FOOTBALL UA-LSU to play on Friday again
The Arkansas-LSU football game this fall has been picked up for a Friday broadcast again, with the Nov. 29 game set for a CBS national telecast at 1:30 p.m. from Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La.
The Razorbacks and Tigers will face off on the day after Thanksgiving for the third consecutive season and the 16th time in 18 years. The border rivalry has been the season finale every year since Arkansas joined the SEC for the 1992 season.
LSU has won the past two games against the Razorbacks, including a 20-13 decision in Fayetteville last season, and owns a 20-36-2 all time advantage.
Arkansas’ last victory over the Tigers was a big one, as the 31-23 victory at War Memorial Stadium on Nov. 27, 2010, sent the Hogs to the Sugar Bowl and their first Bowl Championship Series appearance.
The Razorbacks, coming off a 4-8 season, will open the season under first-year Coach Bret Bielema on Aug. 31 against Louisiana-Lafayette at Reynolds Razorback Stadium.
- Tom Murphy
UCA, UAPB ranked in Sporting News poll
Central Arkansas is ranked No. 11 and Arkansas-Pine Bluff is No. 16 in The Sporting News Football Championship Subdivision Top 25 poll.
The poll is included in The Sporting News’ 2013 college football preview issue. Two-time FCS national champion North Dakota State is ranked No. 1.
UCA finished 9-4 last season and won a share of the Southland Conference championship with Sam Houston State. The Bears lost at Georgia Southern in the second round of the FCS playoffs.
UAPB went 10-2 and won the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship, defeating Jackson State in the conference title game in Birmingham, Ala.
UCA sophomore defensive end Jonathan Woodard was named to The Sporting News’ FCS All-America team. The 2012 Southland Conference freshman of the year had 7 sacks and 36 tackles, including 11 for a loss.
- Jeremy Muck
BASKETBALL UCA women hire assistant
Central Arkansas women’s Coach Sandra Rushing added Rusty Laverentz from the University of Houston to her staff, the school announced in a release Wednesday.
Laverentz spent the past three seasons at Houston, where he served as the director of operations under Coach Todd Buchanan. Before he worked at Houston, Laverentz was an assistant under Buchanan at Houston Baptist for three seasons and the head coach at New Mexico Junior College for two seasons.
Lavarentz, from Kansas City, Mo., earned his master’s degree at Arkansas State and was a graduate assistant at ASU for three seasons.
Sports, Pages 25 on 05/23/2013