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Kentucky
Alabama Soccer Hosts Kentucky For Senior Night
10/20/2021 1:37:00 PM | Soccer
The Crimson Tide will recognize McKinley Crone, Riley Mattingly and Kat Rogers prior to the game
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama soccer (8-7-1, 3-3-1 SEC) welcomes Kentucky (6-8-2, 0-7-0 SEC) to the Alabama Soccer Stadium for a 7 p.m. CT match Thursday night. Prior to the contest, the Crimson Tide will recognize three athletes as part of its Senior Day celebration.
HOW TO FOLLOW
The match will be streamed on SEC Network+ through the ESPN app and WatchESPN.com for subscribers of the SEC Network. Links to live scoring and the stream are available at RollTide.com.
PROMOTIONS
- The Crimson Tide will recognize McKinley Crone, Riley Mattingly and Kat Rogers prior to kickoff as part of the team's Senior Day celebration
- Thursday's game is also the Tide's Pups at the Pitch night as fans and their four-legged friends can enjoy the game together
- More information about Pups at the Pitch can be found at RollTide.com
HEAD-TO-HEAD
- Alabama and Kentucky meet for the first time since 2018
- The Tide won that home match 4-3 in what was an electrifying first half that saw a combined five goals scored
- Alabama trails the all-time series 6-13-2 and holds a home record of 4-5-1 against the Wildcats
A LOOK AT THE SENIOR CLASS
- The starting goalkeeper for the Tide, Crone has totaled 119 saves and nine career shutouts at UA, seventh-most in program history
- Over three seasons, Mattingly has scored eight goals, three game winners, and six assists before suffering a season-ending injury last spring
- A leader both on and off the pitch, Rogers has scored seven goals and recorded nine assists as a midfielder over the last four seasons
- Combined, UA's three seniors have recorded 15 wins since 2020
- The Tide has advanced to the SEC Tournament two out of three seasons
THE ROLLING TIDE
- Alabama hosts Kentucky for just the 11th time since the programs first met in 1994 with the Tide holding a 4-5-1 home record against the Wildcats
- The Tide is 8-2 at home this season and is on a five-game winning streak inside the Alabama Soccer Stadium
- Ashlynn Serepca and Kate Henderson lead the team in goals with five apiece, while Serepca paces UA in points with 13 and assists with three
- Reyna Reyes and Riley Tanner have both tallied two game-winning goals to lead the program
- Crone has recorded 47 saves and posted four shutouts, as well as one combined shutout, this season
LAST TIME OUT
- Kate Henderson netted the tying goal in College Station, Texas
- Henderson dove to make contact with her head inside the six-yard box off a free kick from Felicia Knox
- The draw was the first of the season for UA as the team entered its third overtime game of the year
- Alabama also recorded its fifth overtime game against the Aggies
- Crone had four saves in the match and allowed just one goal
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
- Kentucky is looking for its first conference win as the team enters with a 0-7-0 SEC record and a 6-8-2 overall record
- The Wildcats suffered a 1-0 loss to LSU last Thursday as the Tigers converted a late-game penalty kick for the win
- Jordyn Rhodes leads the team, scoring 10 goals this season and tallying five assists for 25 points
- Hannah Richardson ranks second in goals score with eight
- Laura Nielsen has started in net for Kentucky in 16 games
- Nielsen has made 69 saves for the and has a 1.25 goals against average
Get all the latest information on the team by following @AlabamaSoccer on Twitter and Facebook and AlabamaSoccer on Instagram. General athletic news can also be found at UA_Athletics on Twitter and Instagram and AlabamaAthletics on Facebook.
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