2019 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team

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2019 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer
Arkansas Razorbacks logo.svg
SEC regular season champion
SEC tournament runner-up
NCAA Tournament
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 12
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 10
2019 record17–4–2 (8–1–1 SEC)
Head coach
  • Colby Hale (8th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Rob Donnenwirth (2nd season)
  • Sammy Scofield (2nd season)
Home stadiumRazorback Field
(Capacity: 1,500)
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 SEC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East
No. 6 South Carolina  ‍y 7 0 3   .850 19 2 3   .854
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 6 3 1   .650 14 5 2   .714
Florida  ‍‍‍y 6 3 1   .650 11 9 1   .548
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 4 3 3   .550 8 7 4   .526
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 3 5 2   .400 9 6 3   .583
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 1 8 1   .150 6 10 3   .395
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 1 8 1   .150 7 10 1   .417
West
No. 12 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 8 1 1   .850 17 4 2   .783
No. 22 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 7 2 1   .750 14 5 3   .705
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 4 4 2   .500 10 7 3   .575
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 3 4 3   .450 10 7 3   .575
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 4 6 0   .400 7 10 2   .421
Mississippi St.  ‍‍‍ 3 4 3   .450 8 8 3   .500
LSU  ‍‍‍ 1 7 2   .200 3 12 3   .250
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2019 SEC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 11, 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source:SEC

The 2019 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team represents the University of Arkansas during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. This season is the 34th in program history. The Razorbacks play their home games at Razorback Field in Fayetteville and are led by eighth-year head coach Colby Hale.

Previous season[]

In 2018, the Razorbacks finished the regular season 11–4–3, 6–3–1 in SEC play, and were seeded fourth in the SEC Tournament, where they defeated 5-seed Ole Miss and 8-seed Florida en route to the championship game, where they fell in penalties to 7-seed LSU. The Razorbacks were selected as an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they defeated Little Rock in the first round of the North Carolina bracket before being defeated in extra time by Virginia Tech. The Hogs finished their season with a record of 14–6–3.

Personnel[]

Roster[]

2019 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer[1]

Goalkeepers

  • 00 Alexis Bach – Redshirt Sophomore
  •   1 Katie Lund – Senior
  • 33 Taylor Beitz – Redshirt Junior

Defenders

  •   2 Marissa Kinsey – Senior
  •   4 Ashton Gordon – Freshman
  •   5 Julia Laskaris – Junior
  •   7 Madison Louk – Senior
  • 18 Reagan Swindall – Freshman
  • 20 Madi McBurnett – Freshman
  • 26 Bryana Hunter – Sophomore
  • 28 Mandi Wilson – Senior
  • 99 Haley Vanfossen – Junior
 

Midfielders

  •   6 Cara Young – Freshman
  • 11 Brooke Pirkle – Junior
  • 12 Kayla McKeon – Senior
  • 13 Tyler Runnels – Sophomore
  • 14 Taylor Malham – Junior
  • 15 Raegan Cox – Freshman
  • 17 Stefani Doyle – Senior
  • 23 Nayeli Perez – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 24 Abbi Neece – Junior
  • 25 Claire Monyard – Freshman

Forwards

  •   3 Tori Cannata – Senior
  •   8 Caroline Campbell – Sophomore
  •   9 Jordan Stack – Freshman
  • 16 Anna Podojil – Freshman
  • 21 Kyler Goins – Freshman
  • 22 Parker Goins – Junior
  • 27 Kaelee van Gundy – Sophomore

Coaching Staff[]

Coach Position Year in Position Alma Mater
Colby Hale Head Coach 8th Oral Roberts University (1997)
Rob Donnenwirth Assistant Coach 2nd West Virginia Wesleyan College (1988)
Sammy Scofield Assistant Coach 2nd University of Notre Dame (2015)

Schedule[]

Source:[2]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Fall exhibition
August 9*
5:00 p.m.
at Kansas State T 3–3 
Buser Family Park (0[a])
Manhattan, KS
August 16*
7:00 p.m.
Nebraska T 0–0 
Razorback Field (200)
Fayetteville, AR
Non-conference regular season
August 22*
6:00 p.m.
at UNC Greensboro W 3–0  1–0
UNCG Soccer Stadium (616)
Greensboro, NC
August 25*
6:00 p.m., SEC Network
Oklahoma L 0–1 AET 1–1
Razorback Field (2,241)
Fayetteville, AR
August 29*
4:00 p.m.
vs. Minnesota
Rebel Classic
T 1–1 AET 1–1–1
Ole Miss Soccer Stadium (86)
Oxford, MS
September 1*
2:00 p.m.
vs. Southeast Missouri State
Rebel Classic
W 5–0  2–1–1
Ole Miss Soccer Stadium (136)
Oxford, MS
September 5*
7:00 p.m., SECN+
Lamar W 7–0  3–1–1
Razorback Field (343)
Fayetteville, AR
September 8*
1:00 p.m., SECN+
McNeese State W 7–0  4–1–1
Razorback Field (586)
Fayetteville, AR
September 12*
9:00 p.m.
at No. 22 Baylor W 2–0  5–1–1
Betty Lou Mays Field (388)
Waco, TX
September 15*
12:00 p.m., ESPNU
No. 1 North Carolina W 2–0[b]  6–1–1
Razorback Field (1,058)
Fayetteville, AR
SEC regular season
September 22
2:00 p.m., SEC Network
No. 16 Alabama W 1–0  7–1–1
(1–0–0)
Razorback Field (615)
Fayetteville, AR
September 26
7:00 p.m.
No. 13 No. 15 Vanderbilt W 1–0  8–1–1
(2–0–0)
Razorback Field (845)
Fayetteville, AR
September 29
1:00 p.m.
No. 13 at No. 8 South Carolina L 0–1  8–2–1
(2–1–0)
Eugene E. Stone III Stadium (1,399)
Columbia, SC
October 3
7:00 p.m.
No. 15 Ole Miss W 3–0  9–2–1
(3–1–0)
Razorback Field (754)
Fayetteville, AR
October 10
6:00 p.m.
No. 13 at LSU W 4–0  10–2–1
(4–1–0)
LSU Soccer Stadium (1,106)
Baton Rouge, LA
October 13
1:00 p.m.
No. 13 Mississippi State W 6–1  11–2–1
(5–1–0)
Razorback Field (1,194)
Fayetteville, AR
October 18
7:30 p.m.
No. 8 at No. 18 Texas A&M W 3–1  12–2–1
(6–1–0)
Ellis Field (2,485)
College Station, TX
October 24
6:30 p.m.
No. 6 at Auburn W 5–0  13–2–1
(7–1–0)
Auburn Soccer Complex (812)
Auburn, AL
October 27
1:00 p.m.
No. 6 Georgia T 1–1 AET 13–2–2
(7–1–1)
Razorback Field (1,594)
Fayetteville, AR
October 31
6:00 p.m.
No. 6 at Tennessee W 3–1  14–2–2
(8–1–1)
Regal Stadium
Knoxville, TN
SEC tournament
November 5
5:30 p.m., SECN+
(1) (6) Ole Miss
SEC Tournament Quarterfinals
W 1–0  15–2–2
Orange Beach Sportsplex
Orange Beach, AL
November 7
3:30 p.m., SEC Network
(1) (5) Florida
SEC Tournament Semifinals
W 3–1  16–2–2
Orange Beach Sportsplex
Orange Beach, AL
November 10
1:00 p.m., SEC Network
(1) (3) South Carolina
SEC Tournament Final
L 0–1  16–3–2
Orange Beach Sportsplex (961)
Orange Beach, AL
NCAA tournament
November 15
6:30 p.m.
(3) North Texas
NCAA Tournament First Round
W 3–0  17–3–2
Razorback Field (1,331)
Fayetteville, AR
November 21
4:00 p.m.
(3) vs. NC State
NCAA Tournament Second Round
L 1–2  17–4–2
South Field (2,476)
Provo, UT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
  1. ^ Closed-door exhibition match.
  2. ^ This was Arkansas' first defeat of a No. 1 team in school history; additionally, this was the first time an SEC team had beaten North Carolina by two goals or more.

Ranking movements[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final 
United Soccer Coaches NR NR NR NR 16 13 15 13 8 6 6 
TopDrawerSoccer.com NR NR NR NR 22 19 24 23 17 6 5 
Soccer America NR NR NR NR 13 10 16 11 8 8 6 
NCAA RPI NR NR NR NR NR 13 12 6 6 6 6

References[]

  1. ^ "Roster". Arkansas Razorbacks. 28 March 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019–20 Schedule". University of Arkansas.
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