Alabama Soccer Coach Wes Hart Collects 100th Career Victory: Roll Call, August 26, 2024

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Nov 18, 2022; Tuscaloosa, AL, USA; Alabama head coach Wes Hart works with his team before the NCAA Tournament game with Portland at the University of Alabama Soccer Stadium. Ncaa Womens Soccer Ncaa Soccer Tournament Alabama Vs Portland / Gary Cosby Jr. / USA TODAY NETWORK

Alabama soccer coach Wes Hart, who has led the Crimson Tide to each of the past three NCAA Tournaments and a Women's College Cup berth in 2022, achieved the 100-win milestone on Sunday. With his team's 4-0 blanking of the Chattanooga Mocs, Hart cemented the feat in his 10th season.

The former Major League Soccer player has turned around the Alabama program since taking over for Todd Bramble ahead of the 2015 campaign. He's come a long way from that season's match against Troy, his first win as a head coach. Hart was previously an assistant at Florida State, which won a national title the year prior to his arrival in Tuscaloosa.

Gianna Paul scored twice, while Kate Henderson and Kiley Kukan scored the other two goals as the Crimson Tide improved to 3-1-0. Up to this point, the team has played only one of its contests at home.

Alabama Softball Legend Haylie McCleney Plays Final Game

Former Alabama softball star Haylie McCleney played her final professional softball game over the weekend as the 2024 Athletes Unlimited Softball season came to an end. McCleney concludes a decade-long career after playing four seasons for the Crimson Tide.

McCleney is the Alabama career leader in batting average (.447), on base percentage (.569) and triples (16) and is also ranked in the top three in runs scored (2nd – 279), walks (2nd – 199), stolen base percentage (2nd - .994), doubles (3rd – 57) and total bases (3rd – 483).

The four-time All-American made the USA National Team roster in 2014, competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she batted .529 on the way to winning the silver medal. McCleney followed up by helping USA win gold in the 2022 World Games in Birmingham. She competed in Athletes Unlimited for the last five years and was the fourth player in AU history to record over 100 hits. — Joe Gaither

Leave the game better than you found it❤️@hayliemac8 #RollTide pic.twitter.com/e5x10laZ1l

— Alabama Softball (@AlabamaSB) August 25, 2024

Today's Crimson Tide Schedule:

• No games scheduled.

Crimson Tide Results:

• Women's soccer: Alabama 4, Chattanooga 0.

Did You Notice?

• Former Alabama baseball player Tyler Gentry was called up to Major League Baseball by the Kansas City Royals. He manned right field at Sewell-Thomas Stadium from 2019-20 and is the 70th player in program history to get the call to the big leagues.

Quite the Sunday for @TylerGentry15!#RollTide pic.twitter.com/xQ3rfaO47P

— Alabama Baseball (@AlabamaBSB) August 26, 2024

• Former Alabama safety Ronnie Harrison was released by the Indianapolis Colts. With teams having to get down to 53 players by Tuesday, Head coach Shane Steichen called the move "a tough one." Harrison spent half of last season learning to play a new position, lineabcker.

Countdown to Crimson Tide's 2024 Football Season Opener

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On This Day in Crimson Tide History:

• August 26, 1930: Wallace Wade, who was entering his final year as head coach of Alabama, said "toting ice, chopping down trees, working in steel mills and other laborious tasks do not put athletes in a good frame of mind for football. When they don their moleskins in September, they are stiff and pep-less if they have had that type of summer regimen. I prefer regular exercise programs with emphasis on running." – Bryant Museum

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

“Mama wanted me to be a preacher. I told her coachin’ and prechin’ were a lot alike.”

-  Paul W. “Bear” Bryant

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