Cowgirl Soccer: Looking Back & Ahead

Oklahoma State ran its unbeaten streak to four over the weekend, tying Memphis before winning at Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The Cowgirls are 5-3-2 on the season and open Big 12 Conference play this weekend on their home field.

Weekend Highlights

With a 2-2 tie at Memphis Friday night and an 8-0 win at UAPB Sunday, OSU extended its string of unbeaten matches to four. The Cowgirls are 3-0-1 during the four-game stretch.
Five Cowgirls — Elise Hawn, Christina Jean-Charles, Rachel VanFossen, Morgan McDougal and Lana Duke — scored their first goals of the season over the weekend. Hawn's goal marked the first of her collegiate career.
OSU scored both goals against Memphis off corner kicks. The first came when Hawn headed in a delivery from Jean-Charles, while Jean-Charles was on the receiving end of a ball from Julia Lenhardt for the second score.
Eight different players scored in the game at UAPB with the eight goals tying for the seventh most in a single game in OSU history. The Cowgirls recorded seven assists in the match, which also tied for the seventh-highest single-game total in program history.
Senior defender Natalie Calhoun notched her third-career goal and second of the season when she converted a penalty kick against UAPB.

Stat Speak

OSU's 30 goals ranks third nationally and is just one behind the NCAA leaders (SMU and Louisiana Tech). The Cowgirls are fourth nationally in points with 85, sixth nationally in scoring offense at 3.00 goals per game and rank seventh in assists with 25.
Fourteen different Cowgirls have scored goals this season, while 10 different players have notched assists.
Along with leading the Big 12 in goals and points, the Cowgirls rank second in shots (176), assists (25) and corner kicks (66).
Of OSU's 176 shots this season, 88 have been on goal (.500).
OSU has had a different starting lineup in nine of its 10 games. 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 16 points. Her six goals is tied atop the league with two other players, and she is tied for fifth in the conference with four assists.
Dike now ranks in the top 10 on the OSU career charts in goals (T-6^th with 27), assists (T-6^th with 18) and points (T-8^th with 72). She also ranks seventh on the Cowgirls' all-time list with 188 career shots
Dike has collected goals in six of OSU's 10 games this season. She has recorded a goal and/or assist in seven games.
Michela Ongaro ranks third in the Big 12 this season with 33 saves. The junior now has 148 career saves to rank sixth on OSU's all-time list.
Two Cowgirls — Dike and Anna Beffer — have posted four assists on the season, which is tied for fifth in the Big 12, while Marlo Zoller and Jaci Jones are right behind them with three assists apiece.
The first official NCAA RPI was released today, and OSU came in at No. 112. Other Big 12 teams: West Virginia (4), Oklahoma (8), Iowa State (28), Texas Tech (35), Kansas (60), Texas (66), TCU (72) and Baylor (152).

Up Next

OSU hosts a pair of Big 12 Conference foes on the opening weekend for league play. Iowa State comes to Stillwater for a Friday match at 7 p.m. before the Cowgirls take on Baylor Sunday at 1 p.m.
Iowa State is 6-2-0 on the season and has won its last two matches. The Cyclones' lone losses this season are at No. 7 Florida and at home against Iowa, while their wins include at No. 21 Auburn and against Georgia on a neutral field.
ISU junior goalie Lindsey Hendon leads the Big 12 with five shutouts and ranks second with 35 saves, while sophomore midfielder Emily Steil is tied for second in the conference with five assists.
OSU is 10-8-2 all time against Iowa State and has won the last two meetings, both by 1-0 counts. The Cowgirls are 7-1-1 all time against ISU in Stillwater, the lone loss coming in 1999.
Baylor takes a 7-3-0 mark into a Friday night contest at home against Texas. The Bears won their last two matches by a combined 9-0 margin.
BU sophomore forward Lauren Piercy is tied for the Big 12 lead with six goals to go along with a pair of assists.
The Bears have outscored their opponents 21-4 on the season and lead the conference with six shutouts, with four of those posted by junior goalie Sara Martinson.
OSU owns a 10-9-3 advantage in the all-time series with Baylor. The Bears have won the last two meetings and four of the last five.

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Anna Beffer

Natalie Calhoun

Courtney Dike

Lana Duke

Elise Hawn

Christina Jean-Charles

Jaci Jones

Julia Lenhardt

Morgan McDougal

Michela Ongaro

Rachel VanFossen

Marlo Zoller

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