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Dungee’s 41 points not enough as Hogs unable to close comeback

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FAYETTEVILLE — Chelsea Dungee scored 41 points, but Arkansas fell, 75-52, to Auburn in Southeastern Conference action in Bud Walton Arena on Sunday.

Chelsea Dungee

• 41 points
• 10-for-18 from the floor
• 4-for-7 from 3-point range
• 17-for-19 from the line
• 40 minutes

An early rebounding advantage paired with nearly 50 percent shooting allowed the Tigers (18-6, 6-5 SEC) to open up an early lead in the first half.

Arkansas (16-9, 5-6 SEC) also started fast but poorly-timed turnovers and a size disadvantage allowed Auburn to stretch the lead to 14 points at the break.

Dungee had nine points in the first half but exploded in the third quarter with a 17-point effort. She hit three 3-pointers and went 8-for-9 from the line but Arkansas seemed unable to close the gap, trailing 60-47 as they started the fourth frame.

The Razorbacks’ Raven Northcross-Baker scored 12 points coming off the bench in the 75-72 loss to Auburn. PHOTO BY ANDY HODGES | HITTHATLINE.COM

But Arkansas rallied. They had a short scoring run to start the quarter and found a spark from senior Raven Northcross-Baker. Baker finished with 12 points making four 3-pointers off the bench.

The Razorbacks chipped away at the score closing within three points when Dungee was fouled. She went to the line for four free throws after a technical foul was also assessed.

Dungee drained all four bonus shots giving Arkansas the lead, 71-70, with 1:39 to play. Auburn answered from the free throw line reclaiming the lead. Arkansas had one last chance but couldn’t get the shot to fall.

Arkansas has its second bye of the season on Thursday and returns to action with back-to-back road games at Kentucky Feb. 17, and at Georgia Feb. 21.

Arkansas’ Jailyn Mason drives inside against Auburn on Sunday in the Hogs’ loss. PHOTO BY ANDY HODGES | HITTHATLINE.COM

Notes

• Arkansas Starters: Alexis Tolefree, Malica Monk, Kiara Williams, Jailyn Mason, Chelsea Dungee

• Chelsea Dungee scored 17 points in the third quarter.

• Chelsea Dungee has scored in double figures in 22 of Arkansas’ 25 games and has scored 20 or more points 12 times this year.

• Chelsea Dungee has been Arkansas’ leading scorer in 13 games.

• Chelsea Dungee has scored 30+ points twice (Auburn and #16 South Carolina).

• Chelsea Dungee’s 41 points is the most in program history in an SEC game. It is three points shy of the all-time single-game record of 44 points.

• Raven Northcross-Baker scored 12 points. It is her second game of the season in double figures.

Neighbors, Dungee on loss to Auburn, Dungee’s 41-point game

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Arkansas coach Mike Neighbors and Chelsea Dungee (41 points, 32 in the second half) talked about the comeback, getting close in the fourth quarter and a late technical foul.

Auburn’s Williams-Flournoy on team hanging on for win over Hogs

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Tigers’ coach Terri Williams-Flournoy talked with the media after her team saw a 17-point lead in the third quarter evaporate where they had to scramble for a late win.

Arkansas finishes second day of Tyson Invitational with strong performances

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FAYETTEVILLE — No. 1 Arkansas closed out the Tyson Invitational with sensational marks in multiple events including an exciting finish to the women’s 4×400-meter relay Saturday afternoon at the Randal Tyson Indoor Track.

Janeek Brown posted her second personal-best mark of the weekend, competing in the open section of the 200-meters. Following her run in the 60-meter hurdles (7.95) last night — currently, No. 5 in the world this season — the sophomore posted a winning time of time of 23.37 that is currently No. 17 in the NCAA.

In the Invitational section of the 200-meters, Payton Chadwick’s 23.15 led the Razorbacks earning her a fifth-place finish. Also competing in the Invitational 200-meters were Kethlin Campbell (23.44 – indoor PR), and Jada Baylark (23.64) who rounded out the event for Arkansas.

The Razorbacks returned to the track to post a near season-best in the 4×400-meter relay as Sydney Hammit (54.95), Morgan Burks-Magee (52.13), Payton Chadwick (52.82), and Kethlin Campbell (51.47) teamed up to run 3:31.35. Burks-Magee and Chadwick posted the fastest time on their legs in the race with their respective carries of the baton.

Rylee Robinson finished second in the open section of the pole vault with her clearance of 4.13m (13-6.50), while Desiree Freier finished fifth in the Invitational pole vault finishing with a best of 4.23m (13-10.50).

J’Alyiea Smith finished second in the women’s high jump, clearing 1.72m (5-7.75) that is a mere 1-inch off her personal-best in the event from earlier this season.

Arkansas returns to the track for the regular season finale – the Arkansas Qualifier – Feb. 15 with primetime action slated to begin at 5 p.m.

Softball rolls through Samford, Lipscomb in Cowgirl Classic in Louisiana

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LAKE CHARLES, La. — It was another successful day on the diamond for Arkansas, who notched two more wins on Saturday after taking down Samford in 6-1 fashion and securing a 5-0 decision over Lipscomb.

The Razorbacks move to 4-0 on the season, outscoring opponents 24-4.

Up Next

Arkansas will face one last opponent in the Cowgirl Classic, seeing a familiar face in Campbell University. The Razorbacks and Camels, who met earlier this weekend in a 7-3 victory for the Hogs, will share the diamond once more on Sunday morning (Feb. 10) at 9 a.m.

Game 1: Arkansas 6, Samford 1

The Razorbacks did not trail for a single inning on Friday (Feb. 8), and they weren’t letting that streak end on Saturday, jumping out to a quick two-run lead after Ashley Diaz fired off her third double of the season into right center field. Diaz scored Danielle Gibson on the hit, who reached on a hit by pitch call earlier in the inning.

Now with Warrick on third, who’s single would put her on base just before Diaz’ hit, and Diaz on second, Kayla Green would draw a walk to load the bases full of Hogs. Sophomore Linnie Malkin stepped up as the designated player, and reached first base on balls as well, pushing Warrick across the plate for another Arkansas run.

Both teams would go scoreless through the second, third and fourth innings, and after Samford threatened with two Bulldogs on base in the fifth, the Razorbacks had to respond with another offensive spark.

Gibson would lead off the fifth inning with her first home run in the cardinal white, taking the first pitch over the right field wall, and giving Arkansas a little more breathing room on the scoreboard.

Only one inning later, Jackson kicked off the sixth with a single to shortstop, turning on the jets and beating out the throw from Samford. Malkin finds her way to first once again, this time with a pitch to the leg, Carley Haizlip would take Malkin’s place on first and with a perfectly executed sacrifice bunt from Haydi Bugarin, Haizlip and Jackson were now in scoring position.

With one out on the board, Maggie Hicks and McEwen would go back-to-back with singles, driving in a combined three more runs.

Samford would shut-down Arkansas’ shut-out attempt, with one run scored off a Razorback error and a single back to winning pitcher, Autumn Storms, but the Hogs defense held off the comeback attempt and held onto a 6-1 win over the Bulldogs in the end.

PHOTO BY RAZORBACK SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS

Game 2: Arkansas 5, Lipscomb 0

Once again, the Razorbacks wasted no time putting runs on the board, firing off five runs over the second and third innings, sparked by a single by Jackson.Jackson’s hit was followed by the same from Malkin, and now with runners on first and second, catcher Nicole Duncan laid down a sacrifice bunt- moving Jackson and Malkin into scoring position.

Hicks approached the plate and soared a line drive into left field, Lipscomb fumbled the catch and with the error Hicks had the chance to round two. The Lady Bisons were able to catch Hicks at third, but not before the End Rock, Ark. native earned two RBI with the scores of Jackson and Malkin.

Back at the top of the order, Gibson started the three-run inning reaching first base with a walk and advanced to third with a key double from Warrick. Diaz’ followed with a double of her own, her fourth of the season, scoring both Warrick and Gibson on the fiery hit up the middle. Haizlip would enter and take Diaz’ place on second.

Jackson singled through the right side, loading the bases with Hogs for Malkin. The Lady Bisons would make a defensive change in the circle, but the Razorbacks had no intentions on slowing down.

Malkin and Duncan would reach base on a walk and hit-by-pitch call respectively, scoring Haizlip in the process. Haizlip would be the fifth and final run for the Hogs, but that’s all they would need to take down Lipscomb, 5-0.

Starting pitcher Mary Haff pitched a complete game, for her 31st win of her career- moving her into seventh place in the all-time career wins.

Razorback Mile Relay delivers exciting finish to Tyson Invitational on Saturday

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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas closed out the Tyson Invitational Saturday afternoon at the Randal Tyson Indoor Track running the 11th-fastest 4×400-meter relay in the NCAA this season.

The 4×400-meter relay of Jalen Brown (47.04), Hunter Woodhall (46.56), Travean Caldwell (47.22), and James Milholen (46.36) ran 3:07.17 to win section three while finishing sixth-overall in the event.

The 200-meter saw Rashad Boyd set a collegiate-PR in the one-turn race crossing the line in a quick 21.62 that led Arkansas in the open section of the 200-meters.

In the Invitational section of the 200-meters, Kris Hari was the quickest Razorback to the finish line clocking 21.50 – an indoor personal-best time.

Jeff Rogers and Sam Kempka turned in seventh and 11th-place finishes in the shot put competition that included the reigning NCAA Outdoor Champion in the event, Georgia’s Denzel Comenentia.

Rogers finished with a mark of 17.02m (55-10.25) – a season-best – while Kempka finished at 15.95m (52-4).

Arkansas returns to the track for the regular season finale – the Arkansas Qualifier – Feb. 15 with primetime action slated to begin at 5 p.m.

Hogs’ second-half double-digit leads collapses into 77-65 loss to Gamecocks

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Mike Anderson is going to have a tough time putting Saturday’s 77-65 loss at South Carolina off on the team’s youth, inexperience and other excuses.

Arkansas simply collapsed in the second half after building a 13-point lead with 15:37 left.

There’s really no way to sugar-coat or put a good spin on it. At least there’s not going to be any way to do it many of the fans will buy.

At times this year Anderson has put these down gaps off on youth and inexperience. That’s a cop-out at this point. As Isaiah Joe said earlier this week they aren’t freshmen anymore.

And when Daniel Gafford gets himself in foul trouble early and can only play 22 minutes, getting just eight points and five rebounds, the Hogs are going to struggle. He played just five minutes in the first half when he scored half of his points.

He was out-played by the Gamecocks’ Chris Silva (16 points, 8 rebounds). A.J. Lawson led everybody with 24 and Keyshawn Bryant had 17.

Anderson got out-coached by Frank Martin, who didn’t let his team throw in the towel when they were throwing the ball all over the court in the first half.

In the second half, South Carolina was hitting shots while the Hogs couldn’t hit water if they fell out of a boat.

Point guard Jalen Harris led Arkansas with 17 points, Mason Jones had 15 and Joe was just 4-of-11 from the field.

The bench scored just eight points for the entire game.

The Razorbacks were 38.6 percent from the field in the game (South Carolina). The Gamecocks shot 54.2 percent, 60.7 percent in the second half.

The loss drops the Hogs to 14-9 overall and 5-5 in the SEC. They will go back on the road to the other Columbia, facing Missouri on Tuesday at 8 p.m.

Arkansas falls to Golden Hurricane in second match of season

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TULSA, Okla. — Arkansas dropped its second match of the season, falling 4-1 at Tulsa Saturday afternoon.

The Razorbacks dropped the doubles point in straight sets, with Tulsa clinching the point at the No. 2 position.

Tulsa went up 2-0 at the No. 6 position, as Shwetha Prabakar fell 6-1, 6-2 to Marina Davtyan. The Golden Hurricane got within one as Lauren Alter fell 6-1, 6-4, before No. 78 Tatum Rice earned Arkansas’ lone point of the match with a 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 third-set victory.

Freshman Miruna Tudor dropped her match 7-5, 6-3 at the No. 6 position, clinching the match for Tulsa. Play on the final two courts was suspended due to the clinch.

The Hogs will return to the court next weekend at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles.

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

Tulsa 4, Arkansas 1
Doubles Results – Order of Finish (1,2)
1. #10 Martina Okalova/Vera Ploner (TLSW) def. Tatum Rice/Martina Zerulo (ARK) 6-2
2. Martha Matoula/Manon Meulenberg (TLSW) def. Lauren Alter/Miruna Tudor (ARK) 6-2
3. Marina Davtyan/Megan Hopton (TLSW) vs. Jackie Carr/Shwetha Prabakar (ARK) 4-4, unfinished

Singles Results – Order of Finish (6,3,2,5)
1. Martina Okalova (TLSW) vs. Martina Zerulo (ARK) 4-6, 6-1, 4-2, unfinished
2. #78 Tatum Rice (ARK) def. Martha Matoula (TLSW) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
3. Vera Ploner (TLSW) def. Lauren Alter (ARK) 6-1, 6-3
4. Shura Poppe (TLSW) vs. Jackie Carr (ARK) 6-1, 6-6 (2-4), unfinished
5. Megan Hopton (TLSW) def. Miruna Tudor (ARK) 7-5, 6-3
6. Marina Davtyan (TLSW) def. Shwetha Prabakar (ARK) 6-1, 6-2

Razorbacks open season with back-to-back wins at Cowgirl Classic

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LAKE CHARLES, La. — Arkansaswas in mid-season form Friday, taking down both opponents on day one of the Cowgirl Classic.

Now sitting at 2-0 one day into the 2019 campaign, the Razorbacks opened with a 7-3 victory over Campbell and capped their day with a statement 6-0 win over McNeese. Junior Autumn Storms and sophomore Mary Haff each recorded a win in the circle.

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The Razorbacks will return to Joe Miller Ballpark on Saturday (Feb. 9) for day two of the Cowgirl Classic, taking on Samford at 12:30 p.m. and Lipscomb at 3:00 p.m.

While Lipscomb is a never-faced opponent, Arkansas has matched up against Samford once before, defeating the Bulldogs in Hattiesburg, Miss. in 2009 (6-2).

Game 1: Arkansas 7, Campbell 3

Arkansas came out strong; with Hannah McEwen reaching first base on balls, sophomore transfer Danielle Gibson followed with a single through the right side.

With Hogs on first and second, senior Katie Warrick stepped up to the plate and sent one up the middle, loading the bases for hot-hitter Ashley Diaz. Diaz hit her first double of the game, a grounder up the middle, scoring McEwen and Gibson.

With the bases loaded, Gibson returned to the plate in the second inning, where she put the ball in play, allowing Sydney Parr and Maggie Hicks to score.

Warrick reached first on a fielder’s choice and Diaz followed with her second double of the game. The Razorbacks now had two in scoring position, with two outs, and Kayla Green up to bat.

A Campbell error would send Warrick and Diaz over home plate, giving Arkansas a 6-0 lead after two innings of play.

It would be in the sixth inning, that Gibson reached on a triple down the left-field line, putting her in prime scoring position for Diaz. Diaz beautifully executed the sacrifice fly, floating her hit deep into right field, giving Gibson the chance to score.

The Fighting Camels were not going down without a fight, rallying in the sixth inning for three runs. Storms and the Razorbacks regrouped and closed out the inning with a 5-3 play by Bugarin.

The seventh inning would yield no additional runs for either team and Arkansas would escape a feisty Campbell comeback attempt and hold onto the 7-3 victory.

Game 2: Arkansas 6, McNeese 0

It was a defensive battle from the start for the Razorbacks and Cowgirls, as the two teams entered the fourth inning scoreless.

Warrick would be the one to step up to the plate and take a 1-2 count from McNeese’s Alex Flores over the left field wall for Arkansas’ first run of the game.

The Razorbacks saw two Cowgirls on base in the fourth, but a leaping catch by Hicks would send the runners back to the dugout as Arkansas held onto its one-run lead headed into the fifth inning.

Arkansas wasted no time pushing its lead out to six runs, batting through the lineup in the fifth inning. The rally began with one out on the board and Hicks and Parr on first and second. McEwen soared a 1-0 pitch over the right-center wall, clearing the bases and giving the Razorbacks a 4-0 lead.

Gibson followed suit and hit a double off the right-center wall, forcing McNeese to make a call to their bull-pen. The Cowgirls would sub out junior Alex Flores for her sister, freshman right-handed pitcher Saleen Flores.

Warrick used her power at the plate once more, to single in right center and score pinch runner Carley Haizlip. Freshman Sam Torres would be called upon to pinch run for Warrick and would make her way around the bases to score, thanks to a ball in play by Diaz and a single to left center by Green.

Now leading 6-0, the Razorbacks had only to hold strong defensively to outlast the McNeese Cowgirls, and that’s exactly what they did.

With Haff on the mound, the Razorbacks allowed only one hit from the Cowgirls, a short fly ball onto the green in left field. Freshman Sam Torres tore up the turf and dove to make the catch, but the perfectly placed ball fell just short of her glove.

Arkansas did not loosen the reins until the shutout was complete, burning through the sixth and seventh innings with a defensively strong hold. Not only did McNeese go scoreless on their home turf tonight, a feat that has not been achieve by an opponent since April of 2017, not a single Cowgirl reach third base through seven innings of play.

Arkansas’ series with McNeese advances to 3-1 with the 6-0 win, the shutout is Haff’s 12th of her career.

Razorbacks set variety of personal records on first day of Tyson Invitational

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FAYETTEVILLE — The Razorbacks went to work at Randal Tyson Indoor Track and Dempsy Indoor in Seattle, Washington, on Friday night.

“Today was a great meet with great competition across the board,” said assistant coach Doug Case. “Obviously the sprints were incredible. I think overall if you look at our team, our hurdlers ran really well, in particular, Carl Elliot III ran a PR of 7.81 which is a good run. the 400-meter guys ran very well.

“They ran into some traffic in some of those races with a little bump and go going on, but overall where we’ve trained and the way we’ve prepared we’re ready to run really fast. we’re obviously shooting for SEC that weekend. The 800-meter group ran well as a whole today, Kieran Taylor ran a PR of 1:49.46.

“As a whole, I think we’ve made some progression in the right direction, we’re getting better and better every week with the goal being the SEC meet here in two and weeks and then the NCAA meet two weeks after that.”

In the 60-meter hurdles, Elliot III was the top Razorback on the day finishing fourth in the final with his aforementioned PR of 7.81. Tre’Bien Gilbert finished 14th overall running 7.94 in the prelims.

Josh Oglesby and Kris Hari advanced to the semifinal of the 60-meter flat, finishing with identical times of 6.82 for 17th and 18th, respectively.

Jalen Brown and Hunter Woodhall set new personal-best in the 400-meters running 46.70 and 47.07, respectively,  for fifth and seventh-place finishes.

Kieran Taylor led the way for a Razorback sweep in the 800-meters running a personal-best of 1:49.65, followed by Chase Pareti (1:50.93) and Kevin Wilkinson (1:51.38) in second and third-place.

Erich Sullins streak of wins came to an end Friday night in the men’s weight throw despite Sullins turning in a third-place finish with a best of 21.05m (69-0.75) that is just short of his season-best and school record mark from earlier this season.

In Seattle, head coach Chris Bucknam and crew got a lot done at the Husky Classic as Ethan Moehn posted a top-20 finish in the mile at 4:04.49 followed by Colin O’Mara at 4:08.07.

Cameron Griffith finished seventh in the 3,000-meters (7:52.79) in a season-best time that fell just a few seconds short of his lifetime-best in the event. Griffith was joined by Matt Young who finished 20th in 8:04.30 – a personal-best.

Gilbert Boit was the top Razorback in the 5,000-meters with his mark of 13:42.95 that is a personal-best.

Arkansas will return to Randal Tyson for day two of the Tyson Invitational tomorrow morning at 10:30 a.m.

Arkansas gets third sweep of season, downing SMU on Friday afternoon

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FAYETTEVILLE — The Arkansas men’s tennis team earned its third sweep of the season, defeating SMU at home Friday night.

The Hogs got off to a quick start, taking the doubles point in straight sets. The team went up 2-0 as Josh Howard-Tripp earned a 6-2, 6-2 victory, and Alex Reco put the team within one at the No. 3 position.

Josh Howard-Tripp made quick work in the second position over Jan-Simon Vrbsky, 6-2, 6-2 as the Hogs took a 2-0 lead. Alex Reco would give the Razorbacks a 3-0 lead as he topped Roberto Rosales 6-3, 6-4.

Oscar Mesquida clinched the match at the No. 1 position, while Jose Dominguez Alonso put the team at 5-0 with a 6-3, 6-2 victory. The final two matches went to the tiebreaker set, as Enrique Paya defeated Tomas Vaise and Maxim Verboven earned a comeback win over Michael Smith in the five spot.

Arkansas will return to the court Sunday afternoon, hosting No. 6 Texas at 1 p.m.

For more information on Arkansas men’s tennis, including in-match updates, follow @RazorbackMTEN on Twitter.

Arkansas 7, SMU 0

Doubles Results – Order of Finish (3,2)
1. Enrique Paya/Maxim Verboven (AR) vs. Jan-Simon Vrbsky/Tomas Vaise (SMU) 6-6, unfinished
2. Oscar Mesquida/Alex Reco (AR) def. Carles Sarrio/Roberto Rosales (SMU) 7-5
3. Jose Alonso/Pedro Alonso (AR) def. Blaise Fagan/Avery Pennywell (SMU) 6-4

Singles Results – Order of Finish (2,3,1,6,4,5)
1. Oscar Mesquida (AR) def. Carles Sarrio (SMU) 6-3, 6-2
2. Josh Howard-Tripp (AR) def. Jan-Simon Vrbsky (SMU) 6-2, 6-2
3. Alex Reco (AR) def. Roberto Rosales (SMU) 6-3, 6-4
4. Enrique Paya (AR) def. Tomas Vaise (SMU) 2-6, 7-6 (8-6), 1-0 (10-7)
5. Maxim Verboven (AR) def. Michael Smith (SMU) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
6. Jose Alonso (AR) def. Andrew Buhelos (SMU) 6-3, 6-2

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