Cowgirl Soccer Advances To Big 12 Title Game

Oklahoma State's soccer team advanced to Sunday's championship contest at the Big 12 Tournament with a 1-0 win against 21^st-ranked Kansas Friday night at Blossom Soccer Stadium.

The Cowgirls came out on the attack, earning three corner kicks in the first five minutes of the game.

Oklahoma State continued to pound away at the Jayhawks and it paid off when Cassie Lewis scored the game-winner at the 37:15 mark. Nikki Wojtowicz lobbed the ball to Lewis who buried it in the left side of the net after KU's Meghan Miller dove to the right.

Kansas had prime opportunities to score as well. With 30 minutes left in the second half KU took four shots inside the six-yard box resulting in a save by Kathrin Lehmann and a Jayhawk corner.

On the ensuing play, Cowgirl defender Lisa Fulton made a phenomenal save on the goal line when Lehmann went down. Lehmann recovered and ended the contest with three saves while picking up her seventh shutout of the season.

The Cowgirls held a slight 16-14 shot advantage in the contest. KU took 10 to OSU's eight in the second half but the Cowgirls defense proved to be too much.

Oklahoma State improves to 14-4-3 while Kansas falls to 16-5-1. The Cowgirls advanced to Sunday's championship contest in their second appearance at the Big 12 Tournament where they will face Missouri Sunday at 1 p.m. at Blossom Soccer Stadium.

Goals

OSU 37:15 Cassie Lewis, assisted by Nikki Wojtowicz

Goalkeepers

OSU-Kathrin Lehmann (90:00)

KU-Meghan Miller (90:00)

Shots: OSU-16 KU-14

Saves: OSU-5 KU-4

Corners: OSU-10 KU-7

Oklahoma State University Athletics

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