FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas had never defeated a top 10 team when No. 2 Duke came to Fayetteville for the Razorbacks’ soccer home opener two years ago.
With more than 3,000 people — twice the stadium capacity — on hand, Arkansas played an inspired match and defeated the Blue Devils, 2-1. It was at the time, and possibly still is, the most noteworthy regular-season win in program history.
The win over Duke wasn’t gauged so much by how good the Blue Devils were (the were a national quarterfinalist that season and a national runner-up the year before) but by the mentality that it instilled in the Razorbacks’ players.