No. 5 Alabama Soccer Faces Georgia in Thursday Road Match

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The fifth-ranked Alabama soccer team (10-1-1, 3-0-0 SEC) travels to Athens, Ga., Thursday to face Georgia (8-3-0, 2-1-0 SEC). The two teams kick off at 5 p.m. CT at Turner Soccer Complex.

The game was originally scheduled for Friday at 5 p.m. CT but was moved due to projected inclement weather from Hurricane Ian.

The Game

Georgia: Thursday, Sept. 29 – 5 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

Highlighting the Season

Alabama moved up to No. 5 in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll and are ranked sixth in both the TopDrawerSoccer and College News polls
UA is riding a six-match winning streak following a 3-0 win against Texas A&M in the Tide's last outing
Alabama extended its home winning streak to 13 consecutive games following the win over Texas A&M on Sunday (dating back to a 2-1 win over UAB on Sept. 12, 2021)
The Tide shut out its seventh consecutive team at home, with the last goal from an opposing team in the Alabama Soccer Stadium coming from a 2-1 overtime win against Kentucky last season (Oct. 21)
The season is highlighted by two top-10 victories this season, defeating then-No. 6 BYU (3-2) and then-No. 5 South Carolina (2-0)
Additionally, the Tide secured a win over then-No. 18 Clemson (3-0) for its third victory against a top-25 program this season
Alabama has outscored its opponents 35-7 this season

Coming In Hot

Felicia Knox tallied her 10th and 11th assist this season in the team's win over Texas A&M to lead the NCAA and break the Alabama single-season record of 10 total assists set by Merel van Dongen in 2014
Riley Mattingly Parker owns a team-leading 19 points and nine goals, three of which were the game-winning shot
Parker's three game-winning goals ties her at sixth all-time in program history for total game-winning goals in a single season
Alabama has held seven opponents scoreless this season, with goalkeeper McKinley Crone earning credit for five solo shutouts and two combined shutouts with Dylan Pixton
Crone has tallied 179 saves while with the Tide, ranking eighth all-time in that category

Making Headlines

Felicia Knox set the school record for total assists in a season, tallying her 11th this year in the team's win over Texas A&M (9/25)
Knox broke the previous record for total assists in the season, surpassing the previous record of 10 from Merel van Dongen in 2014
Gianna Paul earned her second SEC Freshman of the Week honor after scoring her fourth goal of the season and recording an assist on the game-winning shot in the team's victory over the Aggies
McKinley Crone 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
Felicia Knox was named to TopDrawerSoccer and College Soccer News Women's National Team of the Week and Soccer America's 3 Stars of the Week for the second consecutive week
Riley Mattingly Parker leads the team in goals (9), game-winning goals (3) and points (19), while Felicia Knox leads the nation in assists (11)
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 defeated Texas A&M (9/25) at home just days after downing the defending SEC champion Tennessee in Knoxville
Felicia Knox captured the game-winning goal in the 22nd minute of play against the Aggies
Shortly after, Knox dribbled through the defense to play a ball into the box for Riley Mattingly Parker
In the 79th minute of play, Knox sent a ball into the box for freshman Gianna Paul to hit with her left foot for the third goal of the game for the Crimson Tide
McKinley Crone registered five saves in the game for her fifth shutout this season
The victory against Texas A&M marks the sixth consecutive win for the Crimson Tide as they moved to 10-1-1 for the season and 3-0-0 in SEC play
UA also extended its home winning streak to 13 games, dating back to a 2-0 win against UAB on Sept. 12, 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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