2018 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team

The 2018 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team represented the University of Arkansas during the 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. This season was the 33rd in program history. The Razorbacks played their home games at Razorback Field in Fayetteville.

2018 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer
SEC Tournament Final, L 1–1 vs. LSU NCAA Tournament Second Round
Conference	Southeastern Conference
2018 record	14–6–3 (6–3–1 SEC)
Head coach	Colby Hale (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Rob Donnenwirth (1st season) Sammy Scofield (1st season)
Home stadium	Razorback Field (Capacity: 1,500)

2018 SEC women's soccer standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
#13 Vanderbilt  ‍†‍‍^y	8	–	1	–	1		.850			15	–	3	–	1		.816
#10 Tennessee  ‍‍‍^y	7	–	2	–	1		.750			14	–	2	–	1		.853
Arkansas  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	1		.650			14	–	4	–	3		.738
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	1		.650			12	–	7	–	1		.625
#18 South Carolina  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	1		.650			14	–	5	–	1		.725
#16 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	1		.650			15	–	4	–	1		.775
#19 LSU  ‍‍‡‍^y	5	–	4	–	1		.550			13	–	6	–	3		.659
Florida  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	2		.500			7	–	10	–	4		.429
Auburn  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	5	–	1		.450			12	–	6	–	2		.650
Missouri  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	1		.350			6	–	11	–	2		.368
Alabama  ‍‍‍	2	–	6	–	2		.300			8	–	8	–	3		.500
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍^y	2	–	6	–	2		.300			9	–	7	–	2		.556
Georgia  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3		.250			4	–	9	–	5		.361
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	0		.100			5	–	14	–	0		.263
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2018 SEC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of November 13, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: SEC

Previous season

Main article: 2017 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team

In 2017, the Razorbacks finished the regular season 9–9–1, 4–5–1 in SEC play, and were seeded eighth in the SEC Tournament, where they defeated top-ranked South Carolina en route to the championship game, where they fell to Texas A&M. The Razorbacks were selected as an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they fell to NC State in the first round of the North Carolina bracket. The Hogs finished their season with a record of 11–11–2.

Personnel

Roster

2018 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer[1]
Goalkeepers   0 Abbey Saddler – Freshman 00 Alexis Bach – Freshman   1 Rachel Harris – Sophomore 33 Taylor Beitz – Sophomore Defenders   2 Marissa Kinsey – Junior   5 Julia Laskaris – Sophomore   6 Carly Hoke – Senior   7 Madison Louk – Junior   9 Kolbrun Elfjysdottir – Freshman 15 Libby Rumbelow – Freshman 20 Madi McBurnett – Freshman 21 Ellie Breden – Senior 26 Bryana Hunter – Freshman 99 Haley Vanfossen – Sophomore		Midfielders   4 Elizabeth Gousious – Freshman 10 Alli Gardner – Freshman 11 Brooke Pirkle – Sophomore 12 Kayla McKeon – Junior 13 Tyler Runnels – Freshman 14 Taylor Malham – Sophomore 16 Emily Russell – Freshman 17 Stefani Doyle – Junior 18 Reece Christopherson – Senior 19 Maddie Ricketts – Freshman 23 Nayeli Perez – Sophomore 24 Abbi Neece – Sophomore Forwards   3 Tori Cannata – Junior   8 Caroline Campbell – Sophomore 22 Parker Goins – Sophomore 27 Kaelee van Gundy – Freshman

Coaching Staff

Coach	Position	Year in Position	Alma Mater
Colby Hale	Head Coach	7th	Oral Roberts University (1997)
Rob Donnenwirth	Int. Assistant Coach	1st	West Virginia Wesleyan College (1988)
Sammy Scofield	Assistant Coach	1st	University of Notre Dame (2015)

Schedule

Source:[2]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Spring exhibition
March 3 12:00 p.m.		Mississippi State	W 1–0		Razorback Field Fayetteville, AR
March 30* 6:30 p.m.		Tulsa Soccer Club U15 Boys	L 1–2		Razorback Field Fayetteville, AR
April 15 2:00 p.m.		vs. Ole Miss	W 1–0		Stephens Track & Soccer Complex Conway, AR
Fall exhibition
August 4* 6:30 p.m.		Kansas State	W 1–0		Razorback Field Fayetteville, AR
August 9* 7:00 p.m.		at Nebraska	W 3–1		Barbara Hibner Soccer Stadium Lincoln, NE
Regular season
August 17* 4:00 p.m.		vs. Duquesne 2018 Penn State Invitational	W 1–0	1–0	Jeffrey Field State College, PA
August 19* 11:00 a.m.		vs. No. 9 West Virginia 2018 Penn State Invitational	T 1–1 ^AET	1–0–1	Jeffrey Field State College, PA
August 24* 7:00 p.m.		Omaha	W 2–0	2–0–1	Razorback Field (667) Fayetteville, AR
August 26* 1:00 p.m., COX Sports		at McNeese State	L 2–3 ^AET	2–1–1	Cowgirl Field (320) Lake Charles, LA
August 31* 7:00 p.m., SECN+		Baylor	W 3–2	3–1–1	Razorback Field (2,529) Fayetteville, AR
September 7* 7:00 p.m., SECN+		Florida Atlantic	W 3–1	4–1–1	Razorback Field (564) Fayetteville, AR
September 9* 1:00 p.m., SECN+		Connecticut	W 3–1	5–1–1	Razorback Field Fayetteville, AR
September 13 6:00 p.m.		at Georgia	L 1–3	5–2–1 (0–1–0)	Turner Soccer Complex (791) Athens, GA
September 16* 6:00 p.m., SECN+		Providence	T 1–1 ^AET	5–2–2 (0–1–0)	Razorback Field (542) Fayetteville, AR
September 20 7:00 p.m., SEC Network		No. 2 Texas A&M	W 3–2	6–2–2 (1–1–0)	Razorback Field (901) Fayetteville, AR
September 23 6:30 p.m., SECN+		at Alabama	W 1–0	7–2–2 (2–1–0)	Alabama Soccer Stadium (387) Tuscaloosa, AL
September 27 6:30 p.m., SEC Network		Missouri	W 1–0	8–2–2 (3–1–0)	Razorback Field (553) Fayetteville, AR
October 4 6:30 p.m., SECN+		LSU	W 2–1 ^AET	9–2–2 (4–1–0)	Razorback Field (713) Fayetteville, AR
October 7 2:00 p.m., SECN+		at Ole Miss	L 1–3	9–3–2 (4–2–0)	Ole Miss Soccer Stadium (1,008) Oxford, MS
October 11 6:30 p.m., SECN+		Kentucky	W 4–0	10–3–2 (5–2–0)	Razorback Field (677) Fayetteville, AR
October 18 7:00 p.m., SECN+		at No. 25 Mississippi State	T 0–0 ^AET	10–3–3 (5–2–1)	MSU Soccer Field (562) Starkville, MS
October 21 1:00 p.m., SECN+		No. 21 Auburn	W 3–1	11–3–3 (6–2–1)	Razorback Field (977) Fayetteville, AR
October 25 5:30 p.m., SECN+		at Florida	L 0–3	11–4–3 (6–3–1)	James G. Pressly Stadium (519) Gainesville, FL
SEC Tournament
October 30 7:30 p.m., SEC Network	(4)	vs. (5) Ole Miss SEC Tournament Quarterfinal	W 4–0	12–4–3	Orange Beach Sportsplex Orange Beach, AL
November 2 12:00 p.m., SEC Network	(4)	vs. (8) Florida SEC Tournament Semifinal	W 1–0 ^AET	13–4–3	Orange Beach Sportsplex Orange Beach, AL
November 4 1:00 p.m., SEC Network	(4)	vs. (7) LSU SEC Tournament Final	T 1–1 ^AET L 1–4 in pens.	13–5–3	Orange Beach Sportsplex Orange Beach, AL
SEC Tournament
November 9 7:00 p.m., SECN+		Little Rock NCAA Tournament First Round	W 5–1	14–5–3	Razorback Field (1,123) Fayetteville, AR
November 16 5:30 p.m., SECN+		vs. Virginia Tech NCAA Tournament Second Round	L 0–1 ^AET	14–6–3	Koka Booth Stadium (402) Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Postseason game summaries

SEC Quarterfinal – vs. Ole Miss

30 October 2018 (2018-10-30)

7:30 p.m.

(5) Ole Miss	0–4	Arkansas (4)
	Univ. of Ark. SEC	Tori Cannata  2' Own goal  4' Taylor Malham  7' Channing Foster  45' Reece Christopherson  58' Mary Kate Smith  86'

Orange Beach Sportsplex,
Orange Beach, Alabama

Referee: Mike Dee

SEC Semifinal – vs. Florida

2 November 2018 (2018-11-02)

12:00 p.m.

(8) Florida	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Arkansas (4)
Sammie Betters  74'	Univ. of Ark. SEC	Abbi Neece  39' Kayla McKeon  91'

Orange Beach Sportsplex,
Orange Beach, Alabama

Referee: Corey Rockwell

SEC Final – vs. LSU

4 November 2018 (2018-11-04)

1:00 p.m.

(7) LSU	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Arkansas (4)
Shannon Cooke  72'		Taylor Malham  13'
Penalties
	4–1

Orange Beach Sportsplex,
Orange Beach, Alabama

Referee: Tori Penso

References

1. "2018–19 Roster". arkansasrazorbacks.com. University of Arkansas. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
2. "2018–19 Schedule". University of Arkansas. Retrieved July 12, 2018.