Women’s soccer team remains undefeated in SEC play
COLUMBIA, Mo. — An early penalty kick converted by Ava Tankersley was enough for No. 7 Arkansas to shut out Missouri by a score of 1-0 Thursday night. The Hogs (82-1 overall, 4-0-0 in Southeastern Conference play) extended their win streak to five matches and have now won their first four league matches for the third time in the last four seasons.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — An early penalty kick converted by Ava Tankersley was enough for No. 7 Arkansas to shut out Missouri by a score of 1-0 Thursday night. The Hogs (82-1 overall, 4-0-0 in Southeastern Conference play) extended their win streak to five matches and have now won their first four league matches for the third time in the last four seasons.
Freshman goalkeeper Phoebe Carver made her third start and has shut out each of Arkansas’ last three opponents.
The Razorbacks took two shots and two corners before a handball in the penalty box by Missouri defender Mia Yang set Arkansas up for its third penalty attempt of the season.
Tankersley’s rightfooted strike rolled across the ground and into the lower left corner of the net past Tigers goalkeeper Bella Hollenbach. The 13thminute goal was the Missouri native’s second of the season.
Hollenbach made six first-half saves to hold Arkansas to just one goal.
The Tigers (5-4-1, 1-3) opened the second half with three corner kicks within the first 15 minutes. Arkansas and Missouri traded shots for the remainder of the contest but neither team crossed the goal line.
For the match, the Hogs led in shots at 137, shots on goal at 9-2 and corner kicks at 8-4.
The Razorbacks will return to action at 6 p.m. this Thursday at Razorback Field and face Georgia (5-2-3, 1-1-1). The match will be streamed on SEC Network Plus.
