SCOUTING TEXAS A&M ¢ Tennessee and Texas A&M will play for just the second time. The teams met for the first time ever last season when the Lady Vols took a 1-0 home win over the Aggies in the First Tennessee Classic. Caroline Brown scored the game-winner on a penalty kick in the 35th minute.
¢ Texas A&M is averaging 2.35 goals scored and 1.88 goals allowed per game.
¢ Texas A&M is 14-2-1 on the season and 8-1-1 in SEC play. The Aggies are 8-1-0 at home. A&M has won four of its last five matches.
¢ Jordan Day has started all 17 matches in goal. She ranks ninth in the nation and leads the SEC with a 0.47 GAA. She has tallied 57 saves and has a .877 save percentage.
¢ The Aggies are currently ranked ninth in the latest NSCAA/Continental Tire poll and 10th in the latest Soccer America poll.
SCOUTING OLE MISS
¢ Tennessee (11-4-2, 6-3-1 SEC) holds a 10-3-2 edge in its 15th all-time contests against Mississippi (12-5-0, 5-5-0 SEC). UT has gone 7-0-2 in its last nine meetings with the Rebels. Ole Miss last defeated Tennessee on Oct. 5, 2003, in a 1-0 Rebels victory in Knoxville. ¢ In 2011, UT mounted had an incredible secondhalf comeback. Down 3-0 at the half, Amy Harrison, Emily Dowd, Caroline Brown and Chelsea Hatcher scored in the second period to lift the Lady Vols to a 4-3 victory.
2012 » UT SOCCER HONORS CAROLINE BROWN, M/F #3 in Top Drawer Soccer’s Top 20 SEC Players #25 in Top Drawer Soccer’s Women’s Upperclassmen Top 100 National Players SEC Preseason Player to Watch List
¢ Annie Kunz leads the team with 10 goals and one assist for 21 points. Kelley Monogue has nine goals and Shea Groom has five goals and four assists for 14 points.
KYLIE BONO, M #16 in Top Drawer Soccer’s Top 20 SEC Players SEC Preseason Player to Watch List JULIE ECKEL, GK SEC Preseason Player to Watch List
¢ The Aggies went 16-6-2 in 2011 and their season ended in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
ALI HALL, D SEC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 8)
¢Ole Miss is 12-5-0 on the year and 2-4-2 in SEC play. The Rebels are 5-5 at home and are coming off a 2-1 win over South Carolina on Oct. 14. The Rebels will play at Mississippi State on Thursday.
AMY HARRISON, M Soccer America Women’s National Team of the Week (Aug. 22) Top Drawer Soccer College Player of the Week (Aug. 20) SEC Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 20) SEC Preseason Player to Watch List
¢ Rafaelle Souza leads the Rebels with 11 goals, and five assists for a total of 27 points. Mandy McCalla has 10 goals and four assists for 24 points.
ALLIE SIRNA, D Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (Aug. 27)
¢ Kelly McCormick has started all 17 games in goal and has a 1.06 GAA with 70 saves and a .805 save pct.
TENNESSEE IN THE POLLS/RANKINGS PRE/ WK1
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14
18
NSCAA
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21
22
25
23
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RV
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Soc. America
NR NR
25
20
23
23
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TDS Top 64
NR NR
35
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38
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40
39
35
33
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22
24
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25
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25
NCAA RPI
Soccer Times
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NATIONAL RANKINGS
NCAA RPI
Oct. 15, 2012 Rank School 1 Stanford 2 Florida State 3 UCLA 4 BYU 5 Penn State 6 San Diego State 7 Florida 8 North Carolina 9 Santa Clara 10 Duke 11 Wake Forest 12 Texas A&M 13 Pepperdine 14 Virginia 15 Baylor 16 Missouri 17 Michigan 18 TENNESSEE 19 Ohio State 20 Georgetown 21 UCF 22 West Virginia 23 Long Beach State 24 Washington 25 Virginia Tech
NSCAA/CONTINENTAL TIRE
Record 12-1-1 14-0-0 12-0-2 13-1-1 14-2-0 14-1-1 12-3-1 8-3-2 8-3-4 11-3-2 10-3-3 12-2-1 11-3-0 11-4-0 11-1-4 13-3-0 13-2-1 11-4-2 10-4-1 14-1-2 11-4-1 9-3-4 11-5-1 9-4-2 11-4-1
Top 25 Ranking Oct. 16, 2012 Rank School (1st Pl) 1 Florida State (33) 2 Stanford 3 UCLA 4 Penn State 5 BYU 6 San Diego State 7 Maryland 8 Duke 9 Texas A&M 10 North Carolina 11 Florida 12 Georgetown 13 West Virginia 14 Virginia 15 Pepperdine 16 Missouri 17 Michigan 18 Marquette 19 Santa Clara 20 Baylor 21 UCF 22 Virginia Tech 23 West Virginia 24 Boston College 25 California
Prev. Record 1 14-0-0 2 12-1-1 3 12-0-2 4 14-2-0 5 13-1-1 7 14-1-1 8 11-3-2 6 11-3-2 9 14-2-1 10 8-3-2 12 12-3-1 18 10-3-1 15 10-3-3 13 11-4-1 17 11-3-0 14 13-3-0 21 13-2-1 22 12-2-2 18 8-3-4 20 11-1-4 16 11-4-1 19 11-4-1 25 9-3-4 23 9-5-2 RV 12-3-0
Also receiving votes: Notre Dame 39, La Salle 23, Ohio State 21, Denver 17, TENNESSEE 12, Long Beach State 12, Texas Tech 9, Washington 4, Utah 3, Mississippi 2
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SOCCER AMERICA
Top 25 Ranking Oct. 16, 2012 Rank School 1 Florida State 2 Stanford 3 UCLA 4 Penn State 5 Maryland 6 Duke 7 North Carolina 8 BYU 9 Florida 10 Texas A&M 11 Virginia 12 Wake Forest 13 San Diego State 14 Georgetown 15 Marquette 16 Michigan 17 Pepperdine 18 California 19 West Virginia 20 Baylor 21 Santa Clara 22 Missouri 23 Denver 24 Notre Dame 25 Ohio State
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SOCCER TIMES Prev. Record 1 14-0-0 2 12-1-1 3 11-0-2 4 14-2-0 6 11-3-2 5 11-3-2 7 8-3-2 8 13-1-1 10 12-3-1 11 14-2-1 9 11-4-1 12 10-3-3 13 14-1-1 14 14-1-2 15 13-2-2 18 13-2-1 21 11-3-0 22 11-3-0 16 9-3-4 20 11-1-4 17 8-3-4 19 13-3-0 24 10-4-1 23 11-4-2 NR 10-4-1
Women’s Top 25 Poll Oct. 15, 2012 Rank School (1st Pl) 1 Florida State (15) 2 Stanford 3 UCLA 4 Penn State 5 BYU 6 Duke 7 San Diego State 8 Florida 9 North Carolina 10 Texas A&M 11 Wake Forest 12 Maryland 13 Virginia 14 Pepperdine 15 Georgetown 16 Missouri 17 Virginia Tech 18 Santa Clara 19 California 20 Boston College 21 Marquette 22 Baylor 23 Michigan 24 UCF 25 TENNESSEE
Record 14-0-0 12-1-1 12-0-2 14-2-0 13-1-1 12-3-2 14-1-1 12-3-1 9-3-2 14-2-1 10-3-3 11-3-2 11-4-1 11-3-0 14-1-2 13-3-0 11-4-1 8-3-4 12-3-0 9-5-2 12-2-2 11-1-4 13-2-1 11-4-1 11-4-2
Dropped out: No. 25 Notre Dame Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 26, West Virginia 21, Rice 9, Utah 9, Denver 6, Washington 5, Mississippi 4, Ohio State 4, Washington State 4, Kentucky 2, La Salle 1, Stephen F, Austin 1.
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