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Tuscaloosa, Ala.
6:00 PM
Texas A&M
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Alabama
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MATCH PREVIEW: at Alabama
Oct 12, 2024 | Soccer
Aggies looking to charge up SEC standings with four matches remaining.
TUSCALOOSA – The Texas A&M women's soccer team looks to climb back over the .500 mark in league action, traveling to play the Alabama Crimson Tide in a 6 p.m. match Sunday.
The Aggies enter play at Alabama Soccer Stadium with an 8-6-0 overall mark. Texas A&M sits in sixth place in the SEC standings, needing a positive result to stay in the upper half of the league ledger.
The Aggies own a 9-4-2 edge in the all-time series against Alabama. The Crimson Tide won the initial contest, 3-1, in 1995, but the Maroon & White reeled off five consecutive wins, including their first three as SEC brethren by a combined tally of 12-0. The series has tightened up in recent years with A&M holding a 4-3-2 edge over the last nine contests.
Last year the Aggies toppled then No. 19 Alabama, 3-1, at Ellis Field. Gianna Paul scored for Alabama at the 52:25 mark, but in the next 3:37, Texas A&M answered back with goals by Taylor Pounds and Mia Pante. Jazmine Wilkinson added an insurance goal in the 83rd minute.
Becerra leads the Aggies in scoring with 13 points on five goals and four assists. Grace Ivey has four goals on the year. Mia Pante has added eight points on three goals and two assists.
Texas A&M has six shutouts through 14 matches, including blank slates by three different netminders. In the SEC opener, Sydney Fuller recorded her third shutout of the season. She owns a 1.13 goals against average in her six starts. Grace McClellan has two shutouts and Maysen Veronda recorded a 5-0 win against Lamar in the opener before a season-ending injury.
Alabama is itching for a win after starting league play with a 0-1-5 record. Owning a 7-3-5 overall mark, the Crimson Tide logged non-conference wins over North Texas (2-1), North Alabama (3-1), Chattanooga (4-0), Florida Atlantic (8-2), Southern Miss (4-0), Purdue (1-0) and Louisiana Tech (4-0). Alabama's non-conference losses came against TCU (3-0) and Michigan (1-0). In SEC play, the Crimson Tide lost versus Kentucky (2-0). The tied two ranked teams, including No. 11 Texas (2-2) and No. 14 Auburn (1-1). The other draws came against Tennessee (2-2), Missouri (1-1) and Georgia (2-2).
Gianna Paul is the Crimson Tide's main weapon, owning 19 points on nine goals and one assist. Two Alabama players have a dozen points with Nadia Ramadan logging five goals and two assists and Nedya Sawan registering four goals and four assists. Coralie Lallier has started 12 matches in goal, notching a 1.48 goals-against average and two shutouts, but Ellie Lanyi has minded the net for Alabama in its last three halves of action.
The match streams on SEC Network+ with Roger Hoover (play-by-play) and Hayley MacDonald (analyst) painting the picture. A radio call of the match airs on Gospel 97.3 FM in the Brazos Valley with the audio also available in the 12th Man Mobile app.
The Aggies enter play at Alabama Soccer Stadium with an 8-6-0 overall mark. Texas A&M sits in sixth place in the SEC standings, needing a positive result to stay in the upper half of the league ledger.
The Aggies own a 9-4-2 edge in the all-time series against Alabama. The Crimson Tide won the initial contest, 3-1, in 1995, but the Maroon & White reeled off five consecutive wins, including their first three as SEC brethren by a combined tally of 12-0. The series has tightened up in recent years with A&M holding a 4-3-2 edge over the last nine contests.
Last year the Aggies toppled then No. 19 Alabama, 3-1, at Ellis Field. Gianna Paul scored for Alabama at the 52:25 mark, but in the next 3:37, Texas A&M answered back with goals by Taylor Pounds and Mia Pante. Jazmine Wilkinson added an insurance goal in the 83rd minute.
Becerra leads the Aggies in scoring with 13 points on five goals and four assists. Grace Ivey has four goals on the year. Mia Pante has added eight points on three goals and two assists.
Texas A&M has six shutouts through 14 matches, including blank slates by three different netminders. In the SEC opener, Sydney Fuller recorded her third shutout of the season. She owns a 1.13 goals against average in her six starts. Grace McClellan has two shutouts and Maysen Veronda recorded a 5-0 win against Lamar in the opener before a season-ending injury.
Alabama is itching for a win after starting league play with a 0-1-5 record. Owning a 7-3-5 overall mark, the Crimson Tide logged non-conference wins over North Texas (2-1), North Alabama (3-1), Chattanooga (4-0), Florida Atlantic (8-2), Southern Miss (4-0), Purdue (1-0) and Louisiana Tech (4-0). Alabama's non-conference losses came against TCU (3-0) and Michigan (1-0). In SEC play, the Crimson Tide lost versus Kentucky (2-0). The tied two ranked teams, including No. 11 Texas (2-2) and No. 14 Auburn (1-1). The other draws came against Tennessee (2-2), Missouri (1-1) and Georgia (2-2).
Gianna Paul is the Crimson Tide's main weapon, owning 19 points on nine goals and one assist. Two Alabama players have a dozen points with Nadia Ramadan logging five goals and two assists and Nedya Sawan registering four goals and four assists. Coralie Lallier has started 12 matches in goal, notching a 1.48 goals-against average and two shutouts, but Ellie Lanyi has minded the net for Alabama in its last three halves of action.
The match streams on SEC Network+ with Roger Hoover (play-by-play) and Hayley MacDonald (analyst) painting the picture. A radio call of the match airs on Gospel 97.3 FM in the Brazos Valley with the audio also available in the 12th Man Mobile app.
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