Much of the talk around Auburn is about new starting quarterback Hank Brown and the Tigers football team, but the squad playing fútbol has been the real story of the fall on the Plains. A top 6 squad across all the major polls, Auburn’s soccer team dominated every opponent in their path through the non-conference portion of the schedule.
The Tigers capped off the non-SEC season with a 2-0 win over Old Dominion on Friday, pitching their eight straight shutout in a row to begin the year. The eight consecutive games without allowing a goal puts the Tigers exactly half way to the all-time record, which is held by the 1998 Santa Clara Broncos who held opponents without a goal from September 24, 1988 to November 24, 1988.
Auburn’s offense hasn’t been too shabby either, as the Tigers have scored 30 goals this season, leading to a Division I best 30-0 goal differential through 8 games. The differential is the best by a fairly large margin as well, given Auburn is the only school in the country to rank in the top 5 in both goals scored and goals allowed.
While the competition hasn’t exactly been fierce, Auburn has captured wins over Clemson, No. 17 ranked Ohio State, and most recently, a very good Old Dominion team. With a superstar forward like Olivia Woodson, her 14 points this season are tied for 34th in the nation, Auburn commissions an extremely lethal scoring attack to go along with a brick-wall of a back line led by senior LJ Knox and goal keeper Maddie Prohaska.
The Tigers may not be able to keep a clean sheet forever, but the early season successes certainly bodes well for their chances of making a run at an SEC, and NCAA, championship to open up 2025. Head coach Karen Hoppa and the Tigers open up the SEC season by hosting Vanderbilt (5-0-2) on Thursday at 6:30 PM. The Commodores played Georgetown to a 0-0 tie in the only road game of their young season.
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