BASKETBALL Water damage on Walton Arena court
Walton Arena’s court is undergoing repairs for water damage this week and isn’t available for use by Arkansas’ men’s or women’s basketball players.
“Last Friday the court experienced infiltration on some portions of the playing floor and areas surrounding the playing floor following heavy rains overnight,” Kevin Trainor, Arkansas’ associate director of public relations, said in an email. “Currently and throughout the remainder of this week the floor will be unavailable while the athletic department works to remove any excess moisture and completes a full assessment of any potential long-term damage to the playing surface.”
Arkansas players are working out at the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Building on campus while the Walton Arena court undergoes repairs.
The men’s and women’s teams will begin practices in early October.
- Bob Holt
Grizzlies caravan adds second LR stop
The Memphis Grizzlies have added a second stop in Little Rock as part of their regional caravan tour.
In addition to a previously announced stop at the Big Dam Bridge 100 Expo at the Statehouse Convention Center on Friday, the Grizzlies caravan will make a stop at Shorty Small’s at 11100 North Rodney Parham Road in Little Rock from noon-1 p.m. Guard Quincy Pondexter, mascot Grizz and the Grizzlies dance team, the Grizz Girls, will be available for autographs and photos.
The Statehouse Convention Center stop is from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. Friday. Admission to both events is free.
BASEBALL
White team clinches intrasquad series
Michael Bernal hit an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning Tuesday to give the White team a 5-4 victory over the Red team at Baum Stadium in Fayetteville.
Joe Serrano, who went 3 for 5 with two runs scored, started the rally with a one-out single. He stole second base and scored on Bernal’s base hit to left-center field.
Bernal and Eric Fisher had two hits each for the White team. Matt Brown and Garrett Rucker had two hits each for the Red team and Jake Wise drove in two runs.
The White team clinched the best-of-5 series, 3-1. A second best-of-5 series starts at 3 p.m. Thursday. The second game will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday and the third game will be Sunday.
VOLLEYBALL Harding sweeps Arkansas Tech
Junior Taryn Eubank had 27 assists and 11 digs and senior Mollie Arnold had 10 kills to lead Harding to a 3-0 (26-24, 25-18, 25-17) victory over Arkansas Tech on Tuesday in front of a record-setting crowd of 1,235 at Tucker Coliseum in Russellville.
Senior Lisa Copeland had 19 digs for Harding (10-5, 2-0 Great American Conference) and Liv Savage had four blocks. Sara Motsinger had 11 kills, Amber Cerrillos had 24 assists, and Morgan McKellar had 19 digs to lead Arkansas Tech (7-4, 1-1).
GOLF ASU women finish opener fourth
The Arkansas State women’s team shot a final-round 314 on Tuesday to finish fourth among 15 teams at the Marilynn Smith/ Sunflower Invitational in Manhattan, Kan.
Senior Courtney Manning, sophomore Abi Laker and junior Megan Garland finished among the top 20 individuals. Manning tied for sixth after shooting 77-76-78-231. Laker finished tied for 12th and Garland finished tied for 17th.
UCA women 10th, UALR 11th in Colorado
The Central Arkansas women’s team is in 10th place and UALR moved up to 11th after two rounds of the Golfweek Conference Challenge at Red Sky Golf Club in Wolcott, Colo.
Junior Malin Senneryd of Sweden is tied for 14th place after shooting 72-81-153. Sophomore Sarah Brown (76-80-156) is tied for 28th and freshman Kendra Bishop (84-74-158) is tied for 37th. Sophomore Stina Resen is tied for 51st to lead the Trojans.
Central Arkansas shot 315-320-635 and UALR shot 328-313-641. Pepperdine leads the team standings at 585.
SOCCER Harding’s Hollingsworth tabbed
Harding junior Sierra Hollingsworth was named the Great American Conference’s offensive player of the week on Tuesday.
Hollingsworth scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime in a victory over Hendrix. She also scored a game-tying goal early in the second half at Texas Woman’s on Friday.
Sports, Pages 23 on 09/25/2013