Monday, September 11, 2017

Bama Soccer Makes It 5 In A Row; Tide Men's Golf Finishes 2nd; Alabama Remains First In Both Major Polls




Alabama Soccer Makes It Five In A Row



University of Alabama Soccer
Photo Credit: UA Athletics


TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – Oh they're rolling! Big time! The University of Alabama women's soccer extended its win streak to five games, which just happens to be the longest streak since the 2012 season. The Crimson Tide took down Tennessee Tech 1-0 on Sunday afternoon at the Alabama Soccer Complex in beautiful Tuscaloosa, Alabama.  This was their third shutout of the season for Bama (7-1), allowing no shots on goal by the Golden Eagles (3-3).

It wasn't all rosy for the Tide, however. UA head soccer coach Wes Hart said, "In general I thought this was one of our flatter performances in terms of our energy level. The most disappointing thing was our overall energy level because I thought it was flat, but credit to the group for finding a way to win. We are not too good to take an ugly win."

Alabama picked up 13 shots in the game compared to the Golden Eagles with six shots, while the Tide eight corners, to Tennessee Tech's two.

Cloe Maize had four shots and three shots on goal for the Crimson Tide, followed by Chatham Deprospo with three shots and two SOG, Casey Wertz with two shots and one SOG with Brynn Martin taking one shot.  

Next up for Alabama is seventh-ranked South Carolina in Columbia. Match time is Friday evening at 6:00 p.m. CT.



Team Statistics
Game Stats   TTU   UA
Goals   0   1
Shots   6   13
Shots on Goal   0   7
Saves   6   0
Corners   2   8
Offsides   1   6
Fouls   10   9


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Crimson Tide Men's Golf
Places Second At Carpet Capital Collegiate



Photo Credit: UA Athletics


DALTON, Georgia – Though coming from behind to take a share of the lead in the final round of the Carpet Capital Collegiate in Dalton, Georgia on Sunday, the University of Alabama men's golf team finished the final round in second place. Both the Crimson Tide and the winning team, the 18th-ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets finished with identical scores of 14-under par 850 after 54 holes, but in the three-hole playoff it was the tournament host Jackets that edged the Tide for the victory.

Alabama shot a 20-under par over the final 36 holes to be in position to win this year's season-opening event. After finishing the opening round in eighth place with a 6-over par 294, the Crimson Tide came back with an 11-under par 277 on Saturday, then followed that up with a 9-under par 279 Sunday to sit atop the field after 54 holes of play. Moreover, the Tide's final two rounds were the two lowest rounds in the entire field throughout the three-day event.

Alabama men's golf head coach Jay Seawell said, "I'm real proud because I think we showed a great deal of resiliency. In the first tournament of the year, I think there's a lot we can learn, even when we were doing things well. We have a theme this year of bouncing back after something doesn't go our way and I thought our guys did a great job of that. We were pretty much irrelevant through the first nine holes today, but over the last six or seven holes we played some seriously stellar golf. I'm really proud of our guys doing a great job and giving our team a chance to win."  

Bama's top two performers were junior Davis Riley with a third place finish and senior Lee Hodges coming in ninth. 


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Alabama Remains No. 1 In Both Polls





Associated Press Poll


  1 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE
  2 Oklahoma
  3 Clemson
  4 USC
  5 Penn State
  6 Washington
  7 Michigan
  8 Ohio State
  9 Oklahoma State
10 Wisconsin
11 Florida State
12 LSU
13 Georgia
14 Louisville
15 Auburn
16 Virginia Tech
17 Miami
18 Kansas State
19 Stanford
20 TCU
21 Washington State
22 South Florida
23 Tennessee
24 Florida
25 UCLA


Amway Coaches Poll


  1 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE
  2 Clemson
  3 Oklahoma
  4 USC
  5 Penn State
  6 Washington
  7 Michigan
  8 Oklahoma State 
  9 Ohio State
10 Florida State
11 LSU
12 Wisconsin
13 Georgia
14 Louisville 
15 Miami
16 Virginia Tech
17 Auburn
18 Kansas State
19 Stanford
20 TCU
21 South Florida
22 Washington State
23 Tennessee
24 Utah
25 Florida