FOOTBALL ASU coach to speak at LRTD Club
Arkansas State Coach Bryan Harsin will be today’s speaker at the Little Rock Touchdown Club.
Harsin is in his first season as coach of the Red Wolves, who are 3-4 after a 23-7 loss to on Louisiana-Lafayette Tuesday night. He previously was an assistant at Boise State and Texas. He was a finalist for the Broyles Award in 2009 which goes to the nation’s top assistant coach.
Lunch will be served at 11 a.m. and the program will begin around 11:50 a.m. Admission is $20 for members and $30 for non-members.
Har-Ber DE commits to Hogs
Springdale Har-Ber defensive end Jake Hall received a scholarship offer from Arkansas on Wednesday night and on Sunday night orally committed to the Razorbacks.
Hall, 6-5, 230 pounds, picked the Hogs over offers from Cincinnati and Louisiana-Monroe along with interest from Oklahoma State and Memphis. He said he called Coach Bret Bielema and defensive line coach Charlie Partridge about 9:30.
“They said people like me are what they want to build their program on,” Hall said.
He and his parents visited with Bielema on Wednesday night and was informed of the offer.
Hall, who has recorded 50 tackles, 1.5 sacks, a pass deflection, a forced fumble and a recovered fumble this season, was an Arkansas Democrat-Gazette preseason All Arkansas selection.
Hall, who’s rated a 3-star plus prospect by national recruiting analyst Tom Lemming of CBS Sports Network, said he is looking forward to working with Partridge and strength and conditioning coach Ben Herbert.
“There’s really not a better situation for me,” Hall said. “I’m going to work with Coach Partridge and Coach Herb. I can’t wait to get up there and go to work. I’ve always been a Razorback fan and it’s a dream come true and all the hard work has paid off.”
Hall is Arkansas’ 18th commitment for the 2014 class.
- Richard Davenport
SOCCER ASU, UALR earn bids in Sun Belt tournament
Arkansas State will be the No. 6 seed and UALR will be the No. 8 at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament that begins Wednesday in San Marcos, Texas.
ASU (9-7-2, 4-4), which lost 3-0 at Texas STate on Sunday, will play No. 3 Louisiana-Lafayette at 1 p.m. Wednesday, while UALR (4-13, 1-7), which is making its first appearance in the conference tournament since 2009, will play No. 1 Western Kentucky at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
VOLLEYBALL Arkansas drops final two sets at LSU
LSU snagged victories in the final two sets to beat Arkansas 25-20, 14-25, 25-27, 25-20, 15-12 on Sunday in Baton Rouge.
Meredith Hays helped Arkansas to a 2-1 lead with 22 kills, while Liz Fortado had 11 kills and Raymariely Santos had 31 assists. Ashley Vazquez added 23 assists and 14 digs for Arkansas (13-9, 6-5 SEC).
Sports, Pages 17 on 10/28/2013