The Auburn soccer team dropped a match 3-1 to Arkansas in the SEC Tournament Semifinals on Friday night. The Tigers (14-6-0) only goal came in the second half from Casie Ramsier.
“We’re really disappointed,” Auburn head coach Karen Hoppa said. “I thought we could have played better in the first half, which would have solved a lot of things. It’s a really disappointing way to go out. I think this is one of the best teams in the country. We’re just going to have to regroup and get ready for the NCAA Tournament.”
Sarah Le Beau matched a season-high with seven saves, while Kristen Dodson and Casie Ramsier led the way up front with three shots apiece in the 90-minute affair.
Arkansas (17-4-0) began took the lead in the opening five minutes of play when a rebound was tapped in across the line.
Despite tallying four corner kicks, the Tigers trailed heading into intermission, 1-0.
Casie Ramsier took a feed from Bri Folds and Brooke Ramsier, held off a defender and sent a shot across the face of goal and into the side netting to level the match at 1-1.
The goal was the senior's fourth of the tournament, setting a new program record for goals and points (eight) in the league tournament.
Casie Ramsier’s second-half equalizer was also the quickest goal scored in the second half (46:38) in SEC tournament program history, besting Michelle Mione’s previous mark of 46:54 against Ole Miss in 2001.
The game then swung in momentum as Auburn was issued a red card in the 67th minute, limiting the Tigers to 10 players for the remainder of the match.
Auburn was able to flash a pair of chances on frame in the coming minutes, but Arkansas added two goals in the final 23 minutes to take the result, 3-1.
The Tigers, sitting at No. 11 in the country, will wait for the NCAA Tournament, with the selection show is scheduled for Monday at 4:30 p.m.
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