Tangle with No. 3 Tennessee

Grace Tafolla April 28, 2023

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Bogle Park plays host to a top-15 marquee matchup between No. 12 Arkansas and No. 3 Tennessee in a three-game series April 29-May 1.

Saturday’s first pitch is set for 4 p.m. CT on ESPNU. Game two will tee off at noon Sunday on ESPN2. Monday night’s series finale begins at 6 p.m. on SEC Network.

The Schedule vs. No. 3 Tennessee

Saturday, April 29 – 4 p.m. – ESPNU
Sunday, April 30 – 12 p.m. – ESPN2
Monday, May 1 – 6 p.m. – SEC Network

In the Rankings
As of April 28, Arkansas ranks:

No. 12 in NFCA/USA Today
No. 12 in ESPN.com/USA Softball
No. 12 in Softball America
No. 13 in D1Softball
No. 7 in Extra Inning Softball

Another Milestone for Deifel

Head coach Courtney Deifel hit 300 career wins following Arkansas’ 7-0 victory at Western Kentucky Monday night.
Deifel became the program’s all-time wins leader on Saturday, Feb. 18, when Arkansas defeated No. 22 Louisiana, 7-6. Deifel bested former Razorback skipper Carrie Dever-Boaz’s (1997-2004) 244 career wins at helm.

Hitting Their Stride

The Razorbacks are 8-2 over the last 10 games with several Hogs catching fire.
Reagan Johnson is hitting .486 with a .568 slugging percentage and .500 on-base percentage with 18 hits, 19 runs scored, 10 RBI, 21 total bases and four stolen bases.
Rylin Hedgecock is batting .393 with 11 hits, 11 RBI, five home runs and eight runs scored along with a 1.000 slugging percentage and .500 on-base percentage.
Hannah Gammill is slashing .345/.552/.441 with 10 hits, nine runs scored, six RBI and three doubles.
Chenise Delce holds a minuscule 0.92 ERA and a 4-0 record with a save across 30.1 innings pitched. Delce has recorded 39 strikeouts and limited opponents to four runs on 22 hits.
Robyn Herron has filed a 0.47 ERA and 2-1 record in 15.0 innings pitched. Herron struck out 18 and has given up one earned run on eight hits.

Sunday is for the Seniors

Four Razorbacks will be honored for Senior Day on Sunday: Chenise Delce, Kristina Foreman, Rylin Hedgecock and Tymber Riley. The Senior Day ceremony will take place following the game on the field.

Rylin’s Big Bat

Redshirt junior Rylin Hedgecock has quickly blossomed into a star.
Hedgecock ties for the national lead in home runs with 19.
The Valdosta, Ga., product also ties for the SEC lead in home runs.
Hedgecock slugged a career high three home runs vs. Kentucky in game two last Saturday. She also matched her career high in RBI with seven.
Hedgecock homered in each of her first three plate appearances vs. Kentucky in game two.
Hedgecock has three multi-home run games this season, including two vs. ranked SEC opponents (Florida & Kentucky).
Her 55 RBI this season sits second in the conference and seventh nationally.
She paces Arkansas in home runs (19), RBI (55), total bases (112), slugging percentage (.836) and on-base percentage (.467).
Hedgecock has blasted the fourth-most home runs in single-season program history. She’s six homers shy from tying Braxton Burnside’s single-season program record of 25.

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