Alabama Soccer Releases 2018 Fall Schedule
6/8/2018 4:47:00 PM | Soccer
The Crimson Tide will face 11 2017 NCAA Tournament teams
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama soccer team and head coach Wes Hart officially announced a highly-competitive 2018 fall schedule on Friday, which features 11 home matches and eight road contests.
The Crimson Tide will first open fall play with a scrimmage at Tennessee on Aug. 10 before diving into the regular season.
Alabama will kick off its fall slate with a pair of road contests in the Lone Star State when it faces Big 12 Runner-Up TCU (Aug. 17) and Conference USA Champion North Texas (Aug. 19) before a seven-match homestretch.
The Tide will begin its home campaign facing 2017 ASUN Champion Florida Gulf Coast (Aug. 24) and Kennesaw State (Aug. 26). Alabama will then close out August against Virginia Tech (Aug. 30) before facing Rice on Sept. 2.
Next up, UA will play host to Sun Belt Champion South Alabama (Sept. 6) and Troy (Sept. 9), and are set to conclude non-conference play at DePaul on Sept. 16.
Alabama will begin Southeastern Conference play at home against Ole Miss (Sept. 13) before heading to Nashville to take on Vanderbilt (Sept. 20).
In addition to its game against the Rebels, the Tide's SEC home slate includes games against Arkansas (Sept. 23), Kentucky (Oct. 4), Florida (Oct. 14) and SEC Champion Texas A&M (Oct. 18). On top of the trip to Nashville, Alabama will be on the road for conference play against LSU (Sept. 28), Mississippi State (Oct. 7), Georgia (Oct. 21) and will conclude the regular season against in-state rival Auburn (Oct. 25).
The Tide will battle against 11 teams who competed for the 36th NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship including seven of the record nine SEC schools who earned bids to the Big Dance. Furthermore, two opponents, Texas A&M and Florida, both earned national seeds, while the Gators made it to the quarterfinal round before falling to conference-foe South Carolina.
This year's SEC Tournament will be on Oct. 29-Nov. 4 in Orange Beach, Ala., at the Orange Beach Sportsplex, and the NCAA Tournament opens on Nov. 10.
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