Good morning. The Hogs got off to a good start at the SEC Outdoor Championships, and the final home series for Arkansas baseball begins tonight. Let’s enter the weekend on the right foot.

Now, what’s all been mixed into today’s Brew?

🎥 ESPN analysts praise Hog softball
⚾️ Big matchup in Baum-Walker
🐗 And so much more!

🎥 HEAR FROM THE EXPERTS

Quite the turnaround. The Arkansas softball program has come a long way under the leadership of head coach Courtney Deifel. ESPN & SEC Network analysts Kayla Braud and Tori Vidales sit down to discuss how far the program has come.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Crème de la Crème. Two baseball clubs with identical 36-12 records are set to begin a three-game series in Baum-Walker Stadium this evening as No. 3 Arkansas hosts No. 6 South Carolina. It’s the first top-10 series played in Fayetteville in almost exactly two years when then-No. 1 Arkansas hosted then-No. 9 Florida.

Southpaw Hagen Smith gets the ball to start tonight for his second consecutive series opener. Hagen is 7-1 on the year with a team-leading 2.656 ERA and two saves over 42 2/3 innings of work on the mound. The true sophomore has struck out a team-high 79 batters and limited opposing hitters to a meager .181 batting average.

First pitch in today’s series opener is scheduled for 6:30pm on SEC Network Plus. And if you’re heading to tomorrow’s tilt, be sure to catch soon-to-be graduates John Bolton, Brady Slavens, and Jared Wegner honored as senior players prior to the game.

🔺 Leading Off Well. Arkansas softball’s Reagan Johnson is one of two SEC players to be a top 10 Finalist for the 2023 TUCCI/NFCA National Freshman of the Year award. She’s the first Razorback freshman to be selected to the list since Mary Haff was in 2018. Entering the SEC Tournament, Reagan ranked second in the conference in hits with 72 and sported a team-leading .377 batting average as the leadoff hitter.

🔺 KJ Speaks. Arkansas QB KJ Jefferson joins Braden Gall and Erin Dugan to talk SEC football, Arkansas, life, NIL and more in the latest episode of Fringe Element. Hear KJ touch on several topics such as playing under new offensive coordinator Dan Enos, being a veteran of the toughest conference in college football, and what Mother’s Day means to him.

🔺 Usual Suspects. The stars for Arkansas track and field shined bright on day one of the SEC Outdoor Championships. Britton Wilson cleared everyone in the women’s 400m hurdles preliminaries with a facility record time of 53.76 seconds, while Ayden Owens-Delerme finished second in the men’s 400m hurdles prelims with a time of 49.12.

But it was sophomore Sydney Thorvaldson and junior Julia Paternain who owned the night for the Razorbacks. Sydney and Julia finished 1-2 in the women’s 10k, the lone track final on Thursday. They are the first teammates to finish first and second in the event since 2009.

🥂 CHEERS, GRADS

Three cheers! Congrats to the 2023 University of Arkansas graduates. Celebrate in style with our friends at SXNW Hospitality opening up their weekend specials just for y’all.

Theo's Fayetteville: Join them for cocktails and dinner Friday and Saturday. Go fancy with some Duck Confit Quesadilla, or get casual with some Dickson Street Sliders. See their full menu here.

Southern Food Co: Brunch is on tap all weekend long or slide on in Friday and Saturday evening with your dinner crew. See their full menu here.

Browse all the restaurants that SXNW Hospitality has to offer—and we’ll see you at the table.

🎧 RAZORBACK DAILY

Much on the line. The Hog baseball team is ready for a top-10 showdown against South Carolina this weekend at Baum-Walker Stadium, and we’re counting down to first pitch.

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📅 THE WEEK AHEAD

Friday 5/12:

🏃‍♀️ Women’s Track and Field at SEC Outdoor Championships
🏃‍♂️ Men’s Track and Field at SEC Outdoor Championships
⚾️ Baseball vs. South Carolina @ 6:30pm on SEC Network Plus

Saturday 5/13:

🏃‍♀️ Women’s Track and Field at SEC Outdoor Championships
🏃‍♂️ Men’s Track and Field at SEC Outdoor Championships
⚾️ Baseball vs. South Carolina @ 6:00pm on SEC Network Plus

Sunday 5/14:

⚾️ Baseball vs. South Carolina @ 2:00pm on SEC Network Plus

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