VOLLEYBALL
Kentucky blanks Arkansas
Junior Rachel Rippee had a milestone match, notching 16 assists to move to fifth place in program history for career assists, but the University of Arkansas fell to No. 19 Kentucky 25-14, 26-24, 25-17 on Friday in Lexington, Ky.
Okiana Valle had 12 digs, and Kelly O’Brien added 10 kills for the Razorbacks (6-7, 0-3 SEC).
Hardin keys Harding victory
Zoe Hardin had 14 kills and 7 blocks, and hit .500 to pace Harding University in a 25-15, 25-11, 25-16 victory over East Central (Okla.) on Friday in Searcy.
Rachel Heussner had 33 assists and 10 digs, and Taylor Lake had 13 digs for the Lady Bisons (11-6, 6-0 GAC).
SAU falls to Northwestern Oklahoma State
Morgan Gross had 13 kills and 3 blocks for Southern Arkan- sas University in a 25-23, 25-21, 25-22 loss to Northwestern Oklahoma State on Friday in Magnolia.
Seven Powers had 8 kills, and Lexi Kruse had 25 assists for the Muleriders (6-12, 1-5 GAC).
HSU rallies past Oklahoma Baptist
Henderson State University dropped the opening set before rallying to take the next three en route to a 16-25, 25-19, 25- 22, 25-18 victory over Oklahoma Baptist University on Friday in Arkadelphia.
Adrianna Hartmann had 13 kills and a .619 attacking per- centage to lead the Reddies (16-3, 5-1 GAC). Courtney Bolf had 13 kills and 13 digs, and Karlie Greene added 12 kills. Gigi Garramone had a team-high 15 digs.
ATU rolls past Southeastern Oklahoma
Greer Rogers notched 11 kills and hit .435, and Emily Acker dished out 50 assists in Arkansas Tech University’s 25-19, 19- 25, 25-18, 25-18 victory over Southeastern Oklahoma State on Friday in Russellville. Meredith Darnell had 17 digs for the Golden Suns (11-7, 4-2 GAC).
WOMEN’S TENNIS
ASU gets 2 victories in Samford Hidden Dual
Arkansas State University opened competition at the Sam- ford Hidden Dual on Friday with one singles victory and one doubles victory.
Shannon O’Brien defeated Dominika Harbalova of Ala- bama-Birmingham 6-2, 6-2, and O’Brien and Shelby King topped Samford’s Elsa Pool and Natalia De Ugarte 6-4.
Rowlands, Ward advance at ITA regionals
The Arkansas Tech University duo of Annabel Rowlands and Kami Ward advanced in doubles play, and Haeleigh Long moved on in singles play on the first day of the ITA Regionals on Friday in Oklahoma City.
Rowlands and Ward, the No. 23 seed, defeated No. 24 seed Mayra Jovic and Karla Tomaic of Northeastern State 9-7 to advance to the round of 16.
In group B singles play, No. 46 seed Long defeated No. 45 seed Jaquenline Chavert of Oklahoma Baptist 6-1, 6-2.
CROSS COUNTRY
Arkansas fifth in Wisconsin invitational
The University of Arkansas finished fifth with 173 points at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational in Madison, Wis., on Friday.
In the A section of the meet, Katrina Robinson led the Razor- backs with an eighth-place finish in 19:55, and Micah Huckabee finished 10th in the B section with a time of 21:24.7.
MEN’S GOLF
Arkansas fourth in New Mexico
University of Arkansas junior Mason Overstreet birdied two of his last five holes and is tied for sixth at 3 under after two rounds Friday, while fellow juniors Luis Garza and Tyson Reeder are 2-under par and tied for eighth, to lead the No. 19 Razorbacks to a fourth-place standing at the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate in Albuquerque, N.M.