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
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
- 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.
- 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.
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.