Alabama Battles to 2-2 Draw against No. 11 Texas in SEC Opener

Thursday, September 19

Austin, Texas

7 p.m. CT

Alabama

7-2-1, 0-0-1

Texas

7-0-2, 0-0-1

Alabama

Texas

Alabama Battles to 2-2 Draw against No. 11 Texas in SEC Opener

9/19/2024 10:11:00 PM | Soccer

Box Score

After falling behind 2-0 early in the match, the Crimson Tide tallied goals from Nadia Ramadan and Isabel Smith to tie the Longhorns on the road

AUSTIN, Texas – The Alabama soccer team (7-2-1) overcame a pair of early goals by No. 11 Texas (7-0-2) to capture a 2-2 draw on the road in the Southeastern Conference opener.

The Tide notched goals from Nadia Ramadan (37^th minute) and Isabel Smith (83^rd minute) to secure the draw against the Longhorns as Coralie Lallier tallied eight saves in the game, tying her career high.

From Head Coach Wes Hart

"So proud of the resiliency in our team tonight. We showed a lot of maturity and composure after going down 0-2 early. [We] Came back and scored a couple really nice goals and created several other very good chances. I think both teams could make arguments that they deserved a bit more. At the end, a tie was probably fair. Now we shift our focus to a very good Tennessee team on Sunday."

Game Notes

Texas took an early 2-0 lead off of a pair of goals in the opening 15 minutes of action
A ball played across the front of the goal by Lexi Missimo hit Ashlyn Miller before finding the foot of Amalia Villarreal on the back post in the third minute of action
Ten minutes later, a blocked shot Missimo landed bounced towards Jilly Shimkin, who played the ball in the left corner of the goal
A foul on Kennedy Garcia set up a foul just outside the box in the 37^th minute
Nadia Ramadan drove the free kick through the box and into the right corner of the goal to cut Texas' lead to one
Both teams created chances in the second half as Texas edged the Tide in shots 11-7 over the final 45 minutes
Alabama's equalizer would come with just over seven minutes remaining in the game as Smith's shot hit off the post and bounced wide to Leah Kunde
Kunde dribbled towards the endline before crossing the ball back to Smith to head into the net from the center of the box
Lallier's eight saves tied her career high
Three UA players tallied three shots as Ramadan paced the squad with all three of her attempts falling on frame
Gianna Paul and Madeline Padelski would also tally three shots in the game