Cowgirl Soccer Set For Split Weekend

Oklahoma State (3-1-0) at Texas State (2-2-0)

Thurs., Aug. 31 • 7:30 p.m.
San Marcos, Texas • Bobcat Soccer Complex

Central Arkansas (0-3-1) at Oklahoma State (3-1-0)

Sun., Sept. 3 • 1 p.m.
Stillwater, Okla. • Neal Patterson Stadium

TV/Video: Friday: ESPN+
                  Sunday: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ (Mike Wolfe & Anna Beffer)
Radio: Friday: n/a
            Sunday: The Varsity Network/Stillwater Radio KGFY 105.5 FM (Bill Van Ness)
Live Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
Twitter In-Game Scoreboard/Updates: @CowgirlFC

About Oklahoma State

     • Oklahoma State is 3-1-0 after posting a pair of wins at home last week. Up next, the Cowgirls face a Thursday night road test at Texas State before returning home to Stillwater to host Central Arkansas on Sunday at Neal Patterson Stadium.
     • 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

     • Texas State is 2-2-0 on the season, opening the season with two wins before dropping its last two matches at home against North Texas and on the road at UTSA.
     • OSU is 2-0-0 all time against Texas State, with both meetings coming in Stillwater. The Cowgirls won 3-0 in 2005 and 10-0 in 2006.
     • Central Arkansas will face Little Rock on the road Thursday before traveling to Stillwater. The Bears are 0-3-1 on the season and coming off a tie at home against Arkansas State.
     • OSU won both its previous meetings against Central Arkansas, claiming a 5-0 win in Stillwater in 2019 and posting a 3-0 victory last season in Conway.

Welcome Back

The 2023 Cowgirls are short on experience but do have several returning veterans. Senior Mollie Breiner started 34 games at defender over the last 2021 and 2022 seasons, while fifth-year Cowgirl Megan Haines has seen her role increase over her career and was a starter 34 times from 2020-22. Another senior, Alex Morris, started 15 games last season and posted a career-high three assists.

New Faces

     The Cowgirls' 29-player 2023 roster counts 13 newcomers, including 10 freshmen and three transfers.
     OSU's recruiting class was ranked 23rd nationally by TopDrawerSoccer.com; only Texas (14th) had a higher-ranking class than the Cowgirls' among Big 12 programs.
     • Three of OSU's freshmen are on the list of TopDrawerSoccer.com's IMG Academy Top 200 players for the '23 recruiting class — midfielders Laudan Wilson (No. 74) and Lexi Lee (No. 78) and defender Addison Roberts (No. 168).
     • Wilson and Roberts were early enrollees in January 2023 and participated in the Cowgirls' spring exhibition season.
     • From the transfer portal, OSU added goalie Grace Gordon from Seton Hall and midfielder/forward Nicole Ray from Utah Valley, both of whom were three-year starters at their previous schools. The Cowgirls' roster also got a boost from Oklahoma transfer Ellie Geoffroy, who played in 19 games for OSU's Bedlam rival as a freshman last season.

Hat Trick Hannah

With three goals against Little Rock, Hannah Chance became the 13th different Cowgirl in program history and first since 2019 to record a hat trick. It marked the 18th time in the 28-year history of OSU soccer that a Cowgirl has scored three or more goals in a game.
Chance netted five goals on eight shots last week as she also scored twice against Florida Atlantic; for her efforts, she was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week. The junior now has six goals on the season to rank second nationally.

Sharing Is Caring

     Through four games in 2023, senior Alex Morris has already racked up a career-high four assists.
     The Texan recorded three assists in wins over Florida Atlantic and Little Rock and also spearheaded a pair of shutout wins to earn Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors for Week Two.
     Morris' four assists rank second in the Big 12 and fourth nationally this season.

First Timers

Of OSU's 16 goals this season, 13 have been scored by players who entered the season without a collegiate goal, with 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 two goals through four games while recording three shutouts. All four Cowgirl goalkeepers have seen time between the posts, led by Grace Gordon (201:12) and Ary Purifoy (132:33).

Goals On Goals On Goals

OSU ranks eighth nationally with 16 goals and has outscored its opponents 16-2 on the season. The Cowgirls netted 11 goals vs. Florida Atlantic and Little Rock last week, 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.

Cowgirl Country

Oklahoma State's 2023 roster includes players from nine states as well as Canada and Northern Ireland.

Home Sweet Home

OSU has won 77 percent of its games in four seasons at Neal Patterson Stadium, which opened in 2019. The Cowgirls are 37-9-5 on their current home turf, including a 3-0-0 mark this season.
OSU has gone undefeated at home in seven seasons in its history, the last time coming in 2019.

Oklahoma State (3-1-0) at Texas State (2-2-0)

Thurs., Aug. 31 • 7:30 p.m.
San Marcos, Texas • Bobcat Soccer Complex

Central Arkansas (0-3-1) at Oklahoma State (3-1-0)

Sun., Sept. 3 • 1 p.m.
Stillwater, Okla. • Neal Patterson Stadium

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Players Mentioned

Gracie Bindbeutel

Mollie Breiner

Hannah Chance

Ellie Geoffroy

Adelhia Ghonda

Grace Gordon

Megan Haines

Logan Heausler

Lexi Lee

Alex Morris

Xcaret Pineda

Ary Purifoy

Nicole Ray

Addison Roberts

Laudan Wilson

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