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#20 RPI Softball Bears win in 4-0 shutout over #10 Arkansas today....Kayla Beaver pitched 5-hit shut-out complete game with 8Ks!!


Attendance = 2475!!!

Softball Shuts Out Razorbacks to Sweep Season Series Behind Record Crowd
https://ucasports.com/news/2023/4/11/softball-shuts-out-razorbacks-to-sweep-season-series-behind-record-crowd.aspx

Razorbacks Fall In Midweek Tilt...short and sweet article....
https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/razorbacks-fall-in-midweek-matchup/


KFSM-TV out of Ft Smith had a very brief story buried after the baseball story on the Hogs win over UALR.....but did refer to the Bears as one of the top mid major teams in US this season....and that they swept Arkansas this season...now to win the ASUN and ASUN tourney and get into the tourney....

Congratulations to the Bears…
This is a really solid team.

Congratulations to Bear Softball.
Thank you so much for your commitment to UCA.
You’ve earned a place in Bear History.
Now go be champions!

Getting some really good attention!!


https://www.espn.com/college-sports/sto ... ames-watch


Quote from link above:

Scarborough: The team that has the most to prove is the team that will earn the coveted 16 seed in the NCAA tournament on Selection Sunday, which by the looks of it will be an absolute dog fight. Each team ranked 13-20 in RPI is fighting to stay in the mix to host a regional. In a year filled with parity throughout the nation, home-field advantage matters so much. Georgia, Arkansas, Central Arkansas, Florida, Baylor and Kentucky are all on the bubble as it stands right now. Winning the next month matters.

I’m not a d1softball.com subscriber but this is on the front page:

https://d1softball.com/mid-major-power- ... y-weekend/

https://hogville.net/pig-trail-nation/w ... ad-to-uab/

And Coach Diefel at UA was very complimentary of the Bears! Watch the whole 9:00 interview.

Go Bears!!!

She seems like a class act..
Pointing out that the matchup is good
for the sport of softball within the state
of Arkansas. She gave credit where credit was
due and didn’t make excuses.

Too bad the the Razorbacks fans can’t do the same.
They always have an excuse…

Great week for the Softball Bears capping off with a sweep at Bellarmine by a combined score pf 24-0....7 wins in eight days by combined score of 45-6.....

Now at 14-1/31-8....2 game lead over both JSU and Liberty.. 8 of last 11 games at home ....finish Memphis weather suspension on Tuesday plus a full game to follow...then 3 huge games at home vs Liberty....another 3 huge games at JSU and finish up at home vs Lipscomb which might be the series needed to wrap up the ASUN regular season....

Team has played exceptionally well this season and are to be commended.....but no time to take any game for granted....still lots to play for...ASUN regular season...ASUN Tourney....NCAA selection a solid seed...then win regional in NCAA.....just take one game at a time...Go Softball Bears!!

That's freakin' AWESOME. Congrats!

#24 in the poll and #20 in RPI.....is this the first ever UCA team to be ranked in D1 Top 25?

Now just one game at a time.....

Extremely impressive!

Game vs Memphis 4/18 was cancelled...now a big series at home vs Liberty ....

PLUS

https://ucasports.com/news/2023/4/19/kayla-beaver-named-usa-softball-collegiate-player-of-the-year-finalist.aspx

Kayla Beaver Named USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Finalist

After going 2-1 against Liberty (2nd place in ASUN) we are still holding strong in the polls!

Up to #23 in D1Softball.com poll

#22 in RPI
Liberty jumped up to #28 from being in the 30s.

https://extrainningsoftball.com/spontan ... ostseason/

Good reading here! Justin McLeod of Extra Innings Softball believes the Bear softball team is a lock for a Tourney berth even without an ASUN tournament title. Let's win it anyway! Go Bears!!