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Hoggard, Jacobus named to academic all-district team

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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas juniors Lexi Jacobus and Tori Hoggard have been selected to the 2017-18 Google Cloud Academic All-District® Women’s Track/Cross Country Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), for their outstanding accomplishments in academics and athletics.

Since joining the Razorbacks in Fall 2015 the Weeks sisters have maintained a remarkable 4.00-grade point average while majoring in chemistry.

The pair not only mirror each other in looks and academics but also match almost identically in athletic prowess.

This past weekend on Saturday, May 26, Jacobus and Hoggard earned their third-consecutive bids to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

ollowing passes of the first-two bars offered, the duo was clean over the final two bars of the day clearing 4.08m (13?-4.50?) and 4.18m (13?-8.50?) at the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Sacramento, Calif.

The sisters were two of 12 athletes to gain entry into the outdoor national meet and two of four to finish the day with zero misses.

Prior to the outdoor season, Jacobus captured her third-career NCAA title at the indoor championships while Tori finished as the national runner-up at the same meet.

With eight athletic All-America honors between them, an Academic All-District nod will give them the chance to add academic All-America accolades to their ever-growing collection of awards.

CoSIDA will announce the 2017-18 Academic All-America teams next month.

Cotton, Moore named to academic all-district team

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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas senior Kenzo Cotton and redshirt-junior Gabe Moore have been selected to the 2017-18 Google Cloud Academic All-District® Men’s Track/Cross Country Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), for their outstanding accomplishments in academics and athletics.

Cotton, a senior Kinesiology–Exercise Science major, has posted season-bests of 10.12 in the 100-meters, 20.52 in the 200-meters and contributed as the anchor leg on the 4-x-100-meter relay that holds the national lead in 2018 (38.59).

Cotton graduated from Arkansas with his degree in early May and will close out his athletic career at Arkansas at the NCAA Championships next week in Eugene, Ore.

Moore, a Biomedical Engineering major, qualified for the NCAA Championships in the decathlon holding a season-best total of 7,901 from the SEC Championships that is the second-best total in program history.

CoSIDA will announce the 2017-18 Academic All-America teams next month.

Fassi granted sponsor’s exemption to Walmart NWA Championship

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FAYETTEVILLE —Arkansas junior Maria Fassi will be joining the field of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G as a sponsor’s exemption through the tournament’s Road to the #NWAChampionship partnership, it was announced today.

Fassi paced Arkansas to a record-setting season that included the program’s first Southeastern Conference and NCAA Regional titles.

The Pachuca, Mexico, native played to six individual titles and tied for the win at the SEC Championship. She earned SEC Golfer of the Year honors and was a first-team All-SEC and Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American this season.

The Road to the #NWAChampionship awards the top ranked University of Arkansas player a sponsor’s exemption into the event with additional players receiving an exemption into the Monday Qualifier based on stroke averages from the season.

This year Dylan Kim, Alana Uriell and Kaylee Benton will have the opportunity to join the tournament field through the Monday Qualifier.

This is Fassi’s second sponsor’s exemption to the event. She earned the spot as a true freshman in 2016 shooting 73-69=142.

Fassi carded a 68 in last year’s Monday qualifier finishing third overall. Benton also played in the Monday qualifier last season. Uriell was part of Monday’s qualifying round in 2016 and advanced to the weekend.

She earned the sponsor’s exemption for the Razorbacks last year.

Fassi will join fan favorites and former Razorbacks Stacy Lewis and Gaby Lopez in the field of 144 to compete in the 12th annual #NWAChampionship.

Official tournament play will begin on Friday, June 22 at Pinnacle Country Club.

SEC Now says Arkansas could have tough matchups

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SEC Now breaks down why the Fayetteville Regional could be difficult for Arkansas, which includes Dallas Baptist, Southern Miss and Oral Roberts.

Razorbacks’ season ends with 12th-place finish at NCAA

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STILLWATER, Okla. — Arkansas again tamed the tough back nine of Karsten Creek, but could not make up any ground in the final round of stroke play at the 2018 NCAA Championship in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on Monday.

The Razorbacks played the challenging back nine 2-over, their best performance on that side of the course all week.

William Buhl paced Arkansas turning 3-under with a bogey-free start to his round. Arkansas was consistent on the front side of the course but couldn’t catch the leaders as their season came to a close.

The normally scorable front nine holes didn’t help Arkansas in the fourth round. Pin positions made it hard for players to get the ball close and teams battled increased winds in the final round.

Arkansas finished the day shooting a 15-over 303 for a four-round 1179 (296-289-291-303) to finish 12th overall.

Individually, Buhl and Luis Garza finished with four-day 296s. Buhl posted rounds of 72-79-71-74, while Garza shot 76-72-70-78. Tyson Reeder and Mason Overstreet also tied each other shooting 299. Reeder’s rounds included 77-67-77-78 and Overstreet carded rounds of 76-76-73-74. Lone senior Alvaro Ortiz rounded out the Razorback scores with a 300 shooting 72-74-77-77.

Notes

• This is the sixth NCAA Championship appearance under coach Brad McMakin
• Mason Overstreet was NCAA runner-up last year at Rich Harvest Farms in Illinois
• Arkansas was the NCAA runner-up in the first year of match play in 2009
• William Buhl turned 3-under with no bogeys
• This is the 14th top-15 finish in 22 NCAA Championship appearances
• Tyson Reeder’s second round 67 ranks T-3rd in program history for a Razorback at the NCAA Championship

The Lineup

Player Scores To Par Season Stroke Average
William Buhl 72-79-71-74=296 +8 72.5
Luis Garza 76-72-70-78=296 +8 72.7
Tyson Reeder 77-67-77-78=299 +11 74.6
Mason Overstreet 76-76-73-74=299 +11 71.5
Alvaro Ortiz 72-74-77-77=300 +12 71.2

Van Horn on regional selection, players, home edge

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Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn met with the media Monday for the first time in awhile and talked about the Hogs’ regional, the SEC Tournament and more.

 

Shaddy on big-time atmosphere for regional

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Arkansas second baseman Carson Shaddy said he’s been talking about the charged atmosphere at Baum Stadium for regional appearances like the one this weekend.

Knight not worried when he’ll throw in regional

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Arkansas pitcher Blaine Knight talked about the Hogs’ NCAA Regional this weekend, but he’s not thinking about where he’ll be in the rotation for pitchers over the weekend.

Martin has seen regional at Baum prior to being a Hog

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Arkansas third baseman Casey Martin talked about seeing regionals at Baum Stadium when he was in high school, being on All-SEC Tournament team and more.

Razorbacks get No. 5 national seed for NCAA tourney

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FAYETTEVILLE — After receiving its highest seed in program history, the No. 5 Arkansas baseball team now knows its opponents for the upcoming 2018 NCAA Fayetteville Regional as it looks to get back to the College World Series for the first time since 2015.

2018 NCAA Fayetteville Regional

1. (5) Arkansas (39-18)
2. Southern Mississippi (43-16)
3. Dallas Baptist (40-19)
4. Oral Roberts (38-18)

Baum Stadium was announced as a host for the second-straight season Sunday, as the full 64-team field was announced live on ESPNU Monday morning.

No. 1 seed Arkansas is scheduled to play the day game against the No. 4 seed Oral Roberts at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 1 while No. 2 seed Southern Miss will face off against No. 3 Dallas Baptist at 7 p.m.

The Razorbacks received their highest national seed in program history, coming in at No. 5, as Arkansas will head into tournament play as a top-8 national seed for the third time in program history.

Arkansas is making its 29th overall appearance and 15th in the last 16 years as Baum Stadium was selected as a host site in back-to-back years for the first time since 2006-2007.

Arkansas is 74-63 (.540) all-time in the NCAA Tournament, including a 54-41 (.568) record in regional action. The Razorbacks have advanced to the College World Series eight times and have advanced to a Super Regional six times.

Coach Dave Van Horn has led Arkansas to the NCAA Regional Final in each of his last seven tournament appearances.

The team advancing from the Fayetteville, Arkansas Regional will play the winner of the Greenville, North Carolina Regional.

 

Martin named third baseman on SEC’s All-Tournament team

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HOOVER, Ala. — Arkansas freshman third baseman Casey Martin earned SEC All-Tournament Team honors Sunday afternoon after powering the Razorbacks to the SEC Tournament semifinal for the second-consecutive year and fourth time in the last six seasons.

Arkansas placed three players to the all-tournament team a year ago when Luke Bonfield, Kacey Murphy, and tournament MVP Chad Spanberger led the Hogs to the final.

Martin is the second third baseman in school history to be named to the SEC All-Tournament Team, joining Zack Cox, who made it in 2009, and the first freshman since Tyler Spoon in 2013.

Just one week after being named to the All-SEC Second Team and SEC All-Freshman Team, Martin showed out in, arguably, the toughest conference tournament in the country, when he went 4-for-12 (.333) at the plate with three of his hits being homers.

The Lonoke, Arkansas native led all tournament players with the three long balls and finished second in total bases (13).

Martin now leads the Razorbacks with 13 home runs this year, which also ties Cox for the Arkansas freshman single-season record set in 2009.

Martin went 2-for-5 (.400) in Arkansas’ opening game of the tournament with two home runs, helping the Hogs to the 13-8 win over five-seed South Carolina.

He now has two multi-home run games this year and was one of only two players in this year’s tournament to hit two home runs in the same game.

In the third round game against top-seed Florida, Martin stayed hot, hitting his third home run of the tournament and 13th of the year in the second inning to put the Hogs up early on the Gators.

Martin has 10 hits in his last six games, including a four-hit game on May 17 against Georgia, his second four-hit game of the year.

Martin and the Razorbacks will now wait to see where it lands in the NCAA Tournament field, which will be decided on Monday afternoon at 11 a.m. on ESPN2.

The regional host announcement will come Sunday at 7:30 p.m.

2018 SEC All-Tournament Team
P: John Doxakis, Texas A&M
P: Todd Peterson, LSU
C: Nick Fortes, Ole Miss
DH: Edouard Julien, Auburn
1B: Chris Andritsos, Texas A&M
2B: Michael Helman, Texas A&M
3B: Casey Martin, Arkansas
SS: LT Tolbert, South Carolina
OF: Antoine Duplantis, LSU
OF: Will Golsan, Ole Miss
OF: Thomas Dillard, Ole Miss*
OF: Jay Estes, Auburn*

*Denotes tie

Most Valuable Player: Nick Fortes, Ole Miss

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