Alabama dominates Texas A&M with a thrilling 1-0 win

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– A ball played over the top of Alabama football Gianna Paul was the deciding factor in Sunday’s 1-0 win over Texas A&M as the Crimson Tide dominated the offensive side of the ball.

Alabama scored an impressive 21 shots in the game and fired 17 attempts in the second half. Paul’s goal would come in the 21st minute^st minute after a pass from Nadia Ramadan to move the Tide to 8-3-5 on the year and 1-1-5 in Southeastern Conference play. Texas A&M fell to 8-7 overall and 3-4 in the league.

Ellie Lanyi posted UA’s first shutout in league play and secured five saves for the white vest.

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From the head coach Wes Hart

“Super proud of the team for their fight, determination and persistence. It was a tough start to the SEC season, five ties in six games. It would be easy to sit around and feel sorry for ourselves, but I thought the girls said it. “We put that behind us and focused on today’s game. It looked like a team hungry for three points.

“We talked about it at halftime about not trying to just waste time, not trying to just hunker down and defend. 45 minutes against such a strong opponent is too much time. So our message to the group was: go out there and stick with it.” We pushed for the next goal but created some of our best chances and played our best football of the season. I’m really proud of how they executed the game plan.

Game notes

• Ramadan passed an over-the-ball shot to Paul, setting up the UA junior for a one-on-one run toward the goal with the Aggies’ goalkeeper
• Paul picked up a touchdown before going low near the upright to put the Tide on the scoreboard
• The finish brought Paul to 10^Th all-time in program history with their 10th^Th scored one goal this season and also ranked third all-time at UA with 26 goals in her three years with the Tide
• Additionally, she has now scored four game-winning goals this season, moving into fourth all-time in program history
• Ramadan scored her third assist of the year with her pass to Paul for 13 points
• Lanyi made her season-high five saves in the game, earning her third shutout
• The win was the first in league play for Alabama, which moved to 1-1-5 in SEC play
• UA dominated the game with 21-12 shooting, including a 17-4 advantage in the second half
• The Tide’s 21 shots were a season-high for the Aggies, who had previously held all of their opponents to under 16 shots this season
• Texas A&M’s Sydney Fuller recorded a season-high six saves in the game

Next

• Alabama will travel to Columbia, SC to take on the South Carolina Gamecocks
• The game kicks off on Friday, October 18th at 6:00 pm CT on SEC Network+

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