2016 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 SEC women’s soccer will begin its 24th season in 2016 deeply rooted in the (205) 458-3000 [email protected] national scene of collegiate soccer. Since the SEC initiated women’s soccer as a Alabama Drake Allen varsity sport in 1993, the sport’s popularity has grown through the country and (205) 348-6084 [email protected] especially in the Southeast. Arkansas Roland Liwag The 2015 season reaffirmed the SEC’s prominence in the women’s soccer. (479) 575-6926 [email protected] The SEC had six teams selected to participate in the 2015 NCAA Tournament. Auburn Cody Voga It marked the eighth time in the last nine seasons that the SEC has had at (334) 844-9023 [email protected] least six teams advance to postseason play. The six selections tied for the sec- Florida Mary Howard ond-most among all conferences. Five of the six teams earned the right to host (352) 375-4683 x6110 [email protected] their opening round match on their home pitch. Georgia Karra Logan Four SEC teams - Auburn, Florida, Ole Miss and Texas A&M - advanced to (706) 542-1231 [email protected] the Round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament. It is the second consecutive year the Kentucky Chris Shoals SEC has had four teams advance to the Round of 16 of the NCAA Tournament. (859) 257-3838 [email protected] The four teams in the third round are the most of any conference, topping the LSU Will Stafford ACC, Big Ten and Pac-12 which each had three teams. (225) 578-8226 [email protected] SEC teams are 7-4-3 in the NCAA Tournament this year and 19-11-7 over Ole Miss Brandon Lee the last two seasons (12-7-4 in 2014). (662) 915-7522 [email protected] Florida’s 8-2-1 league record earned the Gators the 2015 SEC Champion- Mississippi State Tyson Rodgers ship. This is the 14th SEC title for Florida and the eighth in the last 10 years. (662) 325-2703 [email protected] Florida won its 11th SEC Tournament championship with a 2-1 win over Missouri Kate Lakin Texas A&M in Orange Beach, Ala. UF defender Christen Westphal was named (573) 884-8519 [email protected] SEC Tournament MVP. South Carolina Scott Waggoner Florida’s Savannah Jordan and Christen Westphal were named SEC Offen- (803) 777-1516 [email protected] sive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively. Missouri’s Bryan Blitz was Tennessee Sean Barows named SEC Coach of the Year. Ole Miss’ CeCe Kizer is Freshman of the Year (865) 974-1212 [email protected] while Alabama’s Abby Lutzenkirchen and Auburn’s Casie Ramsier share Schol- Texas A&M Thomas Dick ar-Athlete of the Year honors. (979) 862-5486 [email protected] That incremental growth, combined with increasing exposure on the nation- Vanderbilt Catherine Hilley al and regional scene, has SEC women’s soccer looking to blossom to new (615) 343-0019 [email protected] heights in the year 2016 and beyond. In 2015, the SEC boasted ... TABLE OF CONTENTS • Five NSCAA Scholar All-Americas SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE • Five Capital One Academic All-Americas Composite Schedule 2 • 12 Capital One Academic All-District picks YEAR IN REVIEW • 12 programs earning NSCAA College Team Academic Awards 2015 Standings / Postseason Results 3 • Seven NSCAA All-Americas, including two first team selections 2015 Honors 4-5 • 26 student-athletes on the NSCAA All-Region teams Team Statistics (All-Games) 6 Individual Statistics (All-Games) 7 • Six teams advancing to the NCAA Championships Team Statistics (SEC Games) 8 • At least six teams advancing to the postseason for the eighth time in the past Individual Statistics (SEC Games) 9 nine seasons SEC TOURNAMENT • Four teams advanced to the Round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament. It was the SEC Tournament Bracket 10 second consecutive year four teams advanced to the Round of 16. SEC Tournament Results 11-12 • The four teams in the third round were the most of any conference. All-SEC Tournament Teams 13 • Six different schools have made Round of 16 appearances over the last two years. SEC Tournament Records 14 RECORD BOOK SEC SOCCER BROADCAST INFORMATION All-Time Records 14 On August 14, 2014 SEC Network launched in 62 million homes nation- All-Time SEC Standings 15-16 wide. On that day, SEC Network became the most successful new channel Annual Leaders 17 launch in cable history and it hasn’t stopped going since. National coverage of Single-Game Records 18 SEC soccer has quintupled since SEC Network’s launch. Season Records 19 • Thursday Night Game Of The Week package features soccer teams each Career Records 20 SEC in the Final Polls 21-22 week on SEC Network beginning Thursday, September 8. • 21 regular season games are scheduled to be televised on SEC Network. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS • One regular season games are scheduled to be televised by ESPNU. SEC in the NCAAs 23 Annual Appearances 23-25 • The entire SEC Tournament will be televised to a national audience. The NCAA Championship Appearances 26-27 first three rounds of the tournament will be televised by SEC Network and the championship game will be on ESPNU. HONORS Annual SEC And National Honors 28 • SEC Network + will make many more games available to SEC soccer fans. All-SEC Selections 29-30 SEC Network + provides additional digital only events on WatchESPN and Freshman All-SEC Selections 31 SECNetwork.com through authenticated access from AT&T U-verse, Charter, SEC Athletes of the Week 32-33 Comcast, Cox, DIRECTV, DISH, Google Fiber, Suddenlink, and members of the Community Service Teams 34 NCTC, NRTC and NTTC. 2016 SEC SOCCER COMPOSITE SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES EASTERN) Friday, August 19 Southern California at Auburn SECN+ 7:00 p.m. Sunday, October 9 Kentucky at Long Beach State 10:00 p.m. Illinois at Texas A&M SECN+ 7:00 p.m. LSU at Georgia SECN+ 2:00 p.m. Vanderbilt at Miami (Ohio) 4:00 p.m. Troy at Ole Miss SECN+ 8:00 p.m. Arkansas at South Carolina 2:00 p.m. LSU vs. Virginia Tech 5:00 p.m. Alabama at Missouri 2:00 p.m. Arkansas at James Madison CSTV 7:00 p.m. Monday, September 5 Kentucky at Vanderbilt 2:00 p.m. Iowa State at Florida SECN+ 7:00 p.m. Charlotte at South Carolina 6:00 p.m. Mississippi State at Auburn SECN+ 3:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Georgia SECN+ 7:00 p.m. Texas A&M at Tennessee SECN+ 5:00 p.m. UL-Lafayette at Ole Miss SECN+ 7:00 p.m. Thursday, September 8 Florida at Ole Miss SEC Network 6:00 p.m. SE Missouri State at Tennessee SECN+ 7:00 p.m. Florida at Kentucky SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Mississippi State at Coll. Of Charleston 7:30 p.m. LSU at Western Kentucky 8:00 p.m. Thursday, October 13 Central Arkansas at Missouri SECN+ 7:30 p.m. Georgia at Alabama SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Sam Houston State at Alabama SECN+ 8:00 p.m. Friday, September 9 Clemson at Auburn SECN+ 8:00 p.m. Georgia at South Carolina 7:00 p.m. Friday, October 14 South Carolina at Oklahoma 8:00 p.m. Vanderbilt at Auburn SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Tennessee at Kentucky SECN+ 7:30 p.m. Florida State at Texas A&M SECN+ 8:30 p.m. Alabama at Tennessee 7:00 p.m. Vanderbilt at Missouri SECN+ 7:30 p.m. Arkansas at Mississippi State SECN+ 8:00 p.m. Arkansas at Auburn SECN+ 8:00 p.m. Sunday, August 21 Missouri at Ole Miss SECN+ 8:00 p.m. LSU at Mississippi State SECN+ 8:00 p.m. FAU at Florida SECN+ 1:00 p.m. Texas A&M at Ole Miss SECN+ 8:00 p.m. South Carolina vs. Tulsa 1:00 p.m. Sunday, September 11 LSU at Coll. Of Charleston 1:30 p.m. UL-Lafayette at Mississippi State SECN+ 2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 16 Mississippi State vs. Virginia Tech 11:00 a.m. Middle Tennessee at Tennessee 2:00 p.m. Florida at South Carolina SEC Network 3:00 p.m. Arkansas vs. VCU CSTV 11:30 a.m. Baylor at Auburn SECN+ 3:00 p.m. Iowa at Missouri SECN+ 2:00 p.m. Kennesaw State at Georgia SECN+ 5:00 p.m. Thursday, October 20 Kentucky at Pepperdine 4:00 p.m. Northern Kentucky at Vanderbilt 5:00 p.m. Alabama at Florida SECN+ 6:00 p.m. Liberty at Tennessee 5:00 p.m. Murray State at Kentucky SECN+ 6:00 p.m. Ole Miss at Georgia SECN+ 7:00 p.m. Georgia at Clemson 6:00 p.m. North Texas at Arkansas 7:00 p.m. Auburn at LSU SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Vanderbilt at Lipscomb 6:00 p.m. LSU at Texas A&M SEC Network 7:00 p.m. Mississippi State at Tennessee SECN+ 7:00 p.m. Murray State at Alabama SECN+ 7:00 p.m. South Alabama at Ole Miss SECN+ 7:00 p.m. Missouri at Arkansas 8:00 p.m. Auburn at South Alabama 7:00 p.m. South Carolina at Vanderbilt 8:00 p.m. Rice at Texas A&M SECN+ 7:00 p.m.