Arkansas: SEC champs for a second straight year

Arkansas won its second straight SEC title on Sunday, shutting out South Carolina in the process.

A whole weekend remains in the SEC softball season and the league title is already wrapped up.

Arkansas captured its second straight regular-season conference crown with an 8-0 win over South Carolina on Sunday. The win was the Hogs’ eighth straight and will all but ensure the team doesn’t fall from their No. 7 national ranking.

The Gamecocks, the last-place team in the league, managed just four hits in the five-inning loss. Mary Haff struck out six South Carolina batters to lead the way.

Offensively, Hannah McEwen helped the Razorbacks with a 2-for-3 day. She had two RBI, a run and a triple. Taylor Ellsworth homered twice for Arkansas, in the first and in the fourth, both times two-run shots.

Arkansas will close the regular season Friday through Sunday at Texas A&M, the next-to-last team in the SEC standings.