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PENSACOLA, Fla. – The University of Texas women’s soccer program earns its third conference tournament championship appearance in the past four seasons as the third-seeded Longhorns take on the second-seeded Arkansas Razorbacks in the 2024 SEC semifinals. That’s what I’m aiming for. Soccer Tournament Thursday, November 7th at 6pm in Pensacola, Florida.
TV: Mike Watts (play-by-play) and Jill Royden (analyst) will call Thursday night’s action on SEC Network, and the broadcast can also be streamed on the ESPN app.
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Thursday night’s game between Texas and Arkansas will be the first time in the history of the seven-game series that both programs will be played on neutral pitch. Texas is looking for its first win over Arkansas since September 7, 2000, when the Longhorns defeated the Razorbacks 3-2 in overtime. The Longhorns are 3-1-1 against the Razorbacks whenever they score at least one goal throughout the game. Angela Kelly will coach for the first time Thursday night against the University of Arkansas in the SEC Football Tournament, including a 12-season career as the head coach at Tennessee.
kick off:
Texas’ next win will be head coach Angela Kelly’s 150th win in her time at the helm of the Longhorns. Kelly, who is in his 13th season as the Forty Acres’ head coach, enters Thursday night’s game with a 149-77-34 (.638) record as UT’s head coach. If Lexi Misimo records a goal or assist against Arkansas on Thursday, it will be the senior midfielder’s 10th consecutive game with at least one goal, making her the first student-athlete to accomplish the feat. When fourth-year senior Holly Ward takes the mound against the Razorbacks on Thursday night, the Vancouver native will appear in the 87th game of her Texas career, along with Erica Campanelli (2007-10) and Kelsey Carpenter (2004-19). (2007), will be on par with Karen. Haight (2003-06) and Carey Schmidt (2003-06) finished ninth on the program’s career games played list. If Longhorn second-year goaltender Mia Justus keeps a clean sheet against the second-seeded Arkansas Razorbacks in Thursday’s semifinals, it will be the Ohio State native’s 12th clean sheet of the season. This marks a new program record for a single season. If Texas wins, the Longhorns will reach the conference’s postseason tournament championship game for the third time in the past four seasons (2021, 2023, 2024). If the Longhorns win, it would be the University of Texas’ 15th win of the season and the third straight season the University of Texas has won at least 15 games in a season, a record that has never been achieved in program history. It is. Angela Kelly’s soccer team has a consistent 3-2-2 record in SEC soccer tournament semifinal games. Out of seven total semifinal games, Kelly has led his team to the tournament championship game five times.
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