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Hogs drop overtime opener against Mustangs

The 17th-ranked Razorback soccer team begins its 2017 campaign tomorrow as it will open the season on the road in Dallas to face former Southwest Conference foe SMU at Westcott Field.

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DALLAS — Despite registering six of its eight shots in the second half and just missing a goal in the final seconds of regulation, No. 17 Arkansas fell in its opener to SMU on Friday night, 1-0, in overtime.

SMU’s Claire Oates headed in a high arching ball into the upper corner in the sixth minute of overtime for the game winner. It was just out of the reach of Arkansas’ freshman goalkeeper Rachel Harris, who had made three saves on the night and played the full 96 minutes.

“Congrats to a good SMU team,” Arkansas coach Colby Hale said. “There were a lot of lessons learned today. I was proud of the response in the second half, but we’ll let this sting tonight and start prepping for a good North Texas team tomorrow.”

Arkansas (0-1-0) controlled much of the possession after halftime, which was the opposite of what it saw in the first 45 minutes.

SMU (1-0-0) held the Razorbacks to just two shots in the first half, but Arkansas was able to crank up the pace in the second half, creating multiple chances.

Sophomore midfielder Kayla McKeon paced the Razorbacks with two shots, including one on frame.

Six different Arkansas players recorded one shot in the match with the ones from Haley VanFossen, Parker Goins, Nayeli Perez, and Ellie Breden being on goal.

Coming out of the halftime break, Arkansas upped the pace considerably and it showed as the pressure forced SMU back on its heels, keeping possession on the Hogs’ end.

The Razorbacks best look at the net might have come in the 70th minute when senior Jessi Hartzler got a look at goal from 10 yards out, but the offsides flag went up, stopping the play.

13 minutes later, Goins, who had been finding space behind SMU’s back line all night, almost had a window of opportunity on a long ball from the middle of the field, but again the offsides flag prevented a chance for Arkansas.

In the final seconds of regulation with the score still 0-0, Goins nearly got her redemption as she controlled a loose ball in the middle of the box and snuck it past the keeper.

However, the ball had not rolled past the goal line before the horn sounded, wiping away what would have been the game winner.

Arkansas returns to the pitch on Sunday when it travels to Denton, Texas to take on North Texas at 1 p.m. at the Mean Green Soccer Stadium.

The game will not be televised, but live stats can be found on MeanGreenSports.com.

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2024 Razorbacks Football

Thu, Aug 29vs UAPB (Little Rock)W, 70-0
Sat, Sep 7@ Oklahoma StateL, 31-39 2OT
Sat, Sep 14vs UABW, 37-27
Sat, Sep 21@ AuburnW, 24-14
Sat, Sep 28vs Texas A&M (Arl)L, 21-17
Sat, Oct 5vs TennesseeW, 19-14
Sat, Oct 19vs LSUL, 34-10
Sat, Oct 26@ Mississippi StateW, 58-25
Sat, Nov 2vs Ole MissL, 63-31
Sat, Nov 16vs Texas11:00 AM
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2024 High School Rankings

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
OVERALLRecordPtsPrv
1.Bryant (25)10-02681
2.Greenwood (2)10-02343
30Conway9-12022
4.Little Rock Parkview9-11714
5.Bentonville7-31625
6.Benton9-11486
7.Fayetteville8-21117
8.Pulaski Academy8-2898
9.Rogers7-3439
10.Joe T. Robinson9-122
Others receiving votes: Valley View 8, Mountain Home 7, Cabot 6, Little Rock Catholic 6, Shiloh Christian 6, Elkins 1, Farmington 1.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (27)10-01351
2.Conway9-11022
3.Bentonville7-3813
4.Fayetteville8-2454
5.Pulaski Academy8-2395
Others receiving votes: Rogers 3.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (27)10-01351
2.Benton9-11082
3.Mountain Home8-2623
4.Shiloh Christian7-3494
5.Little Rock Catholic9-1345
Others receiving votes: Marion 6.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (27)9-11351
2.Joe T. Robinson9-11062
3.Valley View10-0793
4.Farmington9-1484
5.Hot Springs Lakeside8-2205
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 7, Harding Academy 7, Morrilton 3.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (20)10-01261
3.Arkadelphia (5)8-2913
2.Little Rock Mills (1)10-0682
4.Warren8-2554
5.Dardanell (1)9-123
Southside Batesville10-023
Others receiving votes: Malvern 12, Gravette 5, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
1.Bismarck (12)10-01051t
2.Fordyce (10)10-0961t
3.Prescott (1)9-1704
4.Osceola (2)8-1543
5.Booneville (1)9-1395
Others receiving votes: Mansfield (1) 23, Rivercrest 10, Rison 4, Salem 4.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (20)10-01271
2.Conway Christian (7)10-01152
3.Des Arc8-2595
4.East Poinsett Co.7-352
5.Bigelow6-4183
Murfreesboro7-3184
Others receiving votes: Mount Ida 6, Junction City 4, Cross County 3, Poyen 3.
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (27)5-0811
2.Midland9-0532
3.Cedar Ridge8-1253
Others receiving votes: Woodlawn 3.

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