August 21, 2021

Another Home Battle

Dores host Purdue Sunday

No. 18 Vanderbilt Commodores (1-0-0) vs. Purdue Boilermakers (0-0-1)
Sunday, Aug. 22 • 1 p.m.
Vanderbilt Soccer Complex
Nashville, Tenn.
SEC Network
Live Stats
Game Notes

At a Glance

Fresh off a thrilling 1-0 overtime win over Tennessee Tech in the season opener, Vanderbilt is set to host Purdue at the Vanderbilt Soccer Complex at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Vanderbilt and Purdue have never met for a regular season game.
Purdue opened the season with a 1-1 draw versus Kentucky.
The Dores are ranked No. 18 in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Top 25 poll, while Purdue is unranked.

Game Promotions

Futbol in Music City
- Stop by the Fan HQ Tent to see our friends from Nashville SC for a chance to win free tickets.
$1 candy at the concessions stand
Kids Day
- Free ice cream & toppings bar for the first 100 kids.

Last Time Out

Abi Brighton scored the golden game in the 97th minute to lift the Commodores to a 1-0 win over Tennessee Tech in the Aug. 19 season opener.
Vandy outshot the Golden Eagles by a 21-3 margin and took six corners to Tennessee Tech’s one.
Kate Devine posted two saves for her first shutout of the season.

Rankings

Preseason Honors

Vanderbilt was picked fourth in the SEC Preseason Poll – voted on by the conference’s 14 head coaches.
Abi Brighton, Maddie Elwell, Madiya Harriott, Raegan Kelley and Ella Shamburger were named to the SEC Soccer Preseason Watch List.

The Squad

Among Vanderbilt’s returners, 12 played in at least 12 games a season ago.
Among the returners are All-SEC performers Maddie Elwell and Ella Shamburger.
Now a sophomore, Abi Brighton secured SEC All-Freshman Team accolades a season ago.
The leading scorer among the returners is senior Raegan Kelley with five a season ago. The Atlanta, Georgia, native scored three goals in the 2020 SEC Tournament, including one in the championship game versus Arkansas.

The Schedule

The 2021 fall schedule includes 18 regular season games.
A total of 10 regular season games will be played at home in Nashville.
The Commodores will play eight nonconference games before the gauntlet that is the SEC portion of their schedule.
The Commodores will take on six teams that finished ranked or receiving votes in the final United Soccer Coaches poll—No. 7 Duke, No. 8 Texas A&M, No. 12 Arkansas, No. 22 South Carolina, No. 23 Ole Miss and receiving-votes Pepperdine.

Head Coach Darren Ambrose

Now in his seventh season leading Vanderbilt soccer, Darren Ambrose has guided one of the best runs in program history.
The Dores have amassed a 71-39-11 record and 33-20-7 SEC mark during his tenure.
Fourteen of those wins are over ranked opponents, meaning Ambrose has guided the program to 14 of its 22 wins over ranked teams.
To date, Vanderbilt has four consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament, an SEC regular season championship (2018), a tournament championship (2020) and an SEC East Division championship (2019) under his leadership.

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