Cowgirl Soccer: Looking Back & Ahead

Oklahoma State ran its unbeaten streak to three with a strong road trip over the weekend as the Cowgirls picked up a 1-0 win at Texas Tech Friday night before battling Kansas to a 1-1 draw Sunday. OSU is 7-5-3 on the season, which includes a 2-2-1 mark in Big 12 Conference play, and is at home this week for matches against Oklahoma and TCU.

Weekend Highlights

With its results last week, OSU moved into fifth place in the Big 12 standings.
OSU scored less than five minutes into both of its matches on the weekend. Marlo Zoller converted a chance at the 4:31 mark against Texas Tech, and Courtney Dike bested that against Kansas, scoring just 4:15 into the match.
OSU won in Lubbock for the first time since 2009 with its 1-0 victory over Texas Tech. The Cowgirls are unbeaten in their last five matches against the Red Raiders (2-0-3).
Michela Ongaro recorded 12 saves on the weekend, including eight against Kansas. The eight stops was one shy of her career high.
Ongaro collected a shutout against Texas Tech, her first in Big 12 play this season and second overall.
Dike factored in both OSU goals on the weekend as she recorded an assist on Zoller's score against TTU before finding the back of the net on her own at KU.
Continuing with its 5-3-2 formation, OSU shined defensively. Led by senior center back Natalie Calhoun, who played all 200 minutes on the weekend, the Cowgirls allowed just one goal while defending 42 shots and 17 corner kicks.

Stat Speak

OSU ranks 11^th nationally with 35 goals, just four behind NCAA leader Furman. The Cowgirls are 13^th nationally in points with 100, rank 17^th in assists (30) and are 23^rd in scoring offense at 2.33 goals per game.
Fifteen different Cowgirls have scored goals this season, while 12 different players have notched assists.
Along with leading the Big 12 in goals and points, the Cowgirls are also tied with TCU for the league lead in assists.
Of OSU's 227 shots this season, 106 have been on goal (.467).
Just 15 matches into its schedule, OSU is only one goal shy of its season total from 2015 (36) and has already far surpassed last year's assist total of 23. (The Cowgirls played 20 games a year ago).
Michela Ongaro is tied for the Big 12 lead with 59 saves, and the Cowgirls rank second in the league with 62 saves, one behind Iowa State.
OSU has had a different starting lineup in 11 of its 15 games. The lone matches in which the Cowgirls sent out the same starting 11 were Oklahoma and UCF and Texas Tech and Kansas. Ten Cowgirl newcomers — eight freshmen as well as a sophomore and junior transfer — have started games in 2016.
Courtney Dike is the Big 12's leading scorer with 22 points. Her eight goals are the most in the conference, and she is second in the league with six assists.
Dike is now fifth on the OSU career goals chart with 29 (six shy of school record). She also ranks fifth all time in assists (20) and points (78). She is sixth on the Cowgirls' all-time list with 194 career shots.
Dike has collected goals in eight of OSU's 15 games this season. She has recorded a goal and/or assist in 11 games.
With two goals and two assists in conference play, Dike has factored in all but one of OSU's five goals in Big 12 matches this season.
Ongaro has moved into a tie for fourth place on OSU's all-time shutouts list with 11, and she is in fifth place on the program's career saves list with 174.
Along with Dike, OSU midfielder Anna Beffer ranks in the top 10 in the Big 12 in assists as the junior is tied for third with five.
Haley Woodard is tied for sixth in the Big 12 with five goals.
Freshman midfielder Jaci Jones is tied for ninth in the conference in scoring with 12 points (4 goals, 4 assists).
In this week's official NCAA RPI, OSU came in at No. 78, up 30 spots from last week. Other Big 12 teams: West Virginia (2), Oklahoma (8), Kansas (23), Iowa State (37), Texas Tech (54), TCU (55), Texas (64), and Baylor (66).

Up Next

OSU takes on Bedlam rival Oklahoma at 7 p.m. Friday at the Cowgirl Soccer Complex before hosting TCU Sunday at 1 p.m.
OU is 10-4-1 overall and just ahead of the Cowgirls in the Big 12 standings, occupying the fourth spot with a 3-2-0 conference record. The Sooners were ranked as high as No. 22 in last week's national polls.
Liz Keester leads the OU attack as the senior forward has tallied seven goals and four assists, while senior goalie Kassidie Stade has recorded five shutouts and a 0.98 goals against average.
OSU is 20-7-3 all time against OU. The two teams met earlier this season in a non-conference affair in Norman on Aug. 26, with the Sooners earning a 1-0 win, their third consecutive Bedlam victory.
TCU takes an 8-2-2 overall mark and 0-2-2 league showing into a Friday match at Baylor.
Led by forwards Michelle Prokof, Faith Carter and Allison Ganter, each of whom has five goals, TCU has outscored its opponents by a 26-7 margin on the season.
OSU owns a 4-2-2 all-time record against TCU. Last season, the Horned Frogs were 3-0 winners in Fort Worth.

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