GAME DETAILS

Arkansas 5, Saint Louis 2

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Billiken Sports Center

THE BASICS

•Kaylea Chappelle homered and Alex Nickel had two hits, but 24th-ranked Arkansas defeated Saint Louis 5-2 Wednesday afternoon at the Billiken Sports Center.

•Saint Louis dipped to 11-11, while Arkansas improved to 22-6.

HOW IT HAPPENED

•Neither team had a hit until the top of the fourth, when Arkansas used a single and a home run to take a 2-0 lead.

•The Razorbacks made it 4-0 with two more runs in the fifth.

•Saint Louis got on the board in the bottom of the fifth when Chappelle hit her second home run of the season, a solo shot with two outs.

•The teams traded single tallies in the sixth. The Billikens' run scored on Hailey Weavers' fielder's choice.

BILLIKEN NOTABLES

•One of Nickel's two hits was a double.

•Megan LoBianco had a double.

•Allie Macfarlane and Mackenzie Peter contributed a single apiece.

UP NEXT

•Saint Louis begins Atlantic 10 Conference play this weekend with a three-game series at Saint Joseph's in Philadelphia. Saturday's doubleheader and Sunday's single game start at 11 a.m. (CT).