FAYETTEVILLE — It took Connor Noland until the eighth week of the season to start as Arkansas' quarterback, but the two-sport athlete won't have to wait as long to start for the Razorbacks' baseball team.
Noland, a freshman right-handed pitcher from Greenwood, will start one of this weekend's games against Eastern Illinois, Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn said Monday. Van Horn said he has not determined whether Noland will start Saturday or Sunday.
Noland has been dominant in three outings this preseason. On Saturday he pitched four innings and allowed just one hit, a two-out double by center fielder Dominic Fletcher in the fourth inning after Noland had retired the first 11 batters.