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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — No. 3/5 Tennessee picked up three points at home Friday night, earning its third SEC victory of the season with a 1-0 win over Texas A&M.
With the result, the Lady Vols improved to 9-1-1 overall and 3-1-0 in SEC play. UT remains unbeaten at Regal Soccer Stadium, extending its home record to 5-0-0.
In a tight, one-goal match, Tennessee outlasted Texas A&M for its third 1-0 victory and ninth clean sheet of the season.
The first half featured more defense than offensive chances, as the Lady Vols and Aggies combined for just five shots and three corners. The teams went into halftime tied at 0-0.
Tennessee found its break in the 71st minute. Freshman Milee Zych played a ball from the right sideline into senior Mac Midgley at midfield. Midgley slipped a through pass between two Texas A&M defenders to sophomore Reese Mattern, who entered the top left side of the box and, while falling to her left, delivered a one-touch ground shot into the far-side net.
The sequence marked Zych's second assist of the season and Midgley's third, both coming on precise passing. Mattern's game-winner was her second goal of the year, matching her total from her 2024 SEC All-Freshman campaign.
Sophomore goalkeeper Cayden Norris was tested in the closing minutes of the matchup, as Texas A&M fired six shots after the Tennessee goal and earned seven second-half corner kicks.
For the match, the Lady Vols tallied eight shots to the Aggies' 10 but controlled 54% of possession. UT is now 3-0-1 when taking fewer shots than its opponents and when tied at halftime.
UP NEXT: Tennessee looks for its fourth consecutive conference win when it hosts No. 17 Georgia on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. ET at Regal Soccer Stadium. It will be UT's fourth ranked matchup of 2025.
Is Tennessee really shaping up to be a serious contender for a championship (either conference or national) this season? What are the more serious soccer followers here thinking? Man, that would be amazing!
I'm already feeling like softball and soccer could go deep into post season play this year, and then basketball is also looking promising.
Could we be lucky enough to have all three of those sports have amazing seasons? Am I nuts for thinking this could be one of the best ever for LV sports?
I'm already feeling like softball and soccer could go deep into post season play this year, and then basketball is also looking promising.
Could we be lucky enough to have all three of those sports have amazing seasons? Am I nuts for thinking this could be one of the best ever for LV sports?
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SEC UPDATE
Tennessee’s next opponent Georgia was tied for top of the conference but got knocked out of the lead with a draw with the Gators. Florida scored the tying goal with 2 minutes left.
Texas got their first SEC win last night. They were awarded a penalty with 10 seconds left.
Another upset, Kentucky knocks off #25 Bama.
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Tennessee’s next opponent Georgia was tied for top of the conference but got knocked out of the lead with a draw with the Gators. Florida scored the tying goal with 2 minutes left.
Texas got their first SEC win last night. They were awarded a penalty with 10 seconds left.
Another upset, Kentucky knocks off #25 Bama.
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(Lady Vols remaining opponents marked with an Unbruised Orange)
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Tennessee is the real deal, Joe Kirt has built something special in Knoxville. Would be nice to get Shae O’Rourke back from injury. We don’t know her status.Is Tennessee really shaping up to be a serious contender for a championship (either conference or national) this season? What are the more serious soccer followers here thinking? Man, that would be amazing!
I'm already feeling like softball and soccer could go deep into post season play this year, and then basketball is also looking promising.
Could we be lucky enough to have all three of those sports have amazing seasons? Am I nuts for thinking this could be one of the best ever for LV sports?
Tennessee is #2 in RPI
Through Games SEP. 26, 2025
| 1 | Virginia | 9-0-1 | ACC | 4-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 5-0-1 | 0-0-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Tennessee | 8-1-1 | SEC | 4-1-1 | 0-0-0 | 4-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 8-0-1 | ACC | 2-0-1 | 0-0-0 | 6-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 6 |
| 4 | Mississippi St. | 7-1-1 | SEC | 3-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 4-0-1 | 0-0-0 | 4 |
| 5 | Wake Forest | 9-1-2 | ACC | 2-1-1 | 0-0-0 | 7-0-1 | 0-0-0 | 7 |
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Thanks for the information you guys post. Good stuff. A while back I wrote that Tennessee had a legitimate chance at a couple of championships this year. Why? First, and most importantly, we have a lot of senior and junior players who have been with the program since the beginning.Teams that win championships, typically have a very senior squad. Let's just hope that our coaching staff understands that and doesn't panic in the homestretch of the regular season and start experimenting. Our last couple of games have seen some interesting subbing that hasn't yielded a net gain. In fact, we have regressed a little, but the team can sharpen up overnight if the coaches stay the course and keep the locker room determined and motivated! . Second, the new roster cap has really leveled the playing field and a lot of teams are adjusting to it. So, with those two variables in play, this is prime time for the Tennessee women to seize a championship. It's anybody's trophy for the taking, we have the talent to bring it home!
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Losing a couple of our attackers early in the season has been unfortunate. But this team can still score. We've got to start taking legitimate strikes outside the box. Our shots on goal numbers have dropped since the beginning of the season. In order to have a legitimate chance at the championship, we should be taking about 20 SOG per game with a 15% (or more 
) goal scored ratio. I think our last game we may have taken seven. And a few of those didn't look like shots. This isn't a complicated strategy. Pull the trigger, take shots on goal, some will go in, some will bounce around in the box and get tipped in. We need the fastest players on the field at all times. This is a game of speed and strikes on goal. It seems like we're spending too much time trying to build from the backfield. I know that is a beautiful tactic when it works. But we are doing it too slow. We have to get up the field quickly and strike. If we do that we will be just fine. Oh, we need to balance the attack. For some reason we keep going up the left side of the field. Everybody knows our tactic now. We need to balance it left middle right. We have one of the best defenses in the country, (as long as the new coach doesn't mess it up) , all we need to do now is attack. Over and over and over and over again.
OK that's my very simplistic input for the season.
. Go Vols!!
) goal scored ratio. I think our last game we may have taken seven. And a few of those didn't look like shots. This isn't a complicated strategy. Pull the trigger, take shots on goal, some will go in, some will bounce around in the box and get tipped in. We need the fastest players on the field at all times. This is a game of speed and strikes on goal. It seems like we're spending too much time trying to build from the backfield. I know that is a beautiful tactic when it works. But we are doing it too slow. We have to get up the field quickly and strike. If we do that we will be just fine. Oh, we need to balance the attack. For some reason we keep going up the left side of the field. Everybody knows our tactic now. We need to balance it left middle right. We have one of the best defenses in the country, (as long as the new coach doesn't mess it up) , all we need to do now is attack. Over and over and over and over again.OK that's my very simplistic input for the season.
. Go Vols!!
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