11/22/2020 other sports Edit

Arkansas soccer falls in SEC Tourney Final for 5th straight year

Arkansas' soccer team came up short once again in the SEC Tournament. (Arkansas Athletics)

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Arkansas' magical soccer season came to a disappointing end Sunday afternoon.

After capturing the regular-season SEC title, the Razorbacks reached the SEC Tournament Final for a fifth straight time, but fell to Vanderbilt 3-1 in Orange Beach, Ala.

Despite being the No. 1 overall seed and a top-10 team, Arkansas allowed three unanswered goals to the seventh-seeded Commodores after scoring a quick goal of its own in the final.

It is just the second time the Razorbacks have lost this season. Their lone regular-season loss was to South Carolina en route to a 7-1 record.

Vanderbilt captured the SEC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with the victory. However, that event has been postponed until the spring because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Arkansas, which is a strong candidate for an at-large bid to the national tournament, will likely play a spring season.

Unfortunately, losing in SEC Tournament championship games/matches is nothing new for Arkansas since joining the conference in the early 1990s. The Razorbacks have won just four times in 33 appearances across multiple sports.

The track and field and cross country programs for the men and women have combined to win numerous SEC titles, but the format is such that they aren't playing in a true championship game or match against one other team.

Similarly, the men's golf team's 1995 title came in stroke play. It wasn't until a few years ago that the golf championship was decided through match play, which pits two teams against each other in a final match. Arkansas has actually won that title in men's and women's golf.

As you can see in the chart below, Arkansas' only other wins were in volleyball (1997) and men's basketball (2000). Here is the individual breakdown by sport...

~Volleyball: 1-7

~Men's basketball: 1-6

~Soccer: 0-7

~Baseball: 0-4

~Football: 0-3

~Men's golf: 1-0

~Women's golf: 1-0

~Women's basketball: 0-1

~Softball: 0-1

Arkansas' SEC Championship Game History

Year	Sport	Opponent	Result
1993	Soccer	Vanderbilt	L, 3-2 (2OT)
1995	Men's Basketball	Kentucky	L, 95-93 (OT)
1995	Volleyball	Florida	L, 3-0
1995	Football	Florida	L, 34-3
1996	Soccer	Florida	L, 3-2 (2OT)
1996	Volleyball	Florida	L, 3-1
1997	Volleyball	Florida	W, 3-0
1998	Baseball	Auburn	L, 7-5
1998	Volleyball	Florida	L, 3-1
1999	Men's Basketball	Kentucky	L, 76-63
1999	Baseball	Alabama	L, 9-3
1999	Softball	LSU	L, 4-3
1999	Volleyball	Florida	L, 3-1
2000	Men's Basketball	Auburn	W, 75-67
2001	Volleyball	Florida	L, 3-2
2002	Volleyball	Florida	L, 3-1
2002	Football	Georgia	L, 30-3
2003	Volleyball	Florida	L, 3-0
2006	Football	Florida	L, 38-28
2007	Men's Basketball	Florida	L, 77-56
2007	Baseball	Vanderbilt	L, 7-4
2008	Men's Basketball	Georgia	L, 66-57
2015	Men's Basketball	Kentucky	L, 78-63
2016	Soccer	Florida	L, 2-1 (OT)
2017	Men's Basketball	Kentucky	L, 82-65
2017	Baseball	LSU	L, 4-2
2017	Soccer	Texas A&M	L, 2-1
2018	Women's Golf	South Carolina	W, 3-2
2018	Soccer	LSU	L, 1-1 (4-1 PKs)
2019	Women's Basketball	Mississippi State	L, 101-70
2019	Men's Golf	Auburn	W, 3-1-1
2019	Soccer	South Carolina	L, 1-0
2020	Soccer	Vanderbilt	L, 3-1