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Christina Jean-Charles
Cowgirl Soccer: Looking Back & Ahead
September 07, 2015 | Cowgirl Soccer
Oklahoma State took its first road trip of the 2015 season last week and dropped a pair of matches to nationally ranked teams. The Cowgirls took No. 5 Florida to overtime before falling, 3-2, and then traveled to 19th-ranked UCF and owned a 1-0 lead at intermission before suffering a 2-1 setback.
Weekend Highlights
Stat Speak
Stars Of The Weekend
Courtney Dike was a force to be reckoned with in leading the OSU attack over the weekend. She factored in both goals against Florida, notching an assist on the first and then finding the back of the net herself, and recorded seven shots in the two games.
Defensively, wide backs Kelsey Bass and Christina Jean-Charles stood out in playing key roles for the Cowgirls.
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Weekend Highlights
- OSU needed just 2:33 to score its first goal against Florida as the Cowgirls took a 1-0 lead when Marlo Zoller finished on a double assist from Christina Jean-Charles and Courtney Dike.
- The Cowgirls recorded their first-ever goals against Florida after being shutout in their previous two meetings with the Gators (2013 and 2014) and being outscored 6-0 in those matches.
- Allie Stephenson recorded her first goal of the season with a 35-yard blast in the first half against UCF. The goal was the 15th of her career, the second-highest total among active Cowgirls.
- Stephenson moved into sixth place on the OSU career shots list with 179.
- Michela Ongaro recorded seven saves against Florida, one shy of her career high.
Stat Speak
- OSU outshot UCF by a 20-10 margin on Sunday. Seven of those shots were on goal, and the Cowgirls also had two shots hit the crossbar and one hit the post.
- The Cowgirls also owned a 7-1 advantage over UCF in corner kicks.
- OSU has had seven different players record points this season, and five different Cowgirls have scored goals, led by Holly Brehmer with three and Courtney Dike and Marlo Zoller with two apiece. Christina Jean-Charles leads OSU with two assists.
- Dike's career goals total stands at 18, three shy of cracking OSU's top 10 list.
Stars Of The Weekend
Courtney Dike was a force to be reckoned with in leading the OSU attack over the weekend. She factored in both goals against Florida, notching an assist on the first and then finding the back of the net herself, and recorded seven shots in the two games.
Defensively, wide backs Kelsey Bass and Christina Jean-Charles stood out in playing key roles for the Cowgirls.
Up Next
- OSU heads west this week for a pair of road games in Washington. The Cowgirls will take on Washington State Friday night in Pullman before concluding the trip Sunday with a match against Gonzaga in Spokane.
- Washington State is 4-0-0 on the season, and the Cougars have outscored their opponents by a 9-3 margin.
- OSU is 0-1-1 all time against WSU. The Cowgirls dropped a 1-0 contest in 2007 at the Inn at St. Mary's Classic in South Bend, Ind., and the two teams tied 2-2 in a double overtime game in Stillwater in 2013, with Courtney Dike and Allie Stephenson scoring goals for OSU.
- Gonzaga will take a 1-2-1 record into a Friday match against Cal State Fullerton.
- The Cowgirls won their only previous meeting against Gonzaga, that coming in 2013 with a 2-1 triumph in Stillwater. Courtney Dike and Madison Mercado scored goals in the win.
- Karley Baggerly leads the Bulldogs with three goals and an assist this season.
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