Thursday, September 12
Jacksonville, Ala.
7 p.m. CT
Alabama
at
Jacksonville State
Alabama Soccer to Travel to Jacksonville State Before Hosting North Texas
9/11/2019 9:10:00 AM | Soccer
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The Crimson Tide will face the Gamecocks Thursday night and the Mean Green Sunday afternoon
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama soccer team will complete its five consecutive road matches in Jacksonville, Ala. to face off against Jacksonville State Thursday night at 7 p.m. CT. The Tide will return home on Sunday to battle against North Texas at 1 p.m. CT.
About Alabama
- Alabama has a current record of 3-2-1.
- The Tide has outshot their opponents 98-51 and has earned 47 corner kicks with their opponents only earning 12.
- Alabama currently ranks fifth in the league in total shots taken, 98 in six games played.
- Junior goalkeeper Alex Plavin currently ranks fifth in the league in saves, 20 in six games played.
- Junior forward Casey Wertz leads the team with six points (2g-2a) followed by sophomore Riley Mattingly with five (2g-1a).
- The team returns seven starters and 16 letterwinners from last season's team that finished with an 8-8-3 overall record.
- Alabama was predicted to finish ninth in the SEC by a vote of the league's head coaches.
Scouting Thursday's Opponent – Jacksonville State
- Thursday's game will be the tenth meeting in program history between Alabama and the Gamecocks.
- Alabama leads the series 9-0.
- The last meeting on Aug. 18, 2017 ended with a 5-1 win from the Tide in Tuscaloosa.
- Jacksonville State has a current record of 3-3-0, placing them in first place within the Ohio Valley Conference.
- The Gamecocks are coming off a 4-11-3 2018 season, with an OVC conference record of 2-7-1.
- The team was predicted to finish 11th in the OVC Preseason Poll.
- JSU has outshot their opponents 75-66 and have acquired three more goals, 13-10.
- Head coach Neil Macdonald enters his seventh season with the Gamecocks.
Scouting Sunday's Opponent – North Texas
- Sunday's match-up marks the third meeting in series history between the Tide and the Mean Green.
- Alabama leads the series 1-0-1.
- The last meeting on Aug. 19, 2018 ending in a 1-1 draw between the two squads.Â
- North Texas has a current record of 4-2-0, currently placing fourth among Conference USA.
- North Texas ended its 2018 campaign with an 15-3-3 overall record and an 8-1-1 C-USA mark. Their season concluded in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament with a 1-0 loss to then No. 16 Texas A&M.Â
- Head coach John Hedlund leads the Mean Green for his 25th season. Under his direction, they have never had a losing season since the program's start in 1995.
- The team is picked to finish first in the C-USA according to the Preseason Coaches' Poll.
Up Next
- Alabama will travel to Fayetteville, Ark. on Sunday, Sept. 22 to face off against Arkansas at 2 p.m. CT.
Get all the latest information on the team by following @AlabamaSoccer on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. General athletic news can be found at @UA_Athletics on Twitter and Instagram and @AlabamaAthletics on Facebook.
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