Ole Miss soccer No. 10 seed in SEC Tournament
Published 2:44 pm Friday, October 28, 2016
- Ole Miss' CeCe Kizer (5) and Mississippi State's Kayleigh Henry (10) vie for the ball at the Ole Miss Soccer Stadium in Oxford on Thursday. Kizer scored two goals in the Rebels’ 3-0 victory, keeping the Magnolia Cup in Oxford for the third straight year. (Bruce Newman)
Despite losing its last three matches of the regular season, the Ole Miss soccer team will play in the postseason.
The Rebels snuck into the Southeastern Conference Tournament as the 10th and final seed and will open tournament play Monday against No. 7 Tennessee at 3:30 p.m. at the Orange Beach Sportsplex in Orange Beach, Alabama. The match will be aired on the SEC Network.
The winner will advance in the single-elimination tournament to play No. 2 Auburn on Wednesday at noon. Click here for the complete bracket.
Ole Miss enters the tournament at 9-10-0 overall and 4-7 in league play. The Rebels were blanked at South Carolina 2-0 on Thursday in their regular-season finale and have scored just one goal during their three-game skid.
Their last win came Oct. 14 with a 2-1 home victory over Texas A&M.
Senior Addie Forbus leads Ole Miss with eight goals. Sophomore CeCe Kizer has five goals and a team-high six assists.
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