By Otis Kirk

FAYETTEVILLE -- Arkansas is the No. 11-overall seed in the NCAA Softball Tournament that begins Friday at Bogle Park with the Fayetteville Regional.

The other teams in the field with Arkansas (38-17) are Notre Dame (29-17-1), Harvard (29-15-1) and Oregon (35-15). Oregon enters as the No. 2 seed with Notre Dame (3) and Harvard (4) next. 

Here's closer look at the four teams in the tournament.

Arkansas 

CF Reagan Johnson, 0 home runs, 20 RBI, .374 batting average

DP Rylan Hedgecock, 20 home runs, 58 RBI, 3.25

1B Cylie Halvorson, 9 home runs, 47 RBI and .288

P Chenise Delce, 20-9, 1.86 ERA, 36 games, 21 starts, 16 complete games, 4 saves, 166 innings pitched, 183 strikeouts.

Oregon

2B Allee Bunker, 10 home runs, 52 RBI, .396 batting average

C Terra McGowan, 12 home runs, 49 RBI, .327

CF Hanna Delgado, 0 home runs, 4 RBI, .323

RF Ariel Carlson, 7 home runs, 27 RBI, .315

P Stevie Hansen, 18-6, 2.39 ERA, 132 IP, 106 strikeouts

P Morgan Scott, 12-6, 2.56 ERA, 115 IP, 79 strikeouts

Notre Dame

3B Joley Mitchell, 10 home runs, 40 RBI, .383 batting average

C Carli Kloss, 3 home runs, 23 RBI, .352 

DP-SS Lexi Orozco, 14 home runs, 44 RBI, .351

1B Karina Gaskins, 14 home runs, 40 RBI, .341

RF Mickey Winchell, 0 home runs, 16 RBI, .337

P Payton Tidd, 15-10, 3.13 ERA, 29 appearances, 24 starts, 147.2 innings pitched

Harvard

1B Madi Mays, 0 home runs, 29 RBI, .353 batting average

LF Savannah Fitzpatrick, 0 home runs, 14 RBI, .351 

RF Megan Welsh, 3 home runs, 23 RBI, .330

C Allison Heffley, 2 home runs, 23 RBI, .326

CF Lauren Bobowski, 0 home run, 12 RBI, .326

SS Trina Hoang, 0 home run, 14 RBI, .314

DP Finley Payne, 1 home run, 18 RBI, .304

P Anna Reed, 10-7, 2.55 ERA, 2 saves, 24 apppearances, 14 starts, 90.2 innings pitched, 71 strikeouts

P Riley Flynn, 8-1, 2.66 ERA, 6 saves, 28 appearances, 12 starts, 94.2 innings pitched, 89 strikeouts.

Tournament Schedule

Friday, May 19

Game 1, 4 p.m., Notre Dame vs. Oregon

Game 2, 6:30 p.m., Arkansas vs. Harvard

Saturday, May 20

Game 3, 2 p.m., Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2

Game 4, 4:30 p.m., Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2

Game 5, 7 p.m., Loser Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4

Sunday, May 21

Game 6, 1 p.m., Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 5

Game 7, 30 minutes after completion of Game 6. Only necessary if Winner Game 5 defeats Winner Game 3.