On Thursday, Nov. 15 at 7 p.m., the Auburn women's soccer team will play BYU in Provo, Utah in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
When Auburn, the second-lowest ranked team to make the tournament, takes on BYU, the second highest ranked team in the country, the Tigers will be pushed to make history and hopefully not repeat it.
Auburn is 5-10-0 all-time with no wins and all 10 losses coming in the second round. BYU (18-1-1) is ranked No. 1 in Auburn's quadrant.
The Lady Tigers have not won two consecutive games all season, but have shown they have the ability to score.
The team finished seventh in the SEC with 35 goals scored, but inconsistent defense allowed 28 goals, the seventh most in the conference.
BYU, on the other hand, has scored 49 and only allowed 11.
When Auburn takes on BYU, the team must play solid in the defensive four to slow down the nation's 15th-ranked offense.
The only positive going into the game is that despite the sixth-best goals against average, BYU has lost a game this season to Utah, a team not selected to the tournament.
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