WSOC gets first SEC win

TideATL70

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After yet another draw on the road against AU, the ladies had maybe their best defensive performance of the season in the 1-0 win Sunday night. With the very strange record of 1-1-5 we are still poised for a top 5-6 seed if we can win our last 3. USC and Vandy on the road and FLA at home will be tough, but only the Gamecocks are in the top 5 of the SEC standings right now. Not sure of any backstory, but Coach Hart made a goalie switch at half of the UK loss as we were down 0-2 and Ellie Lanyi has only given up one goal (a PK vs Auburn) in her last 3 games.
 

HSV_1969

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It has been a strange season. I have watched large portions of all the SEC games, and several of the out of conference games, and trying to be as unbiased as I can, I think the record based on which team controlled the game should be closer to 5-2 in SEC games.

I feel like in the Texas game, Alabama was outplayed most of the game, so was fortunate to draw. In the UK game, Alabama may have controlled more of the game after going down by 2 goals early, but I also counted that game as in the "should have lost" category due to the early deficit.

I realize the "results are what they are", but in each of the other 5 games in which the record of the team was 1-0-4, I felt like Alabama controlled more of the games, so the 4 draws really "felt more like a loss."

The win against Texas A&M was big in that it kept the team in the hunt for at least an opportunity to play in the SEC tournament. The current RPI rating is 83rd, so at this point an invitation to the NCAA tournament would take quite a bit of work in the late part of the season.

One of the major disappointments of the season was dropping a game at Michigan (currently 2-11-2, RPI 144). At the time, it was Michigan's first win of the year, and in a "which team deserved to win" assessment, I think Michigan just outplayed the Tide ladies that day and deserved the win.
 

TideATL70

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Great points HSV. I was hoping after the 1-0 win over a good Aggie squad we'd follow up with a strong performance on the road in Columbia but the 3-0 loss we couldn't seem to get anything going on either end. BUT- the Florida match at home and Vandy (RPI of 20 I think and 5 draws just like us) on the road provide us with opportunities to get some momentum heading to Pensacola and the SEC Tourney. I have to remind myself it's a very young team and getting the right chemistry has been a challenge. And I'll admit, the stellar performances of the last few years have me spoiled a bit. As I follow McKinley Crone's pro career in the NWSL in Orlando, I really appreciate more and more her time in T-Town.
Glancing at the standings, we drew a bit of the short end of the stick with our schedule as we missed out on playing LSU/UT/Ole Miss/OU this year as they are all near the bottom.
 

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