While it may not be an ideal situation, coach Todd Bramble said he is happy with how the schedule is laid out. First, the team will host Arkansas on Friday night before it travels to Missouri Sunday for another game that afternoon.
“Every game is a single game and we have to win it,” senior defender Maruschka Waldus said. “If it’s away or if it’s home, it doesn’t matter. It’s a game and you can get three points, so it’s just three points there or three points here – we have to get them.”
With the Arkansas game first on Friday, Bramble said he would like to see the team come out and have a good performance at home.
“For some reason, we’ve kind of had it backwards this year where we’ve been a better team away from home than we have at home,” he said.
After Arkansas, the team will head to Missouri for what Bramble said should be an interesting challenge.
“They’ve been undefeated at home and we’ve been really good away from home,” he said. “I’m really confident in how this team has handled tough road environments so far this year, so I have a lot of optimism going up to Columbia on Sunday.”
The Arkansas game will kick off Friday at 7 p.m. at The University of Alabama Soccer Complex. The match at Missouri will begin Sunday at 1 p.m. Both matches will air on SECNetwork+.
