FAYETTEVILLE — Connor Noland's first college baseball start went about as well as his first start as a quarterback for the University of Arkansas football team last fall.
Noland, a freshman right-hander from Greenwood, pitched 4 2/3 innings in his debut Saturday. He didn't get the individual win, but he helped the No. 12 Razorbacks to a 12-3 win over Eastern Illinois in the second game of a doubleheader at Baum-Walker Stadium.
Noland left the game after EIU loaded the bases on two errors - including one by Noland - and a single in the top of the fifth inning.