Cowgirl Soccer Back On The Road

Oklahoma State (11-3-0, 4-1-0) at Cincinnati (2-6-4, 1-2-2)

Thurs., Oct. 5 • 6 p.m. (CST)
Cincinnati, Ohio • Gettler Stadium

Oklahoma State (11-3-0, 4-1-0) at West Virginia (3-7-3, 1-3-1)

Sun., Oct. 8 • 12 p.m. (CST)
Morgantown, W.Va. • Dick Dlesk Stadium

TV/Video: Big 12 Now On ESPN+
Thursday: Matt Sexton & Alexa Burkart Sunday: Andrew Caridi & Adam Zundell
Radio: Thursday: n/a Sunday: U92 — u92themoose.com/listen (WVU student radio)
Live Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
Twitter In-Game Scoreboard/Updates: @CowgirlFC

About Oklahoma State

     • Oklahoma State is 11-3-0 and tied for third in the Big 12 standings with a 4-1-0 conference mark. The Cowgirls are on the road for a pair of games this week, taking on Cincinnati on Thursday before a Sunday matchup at West Virginia.
     • OSU is coming off an 11-4-4 season in 2022 in which the Cowgirls finished fifth in the Big 12 standings with a 4-2-3 mark.
     • The Cowgirls return 11 letterwinners from last season, including five starters in Xcaret Pineda, Mollie Breiner, Megan Haines, Alex Morris and Gracie Bindbeutel (out for 2023 with injury).
     • The 2023 season is the 28th in program history; over the first 27, OSU posted a 322-177-63 (.629) record. Head coach Colin Carmichael entered his 19th season at the helm in 2023 with a 239-97-50 mark.

Scouting The Opponents

     • Cincinnati is 2-6-4 and eighth in the Big 12 standings at 1-2-2 in conference play. The Bearcats, who have been outscored 17-9 on the season, are 2-2-1 on their home field.
     • Thursday's game marks the first-ever meeting between OSU and Cincinnati on the soccer pitch.
     • West Virginia is 3-7-3 overall and 1-3-1 in Big 12 play and hosts Oklahoma on Thursday. The Mountaineers have been outscored 21-19 on the year.
     • OSU is 3-10-1 in the all-time series with WVU. Last season, the two teams tied in Stillwater before the Mountaineers won a matchup at the Big 12 Championship.

Balance

Twelve different Cowgirls have scored goals this season, with eight of those finding the back of the net multiple times.
Nine OSU players have recorded assists, led by Alex Morris and Laudan Wilson, who each have six. In 2022, no Cowgirl had more than three assists on the 19-game season; this season, four Cowgirls have already surpassed the three assist mark.

First Timers

Of OSU's 36 goals this season, 23 have been scored by players who entered the season without a collegiate goal, with seniors Shyann McClary and Alex Morris, junior Hannah Chance, sophomore Logan Heausler and freshmen Adelhia Ghonda, Lexi Lee and Laudan Wilson all finding the back of the net.

D-Fense

OSU has allowed just eight goals through 14 games while recording a Big 12-best eight shutouts. The Cowgirls rank second in the conference behind only Texas Tech in goals allowed and goals against average (0.57).
All four Cowgirl goalkeepers have seen time between the posts, led by Grace Gordon.

Goals On Goals On Goals

     OSU ranks seventh nationally with 36 goals and has outscored its opponents 36-8 on the season. The Cowgirls netted 11 goals vs. Florida Atlantic and Little Rock, which marked OSU's highest-scoring output in consecutive games since they also had 11 against Drake (3) and Oral Roberts (8) in back-to-back games in 2015.
     The Cowgirls average 20 shots per game, which ranks seventh in the NCAA, and just under eight of those shots are on goal, good for 30th in the nation.
     OSU is 24th in the country in scoring offense at 2.57 goals per game.

Kicking It on the Corner

OSU leads the Big 12 and is second nationally with 105 corner kicks, and their 7.50 corner kicks per game ranks ninth.
The Cowgirls' season high in corner kicks came against Abilene Christian when they took 15, a total that tied for the fifth most in a game in program history.

Rankings

OSU moved up five spots to No. 44 in this week's official NCAA RPI. The Cowgirls are also ranked No. 4 in the Midwest Region by the United Soccer Coaches, up one spot from last week.

Coach Colin

Colin Carmichael recorded his 250th career win with OSU's 2-1 victory over UCF on Sept. 28. Carmichael has spent all 18 of his seasons as a head coach in Stillwater.
Carmichael entered the 2023 season with 239 career wins, ranking fourth among active Big 12 coaches in wins at their current school behind only BYU's Jennifer Rockwood (425 wins in 28 seasons), West Virginia's Nikki Izzo-Brown (383 wins in 27 seasons) and Kansas' Mark Francis (258 wins in 24 seasons).

Oklahoma State (11-3-0, 4-1-0) at Cincinnati (2-6-4, 1-2-2)

Thurs., Oct. 5 • 6 p.m. (CST)
Cincinnati, Ohio • Gettler Stadium

Oklahoma State (11-3-0, 4-1-0) at West Virginia (3-7-3, 1-3-1)

Sun., Oct. 8 • 12 p.m. (CST)
Morgantown, W.Va. • Dick Dlesk Stadium

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Players Mentioned

Gracie Bindbeutel

Mollie Breiner

Hannah Chance

Adelhia Ghonda

Grace Gordon

Megan Haines

Logan Heausler

Lexi Lee

Shyann McClary

Alex Morris

Xcaret Pineda

Laudan Wilson

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