Alabama Soccer Heads to Utah for Three-Game Trip

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama soccer team (3-1-0) heads to state of Utah for a three-game, six-day road trip. The Crimson Tide opens competition against the 2021 NCAA runner-up BYU (2-0-1) Thursday at 8 p.m. CT in Provo, Utah, before traveling to Salt Lake City to play Utah (3-0-1) Sunday at 7 p.m. CT. UA concludes the week against Utah Valley Tuesday at noon in Orem, Utah.

The Games

BYU: Thursday, Sept. 1 – 8 p.m. CT streaming on BYUtv App
Utah: Sunday, Sept. 4 – 7 p.m. CT steaming on PAC-12 Network
Utah Valley: Tuesday, Sept. 6 – Noon CT streaming on ESPN+

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

Last Time Out

The Crimson Tide is coming off a huge win, downing the then-No. 18 Clemson 3-0 on Sunday at the Alabama soccer stadium
The victory was UA's first of the year over a top-20 program
Alabama also recorded its third shutout of the year against the Tigers, holding Florida Atlantic, Southern Miss and Clemson without a goal this season
Riley Mattingly Parker notched a pair of goals to lift the Tide to victory against the Tigers while Gianna Paul scored her first collegiate goal in the game
In addition to the team's win over Clemson, UA defeated Southern Miss 2-0 on Thursday
Macy Clem and Aislin Streicek netted goals against the Golden Eagles

Notables

McKinley Crone recorded her third shutout of the year and 14^th in an Alabama uniform to rank second all-time in program history
Crone is tied for fourth in the nation in shutouts with three this season
Parker leads the team in goals (3), game-winning goals (2) and points (6), while Gessica Skorka and Felicia Knox both hold a team-leading three assists
Parker is tied for first in the Southeastern Conference and third in the nation for game-winning goals
Alabama recorded its ninth-consecutive home win with wins over Southern Miss and No. 18 Clemson last week

The Matchups

No. 6 BYU is coming off of back-to-back top-25 opponents, defeating then-No. 20 Ohio State 2-0 Friday before recording a 2-2 tie against then-No. 25 Colorado Monday
This is the third meeting between the Tide and Cougars, which includes last year's NCAA second round match
This will be just the second time the Tide has faced both the Utes and Wolverines
Alabama downed both teams in with 3-0 victories in Tuscaloosa with UA hosting Utah in 2019 and Utah Valley in 2021

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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