FOOTBALL
Red-White Game on SEC Network
The Arkansas Razorbacks' Red-White Game at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock will be televised on the SEC Network at 1 p.m. on April 7.
The Red-White Game, Coach Chad Morris' first spring finale with the Razorbacks, will compete with the Grove Bowl at Ole Miss, which will be shown at the same time on ESPNU. Auburn's A-Day game will come on immediately after Arkansas at 3 p.m. on the SEC Network.
South Carolina's Garnet-Black game will kick off the series March 31 with an 11 a.m. start time.
Vanderbilt is the only SEC school that will not conduct a spring game.
Kentucky will play it's Blue-White game April 13 at 5:30 p.m. on the SEC Network. The next day will feature spring games for Missouri, Florida and Texas A&M at noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., all on the SEC Network.
Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi State and LSU will have their spring finales April 21, with the Crimson Tide and Georgia being shown at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on ESPN. Tennessee and Mississippi State will play at the corresponding times on the SEC Network. LSU will wrap up the day at 5 p.m. on the SEC Network.
-- Tom Murphy
3 Hogs invited to combine
Quarterback Austin Allen, center Frank Ragnow and cornerback Henre Toliver will represent the Arkansas Razorbacks at the NFL scouting combine, which will take place Feb. 27 through March 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Allen's invitation had previously been announced. He and Toliver both competed in the NFLPA Bowl in Los Angeles last month. Ragnow attended the Senior Bowl but was not able to go through drills as he nears the end of his rehabilitation from ankle surgery in October.
Arkansas ranks 10th among SEC teams with three participants, ahead of Mississippi State (2), Missouri (1), Vanderbilt (1) and Kentucky, which did not have an invitee.
National champion Alabama leads all college teams with 14 players invited, while Georgia and LSU will send 10 players each.
-- Tom Murphy
GOLF
Razorbacks fall to 2nd at Sea Best
The No. 20 Arkansas Razorbacks lost a four-shot lead in four holes midway through the final round of the Sea Best Invitational to finish behind South Florida in the spring-opening tournament Tuesday at Ponta Vedra Beach, Fla.
The Bulls had a five-shot lead going into the final hole before Claudio Correa shot a quadruple-bogey 8 to give South Florida a one-stroke victory.
The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville fired a team-record-tying 13 under in the second round Monday to grab a four-stroke lead, but carded a 6 over at the par 70 Dye's Valley course at the TPC Sawgrass on Tuesday. The Razorbacks' team score of 5 under fell one shot behind South Florida, which had a 1 over on Tuesday for the best round of the day. Liberty (-1) was the only other team under par in the 14-team tournament.
Sophomore Luis Garza carded an even-par 70, with three birdies offsetting a bogey and a double bogey, to tie for fifth to lead the Razorbacks. Sophomore Mason Overstreet tied for eighth with a final round 69. Sophomore William Buhl shot 2 over 72 and finished alone in 15th place, while senior Alvaro Ortiz had a pair of double bogeys en route to a 76 in the final round to tie for 27th. Freshman Tyson Reeder had a counting score of 5 over on Tuesday and tied for 53rd along with freshman Landon Ernst, who was playing as an individual.
Ervin Chang of Liberty won a playoff for medalist honors after tying Eric Ansett of Lipscomb and William Register of North Carolina at 6 under.
-- Tom Murphy
BASEBALL
OBU downs UAM
Ouachita Baptist University broke open a 3-2 game with two runs in the fifth and three in the sixth to defeat the University of Arkansas at Monticello 8-4 on Tuesday at Weevils Field in Monticello.
In the fifth inning, Austin White's sacrifice bunt scored Kyle Alexander to make it 4-2 for OBU (2-2).
In the sixth inning, White had a three-run home run to make it 8-2.
Arkansas-Monticello (2-2) added two in the last two innings. Jordan Johnson's sacrifice fly in the sixth scored Dylan Borman to make it 8-3. In the seventh, Audy Clary reached on a fielder's choice to Austin Brakebill to close out the scoring.
Two UCA players named to preseason team
Hunter Strong of the University of Central Arkansas was named to the Southland Conference's preseason all-conference team as a first baseman, and outfielder Keaton Presley and pitcher Tyler Gray were named to the second team.
Strong hit .351 with 47 RBI and 24 doubles a year ago.
Presley hit .284 with 16 doubles, 4 triples and 4 home runs while stealing 21 bases.
Gray finished 6-6 with a 3.80 ERA with 89 strikeouts in 87⅔ innings.
SOFTBALL
GAC announces players of the week
Monica Islava of Southern Arkansas University was named Softball Player of the Week by the Great American Conference while her teammate Victoria Taylor was named Pitcher of the Week. Arkansas Tech University's Paty Loredo was named Freshman of the Week.
Islava hit 2 home runs and had 12 total bases in 11 at-bats to help Southern Arkansas go 4-0 at the Ronnie Hawkins Invitational. Taylor had two complete games with 19 strikeouts in 14 innings, holding the opposition to a .128 batting average. Loredo went 7 for 14 in victories against Central Missouri and Oklahoma Christian.
Sports on 02/07/2018