FAYETTEVILLE -- The numbers for Arkansas Razorbacks freshman pitcher Mary Haff at the NCAA's Fayetteville softball regional read like this:
• 3-0 record
• 269 pitches
• 18 2/3 innings
• 0 runs
• 20 strikeouts
• 5 walks
• 5 hits
• 1 championship
It was a collective effort by the Razorbacks to win their first NCAA regional, of course, but no University of Arkansas, Fayetteville player was more valuable than Haff.
The right-hander from Winter Haven, Fla. ,went the final 4 2/3 innings of the Razorbacks' 6-4 victory over Wichita State on Sunday at Bogle Park and threw 76 pitches after throwing a combined 193 in shutouts against DePaul on Friday and Wichita State on Saturday.