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Brown sprints to world lead in 100-meter hurdles at The Reveille in College Station

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Arkansas had to wait out a lengthy weather delay before springing to action at the inaugural meet at The Reveille, hosted by Texas A&M where the Razorbacks racked up 99-points in a fourth-place finish highlighted by Janeek Brown’s world-leading 100-meter hurdle performance.

Janeek Brown captured the 100-meter hurdle title running a speedy 12.91 that is the fastest wind-legal time in the world this season, besting the former world-lead of 12.96 by LSU’s Tonea Marshall last week at Texas Relays.

Arkansas’ Payton Chadwick finished runner-up to Brown in a season-best 13.08 while G’Auna Edwards (13.86) and J’Alyiea Smith (14.07) finished 10th and 14th, respectively, with Smith’s time being a personal best in her first collegiate 100-meter hurdles race.

G’Auna Edwards leaped out to the No. 2 mark in program history in the long jump, finishing with a best of 6.42m (21-0.75) that trails only Taliyah Brooks’ mark of 6.78m (22-3) from last season. Edwards is currently No. 5 in the NCAA in the long jump.

The Razorbacks started the meet on the track by running 44.05 in the 4×100-meter relay besting the home team Texas A&M (44.27) and Baylor (44.81) who finished second and third, respectively.

Three Razorbacks finished in the top-10 in the 400-meters led by Morgan Burks-Magee who crossed the line in 53.27 followed by Paris Peoples in 54.17 for fifth and Sydney Hammit in 54.56 for ninth.

Brown, who posted a world-leading time to start the meet, returned for the open 100-meters where she ran 11.48 for second-place trailing only Texas’ Teahna Daniels in 11.38.

Tiana Wilson (11.66) finished fourth, Kethlin Campbell (11.69) took fifth, with Tamara Kuykendall (11.95) rounding out the competition in the 100-meters with a 13th-place showing.

Alex Byrnes, the lone competitor in the 800-meters for Arkansas, finished fifth in a season-best 2:10.52.

Smith returned to the track for the 400-meter hurdles where she posted a lifetime-best in the event running 59.42 in a runner-up finish.

Ten Razorbacks backed into the blacks for the 200-meters, but none ran faster than Arkansas’ Campbell who needed only 23.60 seconds to complete the half-lap race.

Campbell led the way with her second-place finish but was accompanied in the top-10 by Chadwick who finished fifth in 23.83.

Morgan Hartsell cleared 3.56m (11-8) on the day for 10th-place.

The final event of the day saw the 4×400-meter relay of Sydney Hammit, Paris Peoples, Sydney Davis and Shafiqua Maloney turn in a second-place finish running 3:39.68.

Arkansas returns home to John McDonnell Field where the Razorbacks will host the John McDonnell Invitational Apr. 12-13.

For more information on Arkansas track and field, including in-meet updates, follow @RazorbackTF on Twitter.

ARKANSAS’ RESULTS

100-meters
2. Brown, Janeek – 11.48
4. Wilson, Tiana – 11.66
5. Campbell, Kethlin – 11.69
13. Kuykendall, Tamara  – 11.95

200-meters
2. Campbell, Kethlin – 23.60
5. Chadwick, Payton – 23.83
12. Burks Magee, Morgan – 24.15
14. Wilson, Tiana – 24.24
22. Hammit, Sydney – 24.90
23. Maloney, Shafiqua – 24.99
25. Peoples, Paris – 25.01
32. Kuykendall, Tamara – 25.26
36. Davis, Sydney – 25.59
38. Edwards, G’Auna – 26.11

400-meters
2. Burks Magee, Morgan – 53.27
5. Peoples, Paris – 54.17
9. Hammit, Sydney – 54.56
16. Maloney, Shafiqua – 55.72
17. Davis, Sydney – 56.80

800-meters
5. Byrnes, Alex – 2:10.52

100-meter hurdles
1. Brown, Janeek – 12.91
2. Chadwick, Payton – 13.08
10. Edwards, G’Auna – 13.86
14. Smith, J’Alyiea – 14.07

400-meter hurdles
2. Smith, J’Alyiea – 59.42

4×100-meter relay
1. Arkansas “A” – 44.05

4×400-meter relay
2. Arkansas “A” – 3:39.68

Pole Vault
10. Hartsell, Morgan – 3.56m (11-8)

Long Jump
1. Edwards, G’Auna – 6.42m (21-0.75)

Gatlin, Hicks on offense’s progression in spring, Red-White performance

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Arkansas offensive lineman Noah Gatlin and quarterback Ben Hicks talked with the media after the Red’s 39-33 win in the Red-White game Saturday.

Agim, Morgan on defense’s dominating spring practices, winning Red-White game

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Arkansas defensive tackle Sosa Agim and Grant Morgan felt overall the defense played well in the spring game and talked about only losing daily belt one day.

Razorbacks in third place headed to final day at Augusta ‘Haskins Award’

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Razorbacks in third place headed to final day at Augusta ‘Haskins Award’

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Arkansas carded rounds of 277 and 280 for a 36-score of 19-under-par 557 to stand in third place at the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational, played at Forest Hills Golf Club (par 72, 7,005-yards).

Four Razorbacks are under par and in the top 25, including Tyson Reeder (2nd), Mason Overstreet (12th), Julian Perico (25) and William Buhl (25th).  Wake Forest, ranked third nationally, leads the 15-team field with a scored of 547, followed by #7 Texas (549), #37 Arkansas (557), #19 South Carolina (558) and host Augusta (567).

Reeder carded eight birdies with no bogeys in the opening round and added a 2-under-par 70 in the afternoon session to stand in second place with a 36-hole total of 10-under-par 134 (64-70). The 64 in the morning was a career-best, ties for the lowest round by a Razorback this season and ties for third on the school’s all-time list behind a pair of 63’s. The 134 for 36 holes is Reeder’s career-best, two-round total by seven strokes.

In the opening round, Reeder opened with three pars before carding birdies on five of his seven holes. After four more pars, Reeder closed his round with birdies on three of his last four holes for his 64. In the second round Saturday, Reeder had his first bogey of the event, but immediately answered with a birdie. Two holes later, he dropped another shot but once again responded with a birdie on the following hole to get back to even for the round. Reeder wrapped the afternoon with eight pars and two birdies for a 70.

Overstreet shot an opening-round 74 but came back in the afternoon to shoot a 6-under-par 66 to rocket 37 spots up the leaderboard into a tie for 12th with a score of 140 (-4). The 66 is Overstreet’s best round of the season and 23rd career round in the 60’s. The junior was even par in the morning through 14 holes but suffered bogeys on his 15th and 16th holes to stand at 2-over (74) through 18 holes. Overstreet started the afternoon with four pars before posting six birdies over his next eight holes. He offset a bogey on his 17th hole with a birdie on his 18th hole to finish with a 66.

Perico and Buhl both stand in a tie for 25th with a two-round total of 143 (-1). Perico shot a 2-under-par 70 in the first round thanks to four birdies and two bogeys. In the second round, the freshman shot a 1-over-par 73. Buhl shot an even-par 72 in the first round, getting three birdies and three bogeys. In round two, the junior moved up nine spots into a tie for 25th with a 1-under-par 71.

Luis Garza, who had eight birdies on the day, is tied for 51st after turning in a 36-hole score of 3-over-par 147 (71-76).

The Augusta Haskins Award Invitational will conclude with 18 final holes on Sunday.

3 Arkansas 277 280 557
2 Tyson Reeder (3) 64 70 134
T12 Mason Overstreet (4) 74 66 140
T25 Julian Perico (1) 70 73 143
T25 William Buhl (2) 72 71 143
T51 Luis Garza (5) 71 76 147

Wicklander, Ezell lift Razorbacks to series win with 8-0 shutout over Auburn

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AUBURN, Ala. — Arkansas left no doubt Saturday afternoon, using a great starting performance by Patrick Wicklander and some key hits from Trevor Ezell and Heston Kjerstad to cruise to an 8-0 shutout over Auburn, earning the series victory.

The series clincher comes less than 24 hours after Arkansas (24-8, 8-4 SEC) battled Auburn (23-9, 7-5 SEC) through 15 innings before it was the Hogs that came away with the 9-6 victory.

Saturday’s win marked the Razorbacks third SEC series victory and eighth conference win this season. The series win is Arkansas’ second-straight over Auburn and second at Plainsman Park since 2011.

It was also Auburn’s first series loss at home this year.

It’s Arkansas’ fourth shutout of the year and second in SEC play. It’s also the third time the Razorbacks have scored eight or more runs and notched 10 or more hits in a shutout.

Eight of Arkansas’ nine starters recorded at least one hit in Saturday’s game. Kjerstad and Christian Franklin were the only hitters to have multi-hit performances.

Ezell, Kjerstad and Jacob Nesbit all drove in two or more runs, while it was Ezell who took home top honors with a three-run home run in the fifth.

Wicklander shines in first career SEC start

Wicklander hasn’t been a stranger to the starting role this year, but he was called on to take the hill Saturday in a must-win rubber match with Auburn.

After a long game the night before and a depleted bullpen, the freshman needed to give his team a good outing and he did so with five scoreless innings pitched and only three hits allowed.

It was his third outing of five innings this year, matching his season high and fifth outing with five or more strikeouts. Auburn only managed a lead-off single off Wicklander in the first inning and did not get another hit until the fourth inning.

Ezell plays hero for second straight day

For the second-straight game, redshirt senior Trevor Ezell provided the big stick as he smashed his fifth home run of the year to straightaway centerfield in the fifth inning.

The homer brought in three runs to add to the already 2-0 lead the Hogs built up in the third.

Ezell finished off a strong series against Auburn with just four hits, but six runs driven in, five off the long ball.

Bullpen steps up

The Razorback bullpen stepped up after Wicklander was relieved after the fifth inning. The combo of Cody Scroggins and Zebulon Vermillion gave up only three hits and one walk over the final four innings.

Vermillion had his best outing of the year, going the final three innings with three strikeouts and picking up his first save of the year.

Razorback quotables

“We did everything really well today. We pitched outstanding. (Patrick) Wicklander gave us five solid innings, threw a lot of strikes. He had a good fastball going and mixed in enough off-speed to keep them off-balanced. We put together three good innings where we put together a crooked number – a two-run, three and three, and got that good lead. (Cody) Scroggins gave us an inning and then Zeb (Vermillion) came in and gave us three innings. I couldn’t have asked for anything better from our pitching staff. Defensively, we made all the plays. I just thought we did a really good job altogether. In the last 24 hours I think this team grew up a lot, showed a lot of toughness and I’m really proud of them.” — Coach Dave Van Horn on the series-clinching win over Auburn

“That was what we wanted – five innings. If he could have given us four, that would be OK, but five was the magic number for us. We felt like if we could keep it close or maybe have a lead after five that we could piece it together. We had a lot of guys volunteering and stepping up, and they all did their job.” — Van Horn on what he wanted out of Patrick Wicklander today

“Both of them had a bunch of big hits, started innings and drove in runs. That was a big swing there in the fifth inning when we had two on and one out, and Ezell hit one out to dead center. At the time there was a light breeze blowing straight in and we didn’t think it was going out of the park. He kept it low and really drove it. That was a big swing.” — Van Horn on the clutch hits this weekend from Heston Kjerstad and Trevor Ezell

Up next

Arkansas returns home for a single midweek contest against Oral Roberts on Tuesday at Baum-Walker Stadium.

First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and will be televised on SEC Network+.

The Hogs will hit the road again next weekend as it travels to Nashville to take on No. 3 Vanderbilt with a three-game series starting on Friday.

Moncrief elected to Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame with enshrinement in September

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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Arkansas’ Sidney Moncrief was one of 12 honorees named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The Class of 2019 will be inducted September 5-7 during this year’s enshrinement festivities in Springfield, Mass.

Moncrief earns his second Hall of Fame honor in as many years as he was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame this past year.

Joining Moncrief in this year’s class are two-time NBA Coach of the Year Bill Fitch, eight-time NBA All-Defensive First Team member Bobby Jones, seven-time NBA All-Star Jack Sikma, five-time WNBA All-Star Teresa Weatherspoon, five-time NBA All-Star Paul Westphal and the first men’s collegiate team to win back-to-back-to-back championships, the Tennessee A&I teams of 1957-1959.

One of the Arkansas’ famed “Triplets”, Moncrief ended his career as Arkansas’s leader in scoring (he ranks second now behind Todd Day) with 2,066 points from 1976-79.

He helped lead Arkansas to two Elite Eight appearances and the 1978 Final Four. Moncrief received a total of 14 All-American honors over three seasons and his name is scattered all through Arkansas’ record book. He was named All-Southwest Conference his last three years.

Moncrief was drafted fifth overall in the 1979 NBA Draft to the Milwaukee Bucks. While in Milwaukee, Moncrief earned All-NBA first team honors once (1983) and second team honors four times (1982-85 and 1986).

In addition to being a five-time All-Star, Moncrief was named to the NBA’s All-Defensive first team four years (1983-86) and second team in 1982 while earning NBA Defensive Player of the Year honors two seasons (1982-83 and 1983-84).

Distinguished committees focused on preserving all areas from the game also selected five directly elected enshrinees.

They include Al Attles from the Contributor Committee, Charles “Chuck” Cooper from the Early African American Pioneers Committee, Vlade Divac from the International Committee, Carl Braun from the Veterans Committee and the Wayland Baptist Flying Queens of 1948-1982 from the newly instated Women’s Veterans Committee.

“The globally celebrated game of basketball would not be what it is today without the many remarkable men and women who have broken barriers and paved the way for future generations,” said John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. “The Class of 2019 is brimming with those who have had a significant historical impact on the game we love. We thank them for their contributions to the game and look forward to honoring them during Enshrinement this fall.”

To be elected, North American and Women’s Committee finalists must receive 18 of 24 votes from the Honors Committee for election into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Direct elect committees are incorporated into the election process to maintain a strong focus on keeping history on the forefront of the voting procedures and to preserve a balance between two eras of basketball.

The Class of 2019 will be enshrined on Friday, September 6 in Springfield, Massachusetts, the home of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Arkansas drops series at Florida with 8-0 shutout loss Saturday

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Arkansas dropped game two of a series with Florida on Saturday night, 8-0, in five innings.

The Gators hit three home runs over the first three innings to take an early lead. The final run crossed in the fifth inning as a bases loaded hit by Florida’s sophomore pinch hitter Jordan Matthews used a base hit to center field to score Gator Hannah Adams for the win.

Arkansas tallied three hits in the contest, one each from Hannah McEwen, Danielle Gibson, and Sydney Parr.

The Hogs reached base two other times, with back-to-back walks to Parr and Haydi Bugarin in the start of the fifth.

Three Razorbacks saw time in the circle today, sophomore Mary Haff, junior Lauren Graves, and senior Katie Warrick. Haff records the loss, as the Gators first took the lead during her three innings of work.

Arkansas will return to Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium tomorrow (April 7) for game three of the series, first pitch is slated for noon (CT). The Razorbacks and Gators will be live on ESPN2.

Notables

• Hannah McEwen’s first-inning base hit has put her season total at 35 games in which she reached base safely.

• Sydney Parr is batting a team-best .345 on the road and .500 against the Florida defense.

Razorbacks drop series-opener on road to Florida on Friday

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Razorbacks drop series-opener on road to Florida on Friday

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Arkansas gave up three runs on errors and dropped the first game of the series against Florida on Friday, 3-0.

Autumn Storms held the Gators’ offense to only three hits and recorded four strikeouts in the loss.

Three Razorbacks recorded hits against Florida’s Kelly Barnhill. Kayla Green, Sydney Parr and Haydi Bugarin. Green reached base multiple times during the contest, first with a single up the middle in the fifth and then when she was hit by a pitch in the seventh.

Arkansas will return to Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium tomorrow (April 6) for game two of the series, first pitch is slated for 5 p.m.

The Razorbacks and Gators will be live on the SEC Network.

Razorbacks down Tennessee Tech, but drop match to Volunteers on Friday

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Razorbacks down Tennessee Tech, but drop match to Volunteers on Friday

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Arkansas posted a 4-0 victory over Tennessee Tech, but dropped a 4-0 decision to Tennessee in a Friday afternoon doubleheader at Barksdale Stadium.

The Razorbacks (13-12) fell to 2-7 in conference play after the loss to the Volunteers, while moving to 11-5 in non-conference matches after the win over the Golden Eagles.

In the first match of the day, the Volunteers took the doubles point behind a 6-2 finish from No. 15 Timo Stodder & Preston Touliatos over Oscar Mesquida & Adam Sanjurjo on court one and a 6-3 win by Andrew Rogers and Pat Harper over Alex Reco and Jose Dominguez Alonso on the third court.

Maxim Verboven and Enrique Paya held a 5-4 lead on court two went the doubles point went final.

Arkansas wrapped up the first match of the day with three losses on courts one, five and four. No. 37 Stodder defeated No. 60 Mesquida, 6-0, 6-2 on the first court to give Tennessee a quick 2-0 lead.

The final two decisions came shortly after as Josh Howard-Tripp fell 6-4, 6-3 on court four and Enrique Paya suffered a 6-3, 6-3 loss on court five to push the Volunteers to a victory.

Later in the day, the Razorbacks and the Golden Eagles battled in Knoxville in a non-conference matchup.

Arkansas earned the doubles point thanks to a 6-0 clean sheet on court two by Paya and Verboven, while Mesquida and Sanjurjo also made quick work on court one with a 6-2 decision for a 1-0 lead.

Reco dominated court three to a tune of 6-0, 6-0 to earn the first singles point for the Razorbacks.

Paya was just as impressive on court four with a 6-1, 6-1 victory to push the Hogs up to a 3-0 advantage early in singles action.

Pedro Dominguez Alonso finished off the day on court six, putting up scores of 6-1, 6-2, to clinch the match for Arkansas with three singles courts still to be decided.

The Hogs led on the other three courts before the match was clinched.

The Razorbacks will be back in action on Sunday, April 7, at Georgia at noon.

No. 14 Tennessee 4, Arkansas 0

Doubles Results – Order of Finish (1,3)
1. 15 Timo Stodder/Preston Touliatos (TENN) def. Oscar Mesquida/Adam Sanjurjo (ARK) 6-2
2. Adam Walton/Scott Jones (TENN) vs. Maxim Verboven/Enrique Paya (ARK) 4-5 (unfinished)
3. Andrew Rogers/Pat Harper (TENN) def. Alex Reco/Jose Alonso (ARK) 6-3

Singles Results – Order of Finish (1,5,4)
1. 37 Timo Stodder (TENN) def. No. 60 Oscar Mesquida (ARK) 6-0, 6-2
2. 72 Adam Walton (TENN) def. Adam Sanjurjo (ARK) 6-4, 3-2 (unfinished)
3. Scott Jones (TENN) def. Josh Howard-Tripp (ARK) 6-4, 6-3
4. Preston Touliatos (TENN) vs. Alex Reco (ARK) 6-7 (6-8), 1-3 (unfinished)
5. Martin Prata (TENN) def. Enrique Paya (ARK) 6-3, 6-1
6. Andrew Rogers (TENN) vs. Jose Alonso (ARK) 6-3, 4-4 (unfinished)

Arkansas 4, Tennessee Tech 0

Doubles Results – Order of Finish (2,1)
1. Oscar Mesquida/Adam Sanjurjo (ARK) def. Gonzalo Garcia/Carlos Vicente (TTU) 6-2
2. Enrique Paya/Maxim Verboven (ARK) def. Riku Kubota/Wenceslao Albin (TTU) 6-0
3. Alex Reco/Jose Alonso (ARK) vs. Lucca Silva/Rafael Tosetto (TTU) 4-3 (unfinished)

Singles Results – Order of Finish (3,4,5)
1. 60 Oscar Mesquida (ARK) vs. Rafael Tosetto (TTU) 7-5, 1-0 (unfinished)
2. Adam Sanjurjo (ARK) vs. Carlos Vicente (TTU) 7-6 (7-4) (unfinished)
3. >Alex Reco (ARK) def. Gonzalo Garcia (TTU) 6-0, 6-0
4. Enrique Paya (ARK) def. Riku Kubota (TTU) 6-1, 6-1
5. Pedro Alonso (ARK) vs. Wenceslao Albin (TTU) 6-1, 6-2
6. Jose Alonso (ARK) vs. Lucca Silva (TTU) 6-4, 1-2 (unfinished)

Arkansas falls to top-ranked Georgia in Fayetteville on Friday

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Arkansas falls to top-ranked Georgia in Fayetteville on Friday

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas’ women’s tennis team fell 4-0 to No. 1 Georgia Friday afternoon in the first of three matches to close out home play.

The Hogs played close in doubles, nearly taking the point in the third set. Tatum Rice and Lauren Alter earned a 6-1 victory at the No. 1 position before Georgia split doubles play with a 6-3 victory at the No. 3 position.

After a back-and-forth set at the No. 2 position, the Bulldogs took the point with a 7-6(3) win.

Georgia quickly went up 2-0 as Thea Rice fell 6-1, 6-0, coming within one of the clinch with a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Rijkers. The Bulldogs put the match away as Alter fell 6-3, 6-4.

The final three matches were suspended due to the clinch.

Arkansas will return to the court Sunday afternoon to host No. 17 Tennessee and Oral Roberts.

First serve against the Lady Vols is set for 12 p.m. while the match against Oral Roberts will begin at 5 p.m. following the conclusion of senior day activities.

For more information on Razorback women’s tennis, follow @RazorbackWTEN on Twitter.

No. 1 Georgia 4, No. 40 Arkansas 0

Doubles Results – Order of Finish (1,3,2)
1. Lauren Alter/Tatum Rice (ARK) def. Katarina Jokic/Lourdes Carle (UGA) 6-1
2. No. 55 Elena Christofi/Vivian Wolff (UGA) def. Martina Zerulo/Thea Rice (ARK) 7-6 (7-3)
3. Meg Kowalski/Marta Gonzalez (UGA) def. Laura Rijkers/Jackie Carr (ARK) 6-3

Singles Results – Order of Finish (6,4,3)
1. No. 104 Martina Zerulo (ARK) vs. No. 1 Katarina Jokic (UGA) 6-2, 1-6, 1-0, unfinished
2. No. 84 Tatum Rice (ARK) vs. No. 24 Marta Gonzalez (UGA) 4-6, 6-3, unfinished
3. No. 89 Lourdes Carle (UGA) def. Lauren Alter (ARK) 6-3, 6-4
4. No. 46 Vivian Wolff (UGA) def. Laura Rijkers (ARK) 6-0, 6-3
5. Jackie Carr (ARK) vs. Elena Christofi (UGA) 0-6, 6-6, unfinished
6. No. 101 Meg Kowalski (UGA) def. Thea Rice (ARK) 6-1, 6-0

Razorbacks place third in Baton Rouge regional semifinal Friday

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BATON ROUGE, La. — Arkansas finished third at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional Second Round Semifinal I, falling to second place finisher Minnesota by 0.125.

Individual qualifiers for the NCAA Championships will be announced following the conclusion of the Regional Final in Baton Rouge.

Semifinal I Team Standings
Utah: 196.800
Minnesota: 196.300
Arkansas: 196.175
BYU: 195.550

First Rotation: Arkansas Bars: 48.900
Arkansas sat in fourth place after the first rotation, with sophomores Hailey Garner and Sarah Shaffer posting scores of 9.800 and 9.825, respectively. Freshman Kennedy Hambrick sat just behind them with a 9.775 as junior Michaela Burton and sophomore Sydney Laird scored a 9.750 each to round out Arkansas’ scorers.

Second Rotation: Arkansas Beam: 49.050
Arkansas made up some ground in the second rotation with 49.050 on the beam for running score of 97.950. Junior Jessica Yamzon led the rotation off with a 9.750. After a fall in the second spot, Arkansas’ final four competitors held strong with little room for error. Freshman Amanda Elswick scored a 9.725 in the third spot that led to three consecutive solid scores from the Razorbacks.

Sophomore Sophia Carter and Burton posted a 9.825 and a 9.850, respectively, in the four and five spots. Garner, making her fifth appearance on the apparatus this season, scored a season high 9.900 as the team’s anchor to lead all Razorbacks on the event.

Third Rotation: Arkansas Floor: 49.175
Arkansas was again in second place after the third rotation with a running score of 147.125. The fifth scorer, Hambrick, tallied a 9.775 as the four other scorers all scored higher than 9.800.

Elswick recorded a 9.850 in the third spot that was followed by a 9.800 from senior Sydney McGlone. Shaffer posted a 9.850 before Carter anchored the rotation with a 9.900. The Regular Season All-American has now produced 10 floor routines of 9.900 or higher this season.

Fourth Rotation: Arkansas Vault: 49.050
Arkansas passed the 49 mark on vault wit four scores over 9.800 from its final four competitors in the rotation. Freshman Savannah Pennese recorded a 9.750 in the second spot as Arkansas’ first scorer in the event. Shaffer recorded a 9.825 that was followed by a 9.850 from Hambrick’s Yurchenko 1.5. McGlone tallied a 9.825 as Elswick anchored the rotation with a 9.800.

Minnesota narrowly beat Arkansas to finish second in the semifinal as Golden Gophers Lexy Ramler and Ivy Lu each posted 9.900’s as the team’s anchors. The scores paved way for Minnesota to drop a low score and beat Arkansas by 0.125 points and advance to tomorrow’s final.

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