MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The No. 21 Memphis girls’s soccer staff hits the street for the first time this season Friday, touring to Nashville for a 6 p.m. showdown with No. 3 Vanderbilt on SEC Network
The Tigers enter their first street check with a 1-1 document after opening the season with a 2-0 victory over Kennesaw State earlier than struggling a heartbreaking 2-1 defeat to Alabama on Saturday.
Memphis is ranked No. 21 on this week’s United Soccer Coaches Poll and No. 20 in TopDrawerSoccer’s Top 25. The nationwide recognition extends Memphis’ streak of showing in the rankings to 9 consecutive seasons.
Friday’s matchup will present an early check for the Tigers in opposition to a Vanderbilt squad ranked No. 3 nationally, the highest rating in program historical past for the Commodores. Vanderbilt is the highest-ranked opponent Memphis has confronted since battling No. 2 Tennessee to a draw final season at the Track and Soccer Complex.
The contest will mark the ninth assembly between Memphis and Vanderbilt, with the all-time collection deadlocked at 4-4.
The packages met final season in Memphis for the same matchup between two nationally ranked sides, with the No. 24 Tigers incomes a 1-0 victory over the No. 11 Commodores. Elise Perron offered the distinction, discovering the again of the web in the fifty fifth minute to present Memphis the win.
Memphis owns a 44-43-8 all-time document in opposition to present SEC packages and is 41-29-5 in opposition to the convention since head coach Brooks Monaghan took over the program in 2000.
Vanderbilt is led by head coach Darren Ambrose, who owns a 128-65-32 document with the Commodores and a 276-138-67 mark over his collegiate head teaching profession. Ambrose has ties to the Bluff City, incomes his grasp’s diploma from the University of Memphis and beforehand serving as the head coach at Rhodes College.
The Commodores opened their season with a pair of victories final week, defeating SMU 4-3 earlier than shutting out ETSU 4-0. Vanderbilt’s eight objectives by its first two matches rank twelfth nationally.
Vanderbilt is coming off a historic 2025 marketing campaign that noticed the Commodores seize the SEC Tournament championship and advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.
Tiger Tidbits
The Tigers enter their first street check with a 1-1 document after opening the season with a 2-0 victory over Kennesaw State earlier than struggling a heartbreaking 2-1 defeat to Alabama on Saturday.
Memphis is ranked No. 21 on this week’s United Soccer Coaches Poll and No. 20 in TopDrawerSoccer’s Top 25. The nationwide recognition extends Memphis’ streak of showing in the rankings to 9 consecutive seasons.
Friday’s matchup will present an early check for the Tigers in opposition to a Vanderbilt squad ranked No. 3 nationally, the highest rating in program historical past for the Commodores. Vanderbilt is the highest-ranked opponent Memphis has confronted since battling No. 2 Tennessee to a draw final season at the Track and Soccer Complex.
The contest will mark the ninth assembly between Memphis and Vanderbilt, with the all-time collection deadlocked at 4-4.
The packages met final season in Memphis for the same matchup between two nationally ranked sides, with the No. 24 Tigers incomes a 1-0 victory over the No. 11 Commodores. Elise Perron offered the distinction, discovering the again of the web in the fifty fifth minute to present Memphis the win.
Memphis owns a 44-43-8 all-time document in opposition to present SEC packages and is 41-29-5 in opposition to the convention since head coach Brooks Monaghan took over the program in 2000.
Vanderbilt is led by head coach Darren Ambrose, who owns a 128-65-32 document with the Commodores and a 276-138-67 mark over his collegiate head teaching profession. Ambrose has ties to the Bluff City, incomes his grasp’s diploma from the University of Memphis and beforehand serving as the head coach at Rhodes College.
The Commodores opened their season with a pair of victories final week, defeating SMU 4-3 earlier than shutting out ETSU 4-0. Vanderbilt’s eight objectives by its first two matches rank twelfth nationally.
Vanderbilt is coming off a historic 2025 marketing campaign that noticed the Commodores seize the SEC Tournament championship and advance to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.
Tiger Tidbits
- Memphis has not misplaced consecutive matches since the 2022 season, when the Tigers suffered back-to-back defeats in opposition to Louisville and No. 5 Virginia.
- Memphis has been the nation’s prime street staff since the begin of the 2023 season, posting an 18-3-2 document and an NCAA-best .826 street successful proportion. The Tigers sit forward of present No. 1 Stanford (.804) and No. 3 Florida State (.800), final season’s nationwide runner-up and champion, respectively.
- Friday will mark Memphis’ fourth all-time matchup in opposition to an opponent ranked in the prime 5 nationally. The Tigers are 0-2-1 in the earlier three contests, falling 3-2 to No. 3 Oklahoma State in 2012 and 5-0 to No. 5 Virginia in 2022 earlier than incomes their first consequence in opposition to a top-five opponent with a draw in opposition to No. 2 Tennessee final season.
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