# 2020 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team

The 2020 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team represented the University of Arkansas during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. This season was the 35th in program history. The Razorbacks played their home games at Razorback Field in Fayetteville and were led by ninth-year head coach Colby Hale.
The Razorbacks are playing a shortened, eight-game conference-only regular season schedule in the fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season began on September 19 with a home game against LSU and ended with the SEC Tournament Championship on November 22. On February 3, 2021, it was announced that Arkansas would play a six-game non-conference spring schedule, beginning on February 21 and ending April 15.

## Previous season

In 2019, the Razorbacks finished the regular season 14–2–2, 8–1–1 in SEC play, winning their first regular-season SEC championship and capturing the top overall seed in the SEC Tournament, where they defeated 6-seed Ole Miss and 5-seed Florida en route to the championship game, where they fell 0–1 to 3-seed South Carolina. The Razorbacks were selected as an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they received a 3-seed and defeated North Texas in the first round of the Stanford bracket before being defeated in the second round by NC State. The Hogs finished their season with a record of 17–4–2.

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

| Coach | Position | Year in Position | Alma Mater |
| Colby Hale | Head coach | 9th | Oral Roberts (1997) |
| Rob Donnenwirth | Assistant coach | 3rd | West Virginia Wesleyan (1988) |
| Sammy Scofield | Assistant coach | 3rd | Notre Dame (2015) |

## Schedule

Source:
| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Fall SEC regular season ||||||
| September 19, 2020 3:00 p.m., SEC Network | | LSU | W 2–0 | 1–0 (1–0) | Razorback Field (289) Fayetteville, AR |
| September 27, 2020 5:00 p.m., SECN+ | No. 13 | at Kentucky | W 4–1 | 2–0 (2–0) | Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex (104) Lexington, KY |
| October 4, 2020 2:00 p.m., SEC Network | No. 9 | No. 5 Texas A&M | W 2–1 | 3–0 (3–0) | Razorback Field (317) Fayetteville, AR |
| October 11, 2020 2:00 p.m., ESPNU | No. 3 | at Alabama | W 2–1 $^{OT}$ | 4–0 (4–0) | Alabama Soccer Complex (115) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| October 16, 2020 7:00 p.m., SECN+ | No. 3 | No. 15 South Carolina | L 1–2 | 4–1 (4–1) | Razorback Field (352) Fayetteville, AR |
| October 25, 2020 3:00 p.m., SEC Network | No. 7 | at Ole Miss | W 2–1 | 5–1 (5–1) | Ole Miss Soccer Stadium (264) Oxford, MS |
| October 30, 2020 6:30 p.m., SECN+ | No. 7 | No. 15 Auburn | W 2–1 | 6–1 (6–1) | Razorback Field (320) Fayetteville, AR |
| November 6, 2020 6:00 p.m., SECN+ | No. 7 | at Mississippi State | W 2–1 | 7–1 (7–1) | MSU Soccer Field (431) Starkville, MS |
| SEC Tournament ||||||
| November 17, 2020 5:00 p.m., SEC Network | (1) No. 6 | vs. (8) Auburn SEC Tournament Quarterfinals | W 4–3 | 8–1 | Orange Beach Sportsplex Orange Beach, AL |
| November 19, 2020 6:00 p.m., SEC Network | (1) No. 6 | vs. (4) No. 10 South Carolina SEC Tournament Semifinal | W 2–1 | 9–1 | Orange Beach Sportsplex Orange Beach, AL |
| November 22, 2020 1:00 p.m., SEC Network | (1) No. 6 | vs. (7) Vanderbilt SEC Tournament Championship | L 1–3 | 9–2 | Orange Beach Sportsplex Orange Beach, AL |
| Spring non-conference regular season ||||||
| February 21, 2021* 3:00 p.m., SECN | No. 7 | Missouri State | W 7–0 | 10–2 | Razorback Field (236) Fayetteville, AR |
| February 28, 2021* 12:00 p.m. | No. 7 | Saint Louis | L 1–3 | 10–3 | Razorback Field (304) Fayetteville, AR |
| March 20, 2021* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 14 | at Arkansas State | W 2–1 | 11–3 | A-State Soccer Park (532) Jonesboro, AR |
| April 10, 2021* 6:00 p.m. | | Arkansas State Exhibition | W 2–1 | | Razorback Field Fayetteville, AR |
| Spring non-conference regular season ||||||
| May 1, 2021* 3:00 p.m. | (6) | vs. Utah Valley | W 3–1 | 12–3 | Stewart Johnson Stadium (158) Greenville, NC |
| May 5, 2021* 9:20 p.m. | (6) | vs. (11) Santa Clara | L 0–2 | 12–4 | WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches for fall games and Top Drawer Soccer for spring games. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. ||||||

## Ranking movements
### Fall season

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| United Soccer Coaches | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |

### Spring season

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Top Drawer Soccer | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 14 | | | | |