The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
Arkansas-Little Rock
Soccer preview: vs. Arkansas-Little Rock [Oct. 20, 2014]
10.19.2014 | Soccer
Texas hosts its final regular-season non-conference matchup against the Trojans
Match 16: Arkansas-Little Rock (11-4-1, 2-4-1 Sun Belt) at Texas (7-6-2, 2-3-0 Big 12)
Time: Monday, Oct. 20 – 7 p.m. CT
Location: Austin, Texas (Mike A. Myers Stadium & Soccer Field)
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/texas/wsoc/
Television: The match will be broadcast live on Longhorn Network (accessible through WATCHESPN with certain cable providers) with Glenn Davis (play-by-play) and Richard Broad (analyst) on the call.
Radio: All UT home matches can be heard free via an internet audio stream at: http://texas.leanplayer.com/ - Lincoln Rose will call the action for all Texas home matches.
All-Time Series: Texas won its lone meeting against Arkansas-Little Rock, 3-0, in Austin, Texas, back on Oct. 16, 1994.
Match Promotions:
- Post-match autograph session with Texas players: Begins approximately 20 minutes after the match ends
Free Kicks:
- TopDrawerSoccer.com released its lists of what the organization deemed to be its Top 100 Players of the Midseason and the Top 100 Freshmen of 2014 (Oct. 16). Junior netminder Abby Smith was ranked No. 31 among the Top 100 Players of the Midseason, while forward Olivia Brook made the Top 100 Freshmen list by coming in at No. 96.
- Arkansas-Little Rock brings along to Austin one of the nation's most potent scoring offenses. As of Oct. 18, Arkansas-Little Rock was tied for the fifth-most assists as a team (39), dead-locked for sixth in team goals (43) and ranked sixth in total points in all of NCAA Division I.
- Texas senior Brooke Gilbert has been quite the offensive contributor for the Longhorns during the 2014 campaign, netting a single season career-high-tying four goals and registering an assist for a career-best nine total points. Her contributions come despite serving as a starting defender in the backline for the Burnt Orange & White. In fact, Gilbert currently owns the most goals and total points of any PURE DEFENDER in the entire Big 12 Conference. West Virginia defender/midfielder Leah Emaus and midfielder/defender Michaela Abam each own four goals while splitting time between offensive & defensive positions.
- Looking at current records (as of 10/18), Texas has played 15 teams that have combined to post a 130-69-24 overall record (a .637 winning percentage) thus far in 2014. As of Oct. 13, the NCAA rated UT's slate as the SIXTH-toughest schedule by percentage in Division I toughest in the Big 12. Eleven of those 15 teams possess winning records, while five of those squads (UCLA, Arizona State, UCF, West Virginia & Kansas) have lost two or fewer matches. That tough schedule is reflected in the Longhorns' RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) as UT sits at No. 33 in the most recent NCAA RPI release of the campaign (10/13), good for fifth among Big 12 teams.
- The Longhorn program holds an 85-40-15 all-time record against members of the Big 12 Conference and is 12-9-1 against league foes since Angela Kelly took over as head coach.
