Arkansas Taylor Ellsworth (17) and infielder Raigan Kramer (1) react after a score, Sunday, May 22, 2022 during the sixth inning of the championship game of the Fayetteville Regional Softball Tournament at Bogle Park in Fayetteville. Check out nwaonline.com/220523Daily/ and nwadg.com/photos for the photo gallery.
FAYETTEVILLE — Opportunities to swing the bat had not come around often for Rylin Hedgecock this season.
The University of Arkansas redshirt sophomore had just 41 at-bats coming into Sunday’s NCAA Fayetteville Regional championship game, and she had about as many strikeouts (8) as she did RBI (9) when she stepped into the batter’s box in the top of the sixth inning of a one-run game.