2014 SEC Soccer Record Book.Indd
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
2014 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE SOCCER RECORD BOOK The Southeastern Conference has continued its rise as one of the top confer- SEC SOCCER SID CONTACTS ences in women’s soccer. SEC Craig Pinkerton The 2013 women’s soccer season reaffirmed the SEC’s prominence in the (205) 458-3000 [email protected] country. For the sixth time in the last seven seasons at least six SEC teams re- Alabama Aaron Jordan ceived postseason invitations as six teams from the SEC were invited to the (205) 348-5401 [email protected] NCAA Tournament. Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Arkansas Mike Hill Texas A&M all made the 64-team field. The six teams combined for a record of (479) 575-2751 [email protected] 7-5-2 with each of the six teams advancing to the second round while Arkansas Auburn John Thomas and Texas A&M advanced to the round of 16. The SEC now has a 68-77-14 (334) 844-9800 [email protected] (.472) NCAA Tournament record in 85 appearances. Florida Mary Howard SEC women’s soccer will begin its 22nd season in the year of 2014 deeply (352) 375-4683 x6110 [email protected] rooted in the national scene of collegiate soccer. Since the SEC initiated wom- Georgia Kate Copp en’s soccer as a varsity sport in 1993, the sport’s popularity has grown through (706) 542-9342 [email protected] the country and especially in the Southeast. A defining point in the SEC’s Kentucky Chris Shoals women’s soccer success came in 1995 when FOX Sports South broadcast the (859) 257-3838 [email protected] SEC Tournament Championship match between Alabama and Kentucky on a LSU Will Stafford tape-delayed basis, signifying the first appearance of an SEC women’s soccer (225) 578-8226 [email protected] match on television. Southeastern Conference women’s soccer continued to Ole Miss Bill Bunting grow over the next couple of years as the conference made a name for itself (662) 915-1083 [email protected] nationally. In 1998, the SEC had its breakout season with Florida winning the Mississippi State Brock Turnipseed conference’s first NCAA title in women’s soccer in just the program’s fourth (662) 325-7556 [email protected] year of existence. The league led the nation with six NCAA Tournament teams Missouri Kate Lakin that year, an accomplishment which firmly inserted the SEC as one of the major (573) 884-8519 [email protected] conferences in women’s soccer. The SEC also made bigger strides in its tele- South Carolina Megan Hartsell vision coverage with three regular season matches and the SEC Tournament (803) 777-1516 [email protected] championship match shown live on the SEC-TV package. In 2003, the SEC Tennessee Stephen Lee Soccer Tournament moved to a neutral site in Orange Beach, Ala., signifying (865) 974-7478 [email protected] the growth of the sports’ popularity. In 2006, SEC-TV’s women’s soccer cov- Texas A&M Thomas Dick erage was increased to four regular-season matches, in addition to the SEC (979) 862-5486 [email protected] Tournament championship match. The sport’s coverage in the SEC expanded Vanderbilt Jerome Boettcher again in 2009 as four matches were televised nationally on ESPNU in addition (615) 343-0019 [email protected] to the SEC Tournament championship match. FOX, CSS and CST combined to push the SEC’s television appearances to more than 15 matches per year. The SEC and ESPN have signed a 20-year agreement through 2034 to cre- TABLE OF CONTENTS ate and operate a multiplatform network which will launch August 14, 2014. The new network and its accompanying digital platform will air SEC content SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE 24/7 including more than 1,000 events in its first year. The network will televise Composite Schedule 2 events from across the SEC’s 21 sports annually, including 17 regular season YEAR IN REVIEW soccer matches. Programming will also include in-depth commentary and anal- 2013 Standings / Postseason Results 3 ysis in studio shows, daily news and information, original content such as SEC 2013 Honors 4-5 Storied and more. Additionally, more than 100 additional soccer matches will Team Statistics (All-Games) 6 Individual Statistics (All-Games) 7 be offered exclusively on the digital platform SEC Network +. Team Statistics (SEC Games) 8 The first three rounds of the 2014 SEC Tournament will be televised live on Individual Statistics (SEC Games) 9 the SEC Network while the championship game will be broadcast on ESPNU. SEC TOURNAMENT That incremental growth, combined with increasing exposure on the nation- SEC Tournament Bracket 10 al and regional scene, has SEC women’s soccer looking to blossom to new SEC Tournament Results 11 heights in the year 2014 and beyond. All-SEC Tournament Teams 12 SEC Tournament Records 13 In 2013, the SEC boasted ... RECORD BOOK • Four NSCAA Scholar All-Americas All-Time Records 13 • Five Capital One Academic All-Americas All-Time SEC Standings 14-15 • 12 Capital One Academic All-District picks Annual Leaders 16 • 14 programs earning NSCAA/adidas College Team Academic Awards Single-Game Records 17 • Six All-Americas, including one first team and three second team selections Season Records 18 • 23 student-athletes on the NSCAA All-Region teams Career Leaders/Miscellaneous Records 19 SEC in the Final Polls 20 • Six teams advancing to the NCAA Championships • At least six teams advancing to the postseason for the sixth time in the past NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS seven seasons SEC in the NCAAs 21 NCAA Championship Appearances 21-22 • Each of the teams advancing to postseason play won their opening round Annual Appearances 23-24 match HONORS Annual SEC And National Honors 25 All-SEC Selections 26-27 Freshman All-SEC Selections 28 SEC Athletes of the Week 29-30 2014 SEC SOCCER COMPOSITE SCHEDULE Sunday, August 10, 2014 Friday, September 5, 2014 Sunday, September 28, 2014 Georgia at Clemson (Exhibition) 7:00 pm Auburn vs. Memphis 5:30 pm Georgia at South Carolina SECN+ 1:00 pm Mississippi State at Arkansas State 6:00 pm Mississippi State at Tennessee SECN+ 1:00 pm Wednesday, August 13, 2014 Kentucky at Louisville 6:00 pm Missouri at Florida ESPNU 2:00 pm Mississippi State at Memphis (Exhibition) 11:00 am Florida at Florida State 7:00 pm Texas A&M at Ole Miss SECN+ 2:00 pm Louisville at Tennessee (Exhibition) 5:00 pm Houston at Georgia SECN+ 7:00 pm Arkansas at LSU SEC Network 4:00 pm Clemson at South Carolina SECN+ 7:00 pm Auburn at Kentucky SECN+ 6:00 pm Thursday, August 14, 2014 Tennessee at Western Kentucky 7:00 pm Alabama at Vanderbilt SECN+ 7:00 pm South Carolina at Duke (Exhibition) 7:00 pm Arkansas at Duke 7:30 pm FIU at Florida (Exhibition) 7:00 pm Northwestern at Missouri SECN+ 7:30 pm Thursday, October 2, 2014 Creighton at Arkansas (Exhibition) SECN+ 8:00 pm Virginia at Alabama SECN+ 8:00 pm Kentucky at Missouri SEC Network 7:00 pm Minnesota at Ole Miss SECN+ 8:00 pm Friday, August 15, 2014 Vanderbilt at Rice 8:00 pm Friday, October 3, 2014 Missouri at North Carolina (Exhibition) 4:30 pm LSU at TCU 8:00 pm Tennessee at Georgia SECN+ 7:00 pm Texas A&M at UCLA (Exhibition) 7:00 pm Texas A&M vs. Arizona 9:30 pm Ole Miss at Samford (Exhibition) 8:00 pm Friday, October 3, 2014 Sunday, September 7, 2014 South Carolina at Alabama SECN+ 8:00 pm Saturday, August 16, 2014 Arkansas vs. North Carolina Noon Vanderbilt at Arkansas SECN+ 8:00 pm Kentucky at Portland (Exhibition) 10:00 pm Auburn vs. Minnesota 1:00 pm Ole Miss at Auburn SECN+ 8:00 pm Baylor at Florida (Exhibition) 7:00 pm High Point at South Carolina SECN+ 1:00 pm LSU at Mississippi State SECN+ 8:00 pm Auburn at Georgia (Exhibition) 7:00 pm UCF at Georgia SECN+ 2:00 pm Florida at Texas A&M SECN+ 8:00 pm Mississippi State at Alabama (Exhibition) 8:00 pm Texas A&M at Arizona State Pac-12 Network 2:00 pm UT-Martin at Missouri 2:00 pm Sunday, October 5, 2014 Friday, August 22, 2014 Vanderbilt at North Texas 2:00 pm Kentucky at Texas A&M ESPNU Noon Tennessee vs. Milwaukee 5:00 pm Morehead State at Kentucky SECN+ 6:00 pm Florida at Arkansas SEC Network 1:00 pm Missouri vs. Syracuse 5:00 pm Tulsa at Tennessee 6:30 pm LSU at South Carolina SECN+ 1:00 pm Georgia at Ole Miss SEC Network 7:00 pm Jacksonville State at Alabama SECN+ 8:00 pm Ole Miss at Alabama SECN+ 2:00 pm Auburn at Clemson 7:00 pm Memphis at Ole Miss SECN+ 8:00 pm Georgia at Mississippi State SECN+ 2:00 pm South Carolina at East Carolina 7:00 pm Vanderbilt at Missouri SECN+ 2:00 pm Miami (Fla.) at Florida SECN+ 7:00 pm Monday, September 8, 2014 Tennessee at Auburn SECN+ 3:00 pm Kennesaw State at Alabama SECN+ 8:00 pm Stephen F. Austin at LSU 7:00 pm Utah State at Arkansas SECN+ 8:00 pm Thursday, October 9, 2014 Troy at LSU 8:00 pm Thursday, September 11, 2014 Alabama at LSU SEC Network 7:00 pm Iowa State at Mississippi State SECN+ 8:00 pm LSU at BYU 8:00 pm Dayton at Texas A&M SECN+ 8:00 pm Florida Gulf Coast at Texas A&M SECN+ 8:00 pm Friday, October 10, 2014 Mercer at Vanderbilt SECN+ 8:00 pm Texas A&M at Vanderbilt SEC Network 7:00 pm Kentucky at Washington 10:00 pm Friday, September 12, 2014 Mississippi State at Florida SECN+ 7:00 pm Tennessee at Virginia 5:30 pm Arkansas at Tennessee 7:00 pm Sunday, August 24, 2014 Mercer at Georgia SECN+ 7:00 pm South Carolina at Kentucky SECN+ 7:30 pm Missouri vs.