No. 14 Arkansas Opens SEC Play at Mississippi State

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – No. 14 Arkansas soccer (5-1-1) begins convention play on Friday, Sept. 16 and can face the unbeaten Mississippi State (6-0-1) Bulldogs. First kick is about for six:30 p.m. and the match will air on SEC Community Plus.

The Hogs accomplished non-conference play with a highway journey out west and tied with No. 13 BYU and shut out Grand Canyon, 3-0. Senior ahead Anna Podojil scored three of Arkansas’ six objectives on the week and earned a number of nationwide and league honors, together with the United Soccer Coaches Nationwide Participant of the Week.

Scouting the Bulldogs 

Mississippi State completed its non-conference slate unbeaten with notable wins over Minnesota and Southern Miss. The squad has allowed solely two objectives this season giving them the sixth lowest objectives in opposition to common within the nation and the second lowest within the convention.

They’re coming off a 4-0 shutout victory over Presbyterian on Sunday, Sept. 11. The Bulldogs are led by reigning SEC Freshman of the Week Maggie Wadsworth who leads the staff in objectives (4), factors (10) and game-winning objectives (3), and he or she is tied for the staff lead in photographs on purpose (11).

Mississippi State ended non-conference play with a 4-0 victory over Presbyterian, its fifth of the season.

Match Information
Opponent: Mississippi State (6-0-2)
First Kick: 6:30 p.m. CT
Hyperlinks: Dwell Stats | Dwell Stream SECN+ (Anthony Craven and Bart Gregory)

Fast Kicks

• Arkansas owns a 23-3-1 document over Mississippi State. The Hogs are 10-2-1 when taking part in in Starkville.
• Since 2019, the Hogs are 17-4-2 on the highway. This season, they’re 2-1-1.
• The Razorbacks personal a 51-9-2 dwelling document courting again to 2016. Eight of these 51 victories are over ranked groups.
• The Razorbacks at the moment lead the convention in shot accuracy (.524).
• Anna Podojil was named United Soccer Coaches Nationwide Participant of the Week, SEC Offensive Participant of the Week and placed on TopDrawerSoccer’s Crew of the Week for her performances in opposition to BYU and Grand Canyon.
• Arkansas was ranked No. 14 within the United Soccer Coaches ballot and No. 9 within the TopDrawerSoccer ballot coming into convention play.
• The Hogs have been ranked within the prime 10 to start out the season and got here in at No. 8 within the United Soccer Coaches ballot and No. 9 in TopDrawerSoccer’s preseason ballot.
• The Razorbacks have been chosen to complete second within the convention by the league’s head coaches.
• Arkansas’ 2022 roster comprises 15 newcomers: 12 freshmen and three transfers.
• Arkansas superior to its first NCAA Elite 8 final season.
• Senior Anna Podojil was named to USC’s Forwards to Watch, and TopDrawerSoccer’s Preseason Greatest XI First Crew and the No. 2 participant on their preseason prime 100 watch checklist.
• Anna Podojil, Bryana Hunter, Bea Franklin, Jessica De Filippo and Ellie Podojil joined the SEC Preseason Watch Listing.

The Hogs will play at Razorback Discipline for the primary time in 18 days once they face Auburn on Thursday, Sept. 22. The match will air on SEC Community.

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