Tag: Cylie Halvorson

No. 16 Arkansas softball stays hot, sweeps a pair in Wooo Pig Classic

Arkansas Razorbacks softball outhit their opponents 16-6 over a two-game sweep on Friday.

The No. 14 Arkansas softball team outhit its opponents 16-6, including nine extra base hits, on Friday to sweep a pair of victories in the Wooo Pig Classic at Bogle Park.

The Razorbacks (16-3) shutout Southeast Missouri State in the first game, 5-0, then turned in a 6-2 win over Florida Atlantic. They are now 8-1 at home this season.

Senior slugger Hannah Gammill began the scoring with her fourth home run of the season, a solo shot in the third inning. Senior Cylie Halvorson then opened the fifth with another solo blast, before sophomore leadoff hitter Reagan Johnson doubled in sophomore Atalyia Rijo, to make it 3-0.

Junior Bri Ellis then continued her sizzling start to the season with a two-run single to right-center to make it 5-0.

Senior right-hander Morgan Leinstock (4-0) twirled a gem in the circle, scattering just three hits and striking out six. She sat down the side in order in three of those innings.

Sophomore lefty Robyn Herron (5-3) tossed her second complete game of the season in Game 2, giving up just three hits and one earned run, while fanning four Owls.

Freshman Kennedy Miller remained on fire at the plate, with her first multi-homer game as a Hog, After Ellis began the barrage with her team-leading seventh bomb of the year in the bottom of the first, Miller quickly made it 3-0 with a two-run tater over the left field fence.

The 5-foot-8 catcher from Georgetown, Texas, finished the game 2-for-3 with three RBIs.

Hannah Camenzind went a career-best 3-for-3 at the dish and slapped her first-career triple to left center in the third, knocking in Halvorson. Gammill then drilled a shot down the left field line to plate Camenzind for a 5-0 advantage.

Miller completed the scoring with a solo shot to left in the fifth.

Arkansas will hit the diamond again on Saturday to face South Dakota State at 3 p.m. The game will be available on the SEC Network+, with Dorian Craft and former Razorback Sydney Parr Lee on the call.

Leinstock’s one-hit gem leads Razorback softball over Omaha

Right-hander Morgan Leinstock went all seven innings Sunday, allowing just one earned run and striking out eight.

Arkansas senior right-hander Morgan Leinstock allowed just one base hit Sunday in a 5-2 complete-game victory over Omaha, wrapping up the Bear Down Fiesta in Arizona.

It was a homecoming of sorts for Leinstock (3-0), a Southern Miss transfer, who is originally from nearby Scottsdale, Ariz. She allowed just one earned run to the Lady Mavericks and struck out eight of the 27 batters she faced.

The No. 13 Razorbacks (8-2) went 4-1 over the weekend, including a two-game split with host Arizona.

Leinstock retired the first seven Omaha batters she faced, before allowing a third-inning walk. She was flawless, other than a slight hiccup in the fifth, with the Razorbacks already up 5-0. She hit a batter, then allowed a one-out walk. Her lone hit allowed was a 2-run double by Omaha’s Lynsey Tucker.

In 13 innings this weekend, Leinstock went 2-0, allowing just that one hit and striking out 15. In 19.2 total innings this season, she has a stellar 0.71 ERA with 22 strikeouts.

Arkansas collected 10 hits on the day, with sophomore Reagan Johnson, and seniors Hannah Gammill and Rylin Hedgecock recording two knocks each.

The Razorbacks jumped ahead 2-0 in the bottom of the second, as junior Bri Ellis led off the inning with a single, then came home on senior Cylie Halvorson‘s two-run blast to right-center field.

The Hogs put three more up in the third to boost the lead to five. Johnson got the rally started when she led off with a bunt single, and immediately stole her sixth base of the season. After junior Raigan Kramer singled, senior Nia Carter reached on a fielder’s choice to load the bases. Johnson then scored on Ellis’ sacrifice fly to make it 3-0.

Kramer came home on another sacrifice fly by Halvorson. Gammill followed with a single and scored on another base hit from Hedgecock, to make it 5-0.

The Hogs outscored their opponents 26-8 over the weekend, while smashing seven home runs. And despite Hillenbrand Stadium’s reputation for being hitter-friendly, Razorback pitchers combined to give up just five earned runs in Tucson, spanning 36 innings, without allowing a homer.

The red-hot Johnson finished the weekend with three-straight multi-hit games, giving her a team-high six multi-hit performances this season.

Arkansas will make its home debut on Thursday, facing Illinois State in the first of a four-day Razorback Invitational. First pitch at Bogle Park is slated for 4 p.m.

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 Softball receives power boost from Transfer Portal

Cylie Halvorson brings 40 career home runs with her to Arkansas from South Dakota State.

It appears that Arkansas Softball and head coach [autotag]Courtney Diefel[/autotag] have found the latest “Bogle Bomber” from the transfer portal.

Arkansas Softball announced the signing of [autotag]Cylie Halvorson[/autotag], a transfer from South Dakota State, on Tuesday. Halvorson arrives in Fayetteville with two seasons of eligibility remaining.

Halvorson was named Summit League Player of the Year as well as NFCA second-team All-Region in 2021 following a season that saw her bat .352 with 19 home runs with 59 RBI and a slugging percentage of .770. She followed suit in 2022 by crushing 19 more long balls and sending 46 runs across the plate, earning another Summit League First Team honor.

“We are excited to add Cylie to our program,” Deifel said in a press release. “She is a dynamic bat and leader that will be a huge addition to our program. We have had the privilege of competing against Cylie in Bogle Park, and we can say from our experience that she will keep our fans on the Berm very busy.”

Halvorson was a part of the 2021 South Dakota State team that competed in the Fayetteville Regional, where she recorded a hit in all three games. Halvorson says that she knew that Arkansas was a special place after playing in the postseason at Bogle Park.

“From the people to the facilities, Arkansas is a place for champions,” Halvorson said. “I’m going to be in a setting where I’m surrounded by great people who challenge and push me to my full potential every day both on and off the field.”

Halvorson played primarily first base for the Jackrabbits in 2022, a team that finished the season with a 41-13 record and an appearance in the NCAA Regionals. In two seasons at South Dakota State, Halvorson hit for an average of .342 with with 40 home runs, 124 RBI, and a .704 slugging percentage in 406 at-bats.

Halvorson becomes the second transfer to sign with Arkansas this offseason, joining [autotag]Kristina Foreman[/autotag], who announced that she would be transferring to Arkansas after spending four seasons at Duke.

[listicle id=10120]