Alabama Soccer to Face Missouri in Last Regular Season Road Test

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama soccer team will face the Missouri Tigers in their last road match of the regular season on Thursday, Oct. 24. The game will kick off at 7 p.m. CT at the Audrey J. Walton Soccer Stadium. The game will be broadcasted on SEC Network +.

About Alabama

The Tide has a current record of 8-4-3, 3-2-2 against SEC opponents. Alabama enters this week sitting at sixth place within the league standings.
Junior forward Casey Wertz leads the team with 14 points (4g-6a). Wertz concluded the 2018 season as the team's top scorer with 16 points (8g).
Freshman Carlee Giammona leads the squad with 43 shots taken, followed by Wertz with 38.
Through 14 matches this season, Alabama has seen 12 different players score a goal.
Freshman goalkeeper AJ Crooks has the most wins, as well as conference wins, for a freshman goalkeeper in program history: four total with three SEC victories.
All of Alabama's losses this year have come to ranked opponents.
- No. 23 – Virginia Tech, No. 16 – Arkansas, No. 8 – South Carolina

Scouting Missouri

Thursday's match-up marks the seventh meeting in series history between the Tide and the Missou Tigers.
- Alabama trails the all-time series 2-4-0.
- The last meeting on Oct. 29, 2017 ending in a 1-3 loss in Orange Beach, Ala. in the first round of the SEC Tournament.
Missouri has a current record of 7-7-1 with a 1-5-1 SEC conference mark
- They are coming off a 1-2 loss against Kentucky.
The Tigers ended its 2018 campaign with a 6-11-2 overall record, 3-6-1 in the SEC. Their season concluded in the First Round of the SEC Tournament in a 3-2 double overtime loss to LSU. They entered the tournament as the tenth seed.
Head coach Bryan Blitz leads Missou for his 24th season. He was hired as the program's first head coach in 1996.
Since joining the conference in 2012, Mizzou has never missed the SEC Tournament.
The team was picked to finish tenth in the SEC according to the Preseason Coaches' Poll.

Last Time Out: The Tide Ties Ole Miss, 1-1

Rebels' Julia Phillips – 19^th minute with a long shot (0-1)
Gabby Duca with the equalizer – 83^rd minute, her third goal of the season (1-1)
- Assisted by Casey Wertz
The squads continued to battle through two overtime periods, but both were unable to break the tie.
The Tide outshot the Rebels, 20-17 with 11 shots on goal. Carlee Giammona led the team with six shots, followed by freshman Serena Pham with three.
Freshman goalkeeper AJ Crooks collected five saves throughout the match, including a huge save during the second overtime period to keep the match at a stalemate.

Alabama in the SEC

First in the league in corner kicks earned, 121 in 15 games played.
Third in shots, 259, and at fifth in goals (29) and points (82).
Freshman Carlee Giammona ranks seventh in shots, 43, and shots per game, averaging 2.87 per match.
Junior Casey Wertz ties for seventh in total assists, six in 15 matches.
Junior goalkeeper Alex Plavin ranks ninth in saves per game, 3.22, followed by freshman AJ Crooks with an average of 3.00 per game.

Up Next

The Crimson Tide will host the Auburn Tigers Sunday, Oct. 27 at 1 p.m. CT at the Alabama Soccer Stadium.

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