Texas Soccer Stuns No. 1 Vanderbilt 2-1 in the SEC Tournament Quarterfinals
Nineteen days after losing 5-0 to Vanderbilt in Nashville, No. 9 seed Texas turned the rematch around in Pensacola, beating the top-seeded, previously unbeaten Commodores 2-1 to advance in the SEC Tournament.
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Texas soccer produced the result of the SEC Tournament so far on Tuesday, beating No. 1 seed Vanderbilt 2-1 in the quarterfinals at Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex, according to the official Texas Athletics schedule. The Longhorns' record moves to 9-4-6 on the season.
The win reverses the teams' regular-season meeting in full: on Oct. 23 in Nashville, Vanderbilt beat Texas 5-0 to clinch the SEC regular-season title, and the Commodores entered this tournament 16-0-1 as its top seed. Tuesday's rematch, which kicked off at 5:10 p.m. CT, went the other way.
Texas reached the quarterfinal the hard way — 110 scoreless minutes against Mississippi State on Sunday, then a 5-4 penalty-shootout win to advance. Two days later, the ninth-seeded Longhorns are through again, this time in regulation against the tournament favorite.
The result closes a watch this station has carried since the live file at SQ-20261110-056: the score was not verified in either of the two cycles after kickoff, and the desk held it rather than guess. It is verified now, from the program's own schedule. Texas advances to the tournament semifinals; Vanderbilt's unbeaten season is over.
