No. 4 Alabama Soccer Hosts No. 20 Ole Miss, Heads to LSU

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The fourth-ranked Alabama soccer team (11-1-1, 4-0-0 SEC) returns home on Thursday to host 20^th-ranked Ole Miss (9-1-2, 3-1-0 SEC) in a 7 p.m. CT match at the Alabama Soccer Stadium. The Crimson Tide will hit the road on Sunday to face LSU (8-2-2, 3-1-0 SEC) at 1 p.m. CT at the LSU Soccer Stadium.

Gallery: (10-5-2022) 10-05-22 WSO Practice

The Game

Ole Miss: Thursday, Oct. 4 – 7 p.m. CT streaming on SECN+
LSU: Sunday, Oct. 9 – 1 p.m. CT streaming on SECN+

How To Follow

Links to video streams and live scoring will be available at RollTide.com
Fans can also follow the action on the team's official Twitter account, @AlabamaSoccer

On A Run

The Crimson Tide continues to climb in the national rankings, moving up to No. 4 in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll
Alabama will face its fourth top-20 opponent this year when it welcomes No. 20 Ole Miss to Tuscaloosa on Thursday
The Tide is 3-0 against ranked opponents this season, defeating then-No. 6 BYU (3-2) then-No. 5 South Carolina (2-0) and then-No. 18 Clemson (3-0)
UA captured its seventh-straight win and fourth consecutive victory over a Southeastern Conference foe in its 2-1 win over Georgia last Thursday
Alabama has not lost a game since its second match of the season against Miami (8/21)
UA has won a record-setting 13-straight games at home, dating back to a 2-1 victory against UAB on Sept. 12, 2021, while also shutting out seven consecutive teams at the Alabama Soccer Stadium
The Tide has not allowed an opposing team goal at home since its 2-1 overtime win against Kentucky last season (10/21)
Alabama has outscored its opponents 37-8 this year

Pacing the Tide

Felicia Knox continues to lead the NCAA in assists, tallying 12 this season which broke the Alabama single-season record of 10 assists set by Merel van Dongen in 2014
Riley Mattingly Parker holds a team-leading 19 points and nine goals, three of which were game-winning shots
Parker and Ashlynn Serepca rank sixth all-time at UA for game-winning goals in a single season, with both scoring three this year
McKinley Crone has tallied 180 saves while with the Tide, ranking eighth all-time in career stops
The graduate student goalkeeper recorded her fifth shutout this season and 16th in an Alabama uniform in a 3-0 victory over Texas A&M (9/25)
Crone ranks second in program history for career shutouts, trailing only Justine Bernier (2007, 2009-11), who had a total of 21 clean sheets
The win against Texas A&M (9/25) was UA's seventh shutout of the season as the team has held Florida Atlantic, Southern Miss, then-No. 18 Clemson, North Alabama, then-No. 5 South Carolina and Chattanooga scoreless

Last Time Out

Alabama captured a 2-1 win at Georgia last Thursday
Riley Tanner scored the team's first goal, firing a shot from outside the box after Parker fought to keep the ball from going out on the endline
Serepca scored the game-winning goal in the second half off a corner kick from Knox
Serepca notched her third game-winning goal of the year, while Tanner netted her second goal of the season

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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