2024 Arkansas Razorbacks softball team

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2024 Arkansas Razorbacks softball
Arkansas Razorbacks logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 16
Record37–16 (14–10 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • DJ Gasso
  • Danielle Gibson Whorton
    Matt Meuchel
Home stadium Bogle Park
Seasons
 2023
2025 
2024 Southeastern Conference softball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 3 Tennessee  1950 .79244120 .786
No. 7 Florida  y1770 .70853140 .791
No. 9 Texas A&M  y1590 .62544150 .746
No. 16 Arkansas  y14100 .58337180 .673
No. 10 Missouri  y13110 .54248180 .727
No. 11 LSU  y12120 .50044170 .721
No. 14 Georgia  y12120 .50043190 .694
No. 18 Mississippi State  y12120 .50034200 .630
No. 19 Alabama  y10140 .41738200 .655
Auburn  y9150 .37529211 .578
South Carolina  y8160 .33336240 .600
Kentucky  y8160 .33331240 .564
Ole Miss  y7170 .29231270 .534
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 2, 2024 [1] [2]
Rankings from NFCA/USA Today [3]

The 2024 Arkansas Razorbacks softball team represents the University of Arkansas in the 2024 NCAA Division I softball season. The Razorbacks are led by ninth-year head coach Courtney Deifel and play their home games at Bogle Park in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Contents

Previous season

After a 38–16 regular-season campaign in 2023, the Razorbacks fell in their first game of the SEC tournament, which was hosted at Bogle Park, to Alabama by a one-run margin. [4] Arkansas was selected to host an NCAA regional for the third consecutive season as the No. 11 national seed. [5] They were paired with Oregon, Notre Dame, and Harvard; [6] After a defeat of Harvard, [7] the Razorbacks fell to Oregon, putting them in the consolation bracket. [8] A win to eliminate Notre Dame put them in the regional final, needing two wins against Oregon to advance to the super regional, [9] but a nine-run defeat to the Ducks ended Arkansas' season. [10] The team finished with a record of 40–19. [11]

Schedule and results

Legend
 Arkansas win
 Arkansas loss
 Postponement
BoldArkansas team member
2024 Arkansas Razorbacks softball game log
Regular season
Postseason
NCAA Fayetteville Regional (1–0)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
May 17vs. (4) Southeast Missouri State No. 16 (1)Bogle ParkW 3–2Herron (12–8)Holman (16–1) ESPN+ 2,65537–161–0
May 18vs. No. 17 (2) Arizona No. 16 (1)Bogle ParkESPN+

*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the NFCA/USA Today poll
 W  Arkansas win •  L  Arkansas loss •  Postponement or cancellation Bold denotes Arkansas player

Record vs. conference opponents

Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2024 SEC softball game results, 2024 SEC softball schedule

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUTeamSRSW
ALA 10–141–21–21–21–21–2...3–0.1–21–2ALA1–71–0
ARK 14–102–12–1.2–1.2–11–22–11–22–1..ARK6–20–0
AUB 9–152–11–2..1–22–1.1–21–2.1–20–3AUB2–60–1
FLA 17–72–1..2–13–02–12–11–2.2–1.3–0FLA7–12–0
UGA 12–122–11–2.1–21–2.1–22–13–0.1–2.UGA3–51–0
KEN 8–162–1.2–10–32–10–3...1–20–31–2KEN3–50–3
LSU 12–12.1–21–21–2.3–0.1–21–2.1–23–0LSU2–62–0
MSU 12–12.2–1.1–22–1..1–22–12–11–21–2MSU4–40–0
MIZZ 13–11.1–22–12–11–2.2–12–1.3–00–3.MIZZ5–31–1
MISS 7–170–32–12–1.0–3.2–11–2.0–3.0–3MISS3–50–4
SCAR 8–16.1–2.1–2.2–1.1–20–33–00–30–3SCAR2–61–3
TENN 19–52–1.2–1.2–13–02–12–13–0.3–0.TENN8–03–0
TAMU 15–92–1.3–00–3.2–10–32–1.3–03–0.TAMU6–23–2
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUTeamSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. [1] [12] Tie brkrs: MSU>UGA & MSU>LSU ARK common. UGA>LSU MIZZ common. SCAR>KEN head to head.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
NFCA / USA Today161515151820182019171615151616
Softball America81214182120172017138881111
ESPN.com/USA Softball121314162020172019141413111311
D1Softball181815162219171914111312899

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