FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas is preparing for one last stop in it’s five-game road trip, a double-header against Sun Belt opponent UT Arlington on Tuesday.

Game one against the Mavs is slated for 11 a.m.

The two teams will meet for only the seventh time since 1999, with the series leaning in favor of the Razorbacks, 4-2.

Coach Courtney Deifel and the Hogs secured the series lead with a sweep of UTA last season in Fayetteville. The Razorbacks shut out the Mavs in game one 6-0 before holding off a UTA comeback in game two, 10-6.

Arkansas (22-9, 4-5) is closing out its road stint after a weekend in Knoxville, Tennessee where the sophomore Mary Haff put on a show for the Big Orange fans on Saturday, serving up 15 strikeouts to the Lady Vols in the Razorbacks’ 1-0 win over the fifth ranked team.

The Hogs dropped the series, 2-1 but will look to bounce back when they continue SEC play on Friday when they host #18 Kentucky for a three-game weekend series.

After a few weeks away from the plate with an injury, sophomore Danielle Gibson returned to the plate last weekend against Tennessee and will be showing off her team leading batting average and slugging percentage at UTA on Tuesday.

Gibson’s seven home runs leads the Hogs, but she is only one of nine Razorbacks who have gone yard this season.

Keys to a victory

Errors have cost the Hogs 37 runs this season, including three runs during the series loss to #5 Tennessee. Arkan­sas will have to play a clean game to prevent extra base hits and UTA base runners.

The Razorback pitching staff has been lights out for the Hogs this season, but UTA has given up only 65 outs at the plate this year, so the pitcher-batter dual will test the Hogs in the circle.

In the polls

After dropping three straight to unranked teams, the Razor­backs dropped in the polls but remained in the top 20, a series win over No. 16 South Carolina helped the Hogs cruise into Week 6 ranked No. 15 by USA Today/NFCA, No. 18 by ESPN/USA Softball and No. 18 by Softball America.

Just keep running, just keep running

Arkansas has looked to three different Razorbacks to add speed to the bases this season: freshman Sam Torres, soph­omore Keely Edwards, and senior Carley Haizlip.

Together the trio has contributed 24 runs Edwards and Torres togeth­er have contributed 18.

Reaching for the stars … or first base

Hannah McEwen capped off a 26-game reached-base streak at #5 Tennessee on Sunday.

McEwen has earned a hit in all but three games this season, McEwen also built a 14-game hit streak as well, the longest by any Hog this season.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Arkansas couldn’t put together enough late hits Sunday afternoon and dropped the weekend series against No. 5 Tennessee, 5-2.

Arkansas (22-9, 4-5) scored first. Sydney Parr took her first at-bat up the middle and to the warning track in center field for a triple. Hannah McEwen followed with a sacrifice to centerfield, scoring Parr from third, putting the Hogs ahead, 1-0.

The sacrifice by McEwen is Arkansas’ 15th of the season, an SEC best.

Tennessee (26–5, 4-2) capitalized on an error by the Hogs on a two-out dropped fly ball to tie the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth.

After a lead-off strikeout by starter Mary Haff in the fifth, the Lady Volunteers strung together four runs on three hits and another Razorback error to take a 5-1 lead.

Autumn Storms came on in relief for Haff in the fourth, retiring the final five Lady Vols in order through the next inning.

Designated player Danielle Gibson sent one into right field for a base hit in the sixth inning, as Arkansas and pinch-runner Sam Torres got to third after a double by Ashley Diaz, then scored as Katie Warrick put the ball in play and was thrown out at first.

The rally ended there for Arkansas as the next two batters would be retired by Lady Vols reliever Matty Moss.

Arkansas recorded five hits in the contest, two from Gibson and one a piece from Diaz, Parr, and pinch-hitter Ryan Jackson.

Haff followed her career-best performance with another impressive show in the circle, striking out five Lady Vols while allowing only four hits in 22 batters faced.

The Razorbacks continue their road stint with a double-header at Texas-Arlington on Tuesday, then jump back into SEC play with a home series against No. 18 Kentucky starting Friday.