2019 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team

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.

2019 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer
SEC regular season champion
SEC tournament runner-up
NCAA Tournament
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 12
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 10
2019 record17–4–2 (9–1–1 SEC)
Head coachColby Hale (8th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Rob Donnenwirth (2nd season)
  • Sammy Scofield (2nd season)
Home stadiumRazorback Field
(Capacity: 1,500)
2019 SEC women's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
East
#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
#12 Arkansas  ‍†‍‍y 8–1–1 .850  17–4–2 .783
#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

Previous season
Main article: 2018 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team

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 – Sophomore
  •   1 Katie Lund – Senior
  • 33 Taylor Beitz – 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 – 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 HaleHead Coach8thOral Roberts University (1997)
Rob DonnenwirthAssistant Coach2ndWest Virginia Wesleyan College (1988)
Sammy ScofieldAssistant Coach2ndUniversity 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[lower-alpha 1])
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[lower-alpha 2]  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
Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings
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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