2024 Oklahoma State Cowgirl Soccer Season Superlatives

Oklahoma State ended its season with a 14-5-3 record and finished fifth in the Big 12 standings at 6-3-2. The 14 wins was the Cowgirls' most since 2019.

OSU earned the 14^th NCAA Championship berth in program history and its first since 2020.

The Cowgirls appeared in the national rankings for eight weeks during the season, peaking at No. 11 in the Aug. 27 United Soccer Coaches Poll. OSU also finished No. 31 in the official NCAA RPI.

Six Cowgirls collected All-Big 12 honors, the second highest total in program history. OSU placed three players on the All-Big 12 First Team, which tied for the third highest total in its history.

Defender Alex Morris and midfielders Xcaret Pineda and Laudan Wilson were named to the All-Big 12 First Team, while goalkeeper Grace Gordon, defender Mollie Breiner and forward Gracie Bindbeutel were named to the All-Big 12 Second Team.

Katelyn Hoppers was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team.

Four Cowgirls earned United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region honors. Xcaret Pineda was named to the first team, Alex Morris made the third team and Mollie Breiner and Laudan Wilson were selected for the fourth team.

OSU collected several weekly awards 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

           * 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

            *Ellie Geoffroy: Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week, 9/11

           * Bella Pierotti: Big 12 Freshman of the Week, 8/28

OSU set a program record with nine consecutive shutouts. In 2011, the Cowgirls had shutout streaks of six and five matches, which marked the previous best streaks.

Grace Gordon tied the program single-season shutout record with 12, equaling AD Franch's 2011 total.

Grace Gordon set an OSU record with six consecutive shutouts (Sept. 29 Utah-Oct. 20 UCF matches); AD Franch previously held the record with five in a row in 2011.

OSU recorded shutouts in its first nine games and was not scored on for 8:46:10, marking the longest consecutive streaks by any team in the nation to start the 2024 season.

With its 2-0 win at No. 6 Nebraska in the season opener, OSU recorded its first victory over a top 10 opponent since 2020. The victory also marked the Cowgirls' first top 10 road win since 2019.

OSU led the Big 12 and ranked fourth nationally with 15 shutouts. The Cowgirls were third in the NCAA with a .682 shutout percentage.

The Cowgirls' 15 clean sheets marked the second most in a season in program history and tied for the fifth most in a season in Big 12 history.

OSU's 42 goals were scored by 14 different players, and 16 Cowgirls recorded assists.

Grace Gordon led the Big 12 and ranked fourth nationally with 12 shutouts. She was also second in the conference with a 0.90 goals against average.

Laudan Wilson ranked second in the Big 12 with nine assists.

Grace Gordon finished her two-year OSU career tied for third on OSU's shutouts list with 18 clean sheets in 41 games. She also ranks seventh in program history with 143 saves and sixth with an 0.87 goals against average.

Mollie Breiner and Alex Morris were named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-America Women's Soccer Team, with Breiner earning first-team honors and Morris being a third-team selection. The duo became the ninth and 10^th student-athletes in Cowgirl Soccer history to earn CSA Academic All-America status, and it marked only the third time OSU has had multiple players earn that distinction in the same season.

Mollie Breiner became only the third Cowgirl to earn CSC first-team recognition, joining Krista Lopez (2010-11) and Hannah Webb (2020).

Xcaret Pineda was named to the United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Second Team. She is the 10^th different Cowgirl to earn Scholar All-America status from the United Soccer Coaches.

Alex Morris was named the 2024 Big 12 Soccer Scholar Athlete of the Year, the first time in program history a Cowgirl has earned that honor.

Six Cowgirls earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors – Mollie Breiner, Ellie Geoffroy, Chloe Joseph, Alex Morris, Xcaret Pineda and Laudan Wilson. Four of those – Breiner, Morris, Pineda and Wilson – were CSC Academic All-America finalists.

OSU had 13 student-athletes named to the Academic All-Big 12 Soccer Team. Making the list were Sami Allen, Mollie Breiner, Ellie Geoffroy, Adelhia Ghonda, Chloe Joseph, Lexi Lee, Alex Morris, Trinity Picklo, Xcaret Pineda, Nicole Ray, Addison Roberts, Taryn Thibeau and Laudan Wilson.

OSU earned the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award for the 23^rd consecutive year with a team GPA that exceeded 3.0.

Oklahoma State University Athletics

Players Mentioned

Sami Allen

Gracie Bindbeutel

Mollie Breiner

Ellie Geoffroy

Adelhia Ghonda

Grace Gordon

Katelyn Hoppers

Lexi Lee

Alex Morris

Trinity Picklo

Bella Pierotti

Xcaret Pineda

Nicole Ray

Addison Roberts

Taryn Thibeau

Laudan Wilson

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