Goalkeeper Kelly McCormick. Photo by Lacey Russell
While the Rebel football team takes to the field after a bye week this weekend, the Ole Miss soccer team also returns home to hit the pitch with a pair of Southeastern Conference matchups.
Ole Miss (6-2-2, 1-0-1 SEC) will kick things off on the SEC Network at 6 p.m. Thursday night against the Arkansas Razorbacks before closing out the weekend of competition with No. 10 Texas A&M at 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
Admission to all matches at the Ole Miss Soccer Stadium is free. Fans who can’t make the trip to Oxford can watch all home matches on the SEC Network + digital platform, while Thursday night’s contest against the Razorbacks will also be broadcast live on the SEC Network.
Fans can receive a free Kelly McCormick commemorative poster prior to the start of Thursday’s match against the Razorbacks, while Sunday’s game against Texas A&M will be “Heroes Day” with local law enforcement, fire fighters and other members of service professions around the Oxford community in attendance.
Ole Miss enters the match after a split weekend that featured a 1-0 shutout of SEC rival Mississippi State as the Rebels retained the Magnolia Cup for a second consecutive season.
Junior forward Olivia Harrison leads the Rebels with six goals, while sophomore forward Addie Forbus has five goals following the game-winner against Mississippi State last Friday.
Ole Miss leads the all-time series with Arkansas 14-4-1, while trailing in the all-time series with Texas A&M 0-2-0.
The Rebels have won two straight matches against the Razorbacks, picking up a 4-1 win in 2012 in Oxford and a 2-1 win over Arkansas last season on the road.
Ole Miss never faced the Aggies until Texas A&M joined the SEC in the 2012 season. The Rebels fell to the Aggies 4-0 in that first meeting and dropped a 2-1 decision on a penalty kick a year ago in College Station.
Arkansas (5-2-2, 1-0-0 SEC) is coming off a win over Kentucky last weekend to open conference play for the Razorbacks. Ashleigh Ellenwood leads the scoring for Arkansas with four goals this season.
Texas A&M (7-1-1, 1-0-0 SEC) is coming off a 3-0 win at Tennessee last week as the Aggies opened conference play. Shea Groom was named SEC Player of the Week with a hat trick against the Lady Vols Groom has eight goals on the season, while Kelly Monogue has seven goals for the Aggies.
