Cowgirl Soccer Concludes Regular Season At Home In Matchup Of Big 12's Hottest Teams

#9 TCU (13-2-2, 8-0-2) at #19 Oklahoma State (13-2-3, 6-2-2)

Fri., Oct. 25 • 7 p.m.
Stillwater, Okla. • Neal Patterson Stadium

TV/Video: ESPN+ (Dave Saunders & Anna Berghall)
Radio: The Varsity Network/Stillwater Radio Pete 94.3 FM (Karsten Melton)
Live Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
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About Oklahoma State

     • Oklahoma State is 13-2-3 on the season, including a 6-2-2 Big 12 mark to put it fourth in the conference standings, and has outscored its opponents, 39-6, while recording 15 shutouts in 18 games. The 19th-ranked Cowgirls conclude the regular season Friday night when they host No. 9 TCU at Neal Patterson Stadium; both teams enter the match on conference-best five-game winning streaks.
     • OSU is coming off a 12-8-0 season in 2023 in which the Cowgirls finished seventh in the Big 12 standings with a 5-5-0 conference mark.
     • The Cowgirls return nine starters and 16 letterwinners from last season.
     • The 2024 season is the 29th in program history; over the first 28, OSU posted a 334-185-63 (.628) record. Head coach Colin Carmichael enters his 20th season at the helm in 2024 with a 251-105-50 mark.

Scouting The Opponent

• TCU is 13-2-2 overall and tied with Texas Tech atop the Big 12 standings at 8-0-2 in the Big 12. The Horned Frogs have outscored their opponents 46-16 on the season.
• OSU is 6-8-3 all time against TCU. The Horned Frogs have won the last five meetings and are unbeaten in the last seven (6-0-1); the Cowgirls' last win in the series came in 2017 in Fort Worth.

Last Week

OSU posted a 3-0 victory over Iowa State at home on Thursday before winning 2-0 at UCF on Sunday. Against ISU, the Cowgirls got two goals from Laudan Wilson and one from Logan Heausler, all coming in the second half, and Grace Gordon recorded the shutout with three saves. Chloe Wright and Heausler tallied goals in the first half vs. UCF, and Gordon picked up another clean sheet with five saves.

In The Rankings

     OSU is back in the national rankings this week, checking it at No. 19 in the TopDrawerSoccer.com poll.
     On Aug. 19/20, the Cowgirls entered the national rankings for the first time since Aug. 30, 2021, when the Cowgirls were 22nd in the TopDrawerSoccer.com poll. They stayed in the polls for six consecutive weeks before dropping out on Sept. 30/Oct. 1. During that time, they climbed as high as No. 11 in the Aug. 27th United Soccer Coaches poll, their highest ranking since they were No. 11 in both the United Soccer Coaches and TopDrawerSoccer.com polls on Nov. 17, 2020.
     In this week's United Soccer Coaches Midwest Region Rankings, OSU is No. 3. The Cowgirls are also No. 28 in the official NCAA RPI; TCU is 17th.

A Lot Of Nothing

OSU recorded shutouts in its first nine games and was not scored on for 8:46:10, marking the longest consecutive streaks by a team to start the 2024 season. Auburn recorded eight-straight shutouts and did not concede a goal over the first 741 minutes of its season.

We Have The Cleanest Sheets

     OSU leads the NCAA with 15 shutouts on the season, two more than UCLA. The Cowgirls are also best in the nation with a .921 save percentage and rank second in shutout percentage (.833) and goals against average (0.33).
     • OSU's nine consecutive shutouts earlier this season stands as the longest streak in program history. In 2011, the Cowgirls had shutout streaks of six and five matches, which marked the previous best streaks.
     • The streak of nine-straight shutouts is tied for the second longest in Big 12 Conference history. West Virginia owns the record with 10 in a row in 2016, while WVU (2015) and Nebraska (1997) also had streaks of nine consecutive clean sheets.
     • The Cowgirls' previous best shutout streak to begin a season was three games in 2005.
     • OSU's 15 shutouts in 2024 is the second most in a season in program history and fifth all time in Big 12 history. The Cowgirls posted a record 18 clean sheets in 2011, which led the NCAA that year and is tied for the conference mark.
     • Grace Gordon's 12 shutouts rank second nationally this season, one behind UCLA's Ryan Campbell, and are tied with AD Franch for the most in a single-season in program history; Franch had 12 in 2011.
     • Gordon enters the TCU match with six consecutive shutouts, a school record; Franch previously held the record with five in a row in 2011.

Sharing The Wealth

OSU's 39 goals this season have been scored by 13 different players. Logan Heausler leads the Cowgirls with eight goals, while Xcaret Pineda, Nicole Ray and Laudan Wilson have five.
Sixteen Cowgirls have also recorded assists on the year. Laudan Wilson is second in the Big 12 with eight assists, and Alex Morris has five.

The Difference Between Me & You

OSU has outscored its opponents 39-6 on the year and ranks seventh nationally in goal differential.

Recognized

     A list of OSU's award winners & honorees during the 2024 season:
     • Mollie Breiner: TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week, 8/19; Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week, 8/21; TDS.com Team of the Week, 8/26; TDS.com Midseason National Top 100 - #27
     • Grace Gordon: Big 12 Co-Goalkeeper of the Week, 8/21; Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Week, 9/4; Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Week, 10/23
     • Bella Pierotti: Big 12 Freshman of the Week, 8/28
     • Ellie Geoffroy: Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week, 9/11
     • Alex Morris: TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week, 9/16; Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week, 10/9; TDS.com Midseason National Top 100 - #93; TDS.com Team of the Week, 10/15; Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week, 10/16

X Gives It To Ya

     Junior midfielder Xcaret Pineda is one of the leaders of OSU's attack, and she had a breakout sophomore season to earn a spot on the 2023 All-Big 12 Second Team.
     Pineda started all 20 games for the Cowgirls a year ago and was second on the team with 17 points. She posted six goals and five assists, both of which rank third on the squad.
     The Illinois native led OSU with 60 shots, 25 on goal. She tallied three goals and an assist in Big 12 play.
     Pineda is OSU's third-leading scorer this season with five goals and four assists.

Climbing

Grace Gordon is tied for third on OSU's career shutouts list with 18 in just 37 games in a Cowgirl uniform. She needs three more to move into second place along with Erin Stigler; AD Franch owns the record with 38 from 2009-12. Gordon has 27 clean sheets in her collegiate career after recording nine in three seasons at Seton Hall.
Gordon's 124 saves in an OSU uniform ranks seventh in program history, and she is currently first in career goals against average at 0.60.

Breakout

     In her first two collegiate seasons, Logan Heausler played in just 17 games; she appeared in 14 as a freshman then missed the majority of 2022 after suffering a season-ending injury just three games in.
     Last season, the Houston native emerged as one of OSU's top threats in the attack, playing in all 20 games and leading the Cowgirls with 18 points. She tied for the team lead with seven goals and turned in a streak of four consecutive matches - three of those vs. Big 12 opponents - in which she scored a goal.
     Heausler leads the attack again in 2024 with a team- and career-high eight goals as well as two assists.

Last Year Best Year

     Alex Morris is saving her best for last.
     The Cowgirls' fifth-year senior wingback scored in back-to-back matches against Houston and Cincinnati, with both goals credited as game winners, and has a career-high three goals on the year after entering the season with two career goals in 66 games.
     Morris, who also ranks second on the squad with five assists after posting a career-best six last season, is No. 93 on the TopDrawerSoccer.com Midseason Women's Top 100 recognizing the top upperclassmen in college soccer.

She's A Giver

Laudan Wilson has eight assists on the season, which is second in the Big 12 lead and ranks 12th nationally. It's the most assists in a season by a Cowgirl since Jaci Jones had 12 in 2019.

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 49-12-6 (.776) on their current home turf, including a 6-2-1 mark season.
OSU has gone undefeated at home in seven seasons in its history, the last time coming in 2019.