Arkansas softball falters in SEC tournament

Lady Razorbacks headed to Stillwater Regional for postseason play

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FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas softball team fell in round one of the SEC Tournament, dropping a 41 decision to the eighthseeded Georgia Bulldogs.

Senior Ashley Diaz took the game into her own hands in the third inning after Georgia pulled ahead, 1-0 with an RBI single for Georgia’s Savanna Sikes, sending her 10th home run over the center-field wall to tie the ball game at one-run each.

Arkansas (38-18, 12-12) couldn’t hold on to the tie as the Bulldogs scored two in the bottom of the inning with another RBI single and a sacrifice fly.

Georgia extended its lead for the final time in the bottom of the sixth.

Sophomore catcher Kayla Green was able to catch the runner from first trying to take second, but a Bulldog on third took advantage of the rundown and scored on the play.

Sophomore Mary Haff entered in relief for the Hogs in the third inning, striking out three and giving up only two hits during her time in the circle.

Junior Autumn Storms recorded the start and the loss for Arkansas, pitching the first two and a thirds innings and giving up two earned runs on five hits.

The Lady Razorbacks continue their postseason run, as they travel to Oklahoma State for the Stillwater Regional. The Razorbacks and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane will open up the regional this evening at 5 p.m. (.

The Stillwater Regional includes host Oklahoma State (39-14), Arkansas (38-18), Tulsa (35-15), and BYU (29-24). All games will be played at Cowgirl Stadium, in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

A limited number of allsession tickets are on sale online. Individual session tickets (if available) will go on sale approximately one hour prior to each session at the ticket trailer located outside Cowgirl Stadium. The top team from each of the 16 regional sites will advance to the NCAA Super Regionals held May 23-26 on eight campus sites. At each site, two teams play in a best-ofthree tournament format.

The winners from each site advance to the NCAA Women’s College World Series (WCWS).

For all Razorback softball news and information, go to ArkansasRazorbacks.com and follow the Hogs on Twitter at @RazorbackSB, on Facebook at Razorback Softball and on Instagram at @Razorback_SB. Fans can also follow head coach Courtney Deifel on twitter at @CoachDeifel.