FAYETTEVILLE — Following a 2-0 loss to Duke on Aug. 28, Arkansas soccer coach Colby Hale saw promise despite the defeat.
“I thought we got better today,” Hale said at the time. “When we win the SEC and we go to a Final Four, we’re going to point to a game like this and say, ‘This made us better.’”
Those words proved prophetic Sunday.
The party was underway well before Hale got doused with a postgame water bath, the red-and-white confetti flew or associate head coach Jon Harvey removed his shirt in celebration.
With its 3-1 victory over Oklahoma at Razorback Field, No.