No. 8/14 Vanderbilt vs. Alabama
Tuesday, Nov. 4 • 11:30 a.m. CT • SEC Network
Brosnaham Soccer Complex • Pensacola, Fla.
Series History
• Vanderbilt leads the all-time series 18-9-4, with the last match up coming last season in Pensacola in the opening round of the SEC Tournament and the Alabama taking a 2-1 win over the Dores
• Alabama holds a 2-0 edge over the Commodores in Pensacola during the SEC Tournament but the series is tied 2-2 all-time during conference postseason play
• The Dores and Crimson Tide did not meet during the 2025 regular season, but Vandy leads 5-4 all-time under head coach Darren Ambrose
• Vanderbilt is the only team in the SEC with 13 wins on the year
The Opponent
• Alabama enters the contest 11-7-1, coming off a 2-0 win over South Carolina in the opening round of the SEC Tournament
• After a scoreless 76 minutes, Larkin Thomason broke open the scoring to get the Tide on the board. Gianna Paul doubled the lead in the 89th minute to give Alabama its final result
• Alabama finished 10th in SEC play (4-6 SEC) with regular season wins over Auburn, Missouri, Texas and LSU
Scouting Report
• Gianna Paul, 2025 First-Team All-SEC, leads the Tide with 10 goals on the year, starting 18 matches and dishing six assists
• Melina Rebimbas, All-SEC Third Team, dished an assist on Sunday to help lead the Tide to the quarterfinals. Rebimbas has dished a team-high seven assists on the year
• Larkin Thomason, All-SEC Freshman Team, has the second-most goals with eight and seen action in all 19 games this season, registering over 800 minutes of action
Last Time Out
• No. 10 Vanderbilt soccer registered its sixth SEC shutout of the season, taking down No. 17 South Carolina in a 1-0 decision on Sunday at Stone Stadium, marking the Dores’ first win in Columbia since 2015. The Commodores (13-3-1) finish the regular season, earning second place in the SEC just behind Arkansas and clinching the second seed in SEC Tournament
• Junior Sydney Watts delivered the decisive strike in the 17th minute, scoring her team-leading 12th goal of the season off assists from Grace Freeman and Reagan Pentz. Watt’s 12 goals lead the conference. Keeper Sara Wojdelko earned her eighth shutout of the season and 19th of her career, collecting two saves to preserve the clean sheet. The Dores have registered 11 shutouts, the most since 2019
Leading the Charge Postseason
• Vanderbilt soccer had six recognized last Thursday by the SEC in postseason honors, highlighted by Sara Wojdelko, who was named SEC Goalkeeper of the Year, and Sydney Watts, who earned SEC Forward of the Year. It marks the first time the program earned both goalkeeper and forward of the year
• Additionally, Courtney Jones, Hannah McLaughlin, Watts and Wojdelko all earned All-SEC First Team, while Reagan Pentz and Olivia Stafford were named all-freshman team
• Vanderbilt’s six honors lead the conference for the most by a single team
12 Scorers, 13 Dishers
• So far this season the Commodores have had 12 individuals find the back of the net, seven of which have on multiple occasions
• The Dores have dished 33 assists this year, with 13 different getters
• Vandy has outscored its opponent 37-8 and out dished opponents 33-4
Top-10 Wojo
• In Vandy’s game at Arkansas, keeper Sara Wojdelko cracked into the program’s top-10 in all-time saves
1. 320 Rachel Bachtel 2007-10
2. 262 Christy Barringer 1992-95
3. 234 Lauren Korff 1990-93
4. 224 Tyler Griffin 2004-06
5. 208 Christiana Ogunsami 2014-16
6. 166 Kate Devine 2020-25
7. 160 Lauren Whitt 1998-02
8. 148 Kaitlyn Fahrner 2016-17
9t. 130 Esther Thompson 2002-03
9. 130 Sara Wojdelko 2022-present
