Alabama Celebrates Senior Night with 3-1 Victory over Florida

Thursday, October 24

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

7 p.m. CT

Alabama

9-4-5, 2-2-5

Florida

4-6-6, 1-5-2

Florida

Alabama

Alabama Celebrates Senior Night with 3-1 Victory over Florida

10/24/2024 10:46:00 PM | Soccer

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The Crimson Tide tallied goals from Nedya Sawan, Gianna Paul and Itala Gemelli in the win

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– The Alabama soccer team (9-4-5, 2-2-5 SEC) captured a 3-1 victory over Florida (4-6-6, 1-5-2 SEC) Thursday night in the team's last regular season home game.

Nedya Sawan notched the first goal of the night in the 41^st minute, firing off a shot from the top of the box into the net. Back-to-back goals from Gianna Paul (49^th minute) and Itala Gemelli (55^th minute) moved the Tide out to a 3-0 advantage. Delaney Tauzel would put Florida on the scoreboard, netting a goal with just over five minutes remaining in the match.

Gallery: (10-24-2024) 10-24-24 WSO vs Florida

From Head Coach Wes Hart

"Awesome outcome and awesome way to end the season at home with a win and a dominant performance on Senior Night. I think every player, every healthy body, got in the game and contributed. You look at Nedya getting goal on Senior Night. Even though it wasn't Gess' (Skorka) Senior Night or Itala's Senior Night, they're fifth-year seniors so we didn't honor them tonight, we did that last year, but for Gess to get an assist and Itala to get a goal - just so many things I could point out. I thought it was the performance that we expected and hoped for this evening.

"Hopefully, we'll ride this momentum. You look at nine games in the SEC (season) with only two losses. I mean, that is pretty impressive. In my 10 years, the only other, better, season we had in terms of not losing games would be 2022, and again, to only lose two games out of nine. Some of those ties, obviously, kind of add up and hurt you in the standing. Overall, really pleased with the season and we've got a chance to beat Vanderbilt and finish, probably, middle of the pack in the SEC. We've still got life."

Game Notes

A quick pass between Cameron Silva and Melina Rebimbas opened up a passing lane at the top of the box to Sawan
Sawan settled the ball, turned and fired into the top of the net for the Tide's first goal
A ball played to Nadia Ramadan allowed her to dribble towards the top of the box, before pushing the ball out wide and towards the touchline to Gessica Skorka
Skorka would find Paul just inside the six, who went near post with a volley to give the Tide a 2-0 advantage
Less than six minutes later, Ramadan battled to play a ball out in space for Gemelli to collect as she sprinted down the left side of the field
Gemelli shot the ball low and towards the back corner for her second goal of the season
Before time expired, a cross from Norah Abbot, towards the center of the box, set Tauzel up for Florida's lone goal of the match
Paul's goal was her 11^th of the season, moving her to sixth all-time at Alabama in season goals
She also ranks third all-time in program history with 27 career goals and seventh all-time in career points with 61 over her three years
Paul would also be credited with the game-winning shot, tying her for third all-time in program history with five this season, while moving her to fifth all-time in career game-winning goals with seven
Sawan notched her sixth goal of the season, and fourth goal in conference play, while Gemelli tallied her second goal this year
Including her time at Dayton, Gemelli has now scored 38 career goals as Sawan has scored 32 times, including her four years with Portland
Ramadan registered two assists in a game, giving her a team-leading five assists on the season
With her assist on Paul's goal, Skorka now has 18 career assists, ranking sixth all-time at Alabama
Florida played with 10 players after a red card was issued in the 29^th minute of the game

Alabama will close the regular season on Sunday at Vanderbilt
The Tide will kick off in Nashville, Tenn., at 3 p.m. CT against the Commodores on SEC Network+