No. 10 Arkansas softball blanks UCA to complete in-state season sweep
Freshman pitchers Payton Burnham and Lexi King combined for a shutout and the Arkansas softball team blanked Central Arkansas 7-0 on Tuesday evening in Conway.
It was the 10th time the No. 10 Razorbacks (32-9) have held an opponent scoreless this season. Arkansas completed a home-and-away season sweep of the Bears, backing up a 6-3 win March 18 in Fayetteville.
UCA (20-24) lost twice to Arkansas in a season for the first time since 2022, and the Razorbacks improved to 6-2 in the all-time series.
Burnham (10-2) struck out 9 and gave up 3 hits and 1 walk in her 94-pitch, 6-inning outing, and King shut the door by stranding runners at the corners in the seventh. It was the second consecutive midweek shutout against an Atlantic Sun opponent for the duo, who combined to pitch in a 14-0 victory at North Florida last Monday.
