• Alabama Ties, 1-1, Against Georgia in SEC Opener •

• 2023 Bama Soccer 2023 •  Tuscaloosa, AL The No. 7 Alabama soccer team opened Southeastern Conference action Thursday with a 1-1 tie against No. 23 Georgia. With the tie, Alabama extends its home unbeaten streak to 25 games and remains undefeated on the season with a 5-0-4 record, while Georgia moves to 3-1-3. Both teams found their goal in the opening 15 minutes of the game. Gianna Paul put the Tide on the scoreboard in the fourth minute of action as she tallied her sixth goal of the season for Alabama. Nicole Vernis scored the equalizer for Georgia 11 minutes later as the SEC opponents played over 78 minutes of the game with a tied score. From Head Coach Wes Hart: Mixed feelings. I guess that's what a tie does. Not overly excited because I want to win but at the same time not too discouraged because we didn't lose. I thought there were some good moments. I thought in the second half we looked more dangerous. The first half we had more spells of possession but weren't as dangerous. I challenged the group at halftime to take more risks and be more courageous and make things happen, and we did that to an extent. We saw a couple more chances in the second half. "We're still trying to figure out who we are. Last year's team played together for the entire '21 season and entire '22 season, and had combinations of players (that could play with each other) and had familiarity with each other. Here we are nine games into the season and we're still tinkering with the lineup and we're starting to learn who can play well together. Overall, pleased with where we're at. I don't think we're playing our best soccer, yet we're undefeated. Results over top-25 teams, a win over Memphis, draws against North Carolina and Georgia. So, all of that being said, not playing our best soccer but still getting results and still trying to figure out who we are as a group, so I'm extremely excited about that." The Game: A through ball from Felicia Knox to Paul led to a UA goal just four minutes into the action. Knox passed the ball to Paul just outside the box as the sophomore forward took two touches and fired her shot into the lower left corner Georgia's Vernis scored the equalizer in the 15th minute, receiving a pass from Aly Akers inside the box Alabama paced the game in shots, 13-7, including a dominant 6-2 tally in the second half Dylan Pixton made two saves in the game Paul has now scored in six of nine games and against all three of UA's top-25 opponents this season Next: Alabama closes the non-conference schedule on Sunday, facing Mercer in a road game The two teams will kick off on ESPN+ at 1 p.m. CT in Macon, Ga. • ROLLING WITH THE TIDE •