Preseason 2021 SOCCER SEC COMMUNICATIONS EASTERN DIVISION STANDINGS Craig Pinkerton (Soccer Contact) Division Conference Overall [email protected] @SEC_Craig W-L-T Pts W-L-T Pts W-L-T Pct. Home Away Neutral Str www.SECsports.com Phone: (205) 458-3000 Florida 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Georgia 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 Kentucky 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) Missouri 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Thursday, August 19 South Carolina 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Campbell at Georgia SECN+ 7:00 p.m. Tennessee 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Mississippi State at Lipscomb YouTube 7:00 p.m. ETSU at Ole Miss SECN+ 7:00 p.m. Vanderbilt 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 at Florida State ACCN Extra 7:00 p.m. Kentucky at Purdue Big Ten Network+ 7:00 p.m. Arkansas at Duke ACCN Extra 7:00 p.m. WESTERN DIVISION STANDINGS The Citadel at South Carolina SECN+ 7:00 p.m. Division Conference Overall Florida at South Fla. ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. FGCU at Tennessee SECN+ 7:00 p.m. W-L-T Pts W-L-T Pts W-L-T Pct. Home Away Neutral Str Jacksonville State at Alabama SECN+ 8:00 p.m. Alabama 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Southern Miss at LSU SECN+ 8:00 p.m. Auburn at Samford ESPN+ 8:00 p.m. Auburn 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Illinois at Missouri SECN+ 8:00 p.m. Arkansas 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. LSU 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Saturday, August 21 BYU at Auburn SECN+ 7:30 p.m. Ole Miss 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Mississippi State 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Sunday, August 22 Texas at Florida SECN+ 12:00 p.m. Texas A&M 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 0 0-0-0 .000 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 Miami (Ohio) at Tennessee SECN+ 1:00 p.m. Gonzaga at Georgia SECN+ 1:00 p.m. Alabama at Florida State ACCN Extra 1:00 p.m. • Five SEC teams are ranked in the United Soccer en per year – with all 14 member institutions mak- Sam Houston State at LSU SECN+ 2:00 p.m. Coaches preseason poll: Texas A&M 9th, Arkansas ing at least one appearance during that span. Eight La.-Lafayette at Mississippi State SECN+ 2:00 p.m. Purdue at Vanderbilt SEC Network 2:00 p.m. 13th, South Carolina 17th, Vanderbilt 18th and different SEC teams have advanced to the Round of Arkansas at North Carolina ACCN Extra 1:00 p.m. Ole Miss 23rd. 16 since 2013 and the league has placed teams Nebraska at Missouri SEC Network 4:00 p.m. Marshall at Kentucky SECN+ 5:00 p.m. • Three former SEC soccer players were members in the NCAA quarterfinals in each of the last seven South Carolina at College of Charleston FloSports 7:00 p.m. of Canada’s gold medal winning squad at the 2020 seasons. Ole Miss at Memphis ESPN+ 8:00 p.m. Tokyo Olympics this summer. Allysha Chapman (LS) • Nine SEC players earned 2020-21 All-America Texas A&M at TCU ESPN+ 8:00 p.m. was a starter while Deanne Rose (UF) and Adriana honors from the United Soccer Coaches, includ- Thursday, August 26 Leon (UF) were key subs in the gold medal match. ing first team selections Lopez and Podojil. McCain LSU at South Fla. ESPN+ 4:00 p.m. UCF at Florida SECN+ 7:00 p.m. • Arkansas and Texas A&M tied as the favorites earned second team honors while Orkus, Sample, Georgia State at Georgia SECN+ 7:00 p.m. to win the 2021 Southeastern Conference wom- South Carolina’s Anna Patten, Ole Miss’ Channing La.-Lafayette at Kentucky SECN+ 7:00 p.m. en’s soccer title in voting by the league’s 14 head Foster, Arkansas’ Parker Goins and Vanderbilt’s South Carolina at East Carolina ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. Indiana State at Missouri SECN+ 7:00 p.m. coaches. South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Tennessee Haley Hopkins were third team picks. Auburn at Troy 7:30 p.m. rounded out the top five. • SEC’s players have garnered 60 All-America Vanderbilt at Western Ky. HSSN On Facebook 8:00 p.m. Tennessee at Tennessee Tech 8:00 p.m. • 79.3 percent (23 of 29) of the players that earned awards from the United Soccer Coaches since Middle Tennessee at Ole Miss SECN+ 8:00 p.m. first or second team All-SEC honors in 2020 return 2011. SEC players have earned 14 first team All- Arizona State at Mississippi State SECN+ 8:00 p.m. for the 2021 campaign. Ten of the 14 first team America honors during that time and three have Friday, August 27 selections return for this year. Included in that group earn multiple first team honors (South Carolina’s Lamar at Alabama SECN+ 8:00 p.m. is SEC Forward of the Year (Anna Podojil, AR), SEC Sabrina D’Angelo in 2013 and 2014; South Caro- Saturday, August 28 Co-Defender of the Year (Karlina Sample, AM) and lina’s Savannah McCaskill in 2016 and 2017; and Clemson at Texas A&M SECN+ 8:00 p.m. SEC Goalkeeper of the Year (Ashley Orkus, UM) South Carolina’s Grace Fisk in 2018 and 2019). • Sixth players were named to the Preseason SEC • The SEC has had at least five teams rank in the Sunday, August 29 LSU at UCF ESPN+ 1:00 p.m. Watch List. A complete listing of the players is avail- Top 25 nationally in attendance in eight of the last Miami (Fla.) at Florida SECN+ 1:00 p.m. able on page two of this release. nine years (not counting the COVID affected 2020 South Carolina at NC State ACC Network 1:00 p.m. Kentucky at South Fla. ESPN+ 1:00 p.m. • At least twenty-two regular season matches will campaign). South Carolina and Texas A&M have La.-Lafayette at Tennessee SECN+ 1:00 p.m. be televised to a national television audience this both ranked in the Top Five in each of the last six Southern Mississippi at Alabama SECN+ 2:00 p.m. year on SEC Network and ESPNU. Additionally, years with the Aggies leading the nation with an av- Belmont at Georgia SECN+ 2:00 p.m. Auburn at South Alabama 2:00 p.m. more than 100 matches will be available digitally erage of 2,652 fans per game in 2018. Southeast Missouri at Mississippi State SECN+ 2:00 p.m. on SEC Network+. • Arkansas and Texas A&M tied for the 2020 SEC Duke at Vanderbilt SECN+ 3:00 p.m. Ole Miss at Arkansas State 5:00 p.m. • The SEC had five teams selected to participate in Championship with 7-1-0 league records. Vander- the 2020 NCAA Tournament. Three of those teams bilt earned its first SEC Tournament championship Monday, August 30 earned national seeds. since 1994 and its third overall with a 3-1 win over BYU at Arkansas SECN+ 8:00 p.m. • Over the last 10 years, the SEC has earned 68 Arkansas in Orange Beach, Ala. NCAA Tournament bids – an average of nearly sev- SEC Communications Contacts SEC SOCCER ENTERS 29TH SEASON Alabama – Stephanie Withey As Southeastern Conference women’s soccer starts its from the United Soccer Coaches since 2011. SEC players Email: [email protected] 29th season in 2021, the conference has firmly established have earned 14 first team All-America honors during that Office: (205) 348-6084 itself as one of the premier conferences in soccer. time and three have earn multiple first team honors (South www.rolltide.com While the sport has grown exponentially across the na- Carolina’s Sabrina D’Angelo in 2013 and 2014; South Twitter: @AlabamaSoccer; @UACoachHart tion, the Southeastern part of the country has been a leader. Carolina’s Savannah McCaskill in 2016 and 2017; and Arkansas – Ben Breitbach The SEC had five teams selected to participate in the South Carolina’s Fisk in 2018 and 2019). Email: [email protected] 2020-21 NCAA Tournament.