2020-21 TEXAS A&M SOCCER GAME 6 | @ ALABAMA | 10/30/2020 | SEC NETWORK + GAME TIME: 7:00 PM CT | SITE: ALABAMA SOCCER STADIUM, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA Texas A&M Media Relations * www.12thMan.com Soccer Contact: Thomas Dick / E-Mail: [email protected] / C: (512) 784-2153 RESULTS/SCHEDULE ALABAMA #8 TEXAS A&M S19 * at Ole Miss W, 3-0 O4 * at #9 Arkansas L, 1-2 CRIMSON TIDE AGGIES O11 * #15 FLORIDA W, 2-1 O16 * MISSISSIPPI STATE W, 3-0 O23 * at Tennessee W, 3-1 2020 Record 1-3-2, 1-3-2 SEC 2020 Record 4-1-0, 4-1-0 SEC Ranking Ranking O30 * at Alabama 7 p.m. unranked 8 - USC Streak Tie 1 Streak Win 3 N6 * LSU 7 p.m. Last 5 / Last 10 0-3-2 / 2-6-2 Last 5 / Last 10 4-1-0 / 7-3-0 N9 * AUBURN 3 p.m. Last Game Oct 23 Last Game Oct 23 N13-22 at SEC Tournament at LSU - T, 3-3 (2ot) at Tennessee - W, 3-1 (Orange Beach, Alabama) Head Coach Wes Hart (Washington, ‘99) Head Coach G Guerrieri (Tulsa, ‘85) Overall 45-46-13 (6th season) Overall 476-149-39 (30th season) at Alabama at Texas A&M * - SEC Game 45-46-13 (6th season) 460-137-39 (28th season) The No. 8 Texas A&M Aggies wrap up the road portion of their fall slate Friday when they travel to Tuscaloosa for a 7 p.m. contest against the Alabama Crimson Tide. The Aggies enter play at 4-1-0, including a three-match win streak with wins against No. 15 Florida (2-1), Mississippi State (3-0) and Tennessee (3-1). Alabama has spun their wheels since a season opening win against Tennessee, with ties against Mississippi State (1-1) and LSU (3-3) and losses to Florida (2-1), Arkansas (2-1) and Ole Miss (2-0). Texas A&M boasts an impressive corps of freshmen, including Barbara Olivieri and Lauren Geczik who have claimed the last three SEC Freshmen of the Week honors. FOLLOW THE ACTION Fans can listen to every match in 2020 worldwide, on 12thMan.com/Live and the 12th Man app. SERIES VS. ALABAMA Texas A&M owns a 7-3-1 edge in the all-time series against the Crimson Tide. After drop- ping the initial meeting in 1995, 3-1, in College Station, the Aggies rattled off five straight wins, including their first three matches as SEC foes. The squads are an even 2-2-1 in the last five matches, with Alabama winning both contests in Tuscaloosa. 2020 SEC STANDINGS Last season, playing without All-American Ally Watt, Texas A&M battled Alabama to a 1-1 draw at Ellis Field. Alabama scored on an own goal in the 67th minute and Jimena Lopez DIV PTS SEC PTS tied the match with a free kick in the 83rd minute. The Aggies owned the edges in shots EASTERN DIVISION (15-10) and shots-on-goal (7-2), but Alabama’s A.J. Crooks made six saves to keep the #9 South Carolina 4-1-0 12 5-1-0 15 Crimson Tide in the fray. Vanderbilt 3-3-0 9 3-3-0 9 #14 Georgia 2-1-2 8 2-2-2 8 Tennessee 2-1-1 7 2-3-1 7 SCOUTING ALABAMA Missouri 1-2-0 3 1-2-2 5 The Crimson Tide are off to a 1-3-2 start to the season. After a 3-1 victory over Tennessee Kentucky 0-2-2 2 0-3-3 3 to start the season, Alabama has stumbled with ties against Mississippi State (1-1) and Florida 0-2-1 1 1-3-1 4 LSU (3-3) and losses to Florida (2-1), Arkansas (2-1) and Ole Miss (2-0) over their last five matches. WESTERN DIVISION #7 Arkansas 4-0-0 12 5-1-0 15 Alabama has scored nine goals in their six matches, with Riley Mattingly, Serena Pham Mississippi State 2-1-2 8 2-1-3 9 and Carly Wyatt scoring two apiece. #8 Texas A&M 2-1-0 6 4-1-0 12 Ole Miss 2-4-0 6 2-4-0 6 McKinley Crone has played all 580 minutes in goal, posting a 1.71 goals-against average #15 Auburn 1-0-1 4 2-0-2 8 and 36 saves. Alabama 0-3-2 2 1-3-2 5 LSU 0-3-1 1 0-3-2 2 WINNING QUICK FACTS Texas A&M has logged a winning record in all of its previous 27 seasons. The closest the Aggies have finished to the .500 mark is the 12-8-2 (.591) record they posted in 2016. The 27-season string ranks sixth all-time among NCAA Division I schools and it’s the fourth-lon- GENERAL INFORMATION gest active streak, trailing just North Carolina (38), Virginia (33) and Stanford (32). LOCATION College Station, Texas FOUNDED 1872 INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE Texas A&M comes into 2020 with three players who have seen action on foreign national ENROLLMENT 69,465 (54,476 undergrad) - Fall 2019 teams in recent years, including Jimena Lopez, Barbara Olivieri and Andersen Williams. NICKNAME Aggies MASCOT Reveille VIII, American Collie Lopez has several years of experience with Team Mexico. The senior from Mexico City COLORS Maroon & White has played over 30 international matches for Mexico National Teams since 2016. Most re- CONFERENCE Southeastern (SEC) cently, Lopez took part in the 2019 Pan American Games in Peru along with 2020 Olympic PRESIDENT Michael K. Young qualifying matches in Edinburg, Texas and Carson, California. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Ross Bjork Olivieri played two matches with Venezuela’s U17 squad in 2018 and she scored two goals HOME FIELD Ellis Field (3,500) in three matches with the U20 team in 2020. She has also trained with the senior national OPENED/RENOVATED 1994/2011 & 2013 team in 2019 and 2020. SURFACE Natural Grace (Tifway Burmuda) Williams has logged 15 matches with Canada’s squads, including three appearances at the CONCACAF U20 Championship in 2020. She scored three goals in four matches at the COACHING STAFF CONCACAF U17 Championship in 2018. She helped Canada to a fourth-place finish at the HEAD COACH G Guerrieri (Tulsa, ‘85) FIFA Women’s U17 World Cup in 208. RECORD AT A&M 460-137-39 (.754) / 28th year OVERALL RECORD 476-149-39 (.746) / 30th year STRONG FINISHES ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Phil Stephenson (Lock Haven, ‘87) The last four seasons, the Maroon & White have outscored opponents 86-37 in the second ASSISTANT COACH Lori Stephenson (Methodist, ‘88) half, including 6-3 in 2020. In 2019, Texas A&M bested opponents, 29-13, in the second VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH stanza. It continues a trend with the Aggies, who also outscored opponents 26-13 in the Nathan Kogut (Colorado State, ‘09) second half in 2018 and 25-8 in 2017. DIRECTOR OF SOCCER OPERATIONS Curt Magnuson (Texas A&M, ‘99) THE NETMINDERS The Aggies boast a deep goalkeeping corps with three netminders who have logged starts. TEAM INFORMATION Shantel Hutton has seen the most action with 20 starts, posting a 12-5-3 record and 0.87 goals-against average with nine shutouts. Kenna Caldwell has played in six matches, 2019 RECORD 14-5-3 (.704) including four starts, logging a 4-1-0 record with a 1.36 gaa. Jordan Burbank has played 2019 SEC RECORD (FINISH) 7-2-1 (3rd SEC) in four matches, including three starts, recording a 0.75 gaa and one shutout. FINAL NATIONAL RANKING No. 22 USC, No. 25 RPI SEC POSTSEASON quarterfinal - L, 0-1 vs. Florida HUTTON SETS A&M FRESHMAN SHUTOUT STREAK MARK NCAA POSTSEASON 1st round - W, 4-1 TEXAS Shantel Hutton set the Aggie freshman record for consecutive shutouts with five in a row 2nd round - L, 1-2 at #9 USC in 2019. Her streak ended after 563:26 without surrendering a goal - also an A&M freshman record. The stretch included a pair of, 0-0, double overtime draws. During the stretch Hut- STARTERS RETURNING / LOST 6/7* ton has won a pair of SEC Freshman of the Week accolades. * - started at least 50 percent of team’s matches LETTERWINNERS RETURNING / LOST 13 / 10 NEWCOMERS 10 HUTTON EARNS SEASON-OPENING SEC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Shantel Hutton set the Aggie freshman record for consecutive shutouts with five in a row in 2019. Her streak ended after 563:26 without surrendering a goal - also an A&M freshman TEAM INFORMATION record. The stretch included a pair of, 0-0, double overtime draws. During the stretch Hut- ton has won a pair of SEC Freshman of the Week accolades. ALL-TIME RECORD 460-137-39 (.754) / 28th season ALL-TIME HOME RECORD 263-37-12 (.862) ALL-TIME ELLIS FIELD RECORD 256-37-12 (.859) AGGIES BOAST THREE STRAIGHT SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK WINNERS Barbara Olivieri was earned SEC Freshman of the Week for week four and five and Lauren ALL-TIME BIG 12 RECORD 121-25-10 (16 years) Geczik picked up the honor for week six. ALL-TIME SEC RECORD 65-21-6 (9th year) NCAA POST SEASON APPEARANCES 25 (1995-2019) Olivieri earned her first recognition after the Aggies’ 2-1 victory over Florida. After register- NCAA BEST FINISH College Cup semifinal (2014) ing an assist in each of her first two matches, Olivieri finally put the biscuit in the basket. NCAA POSTSEASON RECORD 38-23-7 (.610) She bent in a corner kick from the left arc over the keeper’s head and into the far netting to give the Maroon & White a 1-0 lead in their donnybrook against No.