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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.

If Marshall has turned down Hogs, well, what’s the next flavor of day?

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If Marshall has turned down Hogs, well, what’s the next flavor of day?

You’d have to be deaf or simply not paying attention to hear the rumblings this week concerning the next men’s basketball coach at Arkansas.

Assuming Hunter Yurachek is actually making the decision this thing is filled with as many wild rumors and as much speculation as anything in Washington, D.C., these days.

Some think a member of the UA’s esteemed Board of Trustees who actually thinks he knows something about basketball is holding veto power and pulling the strings on the entire deal.

Everybody has known somebody and this entire search has gone in so many directions it’s clear all of it’s just wild speculation or somebody sending everyone in a wild goose chase.

Which brings us to today’s flavor of the day with the Hogs reportedly near a deal with Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall before a radio show Friday afternoon said he turned down the Hogs.

That sorta throws things into chaos.

The speculation is Yurachek has been asked to wait until Texas Tech’s Chris Beard finishes a run at the Final Four to give him the opportunity to say no. Some have said a friend of Beard reached out to say he would be interested after the tournament ends.

It seems from this corner this an interesting way to end up worse than where you started.

Over the past two weeks now we’ve heard the names Kelvin Sampson (that was supposed to be a done deal before Yurachek came to Arkansas), Eric Musselman (that was allegedly going to happen earlier this week) and former UCLA coach Steve Alford.

Now Marshall was the hot name and if he’s indeed turned down the gig that means, well, who really knows?

From a positive standpoint you wonder that if he’s turned it down, how many have declined?

You never really get a bill of particulars on these things. Let’s face it, when’s the last time you heard an athletic director get up and say, “After we have been turned down on five candidates this is who we’re stuck with.”

But you do have to really start to wonder what’s going on.

There is some speculation that part of the problem is they don’t want to pay a basketball coach more than Chad Morris’ $3.5 million a year … which is a futures contract, based on a 2-10 season to start last year.

If that IS the case, it means they are appearing to at least try making Arkansas a football school. That will be entertaining to watch play out.

Right now it appears if they don’t pull the Beard rabbit out of the hat, well, fans may have to lower their sights because that takes Billy Donovan and Rick Pitino out of the mix (although I’m not remotely confident either would be interested in coming to Fayetteville).

Is the Hogs’ job not as big of a deal as some fans have hoped it is?

Hogs get 15th inning homer from Kjerstad to avoid sweep at Auburn

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Auburn thought it had a doubleheader sweep in the 10th inning against Arkansas on Friday night.

Then they didn’t.

The Razorbacks hung in, getting key hits when they needed them until Heston Kjerstad led off with a homer in the 15th inning, then Matt Goodheart had a two-RBI double for a 9-6 win in a game that lasted five hours, 40 minutes.

It could end up being a huge win down the road.

Auburn had rallied in the first game scoring six straight runs for a 6-3 win over Hogs’ starter and ace Isaiah Campbell.

And it looked in the 10th inning of the second game like they had a sweep.

Tigers catcher Matt Scheffler singled to bring Steven Williams home from second base. Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn appealed the play at the plate and replay showed Hogs catcher Casey Opitz tagged Williams and that sent things to the 11th inning.

Arkansas will try Saturday to get a series win, facing Auburn at 1 p.m.

???? Friday Halftime Pod — featuring former OmaHogs Blaine Knight & Eric Cole

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???? Friday Halftime Pod — featuring former OmaHogs Blaine Knight & Eric Cole

Hogs fans shouldn’t worry about baseball’s loss to Little Rock

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Arkansas fans were already on edge Tuesday night.

With a men’s basketball coaching search that appears to be going off the rails, the last thing Razorbacks fans needed was a baseball loss to Little Rock in the teams’ inaugural meeting.

Not just a loss but a 17-7 clubbing at Baum-Walker Stadium.

It didn’t take long and social media was buzzing with distraught fans who claimed the series was a bad idea from the get-go.

Last year, Arkansas athletic director Hunter Yurachek gave the OK for Hogs programs to play University of Arkansas System programs. The announcement halted a decades-long moratorium.

The reaction was a mixed bag, but when the Trojans routed the Hogs, some were livid.

To those who are bent — I know you are already upset about the prospects of firing Mike Anderson to possibly hire a mid-major coach or re-tread, but you don’t need to worry about this baseball loss.

Forgive me, but I am going to lean on my Iowa roots again. I know you get sick of that sometimes, but trust me, it’s applicable here. Growing up, Iowa State and Iowa, the state’s Power Five programs, played mid-majors Drake and Northern Iowa in most all sports –even football.

Hapless Iowa State lost to Drake the year the Bulldogs announced they were transitioning to a non-scholarship program. The Cyclones have also lost to UNI in football a handful of times.

Drake and UNI have beaten both Iowa and Iowa State in basketball over the years.

In a recent meeting, Iowa blocked to field goals on back-to-back possessions (because of penalties) to preserve a win in the final seconds.

And guess what?

The Cyclones and Hawkeyes haven’t lost revenue or recruits to those lesser programs. They still run the state, even though the Panthers and Bulldogs pull the occasional upset.

Obviously, this is a foreign concept in Arkansas since it’s brand-new. No one really knows how to react because these games have been taboo.

But this loss will show that in the grand scheme of things, it really doesn’t mean much.

Little Rock will have a great highlight video to show recruits and photos to include in the media guide. It’s a feather in their cap, but it won’t allow them to host an NCAA Regional, or even make one, let alone make a College World Series Run.

It won’t build them a new stadium they need or sway the top recruits from Arkansas to go there.

It also must be pointed out that in these nonconference midweek games, bigger schools don’t pitch their weekend starters. Could Little Rock beat Hogs No. 1 starter Isaiah Campbell? I wouldn’t bet on it.

Also this week, the University of Central Arkansas won at No. 24 Oklahoma State and No.18 Ole Miss, who only beat Little Rock 11-8 earlier this month, lost 10-6 to North Alabama.

These losses to mid-majors happen without much consequence and most know that the big boys aren’t wasting their top pitching.

The Hogs are still right where they want to be to make a deep postseason run. The Auburn series, which begins Friday, with a doubleheader is much more important.

Arkansas needs to bounce back after dropping two of three to SEC West rival Ole Miss last weekend at home. A couple of wins on The Plains and the Little Rock loss will be well in the rearview mirror if it isn’t already.

So, don’t fret over this. Your concern over the coaching search is a valid one. A baseball loss to an instate school? Nah.

Trust me, I know.

Photos from Razorbacks’ final regular spring practice Thursday

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Photos from Razorbacks’ final regular spring practice Thursday

Thursday was the last day of a regular spring practice, but the players were sporting the Hogs on the helmets as they worked getting ready to finish up spring drills, starting with the Red-White game on Saturday.

Bud Light Morning Rush Podcast: Friday

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Bud Light Morning Rush Podcast: Friday

John & Tye discuss the flavor of the day, grading the potential coaching hires, plus Arkansas head football coach Chad Morris joins the show!

Hicks on adapting to playing at Arkansas, offensive improvement

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Razorbacks quarterback Ben Hicks talked after Thursday’s practice about the offensive improvement in the spring and getting ready for summer practices.

Agim on defense winning belt on final regular practice of spring

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Arkansas defensive tackle Sosa Agim after his last regular spring practice and he’s planning on doing a lot of coaching in the Red-White game Saturday.

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