No. 12 Vols win fifth straight SEC match

COLUMBIA, S.C. – No. 12 Tennessee picked up its fifth straight SEC win on Sunday, taking down No. 19 South Carolina on the street, 1-0.

It is the primary time UT has managed 5 straight SEC wins since 2007, when the staff went 8-2-1 within the SEC earlier than making it to the NCAA Candy 16.

UT’s win broke South Carolina’s dwelling unbeaten streak in convention play courting again to 2018.

Tennessee improved to 12-1-0 on the season and 5-1 in SEC play. USC falls to 9-4-0 on the 12 months and 4-2 in convention video games.

Freshman Taylor Huff put within the recreation winner for Tennessee, whereas junior Lindsay Romig made 4 saves on the day to safe UT’s ninth shutout of the season.

“The margin for error between wins and losses in a few of these video games is so slight. Being accountable and limiting probabilities is a giant deal, and for essentially the most half, we did that right now. Hats off to our children for incomes two shutouts on the weekend. That is not straightforward on this league,” mentioned Tennessee head coach Brian Penksy.

“This can be a robust place to play, as is evidenced by them not shedding a house SEC recreation right here since 2018. Our youngsters had been fairly decided to finish that streak. After which in fact there’s Taylor Huff simply being Taylor Huff. To win huge video games like this, you want gamers to step up and make huge performs, and that is the second time towards a high-quality opponent the place Taylor has come up enormous for us. That was one heck of a shot.”

The match was a back-and-forth affair within the first half with each groups managing 4 photographs, and Tennessee logging two saves to USC’s one.

South Carolina received an opportunity early within the type of a penalty kick quarter-hour in, however Jyllissa Harris missed extensive proper.

Huff received a pair probabilities halfway by the half, however could not land both, and the sport went to half tied, 0-0.

Huff received two beauty early within the second half, rocketing a shot on objective from contained in the field 4 minutes in, after which beating three defenders earlier than ripping a shot excessive and towards the nook on the 61-minute mark, however Hinz was capable of make saves on each.

UT almost scored once more within the seventieth minute when Mackenzie George beat a South Carolina defender in a foot race to get off a fantastic cross, discovering Huff on the six-yard field, however the shot missed extensive left.

Tennessee’s strain paid off within the 87th minute when Jaida Thomas discovered Huff within the offensive third and Huff blasted a shot into the online from 25 yards out to provide UT the win on the street.

UP NEXT: Tennessee returns dwelling to host Mississippi State in a Friday night time match. The sport is ready to kick off at 8 p.m. ET and will probably be streamed on SECN+.

SECOND HALF TEAM: Tennessee is outscoring opponents 24-3 after halftime, has scored eight objectives in the course of the last 10 minutes of regulation and has landed two golden objectives this season.

FRESHMAN PHENOM: The objective strikes Taylor Huff’s objective whole to a team-leading seven. She sits at 17 in whole factors, one level shy of the staff chief Claudia Dipasupil.

DIPASUPIL DISHING: Junior Claudia Dipasupil recorded her sixth help of the season towards South Carolina. She has six objectives and 6 assists on the 12 months to steer UT in whole factors (18).

PROTECTING THE NET: The win towards the Gamecocks is UT’s second straight shutout and ninth of the season. It is essentially the most shutouts Tennessee has recorded since 2018 once they managed a program-best-tying 12.