Tennessee Soccer Notes vs. Alabama 10-19

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TENNESSEE 2011 LADY VOL SOCCER

Three SEC Regular Season Titles 2003, 2004, 2005

Four SEC Tournament Titles 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008

Three SEC Regular Season Championships | Four SEC Tournament Titles | Nine All-Americans

#19 UT (12-4, 5-3 SEC) at Alabama (7-6-2, 2-4-1 SEC) -- 7 p.m. CT

2011 LADY VOL SOCCER SCHEDULE

Oct. 20, 2011 | Alabama Soccer Stadium | Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Big Orange Slices... UT Has THREE of Top Drawer Soccer’s Top 20 SEC Players  Top Drawer Soccer has released a list of what it deems the Top 20 Players in Southeastern Conference soccer and the Lady Vols are well represented. Sophomore forward Caroline Brown came in at #5, senior forward Emily Dowd was #8 and senior forward Chelsea Hatcher rated #16. Tennessee joined Florida and LSU as the only three league schools to boast a trio of players on the illustrious listing. The Road to Orange Beach  Time before the annual SEC Tournament in Orange Beach, Alabama, is growing short and teams are jockeying for one of eight spots in the league’s showcase event slated for Nov. 2-6. As of Oct. 17, Tennessee sits sixth overall in the standings, but are just three points out of first place with three matches remaining. The Lady Vols already own a win over Florida and still have contests to play against Auburn and Georgia. LSU and South Carolina own the head-to-head tiebreaker advantage over the Big Orange by virtue of their wins over UT. 2011 SEC TOURNAMENT SEEDINGS (If the regular season ended on Oct. 17) SEC Pts GD GS GA Matches Left 1. %LSU 6-2-0 18 +9 18 9 SC, at UF, at AR 2. %Florida 6-2-0 18 +9 17 8 at AR, LS, SC 3. %Georgia 6-2-0 18 +7 15 8 at AU, UA, UT 4. %S. Carolina 6-2-0 18 +11 17 6 at LS, AR, at UF 5. ^Auburn 5-3-0 15 +7 19 12 UG, at UT, at UA 6. ^Tennessee 5-3-0 15 +6 16 10 at UA, AU, at UG 7. Kentucky 4-4-0 12 -3 10 13 at MS, UM, at VU 8. *Miss. State 2-5-1 7 -6 9 15 UK, at VU, at UM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9. *Alabama 2-5-1 7 -9 10 19 UT, at UG, AU 10. #Vanderbilt 2-6-0 6 -10 4 14 at UM, MS, UK 11. #Arkansas 2-6-0 6 -12 4 16 UF, at SC, LS 12. Ole Miss 1-7-0 3 -9 11 20 VU, at UK, MS % - Combined head-to-head competition of tied teams: UF 1-0, LS 1-0, UG 1-2, SC 0-1. UF and LS have not met yet this year, both teams have a +9 goal differential in conference games, LS has scored 18 goals while UF has scored 17. ^ - AU and UT have not met yet this year, AU has a +7 goal differential in conference games while UT’s is+6. * - MS and UA tied in their head-to-head meeting. MS is -6 in goal differential while UA is -9. # - VU won the head-to-head meeting with AR Chalk Up Another Rare Feat Achieved  Only once before in Lady Vol soccer history had two players totaled 10 or more goals during the same season. That occurred back during 1998 as Allison Campbell (17 goals) and Laura Lauter (12 goals) crossed into double-digits. Well Tennessee sophomore forward Caroline Brown (10 goals) and senior forward Emily Dowd (10 goals) have now joined that duo in 2011. Brown scored her 10th during the thrilling rally past Ole Miss on Oct. 7, while Dowd hit double figures with her match-winner against Mississippi State on Oct. 9. It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over!  The old adage proved especially true for the Big Orange soccer squad on Fri., Oct. 7, as Tennessee showed its match truly wasn’t over till it was over against Ole Miss. UT spotted the Rebels a 3-0 lead at the half before the Lady Vols began a stirring rally to post a 4-3 (OT) victory on senior forward Chelsea Hatcher’s “golden goal” at 91:33. The occurrence marked the LARGEST COMEBACK IN UT SOCCER HISTORY and also just the fourth time in UT annals that the team allowed three goals during a match and still managed to win. The Orange & White spotted #15 Duke a 3-1 halftime lead back on Aug. 27, 2004, before rallying for a 4-3 (OT) triumph. Tennessee also emerged victorious over Georgia (4-3, OT) on Oct. 27, 2000, and Colorado College (7-5) on Nov. 1, 1998.

CONTACT

Looking at the Trends  At this point in any season certain trends begin developing statistically with a team and Tennessee soc-

 2011 TENNESSEE SOCCER MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT Brian Davis | Assistant Media Relations Director | Office 865.974.7478 Cell 865.696.7947 | Email bdavis16@utk.edu

Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Aug. 19 Kansas W, 2-1 (OT) Aug. 21 Oklahoma W, 3-1 _________________________________________ FIRST TENNESSEE LADY VOL CLASSIC Aug. 26 #8/7 Florida vs. #18/NR Texas A&M UF, 3-2 #15/8 UCLA vs. Tennessee L, 1-2 Aug. 28 Tennessee vs. #18/NR Texas A&M W, 1-0 #8/7 Florida vs. #15/8 UCLA UCLA, 2-0 Sept. 2 Sept. 4 Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Sept. 25 Sept. 30 Oct. 2 Oct. 7 Oct. 9 Oct. 14 Oct. 16 Oct. 20 Oct. 23 Oct. 28 Nov. 2-6 Nov. 11-13 Nov. 18-20 Nov. 25-27 Dec. 2-4

Middle Tennessee W, 2-0 UNC Greensboro W, 2-0 Charlotte W, 5-0 Coastal Carolina W, 4-0 South Carolina* L, 1-2 (2OT) #6/11 Florida* (CSS) W, 4-2 LSU* L, 0-2 Arkansas* W, 4-0 Mississippi* W, 4-3 (OT) Mississippi State* W, 2-0 Kentucky* L, 0-1 (2OT) Vanderbilt* (CSS) W, 1-0 Alabama* 7:00 p.m. (CT) Auburn* (FSN) 1:00 p.m. Georgia* 7:00 p.m. SEC Tournament TBA NCAA First Round TBA NCAA Second Round TBA NCAA Third Round & Quarterfinals TBA NCAA Women’s College Cup TBA

The Scouting Report Scouting Alabama  Tennessee leads the all-time series over Alabama by a 9-2-1 margin and is 9-0-1 over the last 10 meetings between the two programs. UT is 4-2 in six previous contests in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and has won its last four matches at the Alabama Soccer Stadium.  The Crimson Tide enters this weekend with a 7-6-2 overall record and a 2-4-1 mark in Southeastern Conference action. UA is a stellar 5-2-1 this season, however, on its home pitch. Alabama’s league victories both occurred in Tuscaloosa against Vanderbilt (2-0) and Arkansas (3-0), while it tied Mississippi State in Starkville (2-2, 2OT).  Redshirt freshman MF Theresa Diederich leads a crew of five Crimson Tide players that possess three or more goals each with 5 G and 1 A for 11 total points. Freshman F Pia Rijsdijk and sophomore F Kendall Khanna each own 3 G and 4 A. Between the pipes, Alabama has a senior GK in Justine Bernier. The Oakville, Ontario, Canada, native is 5-6-1 overall with five solo shutouts, a 1.36 GAA and 70 saves in 13 matches of work (1129 minutes).  Alabama enters its contest against the Lady Vols rated ninth in the SEC in goals scored (23) for an average of 1.44 per contest. Conversely, UT has tallied 36 times for a 2.25 goal-per-match average. UA is deadlocked for ninth in goals allowed having permitted 25 (1.56 per match), while Tennessee has given up just 14 (0.88 per match).

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