FAYETTEVILLE, Ark – Four Razorback newcomers and two graduates were ranked inside their respective top 100 women’s soccer national player rankings from Top Drawer Soccer.
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Freshmen Top 100
Avery Wren, No. 28 on the list, is the highest-rated Hog. Wren has started in 13 of 14 appearances and averages 61 minutes on the field. The Plano, Texas native has tallied three assists this season and netted her first collegiate goal against No. 9 Alabama.
Coming in at No. 48 is midfielder Kennedy Ball. Ball has also started in 13 of her 14 appearances and spends an average of 51 minutes in the midfield with Wren. The Lookout Mountain, Georgia native netted the game-winning goal, the first of her career, against Texas A&M on September 24 and recorded her first point with an assist against Oregon on August 24.
Sabrina Jones earned the No. 77 ranking as one of Arkansas’ key substitutes. The forward made her first collegiate start on September 17 against Grand Canyon and has played in all but one match this season. Jones netted her first collegiate goal on October 12 against Florida.
Forward Bella Field rounded out the Hogs’ contingent on the list and was ranked No. 82. Field leads all freshmen on the team with 19 shots and scored her first goal on September 17 against Grand Canyon with 13 seconds left in the match. Field was named SEC Freshman of the Week for her performance. The Leawood, Kansas native has racked up 401 minutes coming off the bench.
National Top 100
Arkansas’ engine, Bea Franklin, was ranked the thirtieth-best player in the United States. The midfielder has five goals in 14 starts this season. Three of her goals were game-winners: versus Milwaukee, at Tennessee and versus No. 9 Alabama. She was named to College Soccer News’ National Team of the Week for her performances at Tennessee and against Grand Canyon. The following week, Franklin was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week for a goal against Alabama and an assist at Texas A&M. The Seattle native broke 1,000 minutes in the match against Florida. Franklin was not ranked in the preseason top 100.
Anna Podojil came in at No. 60 on the list after starting the year at No. 28. Podojil has netted three goals and five assists this season as one of the Hogs’ playmakers on the front line. Her most recent goal came against No. 9 Alabama, the same match she assisted in two other scores. Podojil is NCAA Division I’s active career leader in points (130) and ranks second in goals (48) and third in assists (34).
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