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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Riding a season-long six-game winning streak, No. 3 Arkansas (11-3) turns its attention to Grambling (5-10) for a two-game midweek series at Baum-Walker Stadium.

The action starts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on SEC Network+.

Pregame online and on the radio starts at 6 p.m. Listen online to Phil Elson and Bubba Carpenter at HitThatLine.com and on the radio at ESPN Arkansas 95.3 in the River Valley, 96.3 in Hot Springs and central Arkansas, 104.3 in Harrison-Mountain Home and on satellite radio at SEC Radio 374, Sirius 134 and XM 190.

The series finale between the Razorbacks and Tigers, which will also steam on SEC Network+ is set for 4 p.m. Wednesday. Radio pregame will start at 3:30 p.m.

Arkansas is eight games into a 13-game homestand at Baum-Walker Stadium. The Hogs are 7-1 over that stretch with a midweek win against Omaha and two consecutive weekend series wins against Southeastern and UIC.

Peyton Stovall (Michael Morrison / HitThatLine.com)

Pitching Matchups

Tuesday: Grambling RHP Roy Peguero (1-0, 6.60 ERA) vs. Arkansas RHP Austin Ledbetter (0-0, 1.59 ERA)

Wednesday: Grambling TBA vs. Arkansas TBA

Austin Ledbetter (Michael Morrison / HitThatLine.com)Series History

Arkansas and Grambling have met seven times in history, with all seven previous meetings occurring in the Dave Van Horn era.

The Razorbacks own an unblemished 7-0 series lead, including a 6-0 mark in games played in Fayetteville. The Hogs most recently battled the Tigers during the 2019 season, winning, 17-3, at Baum-Walker Stadium.

Jalen Battles (Michael Morrison / HitThatLine.com)

Leading Off

• Arkansas has put together four consecutive winning weekends, kicking off the year with a series win against Illinois State. The Razorbacks then went down to Round Rock, Texas, and won two of three games in the Round Rock Classic before taking consecutive weekend series against Southeastern and UIC.

• Arkansas is 611-227 (.729) all-time at Baum-Walker Stadium, including 479-164 (.745) in 20 seasons under head coach Dave Van Horn.

• Third baseman Cayden Wallace was named the SEC Co-Player of the Week and National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper on Monday after swatting three homers, including two grand slams, and driving in a team-leading 13 runs in Arkansas’ four-game series sweep of UIC over the weekend.

• True freshman Austin Ledbetter will make his second career start on the mound in the opener against Grambling. The Bryant, Ark., native made his first collegiate start last week against UIC, striking out three over three innings of two-hit, one-run ball in the second game of a doubleheader.

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Hogs fourth seed in West; will open against Vermont

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas, seeded fourth in the West Region, will face Vermont, the region’s No. 13 seed, on Thursday (Mar. 17) in the opening round of the 2022 NCAA Championship. The Razorbacks and Vermont will play in Buffalo’s KeyBank Center and the game will be televised on TBA.

Arkansas earns its 35th NCAA bid and second straight. This is the sixth time in program history Arkansas has earned a No. 4 seed and the 13th time to be among the top-4 seeds since the NCAA began its current seeding process for the 1979 championship. The previous #4 seeds came in 1999, 1993, 1990, 1983 and 1982.

Arkansas is 21-12 in NCAA Tournament openers and own a 45-33 all-time record in NCAA action.

The Razorbacks (25-8; 13-5 SEC) finished fourth in the SEC regular-season and are #20 in the both the NCAA NET and the KenPom.com ranking.

This was the 14th time Arkansas posted 25 wins and the marks the first time since the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons the Razorbacks accomplished the feat in back-to-back seasons.

The Hogs won at least 13 games in the SEC for just the fifth time in program history and it was the first time ever to accomplish the feat in back-to-back years.

Arkansas started the SEC season 0-3 (losing 5-of-6 overall) before turning its season around. After the 0-3 start in league play, Arkansas won its next eight conference games and became the first major conference team to win eight consecutive conference games immediately following an 0-3 (or worse) start to league play since UCLA accomplished the feat in 1981-82.

Overall, the Razorbacks won nine straight games, including a victory over West Virginia in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge and closed the regular-season by winning 14 of its final 16 games. Both losses came on the road versus QUAD1 opponents (Alabama and Tennessee) by a combined five points.

The Razorbacks accomplished its strong finish despite playing arguably the toughest schedule in the country (factually for the final five regular-season games).

Including the SEC Tournament, nine of Arkansas’ final 10 opponents are NCAA Quad 1 opponents, and the Hogs posted  7-3 record including wins over then No. 1 Auburn, then No. 16 Tennessee and then No. 6 Kentucky.

Other Quad 1 wins this season include a road win at Florida, a road win over then-No. 12 LSU, a home win over LSU and a win over LSU in the SEC Tournament quarterfinal.

Arkansas is 7-6 versus Quad 1 teams, 5-1 versus Quad 2, 6-1 versus Quad 3 and 7-0 versus Quad 4 teams.

This will be the first time Arkansas has faced Vermont.

Vermont, who has a Net of 52, won the America East tournament to be an automatic qualifier and posted a 28-5 record this season.

With a first-round win, Arkansas would face the winner of No. 5 UConn  and No. 12 New Mexico State on Saturday.