FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas needed to do all it could to go 5-0 in its lone soft week of the schedule during SEC play to put the Razorbacks in their best possible position to host heading into Resu-May. Unfortunately, the Razorbacks became the first SEC victim of the year by taking a loss to Missouri in Columbia and then cancelled the first of two games against Northwestern State that looked more like it was the result of a 100% chance of Ole Miss this weekend than actual violent weather. So, with a 5-0 opportunity cut down to a 2-1 situation, the Hogs desperately needed to come away with a win. Fortunately for Dave Van Horn's Razorbacks, they came away with a 5-2 win after a slow start to snag win No. 30 while avoiding a devastating hit to the team's No. 29 RPI. One of the biggest goals for the midweek game, as it has been for a few week now, Arkansas wanted to get better hitting from its veterans to complement what freshman utility man Carter Rutenbar has been doing in the lead-off spot.…