UTM SOCCER DROPS SECOND STRAIGHT OUTING TO ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS

Sunday, September 19

Fayetteville, Ark.

1 p.m.

UT Martin

4-3-1, 0-0-0

Arkansas

6-2-0, 1-0-0

UT Martin

Arkansas

UTM SOCCER DROPS SECOND STRAIGHT OUTING TO ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS

9/19/2021 7:40:00 PM | Soccer

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Exactly one week after taking their only home defeat of the fall campaign at the hands of Western Carolina, the University of Tennessee at Martin soccer team witnessed the same fate on Sunday afternoon in their fourth road trip of the semester, giving up a season-high 25 shots to Arkansas in route to a 4-0 shutout loss in Fayetteville.

It took eight meetings for any of the Skyhawks' opponents to secure more than one score against an exceptionally-talented back line, although the Razorbacks smashed through that barrier to the tune of two scores in either half to drop UTM to 4-3-1 overall. Last season's Southeastern Conference Tournament runner-up finisher, Arkansas cruises to their sixth consecutive win on the year by a mesmerizing margin of 25-2 which just so happened to be the shot discrepancy on Sunday while UT Martin was held scoreless for the second straight bout.

Graduate goalkeeper Erica Myers endured an extremely busy 90-minute stretch that saw a season-best 12 saves – only one fewer than her career-best in 2019 vs. Arkansas State – although a quartet of strikes from Jessica De Filippo, Ava Tankersley, Parker Goins, and Cora Duininck proved far too much to overcome for an offense that only registered two shot attempts for the entire match, a 2021 low.

While Myers ended the day with the third double-digit save output of her five-year collegiate career, the Razorbacks didn't waste any time putting themselves on the board, as Anna Podojil found De Filippo at the 12:48 stamp to successfully convert their first shot of the day. 14 minutes later, the Arkansas lead was jolted to a deuce after Goins received a lead pass from Sophia Aragon to make it 2-0 before the Skyhawks had mustered a shot.

By the time UT Martin finally recorded that first shot try (off the leg of Jill Hildreth) all the way into the 64^th minute, the Razorbacks had increased the deficit to 3-0 nearly two minutes earlier, doing so off a Brooke Roberts assist to Duininck. After getting the home squad on the board in the early going, De Filippo took a turn at the assist in the team's final goal of the weekend, aiding Tankersley to the 4-0 ending decision.

Hildreth concluded the non-conference bout as the only Skyhawk to put forth a shot with both of the team's looks at the net, leading to a relatively simple day for Razorback keeper Hannah Warner who only needed a single save to keep UTM off the board for the fourth time in eight appearances this season.

Kamryn Chappell and Parker Gelinas tallied all 90 minutes on the field Sunday, where Maria Castaldo and Catey Hunt came close to that same feat with 87 and 86 minutes respectively as key components of the Skyhawks' defensive unit that ultimately surrendered at least four goals in a singular outing for the first time since September 2019.

Two days after toppling the 13^th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers by a 3-1 clip in the SEC opener, Arkansas polished off its non-conference resume in superb fashion while UT Martin prepares for Ohio Valley Conference duties one week from today for their next scheduled contest.

Headed back to the drawing board for a third-straight seven-day absence between competition, the Skyhawks and head coach Phil McNamara will look to rebound from their first-ever meeting against Arkansas on September 26^th, visiting Clarksville, Tenn. for the OVC opener against the Austin Peay Governors.

A 2-0 winner over AP last spring (also a road meeting for the Skyhawks), the recent series between the in-state rivals has tilted heavily in UTM's favor, achieving the W in each of the last three matchups against the Governors by a margin of 9-0. Austin Peay holds a 3-4-1 overall record at the time of writing, hosting North Dakota this Thursday before then battling Coach McNamara's group three days later.

UT Martin's first OVC duel of the fall next Sunday will get underway at approximately 1:00 p.m.