The Lady Vols (5-2-1, 1-0 SEC) took a 2-1 win at Florida in their last outing. The seniors led the way in that contest with Mackenzie George and Claudia Dipasupil finding the net, and Lindsey Romig recording a career-high nine saves on the night. Romig received SEC Player of the Week honors following that performance.
The Crimson Tide (8-1-1, 1-0 SEC) is coming off a 2-0 win over then-No. 5 South Carolina at home on Thursday.
UT owns a 13-8-1 advantage in the all-time series against UA and is 6-3-1 when playing at home. The teams last met in Tuscaloosa on Sept. 19, 2020, when UT lost 3-1.
In a celebration of 50 years of Title IX, Tennessee will don its new Summitt Blue jerseys for the match.
UP NEXT: The Lady Vols will travel to Kentucky for a 1 p.m. ET contest on Sunday that will be streamed on SECN+.
SCOUTING ALABAMA: The Crimson Tide went 11-10-1 last season and was picked to finish fifth in the SEC this season as voted on by the league’s coaches. UA returns 23 players from the 2021 campaign while adding seven newcomers.
ROCKING THE BLUES: In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Title IX, Tennessee Athletics’ recently updated brand standards has renamed the blue accent color historically associated with the Lady Vols “Summitt Blue.”
Summitt Blue stands alongside “Smokey Grey” and “Dark Mode” (formerly Anthracite) as the three accent colors on Tennessee Athletics’ official color palette. Soccer is one of four teams that will debut the Summitt Blue uniforms during the upcoming 2022-23 academic year – a collection dubbed the “Summitt Legacy” series.
TRACKING THOMAS: Jaida Thomas has now tallied eight goals over the last seven games, moving her career total to 33. She is tied with Hannah Wilkinson at second all-time in career scoring at UT and trails No. 1 Kylee Rossi by only 10.
ROMIG IN THE RECORD BOOK: Lindsey Romig earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors after recording a career-high nine goals at Florida. She currently sits at third all-time in the Tennessee record book with a save percentage of .802, and her career goals against average of .940 ranks fourth. She is seventh all-time in career saves with 191 and ties Shae Yanez at third in most career shutouts (21).
TOP 10 NUMBERS: Tennessee has scored 27 goals on the year…
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