No. 7 Soccer Travels to No. 2 Alabama for Top-10 Showdown

The seventh-ranked Razorbacks (10-2-1, 5-1-0 SEC) will hit the road for the first top-10 matchup in the SEC in two years and face No. 2 Alabama (13-1-1, 6-0-0 SEC) in a Sunday morning showdown.

First kick is set for 11:00 a.m. CT and the match will be televised on SEC Network with Alex Pearlman and Marion Crowder on the call.

The Hogs will look to hand the Tide their first SEC loss of the 2022 season and continue their five-match win streak.

Match Info
Who: No. 7 Arkansas at No. 2 Alabama
When: Sunday, Oct. 16 at 11 a.m. CT
Live Stream: SEC Network
Live Stats: Click Here

Notes

>> Arkansas trails in the series with Alabama, 12-13-3. Arkansas won last year’s meeting in Fayetteville, 3-1.

> The meeting is the first top 10 matchup between SEC teams since No. 9 Arkansas and and No. 5 Texas A&M met in 2020. Excluding the COVID season, the last time was on Oct. 8, 2015 when No. 10 South Carolina and No. 8 Auburn met.

>> The Razorbacks own a 19-6-2 away record dating back to 2019. 14 of those wins have come in league play.

>> The Razorbacks own a 54-9-2 home record dating back to 2016. Eight of those 54 victories came against ranked teams.

>> Ava Tankersley ranks first in the SEC in shot accuracy (.643) and ranks second in the conference (fifth in the nation) in assists per game (.77). Her 10 assists rank second in the nation and the SEC.

>> Anna Podojil’s 43 career goals and 113 career points rank sixth and fourth, respectively, nationally among active DI women’s college soccer players.

>> Podojil was named to the United Soccer Coaches NCAA DI Players to Watch and also Top Drawer Soccer’s Preseason Best XI first team.

>> Podojil, Bea Franklin, Jessica De Filippo, Ellie Podojil and Bryana Hunter were named to the SEC Preseason Watch List.

>> The Razorbacks started the season ranked No. 8 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll and No. 9 in TopDrawerSoccer’s preseason poll.