Wes Hart Earns 100th Career Win with a Dominant 4-0 Victory over Chattanooga

Sunday, August 25

Chattanooga, Tenn.

5 p.m. CT

Alabama

3-1-0, 0-0-0

Chattanooga

0-4-1, 0-0-0

Alabama

Chattanooga

Wes Hart Earns 100th Career Win with a Dominant 4-0 Victory over Chattanooga

8/25/2024 9:13:00 PM | Soccer

Box Score

Alabama tallied a brace from Gianna Paul in addition to goals from Kate Henderson and Kiley Kukan to down the Mocs in the road match

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – With a commanding 4-0 score, the Alabama soccer team claimed the win over Chattanooga Sunday as Gianna Paul netted the game-winning goal just 25 seconds into the match.

The goal from Paul was her first of two on the day as she also scored in the 50^th minute off a defensive turnover. Kate Henderson (42^nd minute) and Kiley Kukan (89^th minute) would add to the Crimson Tide's score and help secure head coach Wes Hart's 100^th career win at the University of Alabama.

From Head Coach Wes Hart

"We've been trying to just get a little better each game, knowing that we want to be playing our best soccer later in the season. We have a lot of new players (eight freshmen, three transfers and a couple that did not play last season because of injuries). We know it's going to take some time to get the team to gel and we have to be patient.

"I'm very pleased with the weekend. I think we took some positive steps in the right direction. But what's even more exciting to me is that I still see a ton of room for growth with this group."

Game Notes

The win marked the 100^th victory for Head Coach Wes Hart with all 100 wins coming at Alabama
Gianna Paul put the Crimson Tide on the scoreboard in the opening minute of action after Madeline Padelski found Paul at the top of the box
The Tide continued to dominate the half, outpacing the Mocs 12-5 in shots
Before the two teams would head into the locker room, Kate Henderson tallied her first goal of the season
Kennedy Garcia crossed the ball from the right corner to Henderson in the box
Henderson cut towards goal, before bending the shot with her left foot into the corner
Paul would again capitalize on a restart as she secured her second goal of the game off a bad kick from UTC's goalkeeper
Before time expired, Lexi Meyer threaded a ball through the back line to Kiley Kukan to go one-on-one with the goalkeeper
Of the Tide's 17 shots, 10 were on goal forcing Caroline Ekern to make six saves
Coralie Lallier tallied her first shutout of the season, making two saves to secure the clean sheet
Paul's goal was the fastest by an Alabama athlete since Abbie Boswell netted a goal in the 25^th second against Missouri in 2017
- UA's fastest goal was by Brooke Rogers who found the back of the net just 11 second into her 2007 match against Robert Morris

Alabama returns home to host a pair of matches at the Alabama Soccer Stadium
The Tide will host Florida Atlantic in a 7 p.m. CT match on Thursday night before facing Southern Miss for a Sunday match at 6 p.m.
Fans can follow both games on SEC Network+

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