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With its two wins over Illinois-Springfield on Sunday, the University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team is now on a school-record 14-game winning streak. Final scores on Sunday were 9-2 and 12-6 to pick up the four-game sweep over the Prairie Stars (0-6).

The Cotton Blossoms (21-4) tied the school record with its 9-2 win in the first game, highlighted by a five-run fifth inning and sophomore Kayla Jackson’s complete-game pitching performance. Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team beat Christian Brothers 11-10 on Sunday to record its first Gulf Conference series sweep since the 2005 season.

The Boll Weevils (15-9, 3-0 GSC-West) beat the Bucs (4-17, 0-3 GSC-West) 4-3 and 9-7 on Saturday. The last GSC series sweep for UAM was the April 16-17 weekend with 12-9, 14-3 and 8-5 wins over Harding in Searcy. Read the rest of this entry »

Senior second baseman Emilie Hobbs became the University of Arkansas at Monticello softball program’s all-time stolen base leader on Saturday in 6-1 and 7-1 wins over Illinois-Springfield.

Hobbs picked up her 42nd career stolen base and 16th of this season in the fourth inning of the Blossom’s 6-1 win over the Stars (0-4). Hobbs already owns UAM’s single-season record after swiping 26-of-28 bases in the 2009. She went 3-for-4 with a two-RBI double in the first game and 1-for-3 with a two-RBI triple in the second game. Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team began Gulf South Conference play on Saturday with a double-header sweep of Christian Brothers by final scores of 4-3 and 9-7.

The pair of wins over CBU (4-16, 0-2 GSC-West) matches the conference win total from 2009 and snaps UAM’s six-game losing streak. Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team recorded its 9th and 10th consecutive wins with a double-header sweep of LeMoyne-Owen College on Thursday with final scores of 19-0 and 18-0. Both games lasted five innings due to the NCAA run-rule.

The Cotton Blossoms (17-4) began the sweep by scoring seven runs in the first, 11 runs in the second and another run in the fourth for the run-rule victory over the Magicians (0-4). Read the rest of this entry »

For the second consecutive week, the University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team swept the Gulf South Conference-West Division weekly awards with true freshman Faith Lund being named player of the week and sophomore Kayla Jackson earning pitcher of the week honors for the second time this season.

Lund (Bentonville, Ark.) was instrumental in UAM’s 7-0 week, which included a four-game sweep of Delta State to open GSC play. The freshman hit .565 with three home runs and had 10 runs batted in while also scoring five times. She had at least two hits in each of the last six games, including a three-hit effort in a 10-1 win over the Lady Statesmen. Her home runs against Alcorn State and DSU put UAM ahead in those contests. Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team opened Gulf South Conference play with four wins over Delta State this past weekend with 7-6 and 8-1 wins on Saturday, followed by 10-1 and 6-2 wins on Sunday.

The wins improve UAM to 15-4 overall and extended the team’s streak to eight victories in a row. The Cotton Blossoms have 13 of their last 14 games. The wins also gave UAM its first-ever sweep over the Lady Statesmen (12-9). Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team opened Gulf South Conference play with four wins over Delta State this past weekend with 7-6 and 8-1 wins on Saturday, followed by 10-1 and 6-2 wins on Sunday.

The wins improve UAM to 15-4 overall and extended the team’s streak to eight victories in a row. The Cotton Blossoms have 13 of their last 14 games. The wins also gave UAM its first-ever sweep over the Lady Statesmen (12-9). Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team suffered two losses to Alabama-Huntsville on Saturday by final scores of 14-7 in the first game and 21-4 in the second game.

The two squads conclude their four-game series Sunday at noon.

The games have been moved to Weevils Field, giving UAM its first true home games of the 2010 season.

The University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team began Gulf South Conference play on Saturday by sweeping a double-header against Delta State with final scores of 7-6 in an 11-inning affair, followed by an 8-1 win in the second game.

UAM improves its overall record to 13-4 and has now won six games in a row.

The Cotton Blossoms and Lady Statesmen conclude the four-game series with another double-header tomorrow (Sunday) at 1 p.m.

The University of Arkansas at Monticello men’s basketball team ended the 2009-10 season on Friday with a 61-74 loss to Valdosta State in the opening round of the Gulf South Conference Championship Tournament.

In the loss, the Boll Weevils (14-11) tallied 11 blocked shots to break the program’s single-game record, which was previously 10 against Arkansas College (now Lyon) in the 1981-82 season. Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Arkansas at Monticello men’s basketball team begins it quest for the 2010 Gulf South Conference Championship and a berth into the NCAA Tournament on Friday against No. 7 Valdosta State in the opening round of the GSC Tournament.

Friday’s opening round game against GSC-East No. 2 seed Valdosta State is set for 12:30 p.m. inside the DeSoto County Civic Center in Southaven, Miss. The Boll Weevils (GSC-West No. 3) and Blazers open the men’s portion of the event, while the women’s teams are playing their opening round games today. The Cotton Blossoms did not qualify for this year’s tournament. Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team used a three-run second inning to pick up its fourth consecutive win with a 4-1 victory over Southeastern Oklahoma State on Thursday.

The big hit of the three-run frame was sophomore Jennifer Hickman’s two-RBI double to left center, which followed sophomore Randa Perry’s RBI-double to left earlier in the inning. Read the rest of this entry »

University of Arkansas at Monticello junior forward Jarrell Turner has been selected to the 2009-10 All-Gulf South Conference West Division First Team, announced Tuesday by the league office.

Turner (Chicago, Ill.) just finished his first regular season with the Boll Weevils and leads the team into the GSC Championship Tournament, starting this Friday, March 5 in Southaven, Miss. Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team recorded its 9th and 10th wins of the season by sweeping Alcorn State on Wednesday with a 3-0 win in the first game and an 11-3 run-rule victory in the second game.

In the 3-0 win, sophomore pitcher Kayla Jackson (5-2) tossed a complete-game shutout and allowed only three hits with three strikeouts and no walks. She tallied two perfect innings and only faced 24 batters in the win. Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team suffered its first two consecutive losses of the 2010 season with 18-3 and 15-6 losses to Nicholls State University on Wednesday.

In the 18-3 loss, the Boll Weevils (12-5) scored all three of their runs in the top of the third inning, all unearned because of back-to-back fielding errors committed by Nicholls State’s (5-3) third baseman. Senior catcher Noah Sanders recorded an RBI in the inning on a bases-loaded walk, followed by an RBI-sacrifice fly out by senior third baseman Tyler Henry. Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team swept the Gulf South Conference-West Division weekly awards with senior Becca Tipton being named player of the week and sophomore Amanda Nordberg earning pitcher of the week honors.

Tipton’s hot bat helped UAM (8-4) to a 3-1 weekend at the Spa City Classic to earn her first player of the week award this season. In four games, she hit .600 and slugged an amazing 1.900. Of her six hits, five went for extra bases, including four home runs. She also scored five times and knocked in nine runs. Her best performance came in a 13-2 rout of Missouri-St. Louis, where she went 2-for-2, both home runs, with two walks, four RBI and three runs scored. Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Arkansas at Monticello women’s basketball team suffered its third straight loss on Thursday with a 55-67 setback to No. 7 Arkansas Tech on “Senior Night” inside Steelman Field House.

The game marked the last home game for two players and one student assistant coach. Monica Perkins-Miller and Yelitza both played their final game inside Steelman Field House, while student assistant Myrka Agosto-Dones also participated in her final home game. Read the rest of this entry »

In front of a season-high crowd of 653 fans, the University of Arkansas at Monticello men’s basketball team handed No. 1 Arkansas Tech its first loss of the season with a 58-51 decision on Thursday inside Steelman Field House.

The Boll Weevils clinched a berth into the Gulf South Conference Championship Tournament with the victory, giving the team its third straight berth into the event and seventh overall since joining the league in 1995. Read the rest of this entry »

After winning the first game of the double-header 14-7 over Missouri-St. Louis, the University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team had its eight-game win streak snapped with a 1-8 loss in the nightcap.

The Boll Weevils improve to 9-2 overall this season, matching UAM’s win total from a season ago. The Tritons are now 1-2 overall. Read the rest of this entry »

Sophomore Kayla Jackson tossed a no-hitter in the University of Arkansas at Monticello softball team’s 2-0 win over Augusta State in the first game of the Charger Chill Out. The Cotton Blossoms later lost to Bellarmine by a final score of 4-3.

Jackson (1-1) was only one inning away from a perfect game after retiring Augusta State’s (2-3) first 18 batters before allowing a walk to the leadoff batter in the seventh inning. After a sacrifice bunt and groundout to third, Jackson allowed one more walk before inducing Kristen Jones to fly out to right field to end the game. Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team picked up its seventh straight win on Friday, but needed two extra frames to defeat Missouri-St. Louis by a final score of 6-5 in 11 innings.

Senior Blaine Ivey gave the Boll Weevils (8-1) a quick boost with a two-run homerun to straight-away centerfield in the bottom of the first inning. Read the rest of this entry »

UAM Athletics Director Chris Ratcliff (left) and Chancellor Jack Lassiter (right) present men’s basketball coach Mike Newell the game ball of Newell’s 300th win as a head coach.

University of Arkansas at Monticello men’s basketball coach Mike Newell has now won 300 games thanks a thrilling 75-72 overtime victory over Henderson State on Thursday inside Steelman Field House.

With the win, Newell moves to 300-224 overall in his 18th season as collegiate head coach. In his nine years at UAM, he is 125-121 and is 13 victories away from becoming UAM’s winningest coach in men’s basketball. Read the rest of this entry »

This weekend’s four-game baseball series against Missouri-St. Louis will be played as follows:

Friday, February 19
One nine-inning game at 11 a.m.

Saturday, February 20
Two seven-inning games, starting at noon

Sunday, February 21
One nine-inning game at noon

All four games will be played at Star City (Ark.) High School’s baseball stadium.

The University of Arkansas at Monticello women’s basketball team suffered a 56-68 loss to Henderson State Thursday night inside Steelman Field House.

The Cotton Blossoms (10-13, 4-7 GSC-West) finished the game shooting 28 percent from the field (15-of-53), 17 percent from three-point range (4-of-23) and 73 percent from the free-throw line (22-of-30). The team was out-rebounded in the loss 33-37 and also committed 20 turnovers with only seven assists. Read the rest of this entry »

University of Arkansas at Monticello head football coach Gwaine Mathews has received 19 National Letters of Intent from high school seniors to go along with the 13 mid-year transfers to complete the 2010 signing class.

Here are quotes from Mathews about the two different groups.

HIGH SCHOOL SIGNING CLASS
“I feel this is the best high school class we have assembled since the Scott Buisson class in 2007. I feel we will have a lot of freshman that can make a quick impact and excite the fans for the next four years, especially since we will have so many seniors in 2010. This is an extremely talented class that will really hit the ground running.”

“Our coaching staff has done an extremely great job with this class. We signed player from six states, all in the southeast region. This is the first time we have really hit the Memphis area hard since I’ve been here, and the credit goes to Coach (Julius) Jackson for being from there and being able to communicate well with the players and coaches in the area.”

TRANSFERS
“I feel we have addressed a lot of our offensive depth needs with our transfers. We signed two guys from Nicholls State, Drey Trosclair and Hosea Chatman that will help our depth issues at slot receiver and quarterback. Also, we really got a boost to our offensive line with the signing of Jeff Cooper from Holmes Community College, Johnnie Sellers from Mississippi Delta and George James from New Mexico Military. We also needed a solid replacement at tight end, and we feel we have that with Eric Roberson from Cerritos College.”

“On defense, Eric Crocker from Modesto Junior College will really provide some much needed help at cornerback and Jaramos Phelps from Mississippi Gulf Coast will really step in immediately and do well at linebacker. Phelps comes from a team at Gulf Coast that only lost three games in two years. He knows how what it takes to be a winner.”

“Our surprise player so far in early workouts has been Jazzman Guy from Co-Lin Community College. He has really been working hard and we are pleased with what we have seen so far.”

“All of our transfers are already on campus and are all academically eligible, so we are excited and ready to see what they can do for this program.”

The University of Arkansas at Monticello recently released its Fall 2009 Chancellor’s and Dean’s lists that included 30 UAM student-athletes.

Of the 30, 12 were named to the Chancellor’s List after posting a perfect 4.0 grade point average throughout the semester. The remaining 18 were named to the Dean’s List after posting at 3.50 grade point average or better in the semester. Read the rest of this entry »

University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball coach Carlos James has released the 2010 schedule, which features 26 home games.

The Boll Weevils open the 2010 campaign playing 11 of its first 13 contests at home, including back-to-back home weekends in the first two weeks of the season. Read the rest of this entry »

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University of Arkansas at Monticello junior quarterback Scott Buisson is the school’s new all-time leader with 8,629 yards of total offense with more than a season remaining in his career.

Buisson (Metairie, La.) broke the record in UAM’s 59-14 loss to Arkansas Tech on September 26, a game in which he had 264 passing yards and 106 rushing yards to give him a total of 8,313 career yards, breaking Cory Allred’s record of 7,988 yards from 2003-04. In this past Saturday’s win over Ouachita Baptist, Buisson increased his totals with 306 passing yards and 10 rushing yards. Read the rest of this entry »

The Jacksonville Jaguars announced yesterday the signing of former University of Arkansas at Monticello wide receiver Clarence Denmark.

Denmark was signed as a rookie free agent and is currently participating in the Jaguar’s pre-season training camp.

Below is a portion of the release sent from the Jacksonville Jaguars Media Relations office:
The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed rookie free agent wide receiver Clarence Denmark. A native of Jacksonville, Denmark played the last two seasons at Arkansas-Monticello after transferring from Troy University. Read the rest of this entry »

Freshman Kayla Jackson threw her first career no-hitter in a 4-0 win over Alcorn State, followed by the team’s 10-6 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the University of Arkansas at Monticello Round Robin Classic.

Jackson’s no-hitter improved her overall season record to 10-0 and dropped her ERA to 0.34. All of her wins have come in complete-game style, five of which were shut-outs. The no-hitter was the 18th in program history. Read the rest of this entry »

The University of Arkansas at Monticello men’s basketball team has been ranked the fifth best team in the nation in the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II Top 25 Poll. Read the rest of this entry »