FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (February 17, 2025) – Washington State dropped the series-finale at fourth-ranked Arkansas 12-2 in seven innings at Baum-Walker Stadium in Fayetteville Monday.
 
The Cougars received a double and run scored from Ryan Skjonsby along with an RBI-double from Ricco Longo and three shutout innings from Rylan Haider.
 
Arkansas, ranked in the Top-5 off all major preseason polls, tallied 10 hits, took advantage for three Cougar errors and scored five runs in the fourth and six in the fifth to close out the series. T
 
KEY MOMENTS OF THE GAME
Arkansas put the first two hitters of the game on base and the Cougars went to the bullpen. Redshirt-sophomore righthander Rylan Haider entered and ended the early threat with a flyout, lineout and strikeout. Haider fired three scoreless frames with a pair strikeouts in his season debut.
 
The Razorbacks got to the Cougar pen in the fourth inning, plating five runs on a solo homer, four hits and a pair of walks. WSU answered with a run in the fifth inning after Ryan Skjonsby led off the inning with a double down the right field line and later scored on Kyler Northrop's safety squeeze bunt.
 
In the bottom of the fifth, Arkansas added sixth more runs on five hits and two Cougar errors for an 11-1 advantage. Ricco Longo doubled home Gavin Roy in the sixth before the Razorbacks capped the scoring with a run in their half of the sixth.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
Max Hartman led off the game with a bunt single
Gavin Roy stole 2^nd in the 1^st inning, his 1^st stolen base as a Coug
Ryan Skjonsby doubled down the right field line in the 5^th, his 3^rd double of the season
Roy picked up his 1^st career hit as a Coug with a single to centerfield in the 6th
 
NEXT UP
Washington State will head to Corpus Christi, Texas next weekend for the Kleberg Bank Collegiate Classic where they will face Michigan State Friday, UCLA Saturday and hosts Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Sunday and Monday.