Razorbacks get rematch with Tulsa at Stillwater Regional on Thursday

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Razorbacks get rematch with Tulsa at Stillwater Regional on Thursday

FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas will see a familiar face on day one of the Stillwater Regional, facing Tulsa to open up the regional on Thursday evening at 5 p.m.

2019 Stillwater Regional
Host: Oklahoma State (39-14)
Who: Arkansas (38-18), Tulsa (35-15), BYU (29-24)
When: May 16-18, 2019
Where: Cowgirl Stadium, Stillwater, Okla.
Watch: ESPN3 | Live Scoring

Arkansas (38-18) holds an advantage over Tulsa (35-18) in multiple offensive categories including batting average, hits, runs and home runs.

The Razorbacks are anchored by sophomore Hannah McEwen, who batting in the leadoff spot has reached base in all but six games this season and tops the team with 72 hits.

Tulsa’s lineup is highlighted by Julia Hollingsworth, a 5-7 senior outfielder who has recorded a .420 average through 49 games for Tulsa. Besides Hollingsworth, only one other is batting .300 or higher.

In the circle, Tulsa looks to Chenise Delce. Delce has a team-leading 20 starts and a 1.60 ERA, giving up 94 hits in 126.2 innings pitched. The Golden Hurricane enters the weekend with a 2.73 team ERA.

Arkansas’ junior right-hand pitcher Autumn Storms’ 1.04 walks per seven innings is second-best in a single season by a Razorback, she’s behind only Tammy Kincaid (0.97, 1999 with 244.1 IP). Storms is part of a Razorback pitching staff that has compiled a 1.99 ERA as a team.

The Razorbacks are familiar with the Golden Hurricane after facing them earlier this season at Bogle Park and falling to Tulsa, 2-1 in a pitchers’ duel.

Tulsa took the lead in the fifth inning off back-to-back base hits from Alexis Perry and Rylie Spell, with Spell’s double bringing in Perry for the winning run.

Arkansas had the winning run on base in the seventh but left two Hogs stranded at the end of the game. Arkansas faced Delce and Kassidy Scott in the circle and recorded four hits (two from Diaz) in the loss.

Campbell named semi-finalist for baseball’s Golden Spike award

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Campbell named semi-finalist for baseball’s Golden Spike award

DURHAM, N.C. — Arkansas redshirt-junior right-hander Isaiah Campbell is one of 25 amateur players named by USA Baseball as a Golden Spikes Award semifinalist on Wednesday.

The 42nd Golden Spikes Award recognizes the top amateur baseball player in the country for the 2019 season and will be presented on June 14 in Los Angeles.

Beginning with the announcement of semifinalists, a ballot will be sent to the Golden Spikes Award voting body consisting of national baseball media, select professional baseball personnel, previous Golden Spikes Award winners and select USA Baseball staff, totaling a group of over 200 voters.

From Wednesday, May 15 through Sunday, May 26, each voting member will select three athletes from the Golden Spikes Award ballot of semifinalists and fan voting will simultaneously be open on GoldenSpikesAward.com.

Selections made by the voting body will carry a 95 percent weight of each athlete’s total, while fan votes will account for the remaining five percent.

The finalists will then be announced on Wednesday, May 29. Beginning that same day through Monday, June 10, the voting body and fans will be able to cast their final vote for the Golden Spikes Award winner.

Campbell was not named to the Golden Spikes Preseason Watch List prior to the start of the 2019 season, but was added to the midseason watch list after his strong redshirt junior season.

Campbell is 9-1 after 13 starts and has 10 quality outings to his name, including 12 outings of five innings or more. The nine wins ties for second in the SEC and his 84 innings tie for first.

Campbell is the first Razorback to be named a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award since Andrew Benintendi in 2015. Benintendi won the award that year, making him the first Hog to ever win the prestigious award in school history.

He along with Philip Stidham are the only Razorbacks to ever be named finalists for the Golden Spikes Award. Campbell also joins an exclusive club of Razorbacks to ever be named semifinalists, including Nick Schmidt (2007), Zack Cox (2010), DJ Baxendale (2011) and Ryne Stanek (2013).

As for Campbell, he has, seemingly, followed in the footsteps of top Arkansas arms and become one of the Friday night aces of the SEC.

His 6.50 strikeout-to-walk ratio is third in the conference and 12th in the nation. He is also nine strikeouts away from eclipsing the 100-strikeout mark, which would make him the 12th Razorback to do so in school history

Since 1978, USA Baseball has honored the top amateur baseball player in the country with the Golden Spikes Award.

Following the first-ever presentation of the Award to Bob Horner of Arizona State, the Golden Spikes Award has been presented each year to the player who exhibits exceptional athletic ability and exemplary sportsmanship.

Campbell and the Razorbacks are on the road this week for their final regular-season series of 2019 as they get set to take on 17th-ranked Texas A&M starting on Thursday at Blue Bell Park.

Game one is slated for a 6 p.m. first pitch on ESPNU.

The 2019 Golden Spikes Award timeline:

• May 15: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award semifinalists announced, voting begins

• May 26: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award semifinalists voting ends

• May 29: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award finalists announced, voting begins

• June 10: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award finalists voting ends

• June 14: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award trophy presentation

A complete list of the 25-player Golden Spikes Award semifinalists is as follows:

Hunter Bishop, Jr., OF, Arizona St., Pac-12
JJ Bleday, Jr., OF, Vanderbilt, SEC
Isaiah Campbell, RS-Jr., P, Arkansas, SEC
Reid Detmers, So., P, Louisville, ACC
John Doxakis, Jr., P, Texas A&M, SEC
Ryan Garcia, Jr., P, UCLA, Pac-12
Nick Gonzales, So., IF, New Mexico St., WAC
Emerson Hancock, So., P, Georgia, SEC
Kody Hoese, Jr., IF, Tulane, AAC
Josh Jung, Jr., IF, Texas Tech, Big 12
George Kirby, Jr., P, Elon, CAA
Asa Lacy, So., P, Texas A&M, SEC
Jake Mangum, Sr., OF, Mississippi St., SEC
Alek Manoah, Jr., P, West Virginia, Big 12
Austin Martin, So., IF, Vanderbilt, SEC
Jackson Rutledge, So., P, San Jacinto, Region XIV
Adley Rutschman, Jr., C, Oregon St., Pac-12
T.J. Sikkema, Jr., P, Missouri, SEC
Ethan Small, RS-Jr., P, Mississippi St., SEC
Noah Song, Sr., P, Navy, Patriot
Bryson Stott, Jr., IF, UNLV, MWC
Zack Thompson, Jr., P, Kentucky, SEC
Spencer Torkelson, So., IF, Arizona St., Pac-12
Andrew Vaughn, Jr., IF, California, Pac-12
Bobby Witt Jr., HS-Sr., IF, Colleyville-Heritage High School

Perico advances to NCAA Championship, but Razorbacks fall just short

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Perico advances to NCAA Championship, but Razorbacks fall just short

AUSTIN, Texas — Arkansas freshman Julian Perico tied for sixth with a 54-hole, 3-under-par score of 210 (67-72-71) at the NCAA Austin Regional and will advance to the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships at Blessings Golf Club.

Perico was the highest placing individual not on an advancing team to earn his berth.

The last time a Razorback advanced to the NCAA Championship as an individual was two years ago when then freshman Mason Overstreet finished sixth at the Baton Rouge Regional.

He would eventually finish national runner-up. Razorback R.H. Sikes won the 1963 NCAA Championship as an individual.

As a team, Arkansas finished sixth and just missed its chance to compete at the NCAA Championships as the top five teams from each Regional advance to the Championships.

Host Texas won the Austin Regional with a -25-under-par score of 827, followed by TCU (847), Clemson (851), Pepperdine (858) and Southern Carolina (860).

Arkansas entered the day in fifth place but shot a final round 292 to finish with a 54-hole total of 865.

On Wednesday, Perico had three bogeys and three birdies for his final-round 71. He edged McNeese State’s Blake Elliott, who is ranked 21st in the nation, by one shot to secure the lone spot for an individual to advance from the Austin Regional.

Overstreet tallied his second career top 20 finish at an NCAA Regional and recorded his 19th career to 20 (41 career events played). The junior finished 17th with a score of 215 (74-69-72).

William Buhl finished inside the top 25 for a second straight year. The junior, who was 18th last season, tied for 25th with a three-day total of 218 (71-73-74).

Buhl led the field with 42 pars over 54 holes. Tyson Reeder was third in the field with 39 pars. He tied for 42nd with a score of 223 (70-77-76). Luis Garza rounded out the Razorback quintet by placing 52nd (tied) with a three-round tally of 227 (74-78-75).

2019 NCAA Austin Regional
The University of Texas Golf Club
Austin, Texas
Par 71 • 7,355 Yards
May 13-15

Place Name Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Total To Par
T6 * Julian Perico 67 72 71 210 -3
17 Mason Overstreet 74 69 72 215 +2
T25 William Buhl 71 73 74 218 +5
T42 Tyson Reeder 70 77 76 223 +10
T52 Luis Garza 74 78 75 227 +14
  • – Advanced to NCAA Championship as an individual
Place Team Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Total To Par
1. #6 Texas 278 274 275 827 -25
2. #30 TCU 280 292 275 847 -5
3. #19 Clemson 284 284 283 851 -1
4. #18 Pepperdine 278 290 290 858 +6
5. #7 Southern Cal 290 288 282 860 +8
6. #31 Arkansas 282 291 292 865 +13
7. #42 Iowa 295 285 290 870 +18
8 #42 Marquette 290 297 293 880 +28
9. San Jose State 291 303 294 888 +36
10. UMKC 295 32 293 890 +38
11. St. Mary’s (Calif.) 307 290 294 891 +39
12. Sam Houston State 303 302 291 896 +44
13. Army West Point 309 305 296 910 +58
14. Prairie View A&M 309 305 310 924 +72
  • – Top 5 teams advance to NCAA Championship

Brown named to ‘The Bowerman’ watch list after conference championships

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Brown named to ‘The Bowerman’ watch list after conference championships

NEW ORLEANS, La. — Janeek Brown was named to the latest Bowerman Watch List making her second appearance on the list announced Wednesday afternoon.

Brown is one of three student-athletes from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) to be featured on the prestigious list of 10 alongside Florida’s Yanis David and LSU Sha’Carri Richardson.

Following her impressive 100-meter hurdles/200-meters double at the National Relay Championships that trails only Jackie Joyner-Kersee’s combo from 1988, Brown dominated at this past weekend’s SEC Outdoor Championships.

Brown captured the SEC title in the 100-meter hurdles running a World-Leading time of 12.55 seconds that was a meet record, a facility record, and a lifetime-best.

The sophomore also ran a leg on the women’s 4×100-meter relay that set a school record running 43.11, and competed in the final of the 200-meters finishing fifth.

The next Women’s Watch List for The Bowerman will be released June 4.

The Bowerman Watch List: 2019 Women’s Post-Conference Championships Update

NAME
YEAR
 SCHOOL EVENTS HOMETOWN
Chanel Brissett SO Southern California Sprints/Hurdles Philadelphia, Pa.
Janeek Brown SO Arkansas Sprints/Hurdles Kingston, Jamaica
Yanis David SR Florida Jumps Lamentin, Guadeloupe
Olivia Gruver SR Washington Pole Vault Reisterstown, Md.
Jessica Hull SR Oregon Distance Albion Park, Australia
Dani Jones SR Colorado Distance Phoenix, Ariz.
Shadae Lawrence SR Colorado State Throws St. Catherine, Jamaica
Sha’Carri Richardson FR LSU Sprints Dallas, Texas
Kayla White SR North Carolina A&T Sprints Miami, Fla.
Ashtin Zamzow SR Texas Combined Events Goliad, Texas
Also Receiving Votes: Mackenzie Litte (Stanford), Danae Rivers (Penn State) and Kaelin Roberts (Southern California)
NEXT: June 4

???? Wednesday Halftime Pod — featuring THV’s Hayden Balgavy

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???? Wednesday Halftime Pod — featuring THV’s Hayden Balgavy

Phil Elson and Tye Richardson hit on Connor Vanover coming home, interview Hayden Balgavy, and more!

Ezell on getting more comfortable with switch to first this year

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Arkansas first baseman Trevor Ezell says team just focused on one game at a time at end of season.

Kenley: ‘Every W counts the same’ as Hogs leave for A&M

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Razorbacks second baseman Jack Kenley said they aren’t looking ahead, but taking every game as it comes because all the wins count the same.

Hicks among top quarterbacks to be counselor at ‘Manning’ camp

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Hicks among top quarterbacks to be counselor at ‘Manning’ camp

Arkansas quarterback Ben Hicks is among the 24 college quarterbacks expected to be counselors for the Manning Passing Academy on June 27-30.

The academy, which has been working with high school quarterbacks, running backs, tight ends and wide receivers, was started 24 years and works with players in grades 8-12 on the fundamentals and techniques.

Other quarterbacks expected to attend the camp are Tennessee’s Jarrett Guarantano, Georgia’s Jake Fromm, Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence, Oregon’s Justin Herbert, South Carolina’s Jake Bentley, Stanford’s KJ Costello, Notre Dame’s Ian Book, Ole Miss’s Matt Corral, Southern California’s JT Daniels and LSU’s Joe Burrow.

The full list will be announced at a later date.

Hicks is a graduate transfer from SMU who is the odds-on favorite to be the Hogs’ starter in the first game, but the quarterback room is getting crowded.

Nick Starkel arrived Tuesday from Texas A&M as a grad transfer, Connor Noland will be there when the Razorbacks complete their postseason baseball run and incoming freshman KJ Jefferson will join John Stephen Jones, Daulton Hyatt and Jack Lindsey.

Hicks holds several SMU passing records for yards, attempts, completions and touchdowns. In 2017 under Hogs coach Chad Morris and offensive coordinator Joe Craddock, Hicks threw for over 3,500 yards and 33 touchdowns.

“He knows our offense and he knows us and he knows what to expect,” Morris said back in the spring. “He’s been a great addition to our program.”

Vanover officially commits to joining Musselman with Razorbacks

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Vanover officially commits to joining Musselman with Razorbacks

Connor Vanover left Arkansas to play at California, but Wednesday morning announced the 7-foot-3 center with an outside shot is coming back and will be Eric Musselman’s second committed transfer.

He played for Baptist Prep in high school, leading them to a state championship in 2016.

Initially Vanover chose Memphis over Arkansas, Alabama, Ole Miss and others, but de-committed when Tubby Smith was fired, then chose Cal-Berkeley.

He started 15 games as a freshman, playing in 28 and averaging 7.5 points, 3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game. He was 46.9 percent from the field, including a 35.5-percent average on 76 3-point attempts.

He had a career-high 24 points in the last regular season game against Stanford, going 9-of-12 from the field.

He will sit out a season, then have three years left starting in 2020.

Bud Light Morning Rush Podcast: Wednesday

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Bud Light Morning Rush Podcast: Wednesday

John & Tommy discuss why the regular season doesn’t matter, who they want to taze, plus Hutch talks Hog baseball!

Knee injuries force Hogs defensive lineman to give it up

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Knee injuries force Hogs defensive lineman to give it up

Arkansas defensive lineman Briston Guidry has been forced to quit playing after seven knee injuries have taken a toll, he announced via Twitter on Tuesday.

He will forever be the answer of a trivia question around Razorbacks football.

Guidry scored the first touchdown of the Chad Morris time at Arkansas, recovering a fumble in the end zone against Eastern Illinois for the second touchdown of his career.

At times, Guidry flashed the potential he had as a four-star recruit from Metairie, Louisiana, in 2016, turning down offers from LSU, Alabama, Oklahoma and others.

He redshirted his first season and had 36 tackles over his two season with six for loss, 2.5 sacks, a couple of pass breakups and quarterback hurries with three fumbles recovered and one fumble forced.

 

Originally a four-star signee out of Metairie, La., Archbishop Rummel, Guidry was the No. 133 overall prospect in the Class of 2016. He turned down offers from Alabama, LSU, Miami (Fla.), Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas A&M and others to play for the Razorbacks.

After redshirting his first year on campus, Guidry was mostly a rotation guy in the middle of the defensive line, making 36 tackles over the last two seasons. He also had six tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, two pass breakups, two quarterback hurries, three fumble recoveries and one forced fumble.

Although there were several times he showed the talent that made him a 5.9 four-star recruit, the aforementioned injuries prevented him from fulfilling his full potential.

Pro Football Focus gave him a 76.8 grade on 155 snaps last season, which was the second highest on the defense among players with at least 100 snaps. That came after he earned a 73.0 grade on 280 snaps the year before.

Another knee surgery kept him out of the final two games of the 2018 season and also prevented him from being a full participant in spring practice. Without him, the Razorbacks relied on McTelvin Agim and T.J. Smith as their primary first-team defensive tackles, with Jonathan Marshall and Isaiah Nichols backing them up.

Guidry’s departure also opens up another scholarship for the Razorbacks. It does not mean they can bring in another transfer, but they could give it to a walk-on who has been on campus at least two years or hang on to it for the 2020 class.

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