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#8 Oklahoma State (3-1-1)
at #10 Kansas (3-1-0)

Fri., Oct. 16 • 7 p.m. • Lawrence, Kan.
Rock Chalk Park (2,500)

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About Oklahoma State
   • Eighth-ranked Oklahoma State travels to Lawrence to take on No. 10 Kansas Friday night. The Cowgirls are tied for second in the Big 12 standings at 3-1-1, while KU is just behind them with a 3-1-0 mark.
   • The Cowgirls are coming off a championship season in 2019 as they went 16-3-3 overall and claimed the Big 12 Conference regular season title with a 7-1-1 league mark. OSU advanced to the second round of the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship and finished ranked as high as No. 13 nationally.
   • The Cowgirls return 16 letterwinners from 2019, including eight players who started at least 10 games.
   • The 2020 season is the 25th in program history; over the first 24, OSU posted a 289-164-54 (.623) record. Head coach Colin Carmichael entered his 16th season at the helm in 2020 with a 206-84-41 mark.

Winning Is A Habit
     Now in its 25th season, Oklahoma State soccer has built itself into an established winner.
   • OSU has earned a berth in the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship 11 of the last 14 years (beginning in 2006) and five of the last seven.
   • 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 regular season titles in 2017 and 2019.

7th Heaven
            Oklahoma State captured the seventh Big 12 Conference championship in program history with its 2019 regular season title. It marked the fourth regular season crown for the Cowgirls and second in the last three years; OSU also won regular season championships in 2008, 2011 and 2017.
   OSU opened '19 Big 12 play with a loss at Texas Tech before a tie at TCU. Following that opening weekend, the Cowgirls won seven consecutive games to claim the title.

This Week's Opponent
   • Kansas is 3-1-0 on the season, with wins over Texas, Texas Tech and Kansas State. The 10th-ranked Jayhawks are coming off a loss at Baylor.
   • OSU is 13-10-4 all time against KU and has won three of the last four meetings.
   Last 4 Meetings
   2019 - KU 2, OSU 1 - 2 OT (Kansas City - Big 12 Championship semifinals); OSU 5, KU 2 (Stillwater)
2018 - OSU 2, KU 1 (Lawrence)
   2017 - OSU 3, KU 1 (Stillwater)

Award Tour
   OSU had a league-high three players named to the 2020 Preseason All-Big 12 Soccer Team, which was selected by the conference's head coaches.
   Cowgirls Olyvia Dowell, Kim Rodriguez and Grace Yochum each received recognition on the 11-person preseason squad. Texas Tech also had three players on the list.
   In 2019, OSU collected its most all-conference selections in eight years — and its second most all time — while Colin Carmichael was named the league's top coach for a record sixth time.
   Five Cowgirls garnered 2019 All-Big 12 honors, the most for OSU since a program-record seven in 2011. Only three times in school history have five or more Cowgirls earned all-league recognition (2010, '11, '19).
   Earning All-Big 12 First Team honors for OSU last season were Rodriguez, a unanimous selection, and Yochum. Named to the All-Big 12 Second Team were defender Charmé Morgan, midfielder Jaci Jones and Dowell, who also earned a spot on the All-Freshman Team.

Scoring Punch
   OSU ranked 14th nationally with 50 goals in 2019, averaging 2.27 goals per game, and the Cowgirls return a large part of that production in 2020.
   Six of the Cowgirls top eight goal scorers from a year ago return, with that group accounting for 37 goals. Grace Yochum had a team-high 11 goals last season, while Gabriella Coleman added nine; Olyvia Dowell and Charmé Morgan tallied five apiece. Coleman scored goals in each of OSU's first three games in 2020 and leads the Big 12 with three on the season, while Dowell and Yochum each have two goals.

In The Rankings
   After being ranked No. 4 for two-straight weeks, OSU dropped to No. 8 in this week's United Soccer Coaches poll following its loss to TCU. The Cowgirls have appeared in the national rankings for 16 consecutive weeks dating back to last season.
   OSU ended the 2019 season ranked as high as 13th in the final polls.

Game Recognize Game
   The Cowgirls earned weekly awards following each of OSU's first four weeks of the season.
   • Ally Jackson — TopDrawerSoccer.com Women's Team of the Week, Sept. 15
   • Grace Yochum — Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week; TopDrawerSoccer.com Women's Team of the Week, Sept. 22
   • Olyvia Dowell — Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week; TopDrawerSoccer.com Women's Team of the Week, Sept. 29
   • Kionna Simon — Big 12 Freshman of the Week, Oct. 6

Quick Kicks
   • The loss to TCU snapped OSU's streak of going undefeated in regular season matches at 12. The streak dated back to Sept. 29, 2019, and the Cowgirls are 10-0-2 during that stretch.
   • Gabriella Coleman leads the Big 12 with three goals, a total that also ranks 11th nationally. She has scored goals in seven of OSU's last 10 games dating back to last season.
   • Grace Yochum's two game-winning goals ranks second nationally.
   • Olyvia Dowell leads the Big 12 with 20 shots and ranks seventh nationally with four shots per game.

Another Top 10 Test On Tap For Cowgirl Soccer

Game Notes (PDF)

#8 Oklahoma State (3-1-1)
at #10 Kansas (3-1-0)

Fri., Oct. 16 • 7 p.m. • Lawrence, Kan.
Rock Chalk Park (2,500)

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Players Mentioned

Gabriella Coleman

Olyvia Dowell

Ally Jackson

Jaci Jones

Kim Rodriguez

Kionna Simon

Grace Yochum

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Another Top 10 Test On Tap For Cowgirl Soccer

Game Notes (PDF)

#8 Oklahoma State (3-1-1) at #10 Kansas (3-1-0) Fri., Oct. 16 • 7 p.m. • Lawrence, Kan. Rock Chalk Park (2,500)

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Gabriella Coleman

Olyvia Dowell

Ally Jackson

Jaci Jones

Kim Rodriguez

Kionna Simon

Grace Yochum

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#8 Oklahoma State (3-1-1)
at #10 Kansas (3-1-0)

Fri., Oct. 16 • 7 p.m. • Lawrence, Kan.
Rock Chalk Park (2,500)