# 2019 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team

The 2019 Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer team represented the University of Arkansas during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. This season was the 34th in program history. The Razorbacks played their home games at Razorback Field in Fayetteville and were led by eighth-year head coach Colby Hale.

## Previous season

In 2018, the Razorbacks finished the regular season 11–4–3, 6–3–1 in SEC play, and were seeded fourth in the SEC Tournament, where they defeated 5-seed Ole Miss and 8-seed Florida en route to the championship game, where they fell in penalties to 7-seed LSU. The Razorbacks were selected as an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they defeated Little Rock in the first round of the North Carolina bracket before being defeated in extra time by Virginia Tech. The Hogs finished their season with a record of 14–6–3.

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

| Coach | Position | Year in Position | Alma Mater |
| Colby Hale | Head coach | 8th | Oral Roberts University (1997) |
| Rob Donnenwirth | Assistant coach | 2nd | West Virginia Wesleyan College (1988) |
| Sammy Scofield | Assistant coach | 2nd | University of Notre Dame (2015) |

## Schedule

Source:
| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Fall exhibition ||||||
| August 9* 5:00 p.m. | | at Kansas State | T 3–3 | | Buser Family Park (0) Manhattan, KS |
| August 16* 7:00 p.m. | | Nebraska | T 0–0 | | Razorback Field (200) Fayetteville, AR |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| August 22* 6:00 p.m. | | at UNC Greensboro | W 3–0 | 1–0 | UNCG Soccer Stadium (616) Greensboro, NC |
| August 25* 6:00 p.m., SEC Network | | Oklahoma | L 0–1 $^{AET}$ | 1–1 | Razorback Field (2,241) Fayetteville, AR |
| August 29* 4:00 p.m. | | vs. Minnesota Rebel Classic | T 1–1 $^{AET}$ | 1–1–1 | Ole Miss Soccer Stadium (86) Oxford, MS |
| September 1* 2:00 p.m. | | vs. Southeast Missouri State Rebel Classic | W 5–0 | 2–1–1 | Ole Miss Soccer Stadium (136) Oxford, MS |
| September 5* 7:00 p.m., SECN+ | | Lamar | W 7–0 | 3–1–1 | Razorback Field (343) Fayetteville, AR |
| September 8* 1:00 p.m., SECN+ | | McNeese State | W 7–0 | 4–1–1 | Razorback Field (586) Fayetteville, AR |
| September 12* 9:00 p.m. | | at No. 22 Baylor | W 2–0 | 5–1–1 | Betty Lou Mays Field (388) Waco, TX |
| September 15* 12:00 p.m., ESPNU | | No. 1 North Carolina | W 2–0 | 6–1–1 | Razorback Field (1,058) Fayetteville, AR |
| SEC regular season ||||||
| September 22 2:00 p.m., SEC Network | No. 16 | Alabama | W 1–0 | 7–1–1 (1–0–0) | Razorback Field (615) Fayetteville, AR |
| September 26 7:00 p.m. | No. 13 | No. 15 Vanderbilt | W 1–0 | 8–1–1 (2–0–0) | Razorback Field (845) Fayetteville, AR |
| September 29 1:00 p.m. | No. 13 | at No. 8 South Carolina | L 0–1 | 8–2–1 (2–1–0) | Eugene E. Stone III Stadium (1,399) Columbia, SC |
| October 3 7:00 p.m. | No. 15 | Ole Miss | W 3–0 | 9–2–1 (3–1–0) | Razorback Field (754) Fayetteville, AR |
| October 10 6:00 p.m. | No. 13 | at LSU | W 4–0 | 10–2–1 (4–1–0) | LSU Soccer Stadium (1,106) Baton Rouge, LA |
| October 13 1:00 p.m. | No. 13 | Mississippi State | W 6–1 | 11–2–1 (5–1–0) | Razorback Field (1,194) Fayetteville, AR |
| October 18 7:30 p.m. | No. 8 | at No. 18 Texas A&M | W 3–1 | 12–2–1 (6–1–0) | Ellis Field (2,485) College Station, TX |
| October 24 6:30 p.m. | No. 6 | at Auburn | W 5–0 | 13–2–1 (7–1–0) | Auburn Soccer Complex (812) Auburn, AL |
| October 27 1:00 p.m. | No. 6 | Georgia | T 1–1 $^{AET}$ | 13–2–2 (7–1–1) | Razorback Field (1,594) Fayetteville, AR |
| October 31 6:00 p.m. | No. 6 | at Tennessee | W 3–1 | 14–2–2 (8–1–1) | Regal Stadium Knoxville, TN |
| SEC tournament ||||||
| November 5 5:30 p.m., SECN+ | (1) | (6) Ole Miss SEC Tournament Quarterfinals | W 1–0 | 15–2–2 | Orange Beach Sportsplex Orange Beach, AL |
| November 7 3:30 p.m., SEC Network | (1) | (5) Florida SEC Tournament Semifinals | W 3–1 | 16–2–2 | Orange Beach Sportsplex Orange Beach, AL |
| November 10 1:00 p.m., SEC Network | (1) | (3) South Carolina SEC Tournament Final | L 0–1 | 16–3–2 | Orange Beach Sportsplex (961) Orange Beach, AL |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| November 15 6:30 p.m. | (3) | North Texas NCAA Tournament First Round | W 3–0 | 17–3–2 | Razorback Field (1,331) Fayetteville, AR |
| November 21 4:00 p.m. | (3) | vs. NC State NCAA Tournament Second Round | L 1–2 | 17–4–2 | South Field (2,476) Provo, UT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||
* ↑ Closed-door exhibition match.
* ↑ This was Arkansas' first defeat of a No. 1 team in school history; additionally, this was the first time an SEC team had beaten North Carolina by two goals or more.

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| United Soccer Coaches | — | — | — | — | 16 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| TopDrawerSoccer.com | — | — | — | — | 22 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 5 |
| Soccer America | — | — | — | — | 13 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| NCAA RPI | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |