Arkansas, Louisville Kick Off Three-Game Series - Arkansas Razorbacks

Grace Tafolla February 26, 2022

Arkansas Game Notes Louisville Game Notes

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – No. 8 Arkansas is scheduled to play a three-game series against Louisville Feb. 27-28 at Bogle Park, replacing the previously scheduled Wooo Pig Classic. The Razorbacks and Cardinals kick off the series Sunday at 5 p.m. The series will conclude Monday with a double-header scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Live stats will be available for both games.

The Schedule

Sunday, Feb. 27

Louisville – 5 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 28

Louisville (DH) – 10 a.m.

 

Need To Know                                                                                 

Arkansas is coming off the program’s first SEC regular season title (shared with Florida) last season, going 19-5 in conference play. The Razorbacks became the first team not named Florida or Alabama to win the conference’s regular season title since Tennessee in 2007. On the road against league competition, the Hogs went 11-1, producing the most wins on the road during conference play by an SEC team since 2013 when the league adopted the current 24-game schedule. Arkansas posted a 43-11 overall record, recording the best win percentage (.796) and second-most total wins in program history. In the NCAA Tournament, Arkansas earned the No. 6 national need and swept the Fayetteville Regional before hosting the program’s first Super Regional at Bogle Park.

Run KB Run                                                                                           

KB Sides is making noise at the leadoff spot for the Razorbacks. Through 10 games, Sides has tallied 14 stolen bases, which leads the NCAA. Arkansas’ single season stolen base record sits at 33, which was set by Dana Gulick in 1999. Additionally, Sides stole a program-record three bases in the Hogs’ win over Western Illinois Feb. 20. The Alabama transfer hit two home runs over at the Razorback Invitational against Illinois, launching an inside-the-park home run to begin the weekend Feb. 18 before sending a solo shot to center in Arkansas’ second game with the Illini on Feb. 20.

Haff On Verge of 700 Strikeouts                                                   

Picher Mary Haff sits at 695 career strikeouts in a Razorback uniform heading into the Louisville series. Haff captured Arkansas’ first SEC Pitcher of the Year award last season, pitching to a 26-7 record with five saves and a 1.55 ERA over 198.1 innings pitched. She struck out 198 hitters compared to just 39 walks issued. Haff was named an NFCA First Team All-American, becoming the first pitcher in program history to earn first team All-America recognition. USA Softball named Haff a Collegiate Player of the Year Top 10 Finalist. Haff was tremendous in conference play, and among pitchers who threw at least 80.0 innings, led the league in wins (11), saves (4) and appearances (19) while placing fourth in ERA (2.01) and strikeouts (79). Against Texas Tech, she hurled her second career no hitter, striking out six over 5.0 innings, and was one error away from a perfect game. Haff threw her first no-no against Northern Colorado in 2018 as a freshman and is the only pitcher in program history with multiple no-hitters. The Winter Haven, Fla. native sits atop the program’s career record book tallying 81 wins and 14 saves.

Coach of the Year                    
In her sixth season guiding the Arkansas softball program, head coach Courtney Deifel was named SEC Coach of the Year last season, becoming the second skipper in school history to earn the award, and first since Carrie Dever-Boaz in 1999. The Hogs began conference play winning 12 straight games, notching the fifth-best league start in SEC history and captured the program’s first SEC title. The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) awarded Deifel and the coaching staff the South Region Staff of the Year. Since Deifel took over in 2016, the Razorbacks have been ranked 55 times in the NFCA Coaches’ Poll after previously being ranked only once in program history. Deifel’s record in Fayetteville is 197-120 and 50-71 in SEC games. Her Razorbacks teams have qualified for the NCAA Tournament four times, the most among any coach in program history.

Steady Veteran                                                                                     

Redshirt senior outfielder Hannah McEwen has been as consistent as can be for the Hogs the last four season and her name is littered throughout the program record book. McEwen ranks second in program history in batting average (.354), and ranks second in on-base percentage (.456), second in runs scored (166), third in walks (99), third in doubles (39), seventh in slugging percentage (.535) and eighth in hits (213) and seventh in RBI (116).

Backs Back in Bogle against Louisville

Inclement weather conditions caused the Wooo Pig Classic schedule to shift a few times, but the Arkansas Razorbacks are now scheduled to play a three-game series against Louisville Feb. 27-28. The Razorbacks and Cardinals will begin the series on Feb. 27 with a 5 p.m. game before concluding the weekend with a Feb. 28 double-header scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.

Sooie Sluggers

Three Arkansas sluggers entered the program’s single-season top five leaders in home runs just last season. The top two single-season power marks in school history were both set last year by Braxton Burnside and Linnie Malkin. Danielle Gibson placed fourth with 15 homers also in 2021. As a team Arkansas obliterated the school record hitting 95 home runs. The previous team high in the Deifel era was 59 home runs in 2017, which ranks fifth in school history.

Sooie Sluggers Continued

Arkansas opened the 2022 Razorback Invitational on Feb. 18-20, smashing 11 home runs over the weekend. The Razorbacks amassed seven home runs against Illinois over a stretch of two games. Additionally, six different Razorbacks recorded home runs during the home-opening weekend (Gammill, Gibson, Sides, McEwen, Hoffman and Ellsworth). Freshman Kacie Hoffman notched her first-career home run during her first-career start Feb. 18 vs. Illinois. KB Sides hit an inside-the-park home run against Illinois Feb. 18. The Hogs smashed home runs in four of its five games during the Razorback Invitational. Sides, Hoffman and Taylor Ellsworth each hit their first home run in an Arkansas jersey over the weekend.

Bogle Bombers                                  

Last season, Arkansas tied for fourth nationally and led the SEC, mashing a school record 95 home runs. The team shattered the previous program record of 65 long balls hit in 2008. The total ranks 10th in the SEC record book for most home runs in a single-season and were the most hit in a single season hit by an SEC team since Tennessee clubbed 100 in 2015. In 2022, Arkansas returns hitters that accounted for 50 of last year’s 95 taters, led by designated player Linnie Malkin’s 18 bombs.

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