Top-seeded Alabama Advances to Second Round of NCAA Tournament with 9-0 Win over Jackson State

Friday, November 11

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

6 p.m. CT

Alabama

20-2-1, 10-0-0

Jackson State

11-8-1, 7-1-1

Team	1	2	Final F
Jackson St.	0	0	0
Alabama	3	6	9

Top-seeded Alabama Advances to Second Round of NCAA Tournament with 9-0 Win over Jackson State

11/11/2022 9:40:00 PM | Soccer

Box Score Photo Gallery

Eight players scored in the game with Riley Mattingly Parker scoring a brace to lead the Crimson Tide

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama soccer (20-2-1) scored a season-high nine goals on Friday night at the Alabama Soccer Stadium, taking down Jackson State (11-8-1) with a 9-0 score to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

A brace from Riley Mattingly Parker paced the team as eight players scored in the victory. Parker set the single-season record for both goals with 16 and points with 39 on the season, while Alabama topped the program record for goals in a single season with 68. Felicia Knox also set a school record in the performance, recording her 24^th career assist at UA to lead the program in all-time assists.

Gallery: (11-11-2022) 11-11-22 WSO vs JSU

From Head Coach Wes Hart

"Great performance tonight from our group. Very pleased with our approach to the game. I felt we were sharp from the opening whistle and played a complete 90 minutes. It was great to see so many different players contribute tonight. We were able to spread out our minutes and rest some players that have logged a lot of minutes this season. Some players that have not played as most of the season were able to play tonight and I thought they did great."

How It Happened

Riley Mattingly Parker kicked off the Crimson Tide offense, chasing down a failed clearance by JSU to hit the ball on the bounce just outside the six in the 15^th minute of the game
Felicia Knox played Ashlynn Serepca into the box for the Tide's second goal as Serepca hit the shot into the left corner in the 16^th minute of action
Alabama closed the half with one more goal as Brooke Steere played a bouncing corner kick out to Kat Rogers
Rogers fired the shot through traffic and into the net in the 23^rd minute of the game
Alabama returned from the half with momentum, finding the back of the net six times over the 45-minute span
Parker netted her second goal off a pass from Knox in the 50^th minute
Two minutes later, Parker passed a cross from Rogers back to Knox to fire into the net from the top of the box
Reyna Reyes scored the Tide's sixth goal in the 58^th minute off a quick free kick, while Gianna Paul made the score 7-0 in the 59^th minute off through ball into the box
Aislin Streicek (65:05) and Emelie Kobler (82:53) rounded out the scoring as both recorded their second goal of the season

Game Notes

The Tide advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history and a second consecutive year
Alabama set the single-season record for total goals moving to 68 on the year
Riley Mattingly Parker also set a school record with her with her 16^th goal this season, topping the prior record of 15 set by Libby Probst in 2005
The last time UA scored nine goals in a game was against South Alabama (9-0) on Aug. 31, 2012
UA had 27 points in the game off of nine goals and nine assists, ranking fourth all-time in program history for single-game points
Felicia Knox moved to 19 assists this season and 24 while at Alabama for the school record in career assists, assisting on three goals during the game
McKinley Crone made three saves to keep the Tigers out of the net for her 10^th shutout this season and 21^st shutout of her career, tying the program record for single-season shutouts

Alabama will play the winner between Arizona State and Portland, which kicks off Saturday at 9 p.m. CT
UA will compete in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday, Nov. 18

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