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Grace Yochum
Cowgirl Soccer Moves Up In Rankings, Yochum Collects National Honor
October 22, 2019 | Cowgirl Soccer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Oklahoma State achieved its highest national ranking of the season this week, while sophomore Grace Yochum was named the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Player of the Week.
Winners of five in a row and sitting atop the Big 12 Conference standings, OSU moved up two spots to No. 13 in this week's United Soccer Coaches poll. The Cowgirls, who are 12-1-3 overall and 5-1-1 in the Big 12, have now been nationally ranked for six consecutive weeks.
The United Soccer Coaches also honored Yochum after a pair of games last week that saw her continue her torrid scoring pace by tallying four goals in road wins at West Virginia and Iowa State. She was credited with the game-winning goal in each match, and all six of her shots were on goal.
After recording OSU's second goal in a 2-1 victory at WVU that gave the Cowgirls their first-ever win against the Mountaineers, Yochum had a historic day in Ames as she scored all three OSU goals against Iowa State to become just the 12th player in OSU history to record a hat trick. It marked the fourth-straight match in which Yochum has scored a goal and was the third time this season she has posted multiple goals in a game.
Yochum, who was also named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week for her exploits, has 11 goals this season, a total that is tied for second in the conference and is the most by a Cowgirl since 2013.
Winners of five in a row and sitting atop the Big 12 Conference standings, OSU moved up two spots to No. 13 in this week's United Soccer Coaches poll. The Cowgirls, who are 12-1-3 overall and 5-1-1 in the Big 12, have now been nationally ranked for six consecutive weeks.
The United Soccer Coaches also honored Yochum after a pair of games last week that saw her continue her torrid scoring pace by tallying four goals in road wins at West Virginia and Iowa State. She was credited with the game-winning goal in each match, and all six of her shots were on goal.
After recording OSU's second goal in a 2-1 victory at WVU that gave the Cowgirls their first-ever win against the Mountaineers, Yochum had a historic day in Ames as she scored all three OSU goals against Iowa State to become just the 12th player in OSU history to record a hat trick. It marked the fourth-straight match in which Yochum has scored a goal and was the third time this season she has posted multiple goals in a game.
Yochum, who was also named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week for her exploits, has 11 goals this season, a total that is tied for second in the conference and is the most by a Cowgirl since 2013.
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