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Ole Miss 7, Arkansas 4 — Final
Ole Miss put a crushing end to the Arkansas softball team’s season Sunday at Bogle Park.
The Rebels won a winner-take-all Game 3 of the NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional to punch their ticket to next week’s Women’s College World Series.
Bri Ellis drew a one-out walk after Raigan Kramer flied out to left field to lead off the bottom of the seventh.
Courtney Day struck out looking on a pitch on the outside corner for the second out.
Kailey Wyckoff then struck out swinging to end the game.
Ole Miss 7, Arkansas 4 — Middle 7th Inning
Lexie Brady has given Ole Miss some insurance with a two-out, solo home run. It was her team-leading 17th of the season.
It will come down to the Arkansas bats if the season will stay alive.
Aliyah Binford flied out to shallow center field, Persy Llamas grounded out to shortstop before Brady’s solo slam.
Mackenzie Pickens nearly made it back-to-back homers but Reagan Johnson made a great catch at the wall to end the inning.
Ole Miss challenged the grab at it was upheld after video review.
Due up for Arkansas: Raigan Kramer, Bri Ellis and Courtney Day.
Ole Miss 6, Arkansas 4 — End 6th Inning
Aliyah Binford has silenced the Arkansas bats.
Karlie Davison made good contact but lined out to center field to lead off the bottom of the sixth. Kennedy Miller struck out swinging for the second out, and Reagan Johnson fouled out to third base.
Due up for Ole Miss: Binford, Persy Llamas and Lexie Brady.
Ole Miss 6, Arkansas 4 — Middle 6th Inning
Payton Burnham worked a 1-2-3 inning.
Taylor Malvin flied out to left field, Jaden Pone popped up to shortstop and Lair Beautae flied out to center field.
Due up for Arkansas: Karlie Davison, Kennedy Miller and Reagan Johnson.
Ole Miss 6, Arkansas 4 — End 5th Inning
Arkansas was retired quickly in the fifth.
Kailey Wyckoff struck out swinging to lead off the inning. Ella McDowell followed by grounding out to Aliyah Binford in the circle for the second out. The inning ended with Atalyia Rijo grounding out unassisted to first base on the first pitch she saw.
Due up for Ole Miss: Taylor Malvin, Jaden Pone and Lair Beautae.
Ole Miss 6, Arkansas 4 — Middle 5th Inning
The Rebels added to their lead in the fifth.
Aliyah Binford struck out swinging before Persy Llamas blooped a one-out single over the head of Ella McDowell at third base.
Lexie Brady put two runners about with one out by drawing a walk.
Mackenzie Pickens shot an RBI single to left field, and a throwing error on Raigan Kramer allowed runners to advance to second and third.
Arkansas went back to Payton Burnham in the circle.
Burnham struck out Ashton Lansdell swinging and Angelina DeLeon grounded out to shortstop on a spectacular play by Karlie Davison.
Davison laid out to field the ball and her throw barely beat DeLeon to first base.
Due up for Arkansas: Kailey Wyckoff, Ella McDowell and Atalyia Rijo.
Ole Miss 5, Arkansas 4 — End 4th Inning
Arkansas went down quietly in the fourth.
Raigan Kramer and Bri Ellis grounded out to second base back-to-back to begin the inning.
Courtney Day then grounded out to third base on the second pitch she saw.
Due up for Ole Miss: Aliyah Binford, Persy Llamas and Lexie Brady.
Ole Miss 5, Arkansas 4 — Middle 4th Inning
The Rebels grabbed the lead again in the fourth.
Mackenzie Pickens singled sharply off Robyn Herron’s leg in the circle to give Ole Miss a leadoff runner.
Ashton Lansdell then drew a walk to put two aboard with no outs.
Angelina DeLeon tried to advance the runners with a bunt, but she popped up to Bri Ellis running in.
Taylor Roman was inserted as a pinch hitter and she loaded the bases with a fielder’s choice that Arkansas tried to go to second on unsuccessfully.
Jaden Pone then sent an RBI sacrifice fly to center field.
The inning ended with Lair Beautae flying out to left field.
Due up for Arkansas: Raigan Kramer, Bri Ellis and Courtney Day.
Arkansas 4, Ole Miss 4 — End 3rd Inning
Aliyah Binford retired the Razorbacks in order in the third.
Karlie Davison mishit a ball toward third base for a leadoff groundout. Kennedy Miller then popped up for the second out.
Reagan Johnson grounded out to end the inning.
Due up for Ole Miss: Mackenzie Pickens, Ashton Lansdell and Angelina DeLeon.
Arkansas 4, Ole Miss 4 — Middle 3rd Inning
Lair Beautae drew a full-count walk to lead off the third for Ole Miss.
Robyn Herron bounced back and worked around it, though, after a visit to the circle by Courtney Deifel.
Aliyah Binford struck out swinging on a big cut before a fly out to left field by Persy Llamas for the second out.
Lexie Brady fouled out to first base to end the inning.
Due up for Arkansas: Karlie Davison, Kennedy Miller and Reagan Johnson.
Arkansas 4, Ole Miss 4 — End 2nd Inning
Arkansas tied the game in the second.
Karlie Davison fouled out to first base to lead off the inning. It was a mishit on a full count.
Kennedy Miller put a runner aboard with a single up the middle.
Reagan Johnson followed with a single past third base, prompting an Ole Miss pitching change. Aliyah Binford was inserted in relief of Brianna Lopez.
Raigan Kramer popped up to third base on the first pitch she saw for the inning’s second out.
Bri Ellis walked to load the bases for Courtney Day, who delivered a two-run single through the right side.
Kailey Wyckoff tied the game with an RBI single to shortstop to score Ellis.
Ella McDowell hit a grounder at shortstop and a fielding error on Angelina DeLeon loaded the bases.
Arkansas left them loaded for the second consecutive inning on an Atalyia Rijo groundout.
Due up for Ole Miss: Lair Beautae, Aliyah Binford and Persy Llamas.
Ole Miss 4, Arkansas 1 — Middle 2nd Inning
Arkansas made a pitching change to begin the second inning, bringing in left-hander Robyn Herron.
Kennedy Miller also came back into the game at catcher.
Karlie Davison sprinted and made an impressive diving grab in foul territory past first base to retire Angelina DeLeon.
Taylor Malvin grounded out to third base for the second out.
The lineup rolled around to Jaden Pone, who struck out looking to end the inning. She was in disbelief at the call and turned around to say something to home plate umpire Jim Bertuzzi.
Due up for Arkansas: Karlie Davison, Kennedy Miller and Reagan Johnson.
Ole Miss 4, Arkansas 1 — End 1st Inning
Arkansas got a run back in the first, but left the bases loaded.
Reagan Johnson hit a ball sharply to shortstop and appeared to use her speed to beat out the throw to first for a single. Ole Miss successfully challenged the play, which was reversed to an out.
Raigan Kramer got ahead 3-0 before drawing a walk on the fifth pitch.
Bri Ellis followed by drawing a walk to give Arkansas runners on first and second with one out.
Courtney Day then walked to load the bases, prompting a visit in the circle with Ole Miss pitcher Brianna Lopez.
Kailey Wyckoff struck out swinging in three pitches for the second out.
Ella McDowell drew a bases-loaded walk to bring a run across without any hits.
Atalyia Rijo fouled out to end the inning.
Due up for Ole Miss: Angelina DeLeon, Taylor Malvin and Jaden Pone.
Ole Miss 4, Arkansas 0 — Middle 1st Inning
The Rebels took an early lead.
Jaden Pone drew a leadoff walk on a full count to give the Rebels a base runner to start the game.
Lair Beautae followed with a two-run homer over the wall in left center. It came on the first pitch she saw.
Aliyah Binford then doubled to left field on a play that Raigan Kramer appeared to misread.
Payton Burnham got her first out of the game by striking out Persy Llamas looking.
Lexie Brady followed by chopping an infield single toward shortstop to put runners on the corners with one out.
Mackenzie Pickens struck out swinging for the second out.
Runners attempted a double steal and it appeared Arkansas would catch Binford in a pickle between third base and home, but she slid under a tag by catcher Kennedy Miller to score.
It was a very close play that Arkansas unsuccessfully challenged.
Brady then stole home while Miller was throwing back to Burnham in the circle after a pitch. Burnham had an errant throw back to home plate that Miller, who had her legs taken out by Brady, had no chance to grab.
Miller was on the ground in pain for a while after the collision.
Kailey Wyckoff came in to catch, as designated player Courtney Day took over right field duties.
Ashton Lansdell struck out looking to end the inning.
Due up for Arkansas: Reagan Johnson, Raigan Kramer and Bri Ellis.
Lineups
Ole Miss (41-19)
1. LF Jaden Pone
2. RF Lair Beautae
3. DP Aliyah Binford
4. 1B Persy Llamas
5. C Lexie Brady
6. 2B Mackenzie Pickens
7. 3B Ashton Lansdell
8. SS Angelina DeLeon
9. CF Taylor Malvin
LHP Brianna Lopez (2.81 ERA, 132 IP)
Arkansas (44-13)
1. CF Reagan Johnson
2. LF Raigan Kramer
3. 1B Bri Ellis
4. DP Courtney Day
5. RF Kailey Wyckoff
6. 3B Ella McDowell
7. SS Atalyia Rijo
8. 2B Karlie Davison
9. C Kennedy Miller
RHP Payton Burnham (2.40 ERA, 113 2/3 IP)
Pregame
The stakes are high for Arkansas and Ole Miss in Game 3 of the NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional.
The winner will advance to its first Women’s College World Series, while the loser will have its season come to an end.
It has been a rainy Sunday in Fayetteville, but there is a window of no storms in the forecast until later this evening. One of the two teams will make history tonight, while the other will fall just short.
First pitch is scheduled for 4:20 p.m. on ESPN2. It was pushed back 20 minutes from the original start time to allow the grounds crew extra time to get the field ready after a downpour earlier.
Follow along here for updates.
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