2021 Arkansas Razorbacks roster
Pitchers
4 Mary Haff (RH) – RS Junior
5 Lauren Howell (RH) – Freshman
9 Autumn Storms (RH) – RS Senior
72 Jenna Bloom (RH) – RS Freshman
Catchers
12 Abby Gordon – Freshman
13 Kayla Green – RS Junior
Infielders
2 Valerie Ventura – RS Sophomore
3 Larissa Cesena – RS Sophomore (OF)
16 Keely Huffine – RS Senior
18 Marlene Friedman – Freshman
24 Nicole Duncan – RS Junior (C)
25 Braxton Burnside – RS Senior
41 Danielle Gibson – RS Junior
66 Aly Manzo – RS Senior
99 Audrie LaValley – RS Sophomore
Outfielders
1 Ryan Jackson – RS Senior
22 Linnie Malkin – RS Junior
23 Hannah McEwen – RS Junior
42 Sam Torres – RS Sophomore
Utility players
00 Kaitlyn Howard – Freshman
6 Cally Kildow – Freshman
20 Hannah Gammill – Freshman
21 Lauren Graves – RS Senior
28 Rylin Hedgecock – RS Freshman
31 Allie Light – Freshman
Schedule and results
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Legend
Arkansas win
Arkansas loss
Postponement
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2021 Arkansas Razorbacks softball game log
Regular season
February (11–2)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
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TV
Attendance
Overall record
SEC record
Best on the Bayou Classic
February 11 vs. No. 11 Oklahoma State * No. 18 Ouachita SportsplexMonroe, Louisiana L 11–12K. Maxwell (1–0) M. Haff (0–1)0–1
February 12 vs. Lipscomb * No. 18 Ouachita Sportsplex Cancelled due to inclement weather related to the February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm . [ 3] [ 4]
February 12 vs. Jacksonville State * No. 18 Ouachita Sportsplex
February 13 vs. No. 11 Oklahoma State* No. 18 Ouachita Sportsplex
February 13 at Louisiana–Monroe * No. 18 Ouachita Sportsplex
Cowgirl Classic[ a]
February 20 (DH) at McNeese State * No. 20 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond Lake Charles, Louisiana W 6–4 (14)M. Haff (1–1)A. Vallejo (0–2) 1–1
February 20 (DH) at McNeese State* No. 20 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond L 4–7S. Flores (2–0) J. Bloom (0–1)1–2
February 21 (DH) vs. No. 23 Baylor * No. 20 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond W 7–2M. Haff (2–1)G. Rodoni (0–1) 2–2
February 21 (DH) at McNeese State* No. 20 Joe Miller Field at Cowgirl Diamond W 3–1M. Haff (3–1)S. Flores (2–1) 3–2
Maverick Classic
February 22 (DH) at UT Arlington * No. 20 Allan Saxe Field W 10–6L. Howell (1–0)K. Hines (0–1) 4–2
February 22 (DH) at UT Arlington* No. 20 Allan Saxe Field W 4–3J. Bloom (1–1)G. Bumpurs (1–1) M. Haff (1)5–2
February 22 at Abilene Christian * No. 20 Allan Saxe Field Cancelled due to inclement weather. [ b]
February 23 at Wichita State * No. 21 Allan Saxe Field
Razorback Invitational
February 25 (DH) North Dakota State *No. 21 Bogle Park Fayetteville, Arkansas W 9–0 (5)A. Storms (1–0)P. Vargas (0–1) 6–2
February 25 (DH) North Dakota State* No. 21 Bogle Park W 5–0M. Haff (4–1)L. Lyle (0–1) 7–2
February 26 (DH) Texas Tech *No. 21 Bogle Park W 9–0 (5)M. Haff (5–1)E. Edmoundson (2–1) 8–2
February 26 (DH) Southeast Missouri State *No. 21 Bogle Park W 9–3J. Bloom (2–1)P. Holman (0–3) 570 9–2
February 27 Southeast Missouri State* No. 21 Bogle Park W 6–3A. Storms (2–0)R. Rook (2–4) 574 10–2
February 28 Texas Tech* No. 21 Bogle Park W 8–0M. Haff (6–1)M. Hornback (0–1) 555 11–2
March (17–1)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
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TV
Attendance
Overall record
SEC record
Woo Pig Classic
March 4 (DH) Drake *No. 20 Bogle Park W 6–3J. Bloom (3–1)N. Timmons (1–3) SECN+ 525 12–2
March 4 (DH) Drake* No. 20 Bogle Park W 6–4M. Haff (7–1)A. Timmons (1–4) SECN+ 528 13–2
March 5 (DH) Kansas *No. 20 Bogle Park W 8–3M. Haff (8–1)T. Goff (2–1) SECN+ 564 14–2
March 5 (DH) Northwestern State *No. 20 Bogle Park W 13–5 (6)L. Howell (2–0)B. Rhoden (1–1) SECN+ 578 15–2
March 6 Northwestern State* No. 20 Bogle Park W 13–2 (5)M. Haff (9–1)J. Howell (3–3) 590 16–2
March 9 at Central Arkansas * No. 19 Farris Field Conway, Arkansas W 4–1M. Haff (10–1)J. Johnson (3–4) Cox Sports Television /ESPN+ 755 17–2
March 12 at No. 20 South Carolina No. 19 Beckham FieldColumbia, South Carolina W 4–1M. Haff (11–1)K. Oh (1–3) SECN+ 400 18–2 1–0
March 13 at No. 20 South Carolina No. 19 Beckham Field W 7–5 (10)M. Haff (12–1)K. Ochs (2–2) SECN+ 400 19–2 2–0
March 14 at No. 20 South Carolina No. 19 Beckham Field W 3–2J. Bloom (3–2)K. Oh (1–4) M. Haff (2)SECN 400 20–2 3–0
March 16 Liberty *No. 17 Bogle Park L 0–2 (10)E. Kirby (5–3) M. Haff (12–2)SECN+ 582 20–3
March 19 Ole Miss No. 17 Bogle Park W 5–1M. Haff (13–2)A. Borgen (6–1) 691 21–3 4–0
March 20 Ole Miss No. 17 Bogle Park W 3–2 (8)M. Haff (14–2)S. Diederich (6–6) 704 22–3 5–0
March 21 Ole Miss No. 17 Bogle Park W 3–2 (8)A. Storms (3–0)A. Borgen (6–2) SECN+ 694 23–3 6–0
March 23 at Kansas City * No. 15 Urban Youth Academy Softball ComplexKansas City, Missouri W 9–3J. Bloom (5–1)M. Hoveland (7–5) 50 24–3
March 24 at Kansas* No. 15 Arrocha Ballpark at Rock Chalk ParkLawrence, Kansas W 7–4M. Haff (15–2)K. Hamiltonf (3–4) A. Storms (1)ESPN+ 254 25–3
March 26 Mississippi State No. 15 Bogle Park W 2–0M. Haff (16–2)A. Willis (6–3) A. Storms (2)SECN+ 690 26–3 7–0
March 27 Mississippi State No. 15 Bogle Park W 8–7J. Bloom (6–1)A. Wesley (2–4) M. Haff (3)SECN+ 704 27–3 8–0
March 28 Mississippi State No. 15 Bogle Park W 4–3M. Haff (17–2)A. Willis (7–4) SECN+ 701 28–3 9–0
April (10–4)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
SEC record
April 1 at Auburn No. 13 Jane B. Moore FieldAuburn, Alabama W 6–1M. Haff (18–2)M. Penta (6–4) SECN 370 29–3 10–0
April 2 at Auburn No. 13 Jane B. Moore Field W 3–0A. Storms (4–0)S. Lowe (8–3) SECN 370 30–3 11–0
April 3 at Auburn No. 13 Jane B. Moore Field W 2–0J. Bloom (7–1)M. Penta (6–5) A. Storms (3)SECN 370 31–3 12–0
April 6 Missouri State *No. 10 Bogle Park W 9–1 (5)A. Storms (5–0)M. Hunsaker (6–4) 621 32–3
April 9 No. 4 Alabama No. 10 Bogle Park L 3–5M. Fouts (12–2)M. Haff (18–3)SECN+ 1,100 32–4 12–1
April 10 No. 4 Alabama No. 10 Bogle Park W 4–0A. Storms (6–0)L. Kilfoyl (11–3) ESPN2 1,221 33–4 13–1
April 11 No. 4 Alabama No. 10 Bogle Park L 0–2M. Fouts (13–2) A. Storms (6–1)SECN+ 1,236 33–5 13–2
April 16 at No. 20 Georgia No. 10 Jack Turner StadiumAthens, Georgia W 10–3A. Storms (7–1)M. Avant (14–5) M. Haff (4)SECN+ 314 34–5 14–2
April 17 at No. 20 Georgia No. 10 Jack Turner Stadium W 5–2M. Haff (19–3)A. Cutting (6–3) SECN+ 387 35–5 15–2
April 18 at No. 20 Georgia No. 10 Jack Turner Stadium W 5–2J. Bloom (8–1)A. Cutting (6–4) M. Haff (5)SECN+ 400 36–5 16–2
April 20 Central Arkansas No. 8 Bogle Park W 7–6 (8)M. Haff (20–3)J. Johnson (9–6) SECN+ 873 37–5
April 24 No. 18 Missouri No. 8 Bogle Park L 3–6J. Weber (9–2) M. Haff (20–4)E. Nichols (7) 1,340 37–6 16–3
April 25 No. 18 Missouri No. 8 Bogle Park L 1–10L. Krings (7–2) J. Bloom (8–2)SECN 1,358 37–7 16–4
April 26 No. 18 Missouri No. 8 Bogle Park W 8–4M. Haff (21–4)J. Weber (9–3) A. Storms (4)SECN 1,154 38–7 17–4
May (2–1)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
SEC record
May 1 at No. 16 LSU No. 10 Tiger Park Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 1–0M. Haff (22–4)S. Sunseri (7–6) ESPNU 1,732 39–7 18–4
May 3 (DH) at No. 16 LSU No. 10 Tiger Park L 1–2A. Kilponen (13–6) M. Haff (22–5)SECN 2,246 39–8 18–5
May 3 (DH) at No. 16 LSU No. 10 Tiger Park W 4–1M. Haff (23–5)M. Gorsuch (2–2) SECN 2,246 40–8 19–5
Postseason
NCAA Fayetteville Regional (3–0)
Date
Opponent
Rank (Seed)
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
NCAAT record
May 21 (4) Manhattan No. 5 (1) Bogle Park W 8–0 (5)M. Haff (24–6)N. Williams (13–3) SECN 1,862 41–9 1–0
May 22 (3) South Dakota State No. 5 (1) Bogle Park W 4–0M. Haff (25–6)G. Glanzer (19–5) SECN 2,166 42–9 2–0
May 23 (2) Stanford No. 5 (1) Bogle Park W 7–3M. Haff (26–6)A. Vawter (22–11) SECN 2,604 43–9 3–0
NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional (0–2)
Date
Opponent
Rank (Nat'l Seed)
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
NCAAT record
May 28 No. 9 (11) Arizona No. 5 (6) Bogle Park L 4–10Bowen (10–3) M. Haff (26–7)ESPNU 2,700 43–10 3–1
May 29 No. 9 (11) Arizona No. 5 (6) Bogle Park L 1–4Denham (19–8) A. Storms (7–2)ESPN2 2,749 43–11 3–2
* Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the NFCA/USA Today poll
SEC Tournament – Second Round
(7) Tennessee Volunteers
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(2) Arkansas Razorbacks
NCAA Fayetteville Regional
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Fayetteville Regional – First Round
(4) Manhattan Jaspers
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(1) Arkansas Razorbacks
Record vs. conference opponents
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Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.
Source: 2021 SEC softball game results , 2021 SEC softball schedule
Team ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU Team SR
ALA 18–6 2–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 . . . 3–0 . 2–1 3–0 ALA 6–2 4–0
ARK 19–5 1–2 3–0 . 3–0 . 2–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 3–0 . . ARK 6–2 5–0
AUB 7–17 0–3 0–3 . . 2–1 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 . 0–3 2–1 AUB 2–6 0–3
FLA 19–5 2–1 . . 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 . 2–1 . 3–0 FLA 8–0 3–0
UGA 7–17 0–3 0–3 . 1–2 2–1 . 0–3 2–1 1–2 . 1–2 . UGA 2–6 0–3
KEN 13–11 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 . . . 3–0 1–2 3–0 KEN 3–5 2–0
LSU 13–11 . 1–2 2–1 0–3 . 2–1 . 2–1 2–1 . 2–1 2–1 LSU 6–2 0–1
MSU 8–15 . 0–3 . 0–3 3–0 . . 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–2 MSU 3–5 1–4
MIZZ 15–9 . 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 3–0 . 3–0 2–1 . MIZZ 5–3 2–0
MISS 12–12 0–3 0–3 2–1 . 2–1 . 1–2 3–0 . 2–1 . 2–1 MISS 5–3 1–2
SCAR 4–20 . 0–3 . 1–2 . 0–3 . 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 SCAR 0–8 0–4
TENN 12–11 1–2 . 3–0 . 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 . 2–1 . TENN 4–4 1–0
TAMU 8–16 0–3 . 1–2 0–3 . 0–3 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 3–0 . TAMU 2–6 1–3
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU Team SR SW
Updated for entire regular season. [ 6] [ 7] Tiebrkrs: FLA>ARK ALA common. LSU>KEN hd–hd. UGA>AUB MIZZ common.
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking т = Tied with team above or below Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final NFCA / USA Today 18 20 21 20 19 17 15 13 10т 10 8 10 8 6 5 5 11 Softball America[ 8] 16 19 18 17 15 14 14 12 10 11 10 10 7 7 6 6 10 ESPN.com/USA Softball 21 25 24 20 19 17 15 11 8т 10 6 7 6 6 6 6 11 D1Softball 16 17 16 15 12 13 12 9 8 9 7 8 8 7 6 6 11
↑ Arkansas added the Cowgirl Classic to their schedule after the initial cancellation of their Maverick Classic games, which were scheduled to be held February 22–23.
↑ Arkansas originally had games scheduled against Abilene Christian, UT Arlington, and Wichita State, but all games were cancelled due to inclement weather.[ 5] A doubleheader was later scheduled against UT Arlington on February 22, as part of the tournament.
↑ "Weekly Release" (PDF) . ESPN. June 15, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2023 .
↑ "National champs Oklahoma unanimous No. 1 in final USA Today/NFCA DI Top 25 Coaches Poll" . NFCA.org . June 15, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2023 .
↑ Pavilack, Jacob (February 12, 2021). "Arkansas Softball Feb. 12 Schedule Update" . Arkansas Razorbacks . Retrieved February 12, 2021 .
↑ Pavilack, Jacob (February 13, 2021). "Arkansas Softball Saturday Games Canceled" . Arkansas Razorbacks . Retrieved February 17, 2021 .
↑ Pavilack, Jacob (February 17, 2021). "Softball's Four Maverick Classic Games Canceled" . Arkansas Razorbacks . Retrieved February 17, 2021 .
↑ "2021 SEC Softball" . ESPN. June 7, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2023 .
↑ "2021 SEC Softball Schedule Announced" . SEC Sports. January 16, 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2023 .
↑ "2021 D-I Top 25" . SoftballAmerica.com . Baseball America Enterprises.