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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Sunday, November 2
Pensacola, Fla.
4:30 p.m.
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Photo by: Brendall Vargas/University of Oklahoma
Soccer Makes SEC Tournament Debut
October 31, 2025 | Soccer
Sooners Play Mississippi State in First Round
NORMAN — Oklahoma Soccer makes its Southeastern Conference Tournament debut with a first round matchup against Mississippi State Sunday, Nov. 2 at 4:30 p.m. in Pensacola, Fla.
All SEC Tournament matches will be held at Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex. They will also be available on SEC Network.
HOW TO FOLLOW
The match will be broadcast on SEC Network and live stats will be available on statbroadcast.com.
LAST TIME OUT
Juliette Rayo scored a penalty kick in the 89th minute to get OU on the board although the Sooners fell 3-1 at No. 6 Arkansas in the regular season finale Sunday, Oct. 26.
IN THE TOURNEY
The Sooners are making their debut in the SEC Tournament … OU is 6-16 in Big 12 Tournament play, having gone 1-1 in the Big 12 Tourney under head coach Matt Mott.
SERIES HISTORY / TOURNAMENT BASICS
OU and Mississippi State have met once, with the Bulldogs winning the lone meeting ... Oklahoma is the nine seed and will take on eight seed Mississippi State in the first round … the tournament follows a single elimination format, with a day separating the first round, quarterfinals and semifinals … the top four seeds receive a bye … with a win the Sooners would face top-seeded Arkansas Tuesday, Nov. 4.
THE SCOUT
Mississippi State went 10-5-1 this season and 5-4-1 in league play … the Bulldogs are coming off a year that saw them go 19-3 and advance to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 before losing to Notre Dame, 2-0 … midfielder Ally Perry was tabbed SEC Midfielder of the Year Thursday … Zoe Main and Hannah Jibril were selected to the SEC Third Team and Adia Symmonds earned a spot on the SEC All-Freshman Team … Mississippi State earned league wins against Tennessee, Texas, Missouri, Ole Miss and Alabama, while falling to Arkansas, Florida, Vanderbilt and Georgia … like the Sooners, the Bulldogs played to a 1-1 draw against Auburn.
RECORD CHASING
The Sooners are on the brink of setting three different single season team records … OU tied the program record for goals in a season (38), while tallying the most points in a season (116) … the Sooners need one more assist to set a program single season record for assists, currently sitting at 40.
DUFFY'S KINGDOM
Goalkeeper Caroline Duffy has won two of the last four SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors … she is fourth in saves and saves per game, having made at least three saves in five of the final six regular season games.
FRESHMAN ACCOLADES
Freshman Ally Laccinole was named to Top Drawer Soccer's Top 100 Freshman List this past week, coming in at No. 40. Laccinole was named SEC Freshman of the Week after the first week of the season and recently scored the game-winning goal against Alabama Oct. 2. She capped the regular season with SEC All-Freshman honors
ATTENDANCE
OU broke the single season program attendance record, reaching 14,317 to finish the regular season after hitting 12,000 last year. … the Sooners also saw a single game attendance record come to fruition earlier this year when 3,211 fans took in the game against East Texas A&M.
OF NOTE
SOONER HONORS THIS SEASON
All SEC Tournament matches will be held at Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex. They will also be available on SEC Network.
HOW TO FOLLOW
The match will be broadcast on SEC Network and live stats will be available on statbroadcast.com.
LAST TIME OUT
Juliette Rayo scored a penalty kick in the 89th minute to get OU on the board although the Sooners fell 3-1 at No. 6 Arkansas in the regular season finale Sunday, Oct. 26.
IN THE TOURNEY
The Sooners are making their debut in the SEC Tournament … OU is 6-16 in Big 12 Tournament play, having gone 1-1 in the Big 12 Tourney under head coach Matt Mott.
SERIES HISTORY / TOURNAMENT BASICS
OU and Mississippi State have met once, with the Bulldogs winning the lone meeting ... Oklahoma is the nine seed and will take on eight seed Mississippi State in the first round … the tournament follows a single elimination format, with a day separating the first round, quarterfinals and semifinals … the top four seeds receive a bye … with a win the Sooners would face top-seeded Arkansas Tuesday, Nov. 4.
THE SCOUT
Mississippi State went 10-5-1 this season and 5-4-1 in league play … the Bulldogs are coming off a year that saw them go 19-3 and advance to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 before losing to Notre Dame, 2-0 … midfielder Ally Perry was tabbed SEC Midfielder of the Year Thursday … Zoe Main and Hannah Jibril were selected to the SEC Third Team and Adia Symmonds earned a spot on the SEC All-Freshman Team … Mississippi State earned league wins against Tennessee, Texas, Missouri, Ole Miss and Alabama, while falling to Arkansas, Florida, Vanderbilt and Georgia … like the Sooners, the Bulldogs played to a 1-1 draw against Auburn.
RECORD CHASING
The Sooners are on the brink of setting three different single season team records … OU tied the program record for goals in a season (38), while tallying the most points in a season (116) … the Sooners need one more assist to set a program single season record for assists, currently sitting at 40.
DUFFY'S KINGDOM
Goalkeeper Caroline Duffy has won two of the last four SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors … she is fourth in saves and saves per game, having made at least three saves in five of the final six regular season games.
FRESHMAN ACCOLADES
Freshman Ally Laccinole was named to Top Drawer Soccer's Top 100 Freshman List this past week, coming in at No. 40. Laccinole was named SEC Freshman of the Week after the first week of the season and recently scored the game-winning goal against Alabama Oct. 2. She capped the regular season with SEC All-Freshman honors
ATTENDANCE
OU broke the single season program attendance record, reaching 14,317 to finish the regular season after hitting 12,000 last year. … the Sooners also saw a single game attendance record come to fruition earlier this year when 3,211 fans took in the game against East Texas A&M.
OF NOTE
- OU chases its first win in SEC Tournament history Sunday
- The Sooners clinched a spot in the SEC Tournament for the first time in history after joining the conference ahead of the 2024 season
- The Sooners have a plus-18 goal differential
- OU has posted 15 first half goals and 23 second half scores
- Three different Sooners have posted a brace this season (Clark, Canty and Juliette Rayo)
- Of OU's 116 points, 77 have come from a newcomer
- The Sooners earned a spot in the polls for the first time since 2017 … OU started the year ranked in the polls for five consecutive weeks, a program record
SOONER HONORS THIS SEASON
- United Soccer Coaches Midfielders to Watch - Alexis Washington
- SEC Preseason Players to Watch - Naomi Clark, Kayla Keefer, Caroline Duffy, Hadley Murrell, Alexis Washington and Michelle Pak
- SEC Freshman of the Week - Ally Laccinole
- Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week - Naomi Clark
- SEC Defensive Player of the Week (2x) - Caroline Duffy
- Top Drawer Soccer Top 100 Freshman - Ally Laccinole
- SEC Third Team - Riley Brown, Caroline Duffy
- SEC All-Freshman - Ally Laccinole
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