year by Martin.

Dominic Fletcher and Christian Franklin also had two-hit games. Neither drove in a run in the ballgame, but it’s the second-straight two-hit game for Franklin and fourth-straight multi-hit game for Fletcher.

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Wicklander steadies pitching staff In early innings

Freshman Patrick Wicklander, making his first career conference start at home, did a good job holding a good Mississippi State offense in check, allowing only two runs on three hits in four innings.

He struck out six and walked only three on 81 pitches. He’s thrown three or more innings in his last four outings and has struck out five or more batters six times, including four of his last six appearances.

Kopps stops Bulldogs momentum in late innings

Mississippi State showed some signs of life after scoring two runs off Wicklander in the third and then three off of Kole Ramage in the fifth to cut Arkansas’ lead to 7-5.

Coach Dave Van Horn went to the bullpen at the start of the sixth inning and brought in redshirt junior Kevin Kopps, who was practically untouchable for the sixth, seventh and eighth innings.

Kopps gave up just one walk in what was his longest outing of the year and struck out three on 47 pitches. He did hit the first batter he faced, but went on to retire nine of the next 10 batters.

Hogs use walks to advantage

Arkansas drew 16 walks against Mississippi State Friday night, its most walks against an opponent this year and third of 10 or more.

The Hogs reached their leadoff batter in the first eight innings of the game, four by walks. The 16 free passes is the most since they set the school record for 19 against Alabama A&M in 2013.

Razorback quotables

“That’s all we’ve been doing. That’s all we’re doing in practice. It’s pretty obvious what we need to do, and then it’s up to them to do it. Buy in, and Casey’s done a great job. He’s raised his average in the last four or five games because he’s hit the ball through the middle. It’s good to see.” — Coach Dave Van Horn on Casey Martin’s opposite way approach

“He brought some normalcy to the game. The game was going crazy. For both sides, people weren’t throwing the ball over the plate, walking people, and it’s game two of an SEC series, you’re supposed to have some decent pitching on a Game 2 but everybody’s scattering and pitching behind in the count. Kevin came in, but you think about and he comes in and hits a guy then walks the next batter and you’re thinking, ‘oh baby here we go again.’ Then he got under control. He had the quick second inning and then the third inning, not that bad. He was up to 50 pitches, though, so we got him out. We haven’t taken him above there so we’re just trying to take care of our guys.” — Van Horn on Kevin Kopps

“My approach was just put the bat on the ball. I’ve been seeing it a lot better lately. So, I was just going up there trying to take a good swing on a pitch and got two knocks out of it.” — Casey Opitz on his bases-clearing single in the seventh inning

“When you get a lot of walks, you tend to get a lot of runs. I know the guys in our lineup top to bottom can hit. It doesn’t matter who you put in there, but when we get walks, that can determine a game. We kept driving them in and driving them in and that just goes to our approach. Guys taking pitches and swinging and attacking inside the zone.” — Casey Martin on the team’s patience at the plate

“That just shows the grit this team has. Even though we really didn’t have the weekend we wanted at Vandy, we came back and we worked on some things and got right back after it. I think that’s what it takes to be good in this league.” — Opitz on bouncing back after the series loss at Vanderbilt

Up next

Arkansas and Mississippi State finish the three-game series on Saturday at Baum-Walker Stadium with first pitch set for 2 p.m.

You can hear the game on ESPN Arkansas 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home.

The game will be televised on SEC Network+.

 

Van Horn talks about ‘patience’ by Hogs in winning series over MSU

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Razorbacks coach Dave Van Horn liked his team’s patience at the plate Friday night in the 12-5 win over the Bulldogs to clinch the SEC series

Kopps, Opitz, Martin recapping series-clinching win over Bulldogs

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Arkansas pitcher Kevin Kopps, catcher Casey Opitz and shortstop Casey Martin on Friday night’s 12-5 win over second-ranked Mississippi State to clinch the series.

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