FAYETTEVILLE — The stage was not too bright for Arkansas softball pitcher Payton Burnham in her first NCAA Tournament start.
The freshman right-hander from Eugene, Ore., got the nod in her team’s first game of the Fayetteville regional, and she made the most of it in a 10-0, 5-inning victory over Saint Louis.
Burnham tossed the 17th no-hitter in program history, and the first by a Razorback in the NCAA Tournament.
She became the third Arkansas pitcher to accomplish the feat this season, joining Robyn Herron (Feb. 16 vs. Louisiana-Monroe) and Reis Beuerlein (April 18 vs.