No. 10 Arkansas Begins Postseason at SEC Tournament

PENSACOLA, Fla. – No. 10 Arkansas (12-3-2, 8-1-1 SEC) will make its seventeenth SEC Tournament appearance when it faces Auburn on Tuesday, October 31 at 5 p.m. The match will air on SEC Network with Alex Pearlman (play-by-play) and Marion Crowder (analyst) on the call.

The two teams met earlier this month when the Tigers upset then-No. 6 Arkansas 2-1. Senior forward Ava Tankersley, the SEC Forward of the Year, extended her scoring streak to three straight matches with a goal in the 54th minute of the match.

The Hogs will be the No. 1 seed after winning the Western Division crown against Mississippi State to close out the regular season.

Auburn, the No. 8 seed, advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating nine-seed Tennessee, 2-1, in the opening round on Sunday.

The Razorbacks ended their six-year streak of appearing in the championship match at last year’s event after losing to Vanderbilt in penalty kicks.

Match Info

Opponent: Auburn (5-3-2, 1-2-0 SEC)
First Kick: 5 p.m. CT
Television: SEC Network, Alex Pearlman (play-by-play) and Marion Crowder (analyst)
Links: All match links can be found here all season long.

Quick Kicks

• Arkansas is 16-13-4 all-time in the SEC Tournament.
• Arkansas and Auburn have met four times in the event. The Hogs have won every match.
• Seven Razorbacks earned SEC honors: Colby Hale – SEC Coach of the Year, Ava Tankersley – SEC Forward of the Year and All-SEC First Team, Bea Franklin – SEC Midfielder of the Year, Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year and All-SEC First Team, Anna Podojil – All-SEC Second Team, Ellie Podojil – All-SEC Second Team and Avery Wren – All-SEC Freshman Team
• The Hogs enter the postseason ranked No. 10 in the United Soccer Coaches poll and No. 16 in TopDrawerSoccer’s poll.
  • Arkansas is ranked No. 11 in this week’s NCAA Soccer RPI.
• Arkansas has had 16 players score its 44 goals in 2023. Six of the 16 have come off the bench and two of the 30 goals were netted by goalkeeper Sierra Cota-Yarde via penalty kicks.
• Since 2019, the Hogs have scored the most goals in the country with 263. Stanford ranks second (262) and North Carolina (259) ranks third. Arkansas is 69 goals ahead of Tennessee, the next closest SEC team.

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