FAYETTEVILLE -- Arkansas sophomore shortstop Cortney Mitchell blasted an 0-1 pitch off the left field foul pole for a game-winning home run in the seventh inning Sunday as the Lady Razorbacks beat Auburn 3-2 to sweep a 3-game series.
The Lady'Backs improved to 24-10 for the season and 5-4 in the Southeastern Conference, while Auburn fell to 21-14 and 0-6.
Mitchell extended her own day-old school record for single-season home runs to seven with her line drive against Auburn reliever Kristin Keyes.
"I thought the ball was going to be foul," Mitchell said. "I wasn't trying to hit a home run; I was just trying to get on base. But I put everything into it, and then I saw the umpire wave me around. I was freaking out."
Arkansas coach Carie Dever-Boaz, who had the best view from the third-base coaching box, said, "Cortney hit the ball so hard, it had no chance to move foul. But I was blowing as hard as I could anyway."
Deni Zeigler had tied the game at 2 for Auburn with a one-out home run to left off Arkansas hurler Heather Schlichtman in the top of the seventh.
"I was not at my best today," Schlichtman said. "But we did what it took, and I knew my teammates would come through."
Schlichtman, who threw 10 no-hitters in high school, notched her second college no-hitter in Saturday's second game -- which means she's now pitched 14-straight innings for the Lady Razorbacks.
"My arm feels fine," she said. "This isn't like baseball where you can't start two days in a row. I used to pitch five games a day in travel ball, where you play different teams."
Among the 312 fans watching Sunday's heroics at Lady'Back Yard were UA Chancellor John White, Athletic Director Frank Broyles and his wife Barbara, and women's AD Bev Lewis.
The Barbara Broyles Award, an endowed scholarship, was announced before the game.
"Any time you can win in front of the chancellor and two athletic directors, life is good," Dever-Boaz said.
Mitchell extended her hitting streak to 17 games -- one short of senior Tiffany Woolley's record of 18 at the start of the 1999 season -- in the second inning, but it was Auburn that scored first.
Sara Dean doubled to left for the Tigers, and pinch-runner Karie Williams eventually scored on an RBI groundout by Kelly Sutton.
Arkansas tied the score at 1 in the fifth. Lisa Nieman reached on an error, Woolley lined a single past third, Mitchell walked to load the bases, and Auburn reliever Jen Lofton walked Danica White on four pitches to force in a run.
Lofton then fanned Stephanie Hunter looking on a 3-2 pitch to escape further damage.
The Lady'Backs took a 2-1 lead in the sixth when Nicole Deeter walked, took second on pinch-hitter Kim Eiben's sacrifice, went to third on a groundout and scored on Andy Whorton's two-out single past shortstop.
That set the stage for the dramatic home runs in the seventh inning.
Zeigler's came during a rare lull in the wind, but Mitchell's cut right through the wind and hit the pole in the small opening between the top of the fence and the start of the fair-ball screen.
"Cortney and Heather really picked us up," Dever-Boaz said. "Valanna Lyons has a tender knee and Rachel Talley has a tired shoulder, so that's why we pitched Heather again."
The Lady'Backs, who have won five in a row, play host to Kansas on Wednesday at 3 p.m. for a doubleheader.
