August 17, 2017 2017 SOCCER SEC COMMUNICATIONS Conference Overall Craig Pinkerton (Soccer Contact) W-L-T Pts Home Away W-L-T Pct. Home Away Neutral Str [email protected] @SEC_Craig Alabama 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 www.secsports.com Phone: (205) 458-3000 Arkansas 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Auburn 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 THIS WEEK IN THE SEC Florida 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 All Times Eastern Georgia 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Friday, August 18 Kentucky 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Florida at Florida Atlantic 7:00 p.m. Wake Forest at Georgia SECN+ 7:00 p.m. LSU 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Mississippi Valley at LSU 7:00 p.m. Ole Miss 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 UCF at South Carolina SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Tennessee at Navy PatriotLeague.tv 7:00 p.m. Mississippi State 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 South Alabama at Auburn SECN+ 7:30 p.m. Missouri 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Texas A&M vs. Pepperdine (San Diego, CA) 7:30 p.m. Kentucky at Wisconsin 8:00 p.m. South Carolina 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Jacksonville State at Alabama 8:00 p.m. Tennessee 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Arkansas at SMU CST 8:00 p.m. Alabama State at Ole Miss SECN+ 8:00 p.m. Texas A&M 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Stephen F. Austin at Mississippi State SECN+ 8:00 p.m. Missouri at Illinois 8:00 p.m. Vanderbilt 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Tennessee Tech at Vanderbilt SECN+ 8:00 p.m. Sunday, August 20 • SEC women’s soccer is beginning its 25th season on SEC Network +. Troy at Florida SECN+ 1:00 p.m. Arkansas at North Texas 2:00 p.m. deeply rooted in the national scene of collegiate • Six SEC student-athletes earned CoSIDA Aca- High Point at Georgia SECN+ 2:00 p.m. soccer. Since the SEC initiated women’s soccer as demic All-America honors in 2016. South Caro- Missouri State at Mississippi State SECN+ 2:00 p.m. Tennessee at George Mason 2:00 p.m. a varsity sport in 1993, the sport’s popularity has lina’s Paige Bendell and Chelsea Drennan along Vanderbilt at Saint Louis 2:00 p.m. grown through the country and especially in the with Florida’s Savannah Jordan were first team se- Kentucky at Marquette Big East Digital 3:30 p.m. Southeast. lections. Texas A&M at San Diego 4:30 p.m. Iowa State at Missouri SEC Network 5:00 p.m. • Florida was predicted to win to the 2017 South- • Two teams advanced to the Round of 8 in the Lipscomb at Auburn SECN+ 7:00 p.m. eastern Conference women’s soccer title in voting NCAA Tournament in 2016. It was the second time LSU at Colgate PatriotLeague.tv 7:00 p.m. Florida Gulf Coast at South Carolina 7:00 p.m. by the league’s 14 head coaches. This marks the in three years that the SEC has had multiple teams Samford at Alabama 8:00 p.m. 19th time that the Gators have been tabbed by in the NCAA Quarterfinals Northwestern State at Ole Miss SECN+ 8:00 p.m. the coaches to win the title. The Gators received • The SEC has had seven different schools make Thursday, August 24 165 points that included 10 first-place votes, top- Round of 16 appearances over the last four years South Carolina at Wake Forest 7:00 p.m. ping Texas A&M’s 154 points (four first-place votes). - Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, Ole Miss, East Tennessee State at Tennessee SECN+ 7:00 p.m. Eastern Kentucky at Kentucky SECN+ 7:30 p.m. Texas A&M, South Carolina, Missouri and Arkansas South Carolina and Texas A&M. Auburn, Florida South Florida at Alabama SECN+ 8:00 p.m. rounded out the top five. and South Carolina advanced to the third round Mississippi State at Louisiana Tech 8:00 p.m. • Fifty-four players were named to the Preseason in 2016. Friday, August 25 SEC Watch List. Check page five of this release for • Six SEC teams were in the field of 64 that com- Stanford at Florida SEC Network 5:00 p.m. a complete listing of the players. peted for the 2016 NCAA Division I Women’s Soc- Georgia at Charlotte 7:00 p.m. Vanderbilt at Boston College 7:00 p.m. • South Carolina is ranked fourth in the United cer Championship. It marked the ninth time in the Auburn at Clemson 7:30 p.m. Soccer Coaches Preseason Rankings while Florida last 10 seasons that the SEC has had at least six Penn State at Arkansas SECN+ 7:30 p.m. is seventh, Auburn 10th and Arkansas 17th. teams advance to postseason play. Michigan at Ole Miss SECN+ 8:00 p.m. Missouri at Oregon State P12 Networks 8:30 p.m. • Four SEC students were among the 31 women • Florida won its 12th SEC Tournament champi- named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch Lists. onship with a 2-1 overtime win over Arkansas in Saturday, August 26 Mikayla Krzeczowski (South Carolina), Savannah Orange Beach, Ala. Oregon at Texas A&M SECN+ 9:00 p.m. McCaskill (South Carolina), Gabby Seiler (Florida) • South Carolina won its second SEC champion- Sunday, August 27 and Ally Watt (Texas A&M) were listed on the pre- ship with a perfect 11-0-0 record in league play Wyoming at Kentucky SECN+ 1:00 p.m. Florida State at Alabama SEC Network 1:00 p.m. season watch list for the most prestigious individual in 2016. College of Charleston at Tennessee SECN+ 1:00 p.m. award in college soccer presented annually. • Two SEC coaches rank among the all-time win- Vanderbilt at Massachusetts 1:00 p.m. • Fourteen players that earned All-SEC honors ningest Division I coaches – Florida’s Becky Bur- Abilene Christian at Arkansas SECN+ 2:00 p.m. Georgia at Virginia Tech 2:00 p.m. last year return for the 2017 campaign. Included leigh (third with 472 wins) and Texas A&M’s G Central Arkansas at Mississippi State SECN+ 2:00 p.m. in that group is 2016 Offensive Player of the Year Guerrieri (fifth with 423 wins). North Dakota at Auburn SECN+ 7:00 p.m. Syracuse at Florida SECN+ 7:00 p.m. Savannah McCaskill (South Carolina) and first team Lamar at LSU 7:00 p.m. selections Kristen Dodson (Auburn), Gabby Seiler High Point at South Carolina 7:00 p.m. (Florida) and Mikayla Krzeczowski (South Carolina). Ole Miss at Louisiana-Lafayette 7:30 p.m. Missouri at Nebraska 7:30 p.m. • Twenty-three regular season matches will be televised to a national television audience this year Thursday, August 31 LSU at George Washington 5:00 p.m. on the SEC Network and ESPNU. SEC Network will then feature all nine games of the SEC Tournament. Additionally, more matches will be shown digitally 2017 Women’s Soccer • 2017 Women’s Soccer • 2017 Women’s Soccer • 2017 Women’s Soccer • 2017 Women’s Soccer • 2017 Women’s Soccer • 2017 Women’s Soccer • 2017 Women’s Soccer • 2017 Women’s Soccer • 2017 Women’s Soccer • 2017 Women’s Soccer SEC SOCCER MEDIA SERVICES SEC Communications Contacts SEC Soccer Celebrating 25 Years Alabama – Nia Barnes www.rolltide.com The Southeastern Conference has continued its rise as one of the top confer- Email: [email protected] Office: (205) 348-6084 ences in women’s soccer. Twitter: @AlabamaSoccer; @UACoachHart SEC women’s soccer will begin its 25th season in 2017 deeply rooted in the Arkansas – John Thomas www.arkansasrazorbacks.com national scene of collegiate soccer. Since the SEC initiated women’s soccer as a Email: [email protected] Office: (479) 575-6926 Twitter: @RazorbackSoccer; @ColbyHaleUA varsity sport in 1993, the sport’s popularity has grown through the country and Auburn – Cody Voga www.auburntigers.com especially in the Southeast.