The Arkansas softball program has been so used to high-level success in the last half-decade or so that the 2024 season had felt like something of a disappointment.
If the weekend’s results are anything to go by, however, things may be headed back the positive direction for the Razorbacks.
Arkansas beat No. 2 Georgia on Monday in the series finale, 8-2, to take two of three from the Bulldogs in the set. By doing so, Arkansas sealed its eighth straight road SEC series win and set a record for highest-ranked team defeated in a series in history.
Overall, the Razorbacks are 26-9, but have a 5-4 record in SEC play, a mark good enough for sixth in the conference. Arkansas finished fifth last year and first-place in the two previous seasons.
The series clincher was sealed when the Hogs scored five runs in the seventh inning. Hannah Gammill cracked a three-run home run to finish the scoring in the frame and provide the ultimate final score. The home run was her second of the game as she hit a solo shot in the second, one inning after Raigan Kramer opened the scoring with one in the first.
Things don’t get much easier on the upcoming weekend. No. 13 Missouri visits Bogle Park for a three-game series starting Friday.