2015 AUBURN SOCCER AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: 392 SOUTH DONAHUE DRIVE || AUBURN, AL 36830 || AUBURNTIGERS.COM || @AUBURNSOCCER 2015 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME Florida Gators 14-4-1, 7-4-0 SEC Nov. 6, 2015 • 3:30 p.m. CT VS DATE OPPONENT TIME W/L Orange Beach, Ala. • Orange Beach Sportsplex (1.,500) Aug. 13 at Kennesaw State# W, 5-0 20 Aug. 15 vs. MERCER# L, 2-1 Site ................... Orange Beach Sportsplex (1,500) Rankings ...................................................15/19 Aug. 21 at UC Irvine W, 1-0 TV .............................................................SEC Network 2015 Record.....................14-4-1 (7-4-0 SEC) Aug. 23 at Long Beach St. W, 1-0 (2OT) Live Stats ............................................SECSports.com Head Coach .............................. Karen Hoppa Aug. 28 vs. UAB W, 4-0 AUBURN Twitter ..............................................@AuburnSoccer Record at AU (Yrs.) .........198-131-33 (17th) Aug. 30 vs. FURMAN W, 2-0 Series Record...............................................UF 15-6-1 Sept. 4 vs. SAMFORD W, 2-0 Rankings ........................................................6/6 In Orange Beach ..........................................AU 2-1-0 Sept. 6 vs. OLD DOMINION W, 1-0 2015 Record.................... 15-3-1 (8-2-1 SEC) Last Meeting...............Auburn 3, Florida 2 (2015) Head Coach .......................... Becky Burleigh Sept. 11 at Missouri* L, 2-1 Current Streak ......................................................... W1 FLORIDA Sept. 13 vs. SOUTH ALABAMA W, 2-1 Record at UF (Yrs.) ............354-94-30 (21st) Sept. 20 at Tennessee* W, 3-1 AUBURN BACK IN SEC TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS FACING TOP-SEEDED FLORIDA ON FRIDAY Sept. 25 vs. LSU* W, 3-2 (2OT) ›› Auburn is back in the SEC Tournament semifinals for the first time since 2012 after defeating Sept. 27 vs. #9 FLORIDA* W, 3-2 South Carolina on penalty kicks on Wednesday. Oct. 1 at Alabama* W, 2-1 (2OT) ›› The Tigers will face the top-seeded Florida Gators, who beat eight-seeded Vanderbilt, 2-1, in Oct. 8 at #10 South Carolina* L, 2-0 the quarterfinals. Oct. 11 vs. #17 TEXAS A&M* W, 2-0 ›› The four-seed earned by the Tigers is the highest seed for the team since 2008. Oct. 16 at #21 Ole Miss* L, 2-0 ›› Auburn beat Florida earlier this season, 3-2, after a goal in the final 30 seconds by junior Casie Oct. 23 vs. KENTUCKY* W, 2-1 Ramsier, which was her second goal of the day. The win over the Gators was Auburn’s first over a Oct. 25 vs. GEORGIA* L,1-0 top-ten opponent since 2011. Oct. 29 at Mississippi St.* W, 3-0 ›› All-time, Auburn has a 13-17-4 record in the SEC Tournament with four matches going to Nov. 4 vs. #22 South Carolina^ T, 2-2 (5-3 PKs) penalties. The Tigers have been to four SEC Tournament finals (2001, 2005, 2011, 2012), winning the Nov. 6 vs. #6 Florida^ 3:30 p.m. 2011 championship. All times Central. Home Games in BOLD CAPS. AUBURN COMES BACK FROM TWO GOALS DOWN TO BEAT SOUTH CAROLINA ON PENALTIES ^ - SEC Tournament (Orange Beach, Ala.) ›› Sophomore Ellie Leek couldn’t have picked a better time to score her first goal of the season * - SEC Game Wednesday night, scoring the equalizer in the 76th minute to complete a two-goal Auburn # - Exhibition Game comeback and then hitting the winning penalty kick for the Tigers in the shootout to defeat No. 16 South Carolina and help the Auburn soccer team advance to the semifinals of the 2015 SEC TV: SEC NETWORK Tournament. ›› Play-by-Play ......................................... Glenn Davis ›› Auburn was down 2-0 after 60 minutes of play and South Carolina seemed to have all the ›› Analyst ................................................Heather Mitts momentum, but the Tigers began to chip away in the 61st minute on a Kristen Dodson goal, her ›› Online: WatchESPN.com fourth of the year, followed by Leek’s goal just 14 minutes later. On the equalizing goal, Leek buried a one-timer from the left side of the box into the top corner of the net after great passes from RADIO: WEGL 91.1 FM (HOME GAMES ONLY) ›› Local: 91.1 FM WEGL STREAKS, STORYLINES, SIDEBARS ›› Online: AuburnTigers.com | Tunein.com ›› Before it’s loss to Missouri earlier this year, first five point game of her career. Auburn’s 6-0-0 start matched the best start in ›› Ramsier’s four game-winning goals in SEC TWITTER: #WAREAGLE | #AUFamily school history (2002) and also matched the play was the most in the league. ›› Official Handle .................................@AuburnSoccer longest win streak in school history. ›› Ramsier also now has 25 goals in her ›› Head coach Karen Hoppa reached the 250- Auburn career, T-5th on the AU career list. LIVE STATS: SECSports.com win plateau against LBSU, becoming the 37th ›› Taylor Troutman currently leads all Auburn head coach in Division I history to do so. freshman with three goals and three assists (9 AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS ›› Hoppa currently has 199 wins as Auburn’s points). She hit her first collegiate game-winner JOHN THOMAS .......... Asst. Communications Director head coach, the third most for any SEC coach at at Alabama in double OT. ..........................................................(Soccer/Softball Contact) their current school. (Burleigh and Pensky). ›› With 87 collegiate caps to her name, senior .......................................................john.thomas@auburn.edu ›› Auburn’s 3-2 win over Florida was its first Kala Faulkner has solidified herself on the back over a Top-10 team since 2011 and first over the line and captains the Auburn defense, setting a Web..............................................................AuburnTigers.com Gators since that same year. new consecutive games started record. Twitter .............................................................. @AuburnTigers ›› Casie Ramsier now has 12 goals on the year, ›› Kala Faulkner, Casie Ramsier and Haley Office Phone ..................................................(334) 844-9800 10 coming in games where she scored twice. Gerken were each named team captains by ›› Ramsier became the second Auburn player their teammates before the exhibition at to ever be named NSCAA National Player of the Kennesaw State. Week after her two game-winners vs. LSU and ›› 12 different players scored at least one goal Florida. (Katy Frierson). for the Tigers last season. So far this year, 10 ›› Ramsier had a five point game vs. LSU, her players have scored two or more. 2015 AUBURN SOCCER SEC CHAMPIONS: 2002, 2011 #WAREAGLE: AuburnTigers.com @AuburnSoccer /AuburnSoccer AuburnSoccer @AUCoachHoppa MEDIA AVAILABILITY ›› SEC TOURNAMENT MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY November 2 November 3 November 4 November 5 November 6 November 7 November 8 OFF DAY/TRAVEL PRACTICE GAME PRACTICE/OFF GAME PRACTICE/OFF GAME vs. South Carolina Orange Beach Sportsplex 7:30 p.m. NO INTERVIEWS Interviews by request Interviews by request Interviews postgame Interviews by request Interviews postgame Interviews postgame AUBURN ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS QUICK FACTS PRESS SERVICES usage at least one week prior to the game. UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Members of the media are supplied with weekly School ...................................................Auburn University release packages, which contain updated statistics, AUBURNTIGERS.COM City / Zip ..........................................Auburn, Ala. / 36831 features and information on what is ahead. On Game stories, game notes, news releases, sched- Founded ...........................................................Oct. 1, 1856 game day, the communications staff will distribute ules, results, statistics, history and much more can Enrollment .................................................................25,469 immediate results, notes, statistics and other perti- be found on the Auburn University athletics home Nickname .................................................................... Tigers nent information. page at www.AuburnTigers.com. Colors ................................Burnt Orange and Navy Blue Affiliation .................................................. NCAA Division I CREDENTIALS COMPETITION FACILITY Conference............................Southeastern Conference All Auburn home matches are free to the public and The Auburn Soccer Complex is located along President ............................. Dr. Jay Gogue (Auburn ‘69) will not require a media credential for entry. Howev- Samford Ave at the corner of Biggio Drive. The main Athletic Director ......................Jay Jacobs (Auburn ‘85) er, if you plan on covering any soccer matches at the entrance of the complex is located at the same Sr. Women’s Administrator ..............Meredith Jenkins Auburn Soccer Complex this season, please notify corner. Fans and media can park anywhere along Alma Mater .......................................Florida State (1992) John Thomas at least 24 hours in advance as press the entrance including the McWhorter Center University Website ............................www.Auburn.edu box space is very limited. parking lot. Athletics Website ..................www.AuburnTigers.com Twitter ...................................................... @AuburnSoccer INTERVIEWS PHOTOGRAPHY All interviews for head coach Karen Hoppa, stu- Please contact John Thomas or another member AUBURN PROGRAM HISTORY dent-athletes and assistant coaches must be coor- of the AU Communications staff for information First Year of Soccer .....................................................1993 dinated through John Thomas. Requests should be regarding shooting restrictions upon arrival