Southern Tier Sports ReportCorning graduate Atalyia Rijo and the Arkansas softball team took on the number one team in the nation over the weekend, winning the middle game of a three-game set with Oklahoma.
After Oklahoma edged Arkansas, ranked sixth, 8-7 in the opening game,
Rijo had a hit and a run scored in the opening game. Arkansas won the second game 3-2. Oklahoma won the third game 11-1. Rijo had a walk in the third game.
Rijo is hitting .340 on the year in 44 games, all starts. She has a 1.108 ops on the year. The Corning grad has a career-high seven home runs this year with nine doubles. She has scored a career-high 30 runs and has 35 RBI. She has a career-high 22 walks.
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PHOTO COURTESY OF ARKANSAS ATHLETICS.
