No. 16 UT's fourth win in a row, 0-0 draw against LSU

Knoxville, Tennessee– No. 16 Tennessee picked up their fourth straight shutout Friday to tie LSU 0-0 in front of 1,786 spectators at Regal Soccer Stadium.

Despite failing to record a goal, the Lady Vols were dominant offensively, taking 12 shots against the Tigers’ 6 while holding the ball nearly 60% of the match.

UT (9-3-2, 5-1-1 SEC) was led by sophomore Taylor Huff, who controlled the ball in midfield and had three shots that night. In goal, senior Lindsay Romig played 90 minutes, facing six shots and making one save.

The Tigers (8-3-4, 3-2-2 SEC) got two shots each from Sage Glover and Molly Baker, with three saves from keeper Molly Swift.

Tennessee head coach Joe Kurt said, “Obviously we had some good chances tonight but in the end we didn’t finish. I thought we did enough to win. I couldn’t change my chances,” he said.

“We are still 4-0 in the East and that is important in terms of winning[in the division]. I’m just in a good position.”

Tennessee managed three quick shots in the opening minutes but had their first quality appearance at 18^th Huff got the ball in midfield and dribbled a defender to the top of the box before Jada Thomas missed a shot.A minute later Huff created a chance but the shot went over the crossbar. .

Huff scored UT’s first shot on 31^st In the minute, he forced Swift into a diving save with a blast from 16 yards out. She created another chance before the half and after a free-kick was played short, she drove into the box and crossed it to a host of volunteers, who fired one shot at the net by Zarski, but a deflection by a Tiger defender resulted in a goal. prevented.

Thomas got his first good opportunity of the second half just four minutes in, coming at the end of Huff’s cross and hitting the target from 10 yards out after the touch, but the Swift and LSU defenders teamed up. Kept the ball with.Out of the net.

Romig made the game’s first save at 57^th One minute when Glover got behind the Tennessee defense and scored the Tigers’ only shot on goal of the night.

Tennessee made a strong push offensively in the final minutes, but ultimately failed to find the back of the net as the score dropped to zero and time expired.

next: The Lady Vols travel to Auburn for Thursday’s 7:30 p.m. ET matchup streaming on SECN+.

shut out season: Fourth straight shutout against Ole Miss, Missouri, Georgia and LSU is the first time since 2005 that a Tennessee team has recorded four straight shutouts against an SEC opponent. His clean seat that season saw wins over Georgia (1-0), LSU (2-0), Auburn (1-0) and his 0-0 against Vanderbilt in the SEC tournament to which UT belongs. It was brought in the form of a draw. They went 4-3 on penalties to clinch the SEC Championship in their next match, a 1-0 win over Auburn.