Cowgirl Soccer: Looking Back & Ahead

Oklahoma State completed its second weekend of the season by splitting a pair of matches against in-state foes. The Cowgirls traveled to Norman Friday and dropped a 1-0 contest to Bedlam-rival Oklahoma before getting back in the win column with a 4-1 win over Oral Roberts in their home opener Sunday night. OSU is now 2-1-1 on the season with games against UCF and Florida later this week.

Weekend Highlights

Three different Cowgirls scored goals in OSU's home opener to lead OSU to a 4-1 win over Oral Roberts Sunday. Freshman Julia Lenhardt became the first Cowgirl to turn in a multi-goal performance this season as she scored OSU's first two goals in the match; the goals also marked the first two of Lenhardt's collegiate career.
OSU outshot the Golden Eagles 19-9, and 10 of those attempts were on goal.
Twenty-three Cowgirls saw action against ORU.
Goalie Michela Ongaro recorded seven saves against OU, one off her career high.

Stat Speak

Courtney Dike now ranks in the top 10 on the OSU career charts in goals (T-8^th with 24), assists (T-10^th with 15) and points (10^th with 63). With two more shots, she'll enter the Cowgirls' top 10 all time in that category as well.
Dike has collected goals in three of OSU's four games this season.
With her two goals against ORU, midfielder Julia Lenhardt became the first OSU freshman since 2013 to record multiple goals in a game.
Michela Ongaro ranks second in the Big 12 this season with 17 saves. The junior now has 132 career saves to rank sixth on OSU's all-time list.
Ongaro and freshman Dani Greenlee have combined for 19 saves on the season, a total that ties OSU for the Big 12 lead.
Of OSU's 73 shots this season, 36 have been on goal (.493).
Six different Cowgirls have scored goals this season, while six different players have also notched assists.
OSU had a different starting lineup in each of its first four games. Eight Cowgirl newcomers — six freshmen as well as a sophomore and junior transfer — have started games in 2016.

Up Next

OSU hosts a pair of teams from the Sunshine State this weekend at the Cowgirl Soccer Complex. On Friday night, the Cowgirls square off against UCF at 7 p.m., and they conclude the weekend Sunday at noon with a showdown against top-10 ranked Florida.
UCF enters Friday's match with a 1-3-0 mark, with all three of its losses coming to ranked teams as the Knights have dropped games to No. 3 Duke, No. 9 North Carolina and No. 24 South Carolina.
Senior forwards Cortney O'Connell and Carol Rodrigues have each recorded two goals on the season to lead the UCF attack.
OSU's only previous meeting with UCF came last season in Orlando with the Knights scoring twice in the second half to secure a 2-1 victory.
Florida was ranked as high as No. 6 in last week's national polls, and the Gators enter this week with a 3-1-0 mark prior to a Friday night game at top-ranked Florida State. UF is coming off a weekend that saw it drop an overtime contest at No. 3 Stanford before picking up an overtime win at 15^th-ranked UCLA.
The Gators are led by All-American forward Savannah Jordan, who already has four goals and four assists on the season for a team that has 12 goals on the year.
OSU has faced Florida each of the last three seasons, losing each contest. Last season in Gainesville, the Cowgirls took the fifth-ranked Gators to overtime before falling, 3-2.

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