Alabama Soccer Hosts Southern Miss, No. 18 Clemson

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama soccer team (1-1-0) hosts Southern Miss (0-1-0) Thursday in the Crimson Tide's home opener, before facing No. 18 Clemson (1-0-1) Sunday. Both games will kick off at 6 p.m. CT at the Alabama Soccer Stadium.

Admission to all regular season soccer home games is free.

The Games

Southern Miss: Thursday, Aug. 25 – 6 p.m. CT streaming on SECN+
Clemson: Sunday, Aug. 28 – 6 p.m. CT streaming on SECN+

How To Follow

A link 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

About The Tide

Reyna Reyes has garnered a lot of preseason attention, being named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List, the nation's highest individual honor for college soccer,
She was also named to the United Soccer Coaches Players To Watch Defenders list and the SEC Preseason Watch List
Alabama had four additional athletes named to the SEC Preseason Watch List with goalkeeper McKinley Crone, forwards Riley Mattingly Parker and Riley Tanner and midfielder Felicia Knox joining Reyes
Alabama returned 80 percent of its roster from last season and all of its starters
The team is coming off one of its best seasons in program history, which included advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, earning a first round bye at the SEC Tournament and setting a program record for most home wins in a single season with 10

The Start of 2022

Alabama started the year on the road against Florida Atlantic and Miami
In its season opener, UA took a dominate win over Florida Atlantic scoring four goals in the shutout win
Riley Mattingly Parker netted the Tide's first goal of the year, scoring 48 seconds into the game off a corner kick from Felicia Knox
Marianna Annest tallied her first goal in crimson and white off a failed clear attempt against FAU in the 44^th minute, while Kate Henderson scored her sixth career goal and first goal of the season in the 46^th minute with a one-touch shot inside the box.
Macy Clem and Gessica Skorka earned an assist on Henderson's goal with Skorka passing a ball back to Clem to send into the box
Riley Tanner closed the game against the Owls, scoring off a cross from Gianna Paul
The Tide fell 1-0 to Miami in its second game of the season
Despite the lost, UA led in shots 22-3 and corners 7-1 against the Hurricanes

A Look At The Matches

Alabama faces Southern Miss for the seventh time and second-consecutive year
The two teams went into double overtime last season with Alabama scoring a late goal to capture the win
The Tide and Tigers go head-to-head for the fourth time in program history
UA downed Clemson, 1-0, in the last meeting to advance to the second round of the 2021 NCAA Tournament
Allie Berk scored the winning goal in the fourth minute of the game to advance UA to the next round of the NCAA Tournament

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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