No. 5 Hogs to Play for SEC Tournament Title
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. – Fifth-ranked Arkansas (16-3-0) looks to win its first SEC Tournament Championship after six straight appearances. The Hogs will face off against No. 10 Tennessee for the title on Sunday, Nov. 7 at 1 p.m. CT. The match will be televised on the SEC Network.
Arkansas downed LSU and Auburn to advance to Sunday.
The match-up will be the Razorbacks’ sixth ranked game of the 2021 campaign.
The Hogs won their third straight SEC regular season title after shutting out No. 19 Auburn, 2-0, and secured the western division after downing Mississippi State, 2-0.
Match 20 Info
Opponent: No. 10 Tennessee
What: SEC Tournament Championship Game
Date: Sunday, Nov. 7
First Kick: 1:00 p.m. CT
Links: Live Stats | SEC Network Mike Watts (play-by-play) and Lori Lindsey (analyst)
Arkansas is making its 15th SEC Tournament appearance, and its third-straight as the No. 1 seed. The Hogs have a 16-12-2 record at the event.
Scouting the Volunteers
The Vols defeated 10-seed Florida and the No. 3 seed Ole Miss to advance to their first championship appearance since 2008. They are led by SEC Second Teamer forward Jaida Thomas SEC Freshman of the Year Taylor Huff.
The squads met in the regular season on Sept. 17 at Razorback Field where then unranked Arkansas defeated No. 13 Tennessee, 3-1, for their second ranked win of the year.
Quick Kicks
>> Tennessee leads the all-time series 13-6-1.
>> The Hogs have outscored opponents 58-16 this season.
>> Arkansas went on a 14-0 run, the longest win streak in program history
- The run started on Aug. 30 and ended on Oct. 28.
- The Razorbacks outscored opponents 48-6 during the stretch
>> Six Hogs earned SEC Postseason Honors
- Bryana Hunter: SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year and First Team All-SEC
- Parker Goins: SEC Midfielder of the Year and First Team All-SEC
- Anna Podojil: First Team All-SEC
- Taylor Malham: First Team All-SEC
- Kayla McKeon: Second Team All-SEC
- Sophia Aragon: SEC All-Freshman Team
>> The Hogs are 29-3-2 in Fayetteville since 2018.
>> Senior Parker Goins notched her 105th point versus Missouri, breaking the program’s record all-time points record (103).
>> The Razorbacks were picked first in the SEC preseason coaches poll, tied with Texas A&M.
>> Three of the Hogs wins have come against ranked teams; No. 13 Tennessee, No. 24 BYU and No. 19 Auburn.
>> Six Hogs were named to the 2021-22 SEC Preseason Watch List, announced earlier this month by the league office. Parker Goins, Anna Podojil, Taylor Malham, and Bryana Hunter earned preseason all-league honors for the third straight year. Kayla McKeon made her first appearance on the list following her All-SEC Second Team season, while Louisville transfer Jessica De Filippo makes her first appearance on the list.
>> Anna Podojil and Parker Goins were named to the MAC Hermann Award Watch List. Goins and Podojil, who were both named to the SEC Preseason Watch List the same week, earned first team All-SEC honors in 2020 and led Arkansas to its second-straight SEC regular-season title.
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