Game Notes

Oklahoma State (2-0-1)
vs. Central Arkansas (0-3-0)
Fri., Sept. 6 • 7 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla.
Neal Patterson Stadium (2,500)

vs. Saint Louis (2-2-0)
Sun., Sept. 8 • 1 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla.
Neal Patterson Stadium (2,500)

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About Oklahoma State
   • OSU is unbeaten on the season with a 2-0-1 record and returns to action with a pair of home matches at Neal Patterson Stadium this weekend. The Cowgirls will face Central Arkansas Friday at 7 p.m. before a Sunday showdown with Saint Louis at 1 p.m.
   • 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
   In Central Arkansas and Saint Louis, OSU will face two programs it has never previously met on the soccer pitch.
   • UCA is 0-3-0 on the season and has been outscored 13-4 in its three matches. The Bears went 16-4-1 last season, setting the school record for wins.
   • SLU takes a 2-2-0 record into a Friday match at Oral Roberts. The Billikens are coming off a 2018 season in which they won the Atlantic-10 Conference championship and earned an NCAA Tournament berth.

Kicking Things Off In Style
   OSU opened the $20 million Neal Patterson Stadium in grand fashion on Aug. 19, 2018, when the Cowgirls bested rival Oklahoma, 2-1, in front of a record 4,122 fans in their season opener.
   A few notables from the first match in Neal Patterson Stadium:
   • The crowd of 4,122 was a record for an OSU home match, far surpassing the previous high of 2,660 which came at the Cowgirls' NCAA Women's Soccer Championship quarterfinal game against Notre Dame at the Cowgirl Soccer Complex on Nov. 26, 2010.
   • OSU sophomore Kim Rodriguez recorded the first goal in the stadium's history when she converted a penalty kick at the 14:43 mark.
   • Cowgirl freshman Elena Brynjarsdóttir's goal in the 29th minute proved to be the game winner.

Making History
   OSU's 1-0 double overtime victory over No. 4 Florida on Aug. 26, 2018, marked only the second time in program history the Cowgirls have beaten a top-five ranked team. The other came on Oct. 14, 2007, when OSU won at No. 5 Missouri.
   Marlo Zoller's golden goal off a Julia Lenhardt assist in the 103rd minute gave OSU the win over the Gators.

Home Sweet Home
   OSU finished with a 5-4-1 mark in its first season at Neal Patterson Stadium and is 1-0-0 in 2019.
   The Cowgirls were 9-0-1 on their home field in 2017, which marked the sixth time in program history they have gone undefeated at home. OSU went 84-16-10 (.809) at the Cowgirl Soccer Complex from 2008-17 and was 142-40-17 (.756) all time on its former home turf.

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 299 games of experience, which includes 243 starts.

Scoring Early & Often
   With three goals and two assists through three games in 2019, senior Jaci Jones has already equaled her totals from last season. Jones had a career-high five goals as a freshman, and her six assists during her sophomore campaign were a career best.

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.

Starting Strong
   Grace Yochum had an impressive start to her collegiate career as she was named to the 2018 Big 12 All-Freshman Team and also came in at No. 53 on the TopDrawerSoccer.com Postseason Women's Freshmen Top 100 rankings.
   The midfielder from Houston played in all 18 games with 17 starts as a freshman and tied for third on the Cowgirls with four goals while ranking fourth with nine points.

Fitting Right In
   A pair of new faces has added punch to the Cowgirls' offensive attack in 2019.
   Freshman Olyvia Dowell is tied for the OSU lead in goals (3), assists (2), points (8) and shots (11) and was named the Big 12 Freshman of the Week on Aug. 27 after recording a goal and two assists in her collegiate debut.
   After two seasons at Mississippi State, where she scored three goals and tallied five assists in 32 games, Gabriella Coleman transferred to OSU in 2019. A starter in all three games this season, she has a pair of goals, and her 11 shots is tied with Dowell for the team high.

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).

Undefeated Cowgirl Soccer Returns To Weekend Action At Home

Game Notes

Oklahoma State (2-0-1)
vs. Central Arkansas (0-3-0)
Fri., Sept. 6 • 7 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla.
Neal Patterson Stadium (2,500)

vs. Saint Louis (2-2-0)
Sun., Sept. 8 • 1 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla.
Neal Patterson Stadium (2,500)

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Players Mentioned

Gabriella Coleman

Courtney Dike

Olyvia Dowell

Claire Gantzer

Elise Hawn

Jaci Jones

Julia Lenhardt

Kim Rodriguez

Kirsten Siragusa

Coumba Sow

Peyton Vincze

Grace Yochum

Marlo Zoller

Oklahoma State University Athletics

Undefeated Cowgirl Soccer Returns To Weekend Action At Home

Game Notes

Oklahoma State (2-0-1) vs. Central Arkansas (0-3-0) Fri., Sept. 6 • 7 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla. Neal Patterson Stadium (2,500) vs. Saint Louis (2-2-0) Sun., Sept. 8 • 1 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla. Neal Patterson Stadium (2,500)

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Gabriella Coleman

Courtney Dike

Olyvia Dowell

Claire Gantzer

Elise Hawn

Jaci Jones

Julia Lenhardt

Kim Rodriguez

Kirsten Siragusa

Coumba Sow

Peyton Vincze

Grace Yochum

Marlo Zoller

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Oklahoma State (2-0-1)
vs. Central Arkansas (0-3-0)
Fri., Sept. 6 • 7 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla.
Neal Patterson Stadium (2,500)

vs. Saint Louis (2-2-0)
Sun., Sept. 8 • 1 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla.
Neal Patterson Stadium (2,500)