Game Notes (PDF)

Oklahoma State (1-0-0)
at Oklahoma (2-0-0)

Thurs., Aug. 29 • 7 p.m. • Norman, Okla.
John Crain Field (3,500)

vs. Oral Roberts (1-1-0)

Sun., Sept. 1 • 7 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla.
Neal Patterson Stadium (2,500)

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About Oklahoma State
   • OSU is 1-0-0 on the season and returns to action Thursday with a non-conference showdown against Bedlam-rival Oklahoma in Norman at 7 p.m. The Cowgirls will conclude the weekend with their home opener against Oral Roberts Sunday night at Neal Patterson Stadium.
   • The Cowgirls are coming off a 10-7-1 season in 2018 that included a 2-6-1 mark in Big 12 Conference play as they finished ninth in the league. OSU failed to make the postseason for the first time since 2005.
   • OSU opened last season with a 10-1-0 mark and climbed to No. 12 in the national rankings. Following a tie at home against No. 6 Texas, the Cowgirls — who were hit hard by injuries to key players — dropped their final six games.
   • The Cowgirls return 15 letterwinners in 2019, including nine players who started at least 10 games a year ago.
   • The 2019 season marks the 24th in the history of the Cowgirl Soccer program; over the first 23 years, OSU compiled a 273-161-51 (.605) record. Head coach Colin Carmichael entered his 15th season at the helm in 2019 with a 190-81-38 mark.

Winning Is A Habit
     Now in its 24th season, Oklahoma State soccer has built itself into an established winner.
   • OSU has earned a berth in the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship 10 of the last 13 years (beginning in 2006) and four of the last six.
   • From 2006-11, the Cowgirls earned six-straight NCAA tourney bids and advanced to at least the second round each time, including back-to-back Elite Eight appearances in 2010 and 2011.
   • From 2008-11, OSU celebrated four consecutive Big 12 championships — two regular season (2008, '11) and two tournament ('09, '10). The Cowgirls also won a regular season title in 2017; their first-ever league crown came when they won the 2003 tourney title.

This Week's Opponents
   Oklahoma is 2-0-0 on the season after collecting a pair of 1-0 wins last weekend. The Sooners opened with a victory at home over Albany before a double overtime road triumph at Arkansas.
   OSU is 24-9-3 in the all-time series against the Sooners. The two teams split a pair of matches last season, with both winning on their home field.
   Last 5 Meetings
   2018 - OU 2, OSU 1 (Norman)
   2018 - OSU 2, OU 1 (Stillwater)
   2017 - OSU 2, OU 1 (Kansas City/Big 12 Championship 1st Round)
   2017 - OSU 4, OU 1 (Stillwater)
   2017 - OSU 2, OU 1 (Norman)

   ORU is 1-1-0 on the season entering a Thursday night game at Texas Tech.
   The Cowgirls are 12-2-0 all time against ORU and have won the last 10 meetings in the series.
   Last 2 Meetings
   2016 - OSU 4, ORU 1 (Stillwater)
   2015 - OSU 8, ORU 0 (Stillwater)

Preseason Pub
   • Oklahoma State was picked to finish seventh in the 2019 Big 12 Conference standings in a preseason vote of the league's head coaches.
   • Junior defender Kim Rodriguez was the lone Cowgirl named to the 2019 Preseason All-Big 12 Team.
   • Rodriguez is listed at No. 90 on the TopDrawerSoccer.com Women's National Top 100 players for college soccer 2019.

How I Spent My Summer Vacation
   Kim Rodriguez earned All-Big 12 and All-South Region honors in 2018 following a sophomore season in which she tied for the OSU team lead in scoring with 14 points on four goals and a team-high six assists. The defender started in all 18 games for the Cowgirls and also led the team with 1,608 minutes played.
   But Rodriguez is not just a standout for the Cowgirls.
   After shining at the youth level for Mexico's national teams and playing in the 2014 and 2016 FIFA U-17 World Cups and the 2018 FIFA U-20 World Cup, Rodriguez was selected for the Mexico National Team in February 2019 and earned her first-career cap as a starter against Italy at the 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup.
   Most recently, Rodriguez played for Mexico at the 2019 Pan American Games, scoring her first-career goal vs. Panama and helping Mexico to a fifth-place finish at the games.

Veteran Presence
   Five seniors dot the Oklahoma State roster, and that group — Elise Hawn, Claire Gantzer, Jaci Jones, Julia Lenhardt and Kirsten Siragusa — has combined for 291 games of experience, which includes 236 starts.

International Stage
   A number of OSU standouts have gone on to represent their respective countries as members of national teams, including two Cowgirls — AD Franch and Courtney Dike — who have been on FIFA World Cup rosters.
   Franch has been a member of the United States Women's National Team since 2012 and earned her first-career cap in 2019 at the SheBelieves Cup. The former Cowgirl All-American was on the roster of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup champion U.S. squad.
   Dike was the first-ever Oklahoma State player to appear in the World Cup when she earned two caps for Nigeria in 2015, including starting against the eventual champion United States team. Dike was a four-time All-Big 12 Conference forward for the Cowgirls from 2013-16.
   Other Cowgirls who have earned national team status include:
   • Coumba Sow was a starting midfielder for the Switzerland National Team at the 2019 Algarve Cup. Sow was part of the OSU program in 2016 and 2017, scoring three goals in 23 games for the Cowgirls' 2017 Big 12 Conference championship squad.
   • Current Cowgirl and All-Big 12 defender Kim Rodriguez received her first call up to the Mexico National Team in Feb. 2019; she started for Mexico at the 2019 Cyprus Women's Cup and again in the 2019 Pan American Games in Peru.
   • Other OSU players who have competed for national teams include 2003 Cowgirl goalie Kathrin Lehmann (Switzerland) and 2019 freshman forward Peyton Vincze (Wales).

In-State Foes Up Next For Cowgirl Soccer

Game Notes (PDF)

Oklahoma State (1-0-0)
at Oklahoma (2-0-0)

Thurs., Aug. 29 • 7 p.m. • Norman, Okla.
John Crain Field (3,500)

vs. Oral Roberts (1-1-0)

Sun., Sept. 1 • 7 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla.
Neal Patterson Stadium (2,500)

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Courtney Dike

Claire Gantzer

Elise Hawn

Jaci Jones

Julia Lenhardt

Kim Rodriguez

Kirsten Siragusa

Coumba Sow

Peyton Vincze

Oklahoma State University Athletics

In-State Foes Up Next For Cowgirl Soccer

Game Notes (PDF)

Oklahoma State (1-0-0) at Oklahoma (2-0-0)

Thurs., Aug. 29 • 7 p.m. • Norman, Okla. John Crain Field (3,500)

vs. Oral Roberts (1-1-0)

Sun., Sept. 1 • 7 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla. Neal Patterson Stadium (2,500)

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Courtney Dike

Claire Gantzer

Elise Hawn

Jaci Jones

Julia Lenhardt

Kim Rodriguez

Kirsten Siragusa

Coumba Sow

Peyton Vincze

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