⚽️Lady Vols Soccer Thread

#2,978
#2,978
Great to see George score a couple of goals last night. While she's been great at producing assists and generating corners, George's weakness as a forward has been that she's not a scorer--and if you are one of two forwards on a team, you have to be able to convert chances into goals. Her shot was weak her first couple of years here and she just didn't seem to have a scorer's instinct. She's obviously been working on this aspect of her game, and we saw some improvement and a few goals last year and she had 2 last night (against an admittedly fairly weak opponent) in the second half after muffing a couple of good chances in the first half. (Thomas muffed one or two first-half chances herself.)

If I were Kirt, I'm be making Simmonds a starter at forward and moving George to right outside back. I think that would make the Vols demonstrable better--as Simmonds has some forward/scoring qualities that George doesn't have, and George could improve our outside midfield play with her pace and physicality. Out outside mids do plenty well enough in games against inferior opponents--but struggle against good teams. I may have said this before, but if George has ambitions of playing pro soccer, she'll likely be asked to play in the midfield and not at forward.

When the opponent wins the ball in the midfield area, our outside mids sometime drop very deep--almost back close to our box. I wonder if they're instructed to do fall back so deeply. I think it's a problem because when they do that, the opposing midfielder has acres of space to drive with the ball down close to our box without getting challenged by anyone. I don't think this is a good thing, but perhaps the coaches feel differently.
 
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MATCH CENTRAL: UT vs. Queens University


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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee closes out its non-conference schedule on Sunday, hosting Queens University in a matinee at 1 p.m. ET. The game will be streamed on SECN+.

The Lady Vols (3-2-1) are coming off a 5-0 victory over Kennesaw State in Regal Stadium on Thursday. Redshirt-junior Jaida Thomas and fifth-year senior Mackenzie George each logged a brace, while sophomore Jordan Fusco rounded out the scoring for UT. In goal, senior Lindsey Romig got the start and logged one save in 73 minutes of action. Redshirt-freshman Ally Zazzara closed out the match.

Queens (0-2-3) is looking for its first win of the season, having tied Morehead State 1-1 in its most recent outing.

This is the first meeting between the two programs.

UP NEXT: The Lady Vols will open SEC play on the road, traveling to Florida for a 7 p.m. ET contest on Friday. The match will be streamed on SECN+.

SCOUTING THE ROYALS: Queens is competing in NCAA Division I for the first time this season, having gone 16-5-1 in Division II in 2021. The Royals went 9-1-1 in the South Atlantic Conference last season, finishing runner-up in the conference tournament before advancing to the NCAA Second Round. Queens returns 22 players from the 2021 squad and welcomes nine newcomers.
VS ASUN: UT is 5-0-2 all-time against ASUN schools. The two ties came a week apart during the 2015 season in the form of scoreless draws against Liberty and Lipscomb.

TRACKING THOMAS: Jaida Thomas has now tallied seven goals over the last five games, moving her career total to 32. She creeps within one goal of tying Hannah Wilkinson at second all-time in career scoring at UT and trails No. 1 Kylee Rossi by only 11.
FEELS LIKE '98: UT has won the last three games by four, seven and five goals, respectively. The last time a Tennessee team won three straight games by four or more goals was in September 1998 when they defeated UNC Asheville (8-1), Xavier (4-0) and Arkansas (5-0).

GIRL ON FIRE: Jaida Thomas has racked up seven goals and one assist in six games to lead the SEC in goals per game, points per game and total goals scored. Her 1.17 goals per game ranks fourth in NCAA Division I, and with 2.5 points per game, she ranks fifth nationally.
NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP: With three goals and four assists over five games, Taylor Huff is averaging 2.00 ppg. to tie for second in the SEC and 15th in Division I.
TOP 10 NUMBERS: Tennessee has scored 19 goals on the year to tie for ninth in the country in scoring offense at 3.17. UT's 3.00 assists per game ties for eighth, and 9.33 points per game ties for ninth.
TENNESSEE ON TOP: The Lady Vols were picked to finish first in the SEC as voted on by the conference's 14 head coaches. UT is coming off a 2021 campaign in which it won a program-best 20 games, clinching an SEC Tournament Championship and going 20-3 en route to the NCAA Round of 16.
 
#2,984
#2,984
Congrats to VFL Carlyn Baldwin on signing with Benfica.

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Look forward seeing her play for one of the top teams in Europe. Rangers and Benfica match up in the Champions League 9/20 & 9/28
 
#2,993
#2,993
Is it common for Freshmen to get redshirted?

I’ve noticed 5 of them have not seen any playing time yet.
 
#2,999
#2,999
Just got to watch highlights but our serves on corners were on a whole different level. Need more of that going forward.
 
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