BASEBALL
Red team wins UA series
FAYETTEVILLE – The Red team beat the Black team 7-0 on Saturday at Baum-Walker Stadium to win the University of Arkansas' intrasquad World Series.
Caden Monke started and pitched 32/3 innings and catcher Casey Opitz went 3 for 4 with 2 RBI and right fielder Brayden Webb hit a home run for the Red team, which won the series 4 games to 2.
A game scheduled for today will not be played.
Monke, a sophomore left-hander, allowed singles to Jacob Nesbit and Christian Franklin to start the game, then got out of the jam by getting Cayden Wallace to hit into a double play and struck out Jalen Battles.
Monke struck out the side in the second and third innings and finished with eight strikeouts against the 14 batters he faced.
Webb hit a two-run home run and Opitz had a two-run double in the third inning when the Red pushed its lead to 6-0.
Franklin went 2 for 3 for the Black team, which got two scoreless innings of relief from freshman Nate Wohlgemuth. Sophomore Connor Noland started for the Black team and allowed 7 hits and 4 earned runs in 21/3 innings.
-- Bob Holt
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
UA gets another commitment
University of Arkansas Coach Mike Neighbors has reeled in his second oral commitment for the 2023 class with the pledge of in-state wing Jenna Lawrence.
Lawrence, 6-2, of Melbourne, picked the Razorbacks over offers from Ole Miss, Arkansas State, Southern Miss and Saint Louis. She received her dream offer from Neighbors on June 22.
"Arkansas has always been my dream school and ever since I was little," she said. "I've always wanted to be a Hog. I decided to make this decision early on because I feel so strongly that Arkansas is the place for me. I just want to stay home and represent my hometown and state as a Lady Razorback."
Lawrence averaged 11.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.7 blocks and 1.1 steals per game as a freshman to lead the Bearkatz to their second consecutive Class 2A state title. She scored 11 points, grabbed 4 rebounds and blocked 7 shots in the championship game against Quitman.
Combo guard Maryn Archer, 5-8, of Derby, Kan., pledged to the Razorbacks on June 9. She is the No. 23 prospect in the nation in her class, according to Blue Star Basketball.
-- Richard Davenport
GOLF
ASGA players of the year named
The Arkansas State Golf Association recently named its players of the year for the 2020 season. The winners were to be honored last week at the association's annual hall of fame and awards banquet, but it was postponed due to the current covid-19 situation.
The players of the year will now be honored in the early spring with a date and site to be determined.
The Amateur players of the year were Josh McNulty of White Hall and Josie Roberson of Maumelle. McNulty's had top-five finishes at the Arkansas Amateur Championship and the Arkansas Match-Play Championship. Roberson defended her Arkansas Women's Match-Play Championship.
Other player of the year winners included: Trey Schaap of Maumelle (Mid-Amateur); Gordy McKeown of Little Rock and Brenda Alexander of Bentonville (Senior); Bob Brooks of Bella Vista and Pam Evans of Maumelle (Super Senior); Bill Wrentz of Cabot and Pat Elliott of Hot Springs (Masters); Caleb Miller of Cabot and Mackenzie Lee of North Little Rock (Junior).
Hall of fame inductees Kim Backus,Tracy Harris, Stacy Lewis and the late Ernie Breckenridge will now be enshrined in October 2021 at a date agreed upon by the honorees, Chenal Country Club and the ASGA.
-- Frankie Frisco
VOLLEYBALL
ASU falls in Louisiana
Madison Brown had a match-high 18 kills and six digs to lead Arkansas State in a 25-21, 25-23, 25-20 loss to host Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday.
Tatum Ticknor led the Red Wolves (6-5, 6-5 Sun Belt) in digs with 16, and Brianna Hollingshed had six blocks. Kelsey Bennett had 15 kills and 12 digs for the Ragin' Cajuns (13-4, 7-4).
Texas State tops UALR
Nicole Medlin had 10 kills for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in a 25-18, 25-21, 25-18 loss to Texas State on Saturday in San Marcos, Texas.
Leigh Maher had a match-high 24 digs for the Trojans (1-11, 1-10 Sun Belt). Janell Fitzgerald had 15 kills for Texas State (14-1, 9-0).
MEN'S SOCCER
UCA shuts out Georgia State
Soren Jensen and Christian Chavez scored for the University of Central Arkansas in a 2-0 victory over Georgia State on Saturday in Conway.
Kyosuke Kubota assisted on Jensen's shot for the Bears (2-4, 2-2 Sun Belt).
-- Democrat-Gazette Press Services