No. 7/10 Razorbacks Conclude Regular Season with Series at No. 5/7 Texas
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The No. 7/10 Arkansas Softball team concludes its regular season slate with a Top 10 SEC showdown by visiting No. 5/7 Texas for a three-game series this Thursday-Saturday at McCombs Field.
Game times are set for 6 p.m. on Thursday, 2 p.m. on Friday and Noon on Saturday. Matt Schumacker (PxP) and Amanda Scarborough (Analyst) will provide commentary during Thursday’s game on SEC Network, while Friday and Saturday’s matchups will be on SEC Network+.
Arkansas entered the 12th week of the 2026 season as a consensus top 10 team nationally, having garnered rankings of No. 7, No. 10, No. 8 and No. 7 in the ESPN/USA Softball, NFCA/GoRout D1 Coaches, D1 Softball and Softball America Top 25 Polls.
Arkansas is 39-9 this season and 13-8 in SEC play with 21 wins coming by run-rule. The Razorbacks are coming off a 2-1 series win over Missouri last weekend. The Hogs took the first two games 4-0 and 9-2 before dropping the series finale 3-1. The Razorbacks are outscoring opponents 385-129 this season.
The Arkansas Razorbacks, one of the nation’s most successful programs in recent years, have been ranked in the Top 25 of the NFCA Coaches poll for a program-best 101 consecutive weeks dating back to the start of the 2020 season. Arkansas is one of five programs nationally to have appeared in the Top 25 of every NFCA Coaches Poll since the start of the 2020 season, joining Oklahoma, Florida, UCLA, and Florida State.
FOLLOW ALONG
Thursday, April 30
#7/10 Arkansas at #5/7 Texas– 6 p.m. – SEC Network – Live Stats
Friday, May 1
#7/10 Arkansas at #5/7 Texas – 2 p.m. – SEC Network – Live Stats
Saturday, May 2
#7/10 Arkansas at #5/7 Texas – Noon – SEC Network+ – Live Stats
KD TAKES THE HONORS
Arkansas senior INF Karlie Davison was named the SEC Player of the Week after her performance during the Hogs’ 3-1 week that featured a series win over Missouri and a win at Tulsa, the league office announced April 28.
Davison batted .667 during the week with a 1.769 on-base plus slugging percentage while registering six hits, a home run, three RBI, three runs scored, two walks, and two hit-by-pitches.
She highlighted the Razorbacks at the plate during a 7-2 win at Tulsa on April 22, with a 2-2 night that featured a three-run home run, a run scored, a walk, and a hit-by-pitch. Davison then collected a hit in a 4-0 win over Missouri on Friday before turning in a 2-3 performance with two runs scored during a series-clinching win on Saturday against the Tigers. She completed her weekend by going 1-1 with a walk and a hit-by-pitch in the series finale on Sunday. Defensively, Davison posted a 1.000 fielding percentage with seven putouts and five assists.
The Torrance, Calif., product is having an excellent senior campaign. She is batting .382 this season with six doubles, a triple, seven homers, 36 RBI, and 26 runs scored while posting a .474 on-base percentage and registering 11 multi-hit and 11 multi-RBI games.
BAIN AMONG THE BEST FRESHMEN IN THE GAME
Freshman Brinli Bain was named a Top 25 Finalist for the prestigious NFCA DI Freshman of the Year Award, the organization announced on April 23.
Bain became the fifth Razorback since 2018 to be selected to the prestigious list, joining Ella McDowell (2025), Kennedy Miller (2024), Reagan Johnson (2023), and former Hog Mary Haff (2018). Additionally, Arkansas is the only program in the nation to have a top 25 finalist for the award in each of the previous four seasons.
This season, she has posted a .384 average with 48 hits, 16 doubles, three homers, 39 walks, 38 runs scored, 33 RBI and a .533 OBP. She is seeking to break Stephanie Canfield’s freshman program record batting average (.381, 2013) while her .533 OBP ranks second among freshmen in a season. She has reached base in 46 of her 48 games played this season, while being the only player nationally to rank in the top five among D1 freshmen (Min 80 AB) in walks per game (1st, .81), OBP (1st, .533), and doubles (3rd, 16).
40 FOR ARKANSAS
Arkansas enters the final regular season series with 39 overall wins this season. The Hogs are seeking their eighth 40+ win season in program history.
Arkansas registered its seventh 40-win season in program history in 2025 with a 44-14 record. Five of the Hogs’ 40-win seasons have come under the direction of Courtney Deifel.
Deifel has posted 40-win seasons in 2025, 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2018. The only two 40+ win seasons before Deifel were in 1999 and 2000 under Carie Dever Boaz, when Arkansas went 46-29 and 44-31, respectively.
HAVING FUN WITH MULTIPLE HOME RUNS
Arkansas is 62-8 all-time when a Razorback player hits multiple home runs in a single game, including a 47-3 mark in the Courtney Deifel era.
The Razorbacks have won 37 of their last 38 games when having a player hit multiple home runs in a single game, dating back to Feb. 20, 2021, when Linnie Malkin started the streak by belting a solo home run and a two-run shot in a 6-4, 14-inning win at McNeese. Malkin’s two-run homer in the top of the 14th ended up accounting for the winning runs in the victory.
Active Razorbacks on the 2026 roster have accounted for 12 multi-HR games during their careers, while Arkansas is 4-0 this season when a player hits multiple HR in a single game with Tianna Bell, Ella McDowell, Kailey Wyckoff, and Dakota Kennedy all accomplishing the feat.
Additionally, Arkansas is 170-26 under head coach Courtney Deifel when hitting 2+ home runs as a team in a game. Since 1998, the Hogs are 267-59 when hitting two or more round-trippers.
ROB IS DEALIN’
Senior LHP Robyn Herron is 14-4 this season with a 1.99 ERA and 144 strikeouts in 91.1 innings of work while limiting opposing hitters to a .175 batting average and collecting four saves. The Tampa, Fla., struck out 13 batters while allowing just two runs on four hits and no walks during a complete-game performance in a 7-2 win at Tulsa on April 22. Her 16 10+ strikeout games are tied for the most in program history alongside Mary Haff (2018-2022). She was the seventh pitcher in program history to record 500 career strikeouts and 50 career wins. Herron threw her third career no-hitter and struck out 12 in a 6-0 win over Northwestern (Feb. 21).
She ranks among the top pitchers nationally entering the week in fewest hits allowed per seven innings (14th, 4.45), saves (15th, 4) and strikeouts per seven innings (5th, 11.0). Herron’s four saves lead the SEC.
ROAD HOGS
Since 2020, the Razorbacks have excelled on the road, posting a 75-28 record, the second-best mark among current SEC members, trailing only Oklahoma (84-12).
Arkansas has won 10+ road games in each of the past five seasons and is one of nine programs to finish in the Top 25 in road winning percentage in each of the previous two seasons alongside Grand Canyon, Chattanooga, Oklahoma, Marist, Duke, Tennessee, Texas and Florida. Arkansas is 9-5 in away games this season and went 12-4 on the road in 2025 and 12-5 on the road in 2024.
Arkansas is one of three SEC programs to post 10+ road wins with a road win% of .500+ in each of the past three seasons alongside Oklahoma and Tennessee.
The Hogs have won 19 of their last 23 SEC road series, which is the best mark among all SEC members during that time span (2021-present). From 1997 to 2020, the program had only won 17 SEC road series.
Arkansas is one of three programs alongside Liberty (22) and Miami of Ohio (23) to win 19+ conference road series since 2021. 11 of the Razorbacks’ 19 road SEC series victories have been over ranked opponents.
IN THE RANKINGS
Arkansas ranked among the nation’s leaders in numerous categories entering the week including, batting average (10th, .355), runs per game (7th, 8.02), on-base percentage (6th, .456), RBI per game (9th, 7.35), slugging percentage (17th, .592), total runs (10th, 385), WHIP (13th, 1.18), team strikeouts per 7 inn. (14th, 6.83), shutouts (14th, 12) and ERA (13th, 2.57).
SERIES HISTORY
The Arkansas Razorbacks and Texas Longhorns have met nine times, with Texas holding an 8-1 lead in the all-time series.
This week’s meetings will be the first since May 26-28, 2022, when the two programs met in the 2022 Fayetteville NCAA Super Regional. Arkansas won the opening game of the series, 7-1, before Texas took game two (3-1) and game three (3-0) to advance to the College World Series in Oklahoma City. This weekend’s meeting will be the first in Austin since Feb. 11 and Feb. 13, 2016, which were games one and four of the Courtney Deifel era at Arkansas.
KNOW THE FOE
Texas is 38-8 this season and 15-6 in SEC play. The Longhorns are coming off a sweep of Kentucky last weekend with wins by the scores of 12-2 (6 inn.), 6-1 and 11-2 (6 inn.). During the series finale against Kentucky, Junior first baseman Katie Stewart hit her 24th home run of the season to set a new single -season program record.
Mike White is in his eighth season leading the Longhorns with a record of 354-101-2. White led the Longhorns to a 56-12 record and a national championship in 2025. He owns a career record of 790-212-4 during his 17 seasons as a Division I head coach, having spent his previous nine years as the head coach at Oregon before moving to Texas.
Stewart has been the centerpiece of the Texas lineup, hitting .468 with 24 home runs and 61 RBI across 46 games. The first baseman has posted a 1.087 slugging percentage and a .590 on-base percentage while drawing 34 walks and scoring 43 runs. Kayden Henry also highlights the Longhorns at the plate with a .420 batting average, 60 hits, 15 doubles, two triples and six home runs with 40 RBI, 66 runs scored, and 23 stolen bases in 25 attempts.
In the circle, Teagan Kavan headlines the Texas pitching staff with an 18-3 record and 2.92 ERA while striking out 165 batters over the course of 134.1 innings pitched. She is limiting opposing hitters to a .245 batting average. As a team, Texas owns a 2.76 ERA with 277 strikeouts in 289 innings of work.
30 SEASONS OF RAZORBACK SOFTBALL
2026 marks the 30th season of Arkansas Softball. The Razorbacks hold an all-time program record of 920-820-1 with four head coaches in the entirety of its history.
Arkansas played its first official game in program history on Feb. 20, 1997, which was a 4-3 loss to Cal State Northridge during the San Diego State Classic. The Razorbacks rebounded later that same day with a 5-4 triumph over Hawaii to earn the first win in program history. Designated Player Lisa Flores provided the winning runs in the victory with a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth inning.
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