Arkansas was awarded the No. 4 national seed in the NCAA Softball Tournament on Sunday – meaning its path to a possible berth in the Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City will run through Fayetteville.

Arkansas enters the NCAA tournament with a 40-12 record, already having eclipsed the program’s win total from a year ago. The Razorbacks recorded a nation-leading five Top 10 series wins during the regular season while also earning their first No.1 ranking in program history in last week’s Softball America Poll.

As LSU exits the series with the Razorbacks at Alex Box Stadium, coach Jay Johnson is more encouraged than ever about where his team is just a couple of weeks out from postseason play. "'If we are good at this,