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ORANGE BEACH, Alabama - The Texas A&M Aggies got a golden goal from Emily Bates in the 103rd minute to topple the Alabama Crimson Tide, 1-0, in SEC Tournament first round action Monday evening at Orange Beach Sportsplex.The final play was set up when goalkeeper Danielle Rice sent the ball out to Haley Pounds on the left side. Pounds dribbled past Alabamas midfield, found a gap in the Crimson Tides backline and shot from 22 yards. Alabama goalkeeper Kat Stratton, who had been spectacular all night, was unable to corral the blast from Pounds and the carom trickled near the right post. Emily Bates blasted a shot off of Strattons mitts. The ricochet hit the post and bounced over the goal line for the game-winner.Texas A&M (11-7-1) was on the brink of breaking the scoring seal for much of the match, but a stellar effort from Stratton kept the Aggies off the scoreboard. The Crimson Tides netminder made 12 saves, including six in the second half and three in overtime.Mikaela Harvey nearly put the match away twice in the first overtime period. She had a shot from six-yards out that was stonewalled by Stratton and a first-touch shot from 12 yards that was stopped by crafty Crimson Tide defender.The offensive numbers were overwhelmingly in favor of the Aggies. Texas A&M owned the edges in shots (26-7), shots-on-goal (14-3) and corner kicks (10-5).Rice picked up her sixth shutout of the season making three saves on the evening.An Aggie backline of Kendall Ritchie, McKayla Paulson, Grace Wright and Grace Piper did a bang-up job of holding Alabamas top scoring threat Abbie Boswell without a shot-on-goal for the match.Texas A&M returns to action Wednesday when they battle SEC regular-season champion South Carolina in a 5 p.m. contest in the SEC Quarterfinal round in Orange Beach.Texas A&M QuotesHead Coach G GuerrieriOn the match...I thought as the game went on we got stronger and stronger. We did a great job of keeping the ball and keeping Alabama on the defensive. Their goalkeeper had an outstanding game and she was the difference between us putting the game away early and having to play overtime. I thought Alabama came out and played bravely and it took a super effort at the end to win it.Junior goalkeeper Danielle RiceOn the match...Alabama did a great job defensively of keeping us off the scoreboard. We got a lot of good shots, but their keeper did an outstanding job. I went over to her after the game and told her You were terrific. You stole it from us multiple times. It was a fight for us, but it was nice to be able to see us keep possession and keep getting shots-on-goal.Randal Grichuk Jersey . Andrew Luck lost his favourite target and the Indianapolis locker room lost one of its most revered leaders when Reggie Wayne was diagnosed Monday with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee that will cost him the rest of the season. Jesse Barfield Jersey . Giroud, who wasnt in the starting lineup for two matches after allegations about his private life and a decline in form, scored twice in the first half. 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Devon Travis Jersey . - NASCAR announced a 33-race schedule for the 2014 Nationwide Series with virtually no changes from this years slate.Hampden Park officials have moved to allay fears about the state of the pitch ahead of this weekends Scottish Cup semi-finals.The playing surface at Scotlands national stadium has been relaid since last Sundays Petrofac Training Cup final but Peter Dallas, managing director of Hampden Park Ltd, believes it will cope with Saturdays match between Hibernian and Dundee United and the Celtic and Rangers showdown on Sunday.Dallas told Sky Sports News HQ on Thursday: The pitch is looking excellent. We are very pleased with the installation. The installation was completed on Tuesday night at 8pm. The process started on Sunday immediately after the Petrofac Cup final. We are very pleased with the surface, its been cut this morning and its looking good. We are looking forward to an excellent weekend of football. Its been well documented that there were certain areas where the grass was not developing as well as we expected. We had professional analysis taken on the pitch and therefore we had a decision to make.The overriding factors were that the pitch may have developed over the next few weeks or so, however there was a chance that thee pitch may go backwards and might regress.dddddddddddd. There have been numerous problems with the pitch at Hampden in the past A big decision was made that we should relay the turf - that was a tall order for the installation company. Weve worked very closely with our supply chain and Im delighted to say that all parties came round the table and you can see the magnificent results over 48 hours work.The cost is cost neutral to Hampden Park Ltd. All parties have come together we have a good amicable relationship and we have installed the pitch at no cost to Hampden Park Ltd.We expect that this pitch will play well over the next few weeks and for time to come.Also See:Souness: Celtic big favouritesForrester to miss outWarburton: Derby just the startStubbs: Promotion priority ' ' '