The SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament had the second-largest attendance for an opening day in the conference’s history.
The three-time SEC Goalkeeper of the Year showed why she is the best to ever do it Sunday afternoon as Ole Miss (9-6-4) shut out LSU (9-3-7) in a match that was decided on penalty kicks. Ashley Orkus and the Rebel defense kept the Tigers off the board through regulation, two overtime periods, and three rounds of penalty kicks to advance to the quarterfinals. The Rebels now advance to the quarterfinals where they will face the SEC East Division Champion South Carolina Gamecocks on Tuesday at noon.
In the first overtime match of the season for the Mississippi State soccer program (11-4-4), the Bulldogs outlasted the Texas A&M Aggies (9-6-5) to advance to the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals. Graduate transfer Jojo Ngongo’s 99th-minute header helped secure State its first conference tournament appearance past the first round. The No. 8 seeded Bulldogs will return to the pitch Tuesday, Nov. 1, for a quarterfinal match against the No. 1 seeded Alabama Crimson Tide (17-1-1, 10-0 SEC). The match will kick off at 5 p.m.
Alabama Head Coach Wes Hart will be my guest on WCOA tomorrow at 8:20.
Other Tuesday games
2:30 p.m. Tennessee vs. Georgia
7:30 p.m. Arkansas vs. Vanderbilt
The Southeastern Conference unveiled soccer coaches’ postseason awards on Sunday.
Alabama’s Wes Hart was named SEC Coach of the Year honor; Alabama’s Riley Mattingly Parker was voted SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and SEC Forward of the Year; Alabama’s Felecia Knox was selected as SEC Midfielder of the Year; Alabama’s Reyna Reyes was voted SEC Defender of the Year; Ole Miss’s Ashley Orkus was picked as the SEC Goalkeeper of the Year, and Alabama’s Gianna Paul was awarded SEC Freshman of the Year
First-team and second-team All-SEC honorees, All-Freshman team in addition to the individual awards were chosen by the league’s 14 coaches. Ties were not broken.
2022 SEC Soccer Awards
First Team All-SEC
Forward: 
Riley Mattingly Parker, Alabama
Forward: 
Anna Podojil, Arkansas
Forward: 
Jaida Thomas, Tennessee
Forward: 
Catherine Barry, South Carolina
Forward: 
Maile Hayes, Texas A&M
Midfielder: Felicia Knox, Alabama
Midfielder: 
Abby Boyan, Georgia
Midfielder: Taylor Huff, Tennessee
Midfielder: 
Raegan Kelley, Vanderbilt
Defender: Reyna Reyes, Alabama
Defender: Jyllissa Harris, South Carolina
Defender: Maya Antoine, Vanderbilt
Defender: 
Lindsi Jennings, LSU
Goalkeeper:
Ashley Orkus, Ole Miss
Second Team All-SEC
Forward: Gianna Paul, Alabama
Forward: Ava Tankersley, Arkansas
Forward: Mo O’Connor, Ole Miss
Forward: Mackenzie George, Tennessee
Midfielder: Riley Tanner, Alabama
Midfielder: Bea Franklin, Arkansas
Midfielder: Wasila Diwura-Soale, LSU
Midfielder: 
Macey Hodge, Mississippi St.
Midfielder: Mia Pante, Texas A&M
Defender: Sasha Pickard, Alabama
Defender: Ellie Podojil, Arkansas
Defender: 
Grace Pettet, Missouri
Defender: Ella Shamburger, Vanderbilt
Goalkeeper: Grace Barbara, Arkansas
All-Freshman Team
Gianna Paul, Alabama
Brooke Steere, Alabama
Ella Riley, Arkansas
Makenzie Malham, Arkansas
Gracie Falla, South Carolina
Ída Hermannsdóttir, LSU
Maggie Wadsworth, Mississippi State
Bella Hollenbach, Missouri
Shae O’Rourke, South Carolina
Carolyn Calzada, Texas A&M
Hannah McLaughlin, Vanderbilt
Coach of the Year:
Wes Hart, Alabama
Forward of the Year:
Riley Mattingly Parker, Alabama
Midfielder of the Year:
Felicia Knox, Alabama
Defender of the Year:
Reyna Reyes, Alabama
Goalkeeper of the Year:
Ashley Orkus, Ole Miss
Freshman of the Year:
Gianna Paul, Alabama
Scholar-Athlete of the Year:
Riley Mattingly Parker, Alabama
