BILLIKEN SOFTBALL | NCAA FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL FIRST ROUND |
Opponent | Date | Time |
at #4 Arkansas | Friday, May 16 | 5:30 p.m. | Live Stats | ESPN+ | Tournament Program |
Saint Louis Regional Notes
Arkansas Notes
Roster
Schedule
Statistics
BILLIKENS OPEN NCAA TOURNAMENT VS. NO. 4 ARKANSAS
Â
•Saint Louis softball (34-22) plays the first NCAA Tournament game in program history Friday evening as the Billikens take on No. 4 national seed Arkansas (40-12) in the first round of the Fayetteville Regional. Game time is 5:30 p.m.
Â
•See the links above for Saint Louis' and Arkansas' tournament notes as well as video streaming and live stats.
Â
•SLU, which finished second in the Atlantic 10 Conference regular-season standings (18-7), earned the league's automatic NCAA Tournament bid by winning its first A-10 Championship title. The Billikens are 25-6 in their last 31 games, and their 34 wins are second most in program history.
Â
•Arkansas tied for fifth (14-10) in the powerful Southeastern Conference, which placed nine teams among the 16 national seeds. The Razorbacks reached the SEC Tournament semifinals, falling 8-6 to Oklahoma, and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Â
•Friday's game features two conference players of the year. Saint Louis junior catcher
Abby Mallo is the A-10 co-Player of the Year, while Arkansas senior first baseman Bri Ellis is the SEC Player of the Year. Mallo also was named Most Outstanding Player of the A-10 Championship.
Â
•Arkansas has won all eight previous meetings with Saint Louis. The teams last faced each other in 2018.
Â
•Oklahoma State and Indiana are the other teams in the Fayetteville Regional.
Â
•The winner of the SLU-Arkansas game plays the winner of the Oklahoma State-Indiana game Saturday at noon. Friday's losing teams square off Saturday at 2:30 p.m., with the winner taking on the loser of the noon game.