Cowgirl Soccer: Looking Back & Ahead

Oklahoma State recorded its first perfect weekend of the season last week as the Cowgirls concluded a five-game homestand with wins over Abilene Christian and UTSA to improve to 4-3-1 on the season. OSU goes on the road this weekend before opening Big 12 Conference play on Sept. 23.

Weekend Highlights

OSU outscored its two opponents by a 7-0 margin, defeating Abilene Christian, 2-0, Friday night before a 5-0 showing against UTSA on Sunday.
The Cowgirls owned a combined 47-9 advantage in shots and recorded 17 corner kicks to just six for its two opponents. OSU had 12 shots on goal in both matches.
In the win over UTSA, Marlo Zoller and Anna Beffer each scored their first goals of the season, while Bri Woodall picked up her first collegiate goal.
Jaci Jones was OSU's leading scorer on the weekend, collecting two goals and two assists. She notched the first multiple-goal effort of her career Sunday against UTSA and recorded an assist on the Cowgirls' opening goal in both matches.
Senior defender Natalie Calhoun scored for the first time since her freshman season in 2013 with a goal Friday against ACU. Both of Calhoun's career goals (the first came against Oklahoma) were headers that came off corner kicks.
Michela Ongaro recorded her 10^th-career shutout against ACU, becoming just the sixth goalie in OSU history to reach double digit shutouts.

Stat Speak

Ten different Cowgirls have scored goals this season, while eight different players have notched assists.
OSU is tied with TCU for the Big 12 lead in goals with 20. The Cowgirls rank second in shots (143), assists (16) and corner kicks (54).
Of OSU's 143 shots this season, 75 have been on goal (.524).
OSU has had a different starting lineup in seven of its eight games. Eight Cowgirl newcomers — six freshmen as well as a sophomore and junior transfer — have started games in 2016.
Courtney Dike is the Big 12's leading scorer with 12 points. Her five goals is tied atop the league with three other players, and she has also added two assists.
Dike now ranks in the top 10 on the OSU career charts in goals (7^th with 26), assists (10^th with 16) and points (9^th with 68). She also ranks seventh on the Cowgirls' all-time list with 186 career shots
Dike has collected goals in five of OSU's eight games this season. She has recorded a goal and/or assist in four consecutive games.
Michela Ongaro ranks third in the Big 12 this season with 24 saves. The junior now has 139 career saves to rank sixth on OSU's all-time list.
Three Cowgirls — Marlo Zoller, Anna Beffer and Jaci Jones — have posted three assists on the season. That total is tied for the sixth most in the Big 12 in 2016.

Up Next

OSU is on the road for a pair of matches this weekend, its final tune-ups before opening Big 12 Conference play. The Cowgirls face Memphis Friday night at 7 before a Sunday afternoon contest at Arkansas Pine-Bluff at 1 p.m.
Memphis is 5-2-0 on the season, its lone losses coming to Little Rock and Oklahoma. The Tigers are 3-0-0 on their home field in 2016.
Senior forward Valerie Sanderson leads the Memphis attack as she has scored half of the team's goals with six, while also adding a pair of assists.
UM goalie Maryse Bard-Martel has allowed just six goals and recorded three shutouts on the year.
OSU is 3-0-0 all time against Memphis, including a 1-0 win in the last meeting in 2014 in Stillwater. The Cowgirls won their only previous trip to Memphis, posting a 3-2 victory in 2012.
Arkansas-Pine Bluff is 0-4-0 on the season and has been outscored 15-4.
OSU has faced UAPB just once before, that coming in the opening round of the 2011 NCAA Soccer Championship in Stillwater. The Cowgirls were 9-1 winners in that contest, scoring seven second-half goals to cruise into the second round.

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