Texas A&M Soccer faces Alabama this Friday at Ellis Field. Action is set to kickoff at 7PM.
Alabama has a 4-7-2 record on the year including a 1-4 conference record. The lone conference win was a home victory against LSU (3-2) and other wins came over regional teams Troy (1-0), Southern Miss (1-0) and Jacksonville State (2-0). Losses have been many and include conference foes Auburn (1-2), South Carolina (0-3), Ole Miss (2-3) and Kentucky (0-1).
Alabama has been outscored by opponents 15-11 on the year. Junior midfielder Celia Jimenez (#7) has scored 4 of those goals and has added an assist. She leads the team in shots (39) and shots on goal (13).
Alabama's only returning All-SEC selection is senior goalkepper Emily Rusk (#55), who made the All-Conference 2nd Team last season. Rusk has allowed 10 goals on the season and has totaled 36 saves. Her goal against average is .95. Rusk has played over 77% of the minutes in goal for Alabama and has split time with sophomore Kat Stratton (#1) in a few games this season However, Stratton played the entire match in place of Rusk last Thursday night. Stratton has allowed 5 goals with 10 saves and has a goal against average of 1.59. The two have combined for 5 shutouts. The Crimson Tide themselves have been shutout 6 times.
Alabama has earned 10 yellow cards this season as well as two red cards. Both reds came from multiple bookings in conference matches (vs. South Carolina & vs. Kentucky).
A&M is 4-1 all-time versus the Crimson Tide, with the lone loss coming way back in 1995. The Aggies have not allowed an Alabama goal since joining the SEC, outscoring the Tide 8-0 in two matches.
Alabama opened the season with a series of low scoring games against pitiful opponents. But since starting conference play, they have allowed 2.2 goals per game. They have managed 1.2 goals per game for themselves, but Alabama is just not a good team and even the unremarkable competition in the SEC this year has shown them to be a very bad side. A sixth shutout could be in the cards for the Aggies on Friday.
Alabama has a 4-7-2 record on the year including a 1-4 conference record. The lone conference win was a home victory against LSU (3-2) and other wins came over regional teams Troy (1-0), Southern Miss (1-0) and Jacksonville State (2-0). Losses have been many and include conference foes Auburn (1-2), South Carolina (0-3), Ole Miss (2-3) and Kentucky (0-1).
Alabama has been outscored by opponents 15-11 on the year. Junior midfielder Celia Jimenez (#7) has scored 4 of those goals and has added an assist. She leads the team in shots (39) and shots on goal (13).
Alabama's only returning All-SEC selection is senior goalkepper Emily Rusk (#55), who made the All-Conference 2nd Team last season. Rusk has allowed 10 goals on the season and has totaled 36 saves. Her goal against average is .95. Rusk has played over 77% of the minutes in goal for Alabama and has split time with sophomore Kat Stratton (#1) in a few games this season However, Stratton played the entire match in place of Rusk last Thursday night. Stratton has allowed 5 goals with 10 saves and has a goal against average of 1.59. The two have combined for 5 shutouts. The Crimson Tide themselves have been shutout 6 times.
Alabama has earned 10 yellow cards this season as well as two red cards. Both reds came from multiple bookings in conference matches (vs. South Carolina & vs. Kentucky).
A&M is 4-1 all-time versus the Crimson Tide, with the lone loss coming way back in 1995. The Aggies have not allowed an Alabama goal since joining the SEC, outscoring the Tide 8-0 in two matches.
Alabama opened the season with a series of low scoring games against pitiful opponents. But since starting conference play, they have allowed 2.2 goals per game. They have managed 1.2 goals per game for themselves, but Alabama is just not a good team and even the unremarkable competition in the SEC this year has shown them to be a very bad side. A sixth shutout could be in the cards for the Aggies on Friday.