The Arkansas volleyball crew returns to Barnhill Arena for the team’s 28th year this slide and time tickets to catch all the action are now offered.
Renewals are open for returning year ticket holders and people purchasing for the to start with time can do so now as a result of the Razorback Ticket Centre. Period tickets begin at just $40 and incorporate admission to all home matches, such as the Volley Hogs’ 9 SEC contests.
The Razorbacks are coming off a effective 2021 campaign in which they recorded a 20-win season for the first time considering that 2012, and the most wins for the crew since 2018 with a 20-11 last report. The Hogs also participated in postseason enjoy for the 1st time given that 2013 with a bid to the Nationwide Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC). Arkansas swept Stephen F. Austin in its 2nd-spherical match right before slipping to the eventual match winner, UNLV.
The Hogs return a proficient group for the 2022 season such as exterior hitter Jillian Gillen, setter Gracie Ryan and libero Courtney Jackson. Gillen is a two-time All-SEC and AVCA All-South Area honoree. Last season she arrived in next in the SEC in kills for every set with 4.12, was 1st in complete kills with 470 on the time, and also grew to become the 17th member of the Arkansas 1,000-get rid of club as she attained the milestone on Oct 9. Gillen, who will be as senior this calendar year, at present sits in fifth in Arkansas background in kills per set with 3.92.
Ryan has opted to just take a fifth 12 months with the Hogs and carries on to rewrite history in her time at Arkansas. Final period she moved into fifth in Arkansas record for whole helps with 2,913 so considerably and is just 749 absent from reaching the prime three. Gracie experienced 1,290 helps in 2021, the most for the Hogs since 2017, and the most complete assists in the SEC. She was named AVCA All-South Area honorable mention for her attempts in her senior season.
Jackson right away proved her area as Arkansas’ starting libero as a freshman and was 1 of the SEC’s prime rookies. Courtney led the staff in digs with 3.48 per set, which was fantastic for ninth in the SEC and most by a freshman in the conference. Her 393 overall digs and 23 aces have been both the best mark by a freshman at Arkansas due to the fact 2015 and 2019, respectively. Jackson garnered SEC All-Freshman Team honors, which marked the third consecutive season that Arkansas’ rookies have built the listing.
The group will also bolster its protection for 2022 with the addition of Auburn transfer Tatum Shipes. Shipes led the SEC in complete blocks (142), block helps (120) and blocks for every established (1.42) and arrived in second in solo blocks with 22.
In addition to Arkansas’ on-court docket achievement, the lover assistance elevated in 2021 as very well. The method observed a new file for year tickets offered, grew its typical attendance by 35 percent in contrast to the 2019 period, and jumped from 85th in the region for ordinary attendance to 47th, seventh-greatest in the SEC. This puts Arkansas in the major 14 percent for typical attendance among the nation’s 334 Division I programs.
Arkansas went 7-5 previous year at residence and is 263-129 all-time at Barnhill Arena.
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