FAYETTEVILLE – No. 12 Arkansas (37-14) shutout No. 3 Tennessee (39-7), 2-0, for the series win Monday night at Bogle Park. It’s the program’s first three-game series victory vs. a top-three ranked team.
Arkansas moves to 37-14 overall and 13-8 in SEC play. Arkansas is 69-19 at home over the last three seasons. With the win, Arkansas also has two top-10 series decisions this season.
The Razorbacks have back-to-back series wins vs. the Lady Vols. Arkansas has also clinched two straight series wins vs. Tennessee in Fayetteville.
Freshman LHP Hannah Camenzind and redshirt senior RHP Chenise Delce combined for the shutout.
Camenzind (4-2) got the win after twirling 5.2 scoreless frames and restraining Tennessee to five hits while striking out two. Camenzind’s pitching was lethal as she forced 11 ground outs throughout the ballgame.
Receiving a standing ovation, Camenzind handed the reigns over to Delce, who was lights out in her fourth save of the season. Delce tossed the final 1.1 innings and retired all four batters she faced. Delce entered in the top of the sixth with runners at second and third with two outs. Delce struck out the final batter to put up another zero for Tennessee.
Delce retired the side in the top of the seventh to secure the win.
Arkansas’ pitching staff was electric all weekend against a dominant Tennessee offense. Across 21 innings, the Razorbacks held the Lady Vols to seven runs.
Arkansas combined for two runs on four hits and has homered in back-to-back outings. Redshirt junior Rylin Hedgecock was the star of the show, blasting her 20th home run – a two-run shot – to put the Hogs on the board. Hedgecock now holds the outright SEC lead in homers this season.
It was a scoreless game until the bottom of the fourth. Freshman Reagan Johnson started the bottom half with a leadoff, infield single. Sophomore Raigan Kramer reached on a fielder’s choice as Johnson was forced out at second. With one out, Hedgecock smoked a two-run Bogle bomb to right center for a 2-0 lead.
Reagan Johnson, sophomore Kacie Hoffmann and junior Hannah Gammill scattered a hit apiece. Johnson, the reigning SEC Freshman of the Week, increased her hitting streak to four games.
Bogle Park was the place to be all weekend as Arkansas set a new series attendance record of 9,595.
Up Next
Arkansas travels to Missouri to wrap up conference play on May 5-7 at Mizzou Softball Stadium. The series opens at 7 p.m. CT Friday on SEC Network+. All three games will be available on SEC Network+.
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