Alabama Soccer Faces Auburn in First Round of SEC Tournament

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama soccer team will make its 12^th appearance at the SEC Tournament, taking on Auburn in the first game of the event. The match on Sunday Nov. 3 will kick off at 1 p.m. CT at the Orange Beach Sportsplex. Alabama enters as the seventh seed and Auburn enters at tenth. This match, as well as the entire tournament will be broadcasted live on SEC Network.

About Alabama

The Tide has a current record of 9-6-3, 4-4-2 against SEC opponents.
Junior forward Casey Wertz leads the team with 17 points (5g-7a). Wertz concluded the 2018 season as the team's top scorer with 16 points (8g), surpassing her past total with her goal against Vanderbilt.
Freshman Carlee Giammona leads the squad with 50 shots taken, followed by Wertz with 48.
Through 17 matches this season, Alabama has seen 12 different players score a goal.

Scouting Auburn

Sunday's match-up marks the 28th meeting in series history between the Tide and the Auburn Tigers and the second this season.
This is the third match-up against the two squads within the SEC Tournament setting. The series is tied 1-1.
The Crimson Tide has not gotten a win over Auburn since 2011.
Auburn has a current record of 7-9-2 with a 4-6-0 SEC conference mark. They enter the tournament has the 10th and final seed to qualify.
The Tigers ended its 2018 campaign with a 12-6-2 overall record, 4-5-1 in the SEC. Their season concluded in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament with an 0-2 loss to Minnesota.
The team lost in the first round of the 2018 SEC Tournament to Florida, 1-1, 2-1 in PKs. They entered the tournament as the No. 9 seed.
Head coach Karen Hoppa leads the team for her 21st season. She was the eighth female head coach to amass 300 wins at the Division 1 level with a 1-0 win at Missouri last season in 2018.

Entering the SEC Tournament

This will be Alabama's 12th appearance at the SEC Tournament.
If the Tide wins this match against the Tigers, they will earn their first First Round win since 2011.

Alabama's SEC Tournament History:

- 1994: Semifinals loss (1-2 vs. Auburn in OT)

- 1995: Semifinals win (1-0 vs. Auburn) --> Finals loss (1-2 vs. Kentucky)

- 1996: 1st Round loss (2-3 vs. Georgia)

- 1997: 1st Round loss (2-3 vs. Georgia)

- 1998: 1st Round win (1-0 vs. Tennessee) --> Semifinals loss (0-1 vs. Vanderbilt)

- 2004: 1st Round loss (0-2 vs. Florida)

- 2008: 1st Round loss (1-2 vs. Florida)

- 2011: 1st Round win (1-0 vs. South Carolina) --> Semifinals loss (1-2 vs. Florida)

- 2014: 1st Round loss (2-3 vs. Tennessee)

- 2016: 1st Round Loss (0-1 vs. Texas A&M in OT)

- 2017: 1st Round Loss (1-3 vs. Missouri)

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