Cowgirl Soccer Looks To Continue Streak On Split Week

#19 UCF (7-2-0, 3-0-0) at Oklahoma State (10-2-0, 3-0-0)

Thurs., Sept. 28 • 7 p.m.
Stillwater, Okla. • Neal Patterson Stadium

Oklahoma State (10-2-0, 3-0-0) at TCU (6-3-2, 2-0-1)

Sun., Oct. 1 • 1 p.m.
Fort Worth, Texas • Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium

TV/Video: Big 12 Now On ESPN+
Thursday: Mike Wolfe & Anna Beffer Sunday: Chuck LaMendola & Chris Blake
Radio: 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

     • Winners of four in a row, Oklahoma State is 10-2-0 and in a three-way tie atop the Big 12 standings at 3-0-0 in conference play. The Cowgirls host 19th-ranked UCF Thursday night before traveling to Fort Worth, Texas, for a Sunday showdown with TCU.
     • 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

     • UCF is 7-2-0 and tied with OSU and Texas Tech at 3-0-0 in conference play. The 19th-ranked Knights have outscored their opponents 14-7 on the season.
     • OSU is 0-2-0 all time against UCF, losing a 2-1 contest in Orlando in 2015 and dropping a 3-2 overtime game in Stillwater in 2016.
     • TCU is 6-3-2 overall and 2-0-1 in Big 12 play and hosts Kansas State on Thursday. The Horned Frogs have outscored their opponents 17-11 on the year.
     • OSU is 6-7-3 in the all-time series with TCU. The Horned Frogs have won the last four meetings and are unbeaten in the last six (5-0-1); the Cowgirls' last win came in 2017 in Fort Worth.

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' six and Laudan Wilson's five. 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.

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's hat trick came on the heels of a two-goal effort against Florida Atlantic as she netted five goals on eight shots during that stretch; for her efforts, she was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week for Week Two.
     A junior, Chance has seven goals on the season to rank 29th nationally; three of her goals were game winners, which ranks 15th in the NCAA this season.

Sharing Is Caring

Through 12 games in 2023, senior Alex Morris has already racked up a career-high six assists, which doubles her previous high of three from last season.
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.

First Timers

Of OSU's 34 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 six goals through 12 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 (0.50).
All four Cowgirl goalkeepers have seen time between the posts, led by Grace Gordon.

Goals On Goals On Goals

   OSU ranks fourth nationally with 34 goals and has outscored its opponents 34-6 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 nearly 21 shots per game, which ranks fourth in the NCAA, and just under nine of those shots are on goal, good for 20th in the nation.
     OSU is 13th in the country in scoring offense at 2.83 goals per game.

Kicking It On The Corner

OSU leads the Big 12 and is second nationally with 95 corner kicks, and their 7.92 corner kicks per game ranks sixth.
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.

Saving Grace

     Grace Gordon has established herself as OSU's top goalkeeper, starting 11 games and posting five shutouts in 914 minutes of action.
     A transfer who spent the last three seasons at Seton Hall, Gordon ranks second in the Big 12 with a 0.50 goals against average, while her five clean sheets is third. She has also played a part in two combined shutouts.
     During OSU's current four-game winning streak, Gordon has allowed only one goal and has recorded a shutout in the last three games. She posted a season-high eight saves in her Big 12 debut to help OSU to a win at Iowa State.

Scoring Surge

     Logan Heausler has scored a goal in four consecutive games and is tied for the team lead with seven goals on the season.
     The forward from Houston leads the Cowgirls with 18 points, which ranks fifth in the BIg 12, as she also has four assists.
   Heausler entered the season without a goal and just one assist in 17 career games.

Fab Frosh

     Laudan Wilson had a record-setting day in her first-ever Big 12 game.
     The Cowgirls' freshman midfielder recorded assists on three of OSU's four goals in a win at Iowa State. The three assists tied a program record as she became the eighth OSU player to achieve the feat and first since 2011.
     Wilson followed that performance with a goal against Abilene Christian, and she is second on the team lead with five assists while also contributing three goals on the year.

Rankings

For the second consecutive week, OSU is No. 49 in the official NCAA RPI. The Cowgirls are also ranked No. 5 in the Midwest Region by the United Soccer Coaches, up two spots from last week.

Home Sweet Home

OSU has won 79 percent of its games in four seasons at Neal Patterson Stadium, which opened in 2019. The Cowgirls are 41-9-5 on their current home turf, including a 7-0-0 mark this season.
OSU has gone undefeated at home in seven seasons in its history, the last time coming in 2019.

#19 UCF (7-2-0, 3-0-0) at Oklahoma State (10-2-0, 3-0-0)

Oklahoma State (10-2-0, 3-0-0) at TCU (6-3-2, 2-0-1)

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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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