Alabama Soccer Defeats Florida, Clinches SEC Regular Season Title

The Crimson Tide beats the Gators for the first time in 10 years.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The Crimson Tide soccer team, for the first time ever, can call itself an SEC champion as Alabama defeated Florida 2-0 in its final home game of the season. 

Kat Rogers and Riley Tanner were the goal scorers for the Crimson Tide, with Tanner and Marianna Annest each earning an assist. 

With No. 21 South Carolina upsetting No. 18 Tennessee on the road, 6-1, Alabama clinched the SEC regular-season title.

At 16-1-1, Alabama went undefeated at home. The final game of the regular season will be Thursday against Auburn, then the Crimson Tide looks towards the SEC Tournament.

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Final: Alabama 2, Florida 0

Second Half

• Riley Tanner and Ashlynn Serepca come in for Allie Berk and Aislin Streiceck

• Felicia Knox misses the shot high

• Sydney Vincens comes in for Gianna Paul with 11:20 remaining 

• Kat Rogers returns for Macy Clem

• Riley Mattingly Parker comes in for Ashlynn Serepca

• A foul against Florida gives Alabama a free kick 

• Felicia Knox comes back in for Kat Rogers

• A Florida player - with one shoe - misses the shot in front of Alabama's goal

• Allie Berk comes in for Riley Mattingly Parker

• Ashlynn Serepca misses wide

• Gianna Paul comes in for Felicia Knox

• Crone blocks another shot, resulting in a Florida corner kick

• Riley Mattingly Parker's shot is blocked, forcing a corner kick for Alabama

• McKinley Crone blocks a shot out of bounds, resulting in Florida's first corner kick of the half

• Kat Rogers' shot goes off the top goalpost and out of bounds

• GOAL: Riley Tanner buries a shot into the bottom corner. Alabama 2, Florida 0

• Alabama gets an early shot. but is wide of the goal

First Half

• Sydney Vincens misses a shot on goal

• Allie Berk subs in for Riley Mattingly Parker

• Gessica Skorka draws a foul for a free kick near the corner

• A fifth corner for Alabama

• Sydney Vincens subs in for Gianna Paul

• Alabama gets its fourth corner kick of the game

• McKinley Crone saves the shot after another Gator attempt

• Aisling Streiceck checks in for Riley Tanner

• Knox has to jog to the other corner after another block

• A deflection leads to another Alabama corner

• GOAL: Kat Rogers knocks in a shot from outside the box in the 27th minute. Alabama 1, Florida 0.

• Marianna Annest subs in for Ashlynn Serepca with just under 20 minutes to go

• Florida'a Delaney Tauzel gets a yellow card 

• Florida's Alexa Goldberg saves the corner

• Alabama forces the corner 

• Kat Rogers subs in for Macy Clem with 23 minutes remaining

• The referee warns a Florida defender as the physicality picks up

• McKinley Crone saves it

• A foul against Alabama gives Florida a free kick at the top of the box

• Gianna Paul gets behind the defense too early, called for offsides

• Ball for Gianna Paul too long, resulting in another Florida goal kick

• Goal kick for Florida

• Florida gets its first shot off, but wide of the goal post

• Alabama gets its first corner kick of the game

Pregame

Starting lineup for Alabama:

Starting XI pic.twitter.com/KWJtXHtuKF

— Alabama Soccer (@AlabamaSoccer) October 23, 2022

This game also serves as Senior night for Alabama:

Big game tonight!!

We battle for the SEC Regular Season Title and celebrate these ladies for Senior Night. #RollTide pic.twitter.com/eRvn4IM3O5

— Alabama Soccer (@AlabamaSoccer) October 23, 2022