When Kendrick Calilao smashed a home run to left field in the second inning to give No. 9 Florida a 1-0 lead, it looked like the Gators might give No. 1 Arkansas a run for its money on Thursday night at Baum-Walker Stadium.
Instead, that turned out to be one of the last things Gators fans had to cheer for.
The Razorbacks’ dynamic duo of Patrick Wicklander and Kevin Kopps pitched a shutout the rest of the way, and Arkansas surged past Florida for a 6-1 win in game one of the series.
Wicklander and Kopps combined to give up just three hits and strike out 16 Gators.