LSU Soccer to face Auburn in First Round of SEC Tournament Sunday

The 11th-seeded LSU Soccer team (4-9-5, 2-4-4 SEC) is set to face the sixth-seeded Auburn (8-2-7, 4-2-4 SEC) in the first round of the 2026 SEC tournament on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. CT inside Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex, per an official press release.

LSU is 11-22-4 all-time against Auburn. The LSU soccer squad last faced Auburn in the first round of the 2025 SEC Tournament, securing a 3-2 victory of Auburn. This is the third year in a row that the LSU soccer team will start their SEC Tournament journey facing Auburn.

Auburn has scored 24 goals on the year with 95 shots on goal, 34 saves and 11 shutouts. On the comparison, LSU owns 25 goals, 82 shots on goal, 45 saves and two shutouts.

his year marks LSU's 22nd overall appearance in the SEC Tournament in program history. LSU is 15-13-10 all-time when competing in the tournament, while the program owns one championship title in 2018.

The program's lone SEC title came in a double overtime win over Arkansas in the 2018 SEC Tournament Championship game when the Tigers won 4-1 in penalty kicks to make history. LSU went down in the SEC record book as the lowest seed to win the conference tournament as a seven seed alongside the seventh-seeded Auburn team from 2011, plus being the first team to ever win SEC title after playing in the opening round since the tournament expanded in 2012.

Last season, the Tigers had their second most successful SEC Tournament under head coach, Sian Hudson. The LSU soccer squad finished as the SEC Tournament runner-up, after losing 8-7 in penalty kicks during the championship game.

This year marks the Tigers sixth consecutive appearance in the tournament. LSU has now appeared in the SEC Tournament every year in the Hudson era as the team will look to make a run.

The winner of today's contest will advance to the quarter finals to face the third-seeded Alabama on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 3 p.m. CT.