Category: Arkansas Softball

Arkansas stays alive, eliminates Notre Dame in NCAA Regional

Arkansas will get another shot at Oregon on Sunday with a trip to the Super Regionals on the line.

The top seed will live one more day, at least.

Arkansas beat Notre Dame on Saturday night, 5-0, to stave off elimination and remove the Fighting Irish from the Fayetteville Regional. Arkansas will play Oregon, the team that beat the Razorbacks on Saturday afternoon to send them to loser’s bracket. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday.

The Razorbacks will have to beat Oregon twice on Sunday to advance to the Super Regionals. Arkansas has made it to that round each of the last two seasons but has been elimiated there both times.

The hometown Hogs plated three runs in the seventh to stay alive for one more day and send Notre Dame home packing.

Notre Dame had two runners on with nobody out and trailed by just two runes in the sixth. They wouldn’t score.

Now, a second – and perhaps a third – game against the Ducks awaits.

Oregon forces Arkansas softball into loser’s bracket

Arkansas has its back against the wall in the Fayetteville Regional after a 10-4 loss to Oregon.

For the first time since Bogle Park opened, Arkansas lost a NCAA Regional game.

Oregon hit a grand slam and swung the bats with a fury in a 10-4 victory early Saturday afternoon over the Razorbacks.

Chenise Delce got the start after Hannah Camenzind started the regional opener.

Delce struggled with her command most of the day and ceded the ball to Camenzind, who also couldn’t slow Oregon’s offensive onslaught.

The setback placed Arkansas into an elimination game with Notre Dame late Saturday evening.

A win puts Arkansas into the regional final, but it will have to beat the Ducks twice to advance to the Super Regional.

 

Arkansas run-rules Harvard 11-0, plays Oregon on Saturday

Arkansas took care of business against Harvard late Friday night after rain delayed the start by over three hours.

Rainy weather threw a wrench in the schedule on Friday night, but the Arkansas softball team didn’t let it affect its focus.

A grand slam from Raigan Kramer in the fifth sent the Razorback fans home happy just after 11:30 p.m. with a 11-0 victory over Harvard.

Arkansas (39-17) advances to play Oregon at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The game will be televised on ESPN2.

The game against Harvard was originally scheduled for 6:30 p.m., but it was delayed after rain delayed the Oregon-Notre Dame opener. The first pitch of the Arkansas game did not commence until 9:42 p.m.

Hannah Camenzind was sensational in her NCAA Tournament debut. The freshman southpaw threw five innings of shutout ball and allowed only one hit to the Crimson.

Harvard and Notre Dame will play an elimination game at 4:30 p.m. The winner advances to another elimination game against the Oregon-Arkansas loser.

Arkansas softball vs. Harvard-How to watch and stream

Arkansas softball begins its NCAA Tournament journey at 6:30 on ESPN+.

Arkansas begins its NCAA Tournament quest Friday night at Bogle Park, where the Razorbacks will take on Harvard.

Courtney Deifel’s crew went 38-17, 14-10 in the SEC, and went 21-8 at home this season.

The winner of the game will advance to play tomorrow against either Oregon or Notre Dame, who were playing at the time of this writing.

Arkansas won its regional a year ago and hosted a Super Regional as well, winning the first game against Texas before losing the following two to end its season there.

Arkansas Softball: Diamond Hogs earn No. 11 National Seed

Bogle Park will host another postseason tournament as the Razorbacks earned the No. 11 National Seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Bogle Park will host another postseason tournament as the Razorbacks earned the No. 11 National Seed in the NCAA Tournament. All four of the program’s national seeds have come under head coach Courtney Deifel.

This is also the third consecutive year Bogle Park will host an NCAA Tournament regional.

Arkansas is the top seed in the region, joined by Notre Dame, Harvard, and Oregon. Arkansas defeated Oregon twice and Princeton to advance past the Fayetteville Region previously.

As the lowest seed, Harvard will take on Arkansas first in only the third meeting between the two schools. The last meeting came in 2014; Hogs won 9-4.

Now that the smoke has cleared from the disappointing early exit in the SEC Tournament, the Hogs have another opportunity to give the Fayetteville faithful something to cheer about.

The first pitch is May 19th at 6:30 p,m.

A complete preview of Fayetteville Regional as Arkansas hosts NCAA Tournament

A big weekend at Bogle Park is on the horizon as the Hogs host the NCAA Tournament.

The Arkansas women’s softball team will host the Fayetteville Regional in the NCAA Tournament.

Word came out Sunday during the NCAA Tournament selection show. Joining the top-seeded Razorbacks in the regional are No. 2 Oregon, No. 3 Notre Dame and No. 4 Harvard. The Ducks and Fighting Irish open the tournament at 4 p.m. Friday. Arkansas and Harvard will follow.

Arkansas’ hosting marks the third straight year the Razorbacks have done such. Each of the last two have resulted in trips to the Super Regionals, though Arkansas has yet to make a College World Series.

The Razorbacks are paired with Oklahoma State in the Stillwater Regional, meaning whichever team comes out of each will play in the Super Regional for a bid to the College World Series.

Take a look at each time and the weekend’s schedule from Bogle Park below.

Arkansas Softball: Six Diamond Hogs on All-SEC team

Meet the softball Diamond Hogs selected to All-SEC teams.

Well, the SEC Tournament didn’t end how Courtney Deifel and the rest of the Arkansas Softball team planned, with the extra-innings loss to Alabama.

We still have some good news for those in Fayetteville. Of course, individual awards are always nice, but I’m sure these honors are bittersweet.

Six Razorbacks received All-SEC honors. Ace, Chenise Delce was the only player voted to the first team, her second year in a row being voted first team, while the rest of the group were selected to the second team.

Last season the Hogs had seven players voted to the All-SEC team, but six of those players were on the first team. Hannah Gammil, who was first-team All-SEC last year, did not receive any honors.

Arkansas knocked out of SEC Tournament in first game

Four-seed Arkansas fell to five-seed Alabama in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals.

It was a game no one deserved to lose. Alas.

Arkansas, the SEC Tournament hosts, were knocked out in their first game of the week – in the quarterfinals – late Thursday night against Alabama in nine innings, 3-2. The win lifted the five-seed Alabama to the semifinals where the Crimson Tide will play either No. 1 Tennessee or No. 8 Florida. That game was postponed because of rain.

Alabama scored two in the top of the ninth to break a 1-1 tie. Arkansas pulled one back in the bottom, but Cylie Halvorson struck out with the bases loaded to end the game.

Arkansas was fortunate to be in that position at all, even. The Razorbacks gave up nine hits and walked seven batters, yet allowed just the one run in the normal seven innings. It came in the second to open things. Arkansas responded in the sixth with an RBI single from Halvorson.

The Razorbacks will, undoubtedly, be in the NCAA Tournament when the field is announced on the weekend. Such an early loss in the conference tournament, however, will keep Arkansas from a national seed and could keep them from hosting at all.

The NCAA Tournament selection show is scheduled for 6 p.m. Sunday. Arkansas will discover its fate then.

Arkansas centerfielder named a finalist for Freshman of the Year

Arkansas centerfielder Reagan Johnson was revealed as one of ten finalists for the 2023 TUCCI/NFCA National Freshman of the Year award. 

Arkansas softball centerfielder, Reagan Johnson, was revealed as one of ten finalists for the 2023 TUCCI/NFCA National Freshman of the Year award. 

Johnson is the first Razorback selected to the Top 10 list since Mary Haff was in 2018. Johnson currently leads all freshmen with 72 hits, just nine short of Danielle Gibson’s school record of 81 in 2022.

She has been dynamic in the leadoff spot, batting .377, leading the team with 22 multi-hit games and 20 RBIs, and 17 stolen bases (100% success rate). Another school record she is chasing is triples, with four, just one away from tying the single-season record.

Her run in the postseason could be historic, and the Razorbacks will need it as their postseason run begins Thursday night against Alabama in the SEC Tournament quarterfinal round. 

Arkansas vs. Alabama: SEC Softball Tournament quarterfinals – How to watch, stream, listen

The winner of Thursday’s Arkansas Alabama game will all but lock up hosting for the NCAA Tournament.

The biggest game of the day Thursday from Bogle Park will end the day at Bogle Park.

Host team Arkansas, the No. 4-seed, will play No. 5 Alabama in the last quarterfinal of the SEC Softball Tournament under the lights. If the weather holds off long enough, anyway, the first pitch is scheduled at approximately 7 p.m., though in actuality, it will likely be a touch later.

The game is Arkansas’ first of the tournament. The Razorbacks earned a two-round bye by virtue of finishing in the top four during the regular season. Alabama beat Missouri in the first round, 7-2, to set up a fourth meeting with the Hogs this year.

Arkansas took two of three during the regular season in Tuscaloosa. The finale of the series was a class, with Rylin Hedgecock’s solo home run in the 10th providing the winning run.

The winner of the game Friday all but locks up a hosting gig for the NCAA Tournament. And if the winner keeps it up, a national seed is a possibility.