Game Notes

Baylor (4-2-3) at Oklahoma State (5-3-1)

Thurs., Sept. 23 • 7 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla.
Neal Patterson Stadium (2,500)

Kansas (5-4-1) at Oklahoma State (5-3-1)

Sun., Sept. 26 • 1 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla.
Neal Patterson Stadium (2,500)

TV/Video: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ (Mike Wolfe & Anna Beffer)
Radio: Stillwater Radio KGFY 105.5 FM/stillwaterradio.net (Bill Van Ness)
Live Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
Twitter In-Game Updates: @CowgirlFC

About Oklahoma State

     • Oklahoma State is 5-3-1 on the season and opens Big 12 Conference play this week, hosting Baylor on Thursday night before a Sunday afternoon showdown with Kansas at Neal Patterson Stadium.
     • OSU is coming off a 13-3-2 showing last season, one in which the Cowgirls finished third in the Big 12 Conference standings at 6-2-1. OSU earned its second consecutive berth in the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship as the tourney's No. 10 national seed and advanced to the Sweet 16 for the third time in program history.
     • OSU returns 21 letterwinners from last season, including nine starters and five All-Big 12 performers.
     • The 2021 season is the 26th in program history; over the first 25, OSU posted a 302-167-56 (.629) record. Head coach Colin Carmichael entered his 17th season at the helm in 2021 with a 219-87-43 mark.

Scouting The Bears

     • Baylor is 4-2-3 on the season and has outscored its opponents by a 15-7 margin. The Bears are 2-2-0 on the road in 2021.
     • Paul Jobson is in his ninth season as Baylor's head coach and has led the Bears to a 93-54-23 record.
     • OSU is 12-13-4 all time against Baylor. Last season, the two teams battled to a scoreless draw in Waco.

Scouting The Jayhawks

     • Kansas takes a 5-4-1 record into its Big 12 opener Thursday at TCU.
     • Mark Francis is in his 23rd season as KU's head coach and owns a 247-176-41 career record.
     • OSU owns a 13-11-4 all-time record against Kansas but has lost the previous two meetings, those coming last season in Lawrence and in semifinals of the 2019 Big 12 Championship in Kansas City.

Home Sweet Home

     In three seasons at Neal Patterson Stadium, OSU has compiled a 27-6-3 record (.792) on its home turf, including a 4-1-1 mark this season.
     The Cowgirls went 10-0-1 on their home field in 2019, the seventh time in program history OSU has gone undefeated at home in a season. Seven of those wins came via shutout, and OSU did not allow a goal in its first five home matches.
     OSU was 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.

Scoring Punch

     OSU ranked seventh nationally with 40 goals last season, and all eight players who combined for that total return in 2021.
     The Cowgirls' scoring attack is led by the big three of Olyvia Dowell, Grace Yochum and Gabriella Coleman, a trio that held down the top three scoring spots in the Big 12 in 2020-21. Dowell and Yochum both had 12 goals, a total that ranked sixth in the NCAA, while Coleman found the back of the net nine times.
     In 2019, OSU was 14th nationally with 50 goals as it averaged 2.27 goals per game.

In a preseason vote of the conference's head coaches, OSU was picked to finish third in the Big 12 race in 2021 behind West Virginia and defending champion TCU.
OSU led the league with three Preseason All-Big 12 selections as Olyvia Dowell, Kim Rodriguez and Grace Yochum earned that distinction.

In The Rankings

     OSU had its streak of appearing in the national rankings snapped on Sept. 7, falling out of the polls after 35 consecutive weeks being ranked.
     The Cowgirls were ranked as high as No. 16 in this season's United Soccer Coaches poll. In this week's United Soccer Coaches Midwest Region rankings, OSU sits sixth behind TCU, West Virginia, Texas Tech, Buffalo and Evansville; OSU is No. 63 in the official NCAA RPI.
     A year ago, OSU peaked at No. 4 in the polls during the fall season and came in at No. 14 in the final United Soccer Coaches rankings and No. 12 in the final TopDrawerSoccer.com poll.

She's A Giver

Kim Rodriguez is tied for sixth on OSU's all-time assists list with 22. She has had at least three assists in each of her first four seasons, including a career-best seven in 2019.

Scoring In Bunches

     Grace Yochum has established herself as one of the Big 12's top goal scorers, and she is chasing history as OSU's all-time leading goal scorer.
     In 60 career games, Yochum has amassed 31 goals, which is tied for fourth on OSU's all-time list; she is four away from tying the record of 35 held by Yolanda Odenyo and Jolene Schweitzer.
     As a freshman in 2018, Yochum tallied four goals. She followed that with 11 as a sophomore and netted 12 last season, a total that ranked sixth in the NCAA.
    Yochum had two streaks of six consecutive games with a goal that spanned last season — Oct. 6, 2019 vs. K-State-Sept. 18, 2020 vs. Iowa State and Nov. 12, 2020 vs. OU-March 27, 2021 vs. OU.

G Stands For Goals

     Gabriella "G" Coleman scored 18 goals in her two first two seasons with the Cowgirls, netting nine goals in both 2019 and 2020-21, and is second on the team this season with three goals.
     Last season, four of Coleman's goals came in the postseason as she netted two goals each against South Alabama and Texas A&M in the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship. In 2019, she also showed a penchant for scoring when it mattered most, tallying two goals in the Big 12 Soccer Championship and scoring OSU's lone NCAA tourney goal.
     Coleman spent her first two collegiate seasons at Mississippi State and scored three goals in 32 games.

Scoring Surge

     Olyvia Dowell has added firepower to the OSU attack since stepping on campus in 2019.
     As a freshman, Dowell recorded five goals and eight assists, and she followed that with an even more impressive showing as a sophomore.
     Last season, Dowell ranked fifth in the NCAA with 31 points as she tallied 12 goals and seven assists. Her 12 goals tied for the Big 12 lead along with teammate Grace Yochum and ranked sixth nationally; the seven assists topped the conference. Dowell's goal total also marked the most ever goals by an OSU sophomore, and the 31 points was the seventh most in a single season in program history.
     With three assists this season, Dowell has 18 in her career to move her into a tie for 10th on OSU's all-time list.

Honor Roll

     A list of current Cowgirls who have been recognized with national and conference accolades, along with 2021 season weekly awards.
     • Kim Rodriguez - MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List (2020 & 2021); TopDrawerSoccer.Com Preseason Best XI First Team (2021); United Soccer Coaches All-America Second Team (2019 & 2020); United Soccer Coaches DI Women's Player of Distinction Award (2020); TopDrawerSoccer.Com Best XI First Team (2020); United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region First Team (2019 & 2020); United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Third Team (2018); All-Big 12 First Team (2019 & 2020); All-Big 12 Second Team (2018); Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2017)
     • Grace Yochum - Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (8/31); All-Big 12 Second Team (2020); United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Third Team (2020) & Second Team (2019); All-Big 12 First Team (2019); Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2018)
     • Olyvia Dowell - TopDrawerSoccer.Com Preseason Best XI Second Team (2021); All-Big 12 First Team (2020); United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Second Team (2020); TopDrawerSoccer.Com Best XI Third Team (2020); Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2019)
     • Charmé Morgan - All-Big 12 Second Team (2019 & 2020); United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Third Team (2020) & Second Team (2019)
     • Gabriella Coleman - All-Big 12 Second Team (2020)
     • Kionna Simon - Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2020)
     • Grace Dennis - Big 12 All-Freshman Team (2020)
     • Evie Vitali - Big 12 Freshman of the Week (8/31), Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Week (9/21)

Cowgirl Soccer Opens Big 12 Play At Home

Game Notes

Baylor (4-2-3) at Oklahoma State (5-3-1)

Thurs., Sept. 23 • 7 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla.
Neal Patterson Stadium (2,500)

Kansas (5-4-1) at Oklahoma State (5-3-1)

Sun., Sept. 26 • 1 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla.
Neal Patterson Stadium (2,500)

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Players Mentioned

Gabriella Coleman

Grace Dennis

Olyvia Dowell

Kim Rodriguez

Kionna Simon

Evie Vitali

Grace Yochum

Oklahoma State University Athletics

Cowgirl Soccer Opens Big 12 Play At Home

Game Notes

Baylor (4-2-3) at Oklahoma State (5-3-1)

Thurs., Sept. 23 • 7 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla. Neal Patterson Stadium (2,500)

Kansas (5-4-1) at Oklahoma State (5-3-1)

Sun., Sept. 26 • 1 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla. Neal Patterson Stadium (2,500)

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Gabriella Coleman

Grace Dennis

Olyvia Dowell

Kim Rodriguez

Kionna Simon

Evie Vitali

Grace Yochum

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