The 2015 season was a historic one for the Ole Miss soccer team, and arguably its best. The Rebels earned their highest ranking in the NSCAA poll, coming in at No. 12. The team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament, the deepest run in school history.
The Rebels’ dream season came to an end with a loss to SEC West foe Texas A&M in penalty kicks, but after being picked to finish 10th in the conference, this season has to be declared an overwhelming success.
Ole Miss started the season strong, going undefeated in non-conference play. The Rebels began SEC play 0-2, with losses to Florida and Kentucky, and it appeared that Ole Miss might be in for another rough season. They regrouped, however, and came back from a 2-0 halftime deficit against Alabama to win 3-2 and defeated LSU 2-0 to get back to 500.
After a tough 2-1 loss to Missouri, the Rebels won at Arkansas 2-1 with the winning goal crossing the goal line as the clock hit 0:00 in double overtime and then went on to win four more in a row, with three of the opponents ranked in the top 25.
Consecutive wins over South Carolina and Auburn marked the first time that the Rebels won two straight over top 10 opponents.
Ole Miss then lost consecutive games with a 1-0 loss to Vanderbilt on senior night, and then fell 2-0 to Texas A&M in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament.
The Rebels stopped their losing streak in the first round of the NCAA tournament by defeating Ohio Valley Conference champion Murray State 1-0.
Ole Miss traveled to Clemson in the round of 32, and defeated the Tigers 5-4 in penalty kicks after the two teams played to a 1-1 draw. With the win they advanced to face Texas A&M for the third time this season, but found themselves on the wrong side of penalty kicks after again playing to a 1-1 draw.
As the season came to an end the resume for the Rebels still improved as two Rebels were named First-Team All-SEC: junior forward Addie Forbus and freshman midfielder CeCe Kizer, who teamed up to become one of the most potent scoring duos in the country.
Forbus scored 11 goals and assisted on seven more, while Kizer scored 14 times and had one assist. Kizer was also named the SEC Freshman of the Year, and senior defender Jessica Hiskey was named to the All-SEC Second Team.
