Soccer

Preseason Workouts Begin For Razorback Soccer

August 2, 2018

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Preseason workouts for the Razorback soccer team got officially underway this week with a morning practice on Wednesday in some unseasonably cool temperatures at Razorback Field.

Head coach Colby Hale enters his seventh season at Arkansas and is coming off the program’s first back-to-back 10-win seasons in school history and the fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in the last five years. But even with the sustained success, Hale thinks his team is ready to take the next jump.

“We’re in this cycle where we were able to take a program without much success and achieve some good things,” Arkansas head coach Colby Hale said. “Now, we’re trying to go from ‘good’ to ‘great.’ We’re making NCAA Tournaments, we’re making SEC Tournament finals, we’re doing a lot of good things that have never been done, but now we want to win those big matches. ‘How do we win SEC finals? How do we go farther in the NCAA Tournament? How do we finish higher in the SEC?’ It definitely feels like this team is pretty hungry.”

A total of 14 letterwinners, including 12 starters are back on the squad after an 11-win season that included an appearance in the NCAA Tournament First Round, the SEC Tournament final for the second-straight year, and a school record-tying 10 shutouts.

First Practice of 2018

Delicious Delicacies On Tap
With the first practice not scheduled until Wednesday morning, the players utilized their final free night with a intrasquad cooking competition. Players were divided up into four teams and were tasked with creating a dish based on taste, creativity, nutritional value and presentation.

Three special judges were on hand to decide the winner as Arkansas athletics director Hunter Yurachek and his wife Jennifer, as well as women’s basketball coach Mike Neighbors got to taste all the treats.

Take a look at some images from the contest below:

                           

Say Cheese!
Earlier in the day on Tuesday, the Razorbacks got to look their best in their uniforms for photo day. Players went through a full gauntlet of stations that included still photos for ArkansasRazorbacks.com, sit-down interviews for SEC Network+, as well as green screen shoots for the Razorback Field videoboard. See some of the best photos from Photo Day HERE.

Upcoming Dates
On Saturday, Arkansas will face Kansas State in one of its two exhibitions for the 2018 season. First kick from Razorback Field is slated for 6:30 p.m., but will not be televised in any form.

Next week, the Razorbacks will travel to Lincoln, Nebraska for their final exhibition, taking on the Cornhuskers on Aug. 9 at 7 p.m. It will be the final tuneup before the first regular-season match set for Aug. 17 against Duquesne in State College, Pennsylvania.

Season tickets are now on sale for $25. Each season ticket order will come with one 2018 Razorback Soccer scarf.  Single-game tickets can be purchased for $5 at the Razorback Field box office, which opens one hour before kickoff on game days. Current students can be admitted with their UA ID, and children 17 and under are admitted free.

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