The magical 2024 Auburn soccer season is not over just yet.
The Tigers, who scuffled down the stretch of a once dominant 2024 campaign, earned a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament after a 12-3-4 regular season.
Head coach Karen Hoppa’s Tigers will open their quest for a national championship at the Auburn Soccer Complex on November 15, where they will host the Conference USA Tournament Champion FIU Panthers at 6 PM CST. The Panthers, who finished the regular season 13-4-2, played one game against SEC competition this season, losing to Oklahoma in a 2-1 thriller early in the year.
Led by senior [autotag]Anna Haddock[/autotag] and sophomore [autotag]Olivia Woodson[/autotag] up front along with senior goalkeeper [autotag]Maddie Prohaska[/autotag] on the back line, the Tigers can make a deep run into the tournament if they can find the form that helped the team outscore opponents 30-0 to open the season.
The aforementioned Haddock is confident in her team’s ability to re-find what made them one of the best teams in the country early in the season.
“We have what we need to be successful this postseason,” Haddock said. “All that matters is each other… I’m excited to show everyone what we can do moving forward.”
This is the 18th time Auburn has been selected to ‘The Dance’ in its’ history. The Tigers’ best finish came back in 2016 when they made a run to the Elite 8 before bowing out at the hands of eventual National Champion USC. If Karen Hoppa hopes to lead the Tigers to their first Final Four in program history, it will take a major turnaround after Auburn ended its season winning just one of its final five games.
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