Arkansas softball historic 2022 season ends vs Texas in super regional

FAYETTEVILLE — After Arkansas softball’s Recreation 2 loss to Texas in Friday’s NCAA Tremendous Regional, coach Courtney Deifel gathered her workforce within the outfield. She gave an impassioned handle to her gamers, imploring them to belief themselves.

“Have you learnt how good you might be?”

The 2022 Razorbacks needed to understand how good they have been; their season was considered one of information, accolades and firsts. But it surely ended simply wanting the largest first: a Girls’s Faculty World Collection look.

The Razorbacks (48-11) gained the primary sport towards Texas (43-19-1) at Bogle Park 7-1, however the Longhorns took Recreation 2 on Friday 3-1 and Recreation 3 on Saturday 3-0.

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For a workforce that earned a No. 4 seed within the NCAA Event, the very best ever for this system, it was a disappointing ending. However Deifel mentioned she’ll look again on the opposite historical past the 2022 Razorbacks made with satisfaction.

“They’ve constructed this,” Deifel mentioned of her workforce. “When you see the three,000-plus (followers) and the Hog Name — they did that. I simply felt actually, actually fortunate that I acquired to educate them.”

She coached them to this system’s first solo SEC regular-season title. Arkansas gained 9 straight convention collection, together with each collection in 2022, the longest win streak in program historical past.

The Razorbacks then gained their first SEC Event championship, they usually did it with a sweep. Then got here their first tremendous regional win in Recreation 1 over Texas. Arkansas’ 48 wins are probably the most in a single season in this system’s 26-year historical past.

Particular person gamers set information, too. Hannah McEwen owns the document for profession runs scored with 202. Linnie Malkin turned Arkansas’ all-time chief in profession house runs with 50. Danielle Gibson claimed the document for profession RBIs with 180.

Malkin, Gibson and Hannah Gammill are Nos. 2, 3 and 4 on the checklist of most single-season house runs, and the workforce set a program document for many house runs in a season with 109.

Mary Haff set three information: profession wins (956), profession saves (14) and profession shutouts (27). 

It is a true laundry checklist of information. However McEwen mentioned that after all of the historical past the 2022 workforce made, it isn’t the information she’ll keep in mind.

“It is simple to consider wins and hits and all of the issues that you’ve got accomplished, however whenever you go away, your hits do not matter anymore,” McEwen mentioned. “I feel simply taking all the friendships and the household that you’ve got made whilst you have been right here, and hopefully what you probably did whilst you have been right here was good for the those that get to remain and construct on it.”

Christina Lengthy covers the Arkansas Razorbacks. You possibly can electronic mail her at clong@swtimes.com or comply with her on Twitter @christinalong00.