Â鶹¹û¶³'s soccer Bulldogs defeated Vanderbilt University in a dramatic double-overtime win Sept. 13 at the Â鶹¹û¶³ Soccer and Track Stadium. It was Â鶹¹û¶³'s third straight win this season over a team from the Southeastern Conference. Â鶹¹û¶³ posted wins earlier this season over the University of Tennessee and cross-state rival Auburn University.

It is Â鶹¹û¶³'s first outright victory over the Commodores. Â鶹¹û¶³ won a penalty kick shoot-out against Vanderbilt in the first round of the 2005 NCAA playoffs.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.