No. 17/15 Vanderbilt at #10/16 Arkansas
Thursday, September 18 • 6:30 p.m. • SEC Network+
Razorback Field • Fayetteville, Ark.
Series History
• Vanderbilt leads the all time 19-15-8 in a series that began in the Commodores’ inaugural season of 1987 and marked a 2-1 overtime win
• The programs last met in 2024 in Nashville when the Razorbacks were the No. 2 team in the country and shutout the Dores 2-0
• Vandy’s last win over Arkansas came in 2020 that resulted in a 3-1 Commodore win to lead the program to an SEC Tournament Championship in Orange Beach, Ala. The Dores will be searching for their first win in Fayetteville since 2012
The Opponent
• Arkansas enters the match 3-2-2 overall, coming off a 3-2 win over Florida in the conference opener in Gainesville
• The Razorbacks fell to #3 Duke in a 2-0 decision earlier in the season before taking down #11 BYU 1-0 to open September
Scouting Report
• Kyndal Ewertz has a team-high tying five points off two goals and one assist so far this season
• Kennedy Ball also has five points off three assists and a goal, was named to the 2025 SEC Preseason Watchlist
• Zoe Susi, also named to the 2025 SEC Preseason Watchlist has posted five points off two goals and an assist so far this year, including the equalizer to earn a 2-2 draw over #2 Notre Dame
• Forward Vailana Tu’ua a freshman from Redondo Beach, Calif., scored her first collegiate goal in the
34th minute to put the Hogs up 2-0 over Florida, and followed that up with her second just 55 seconds later. Her second goal ended up being the game-winner and earning SEC Freshman of the Week. She is the first Razorback to record a brace this season
Last Time Out
• No. 13 Vanderbilt soccer played to a scoreless draw with LSU in its SEC opener Friday night at the Vanderbilt Soccer Complex, extending its shutout streak to three matches and recording its sixth clean sheet of the season
• The Commodores (6-1-1, 0-0-1 SEC) held 51 percent of possession and out shot the Tigers 15–9, including eight attempts on frame. Senior Maci Teater and junior Courtney Jones each registered multiple shots on target, but LSU’s keeper Audur Scheving made seven saves to secure the clean sheet
• LSU (5-3-1, 0-0-1 SEC) created early pressure with four corner kicks, three in the opening 15 minutes. Sara Wojdelko answered with three saves to notch her third straight shutout and fourth of the year
• Vanderbilt nearly found the breakthrough in the closing minutes while up a player following an LSU red card, earning a corner in the 90th minute but was unable to convert
Almost Top-10
• Vanderbilt goalkeeper Sara Wojdelko is a stop away from cracking into the program’s top-10 saves:
1. 320, Rachel Bachtel (2007-10)
2. 262, Christy Barringer (1992-95)
3. 234, Lauren Korff (1990-93)
4. 224, Tyler Griffin (2004-06)
5. 208, Christiana Ogunsami (2014-16)
6. 166, Kate Devine (2020-25)
7. 160, Lauren Whitt (1998-2002)
8. 148, Kaitlyn Fahrner (2016-17)
9. 130, Esther Thompson (2002-03)
10.108, Stacee Sproul (2000-03)
11.107, Sara Wojdelko (2022-present)
