
Alabama Faces Florida on Senior Night, Vanderbilt on the Road in Regular-Season Finale
10/23/2024 4:41:00 PM | Soccer
The Crimson Tide kicks off against the Gators at 7 p.m. CT Thursday, before traveling to the Commodores for a 3 p.m. kick Sunday
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– The Alabama soccer team (8-4-5, 1-2-5 SEC) will host the Florida Gators (4-5-6, 1-4-2 SEC) Thursday in a 7 p.m. CT match at the Alabama Soccer Stadium, before traveling to Vanderbilt (8-2-5, 3-2-3) on Sunday in the last regular season match of the season.
Vs. Florida
- Date: Thursday, Oct. 24
- Time: 7 p.m.
- Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
- Venue: Alabama Soccer Stadium
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At Vanderbilt
- Date: Sunday, Oct. 27
- Time: 3 p.m.
- Location: Nashville, Tenn.
- Venue: Vanderbilt Soccer/Lacrosse Complex
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Promotions
- The Crimson Tide will recognize five players prior to the match as part of the team's Senior Day Celebration, honoring Carys Hall, Leah Kunde, Zivana Labovic, Nedya Sawan and Brooke Steere
- Kids are encouraged to come early and dress in their best Halloween costume for the Tide's annual Trick-or-Treat match
- The night will include pre-match trick-or-treating and a costume parade during halftime
Game Notes
- The Tide is coming off a 3-1 road loss to South Carolina last week
- Despite the result, the match was only the second loss in conference play for Alabama this season
- Nedya Sawan highlighted the match for Alabama, converting a penalty kick against the Gamecocks for her fifth goal of the season
- The goal was Sawan's fifth of the season and second penalty kick, tying her for second on the team in goals with Nadia Ramadan
- Alabama remains one of the top offensive threats in the SEC, ranking third in league standings in total goals (36) and fourth in total points (102)
- On the national stage, the Tide ranks in the top 40 in several categories including 22nd in total goals (36), 27th in total points (102), 30th in shots per game (17.47) and 40th in points per game (6.00)
- Alabama also ranks 36th nationally in scoring offense, averaging 2.12 goals per game
- Paul paces the Alabama offense, notching her 10th overall goal and fourth game-winning goal of the season against Texas A&M, moving her to fourth all-time in program history for game-winning goals and 10th all-time for season goals
- Additionally, Paul ranks third all-time at UA in career goals with 26 over her three years
- Paul's performance this season places her as one of the top players nationally, ranking 14th in game-winning goals (4) and 14th in total goals (10)
- Thirteen Alabama players have found the back of the net for a total of 36 goals this season
- Madeline Padelski will be absent against Florida after earning a spot on the United States roster at the 2024 FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup (Oct. 16-Nov. 3)
- Padelski tallied a goal against Korea Republic to help the U.S. advance to the quarterfinals on Saturday, Oct. 26
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