The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Sunday, September 18
Austin, Texas
2:30 p.m.
University of Texas
vs
UCSB
Soccer preview: vs. UCSB [Sept. 18, 2016]
09.17.2016 | Soccer
The Longhorns look to knock the Gauchos from the ranks of the unbeaten in a 2:30 p.m. CT match on Longhorn Network
Regular Season Match #9: UCSB (8-0-0) at Texas (5-3-0)
Time: vs. UCSB – Sun., Sept. 18 – 2:30 p.m. CT – WATCH LIVE ON LHN
Location: Austin, Texas (Mike A. Myers Stadium & Soccer Field)
Tickets: LINK
Live Stats: LINK
Television: The match will be broadcast live on Longhorn Network (accessible through WATCHESPN with certain cable providers) with Glenn Davis (play-by-play) and Kate Markgraf (analyst) on the call.
Radio: Lincoln Rose will call the action for Texas soccer via an internet audio stream that can be heard for free here: LINK
Free Kicks:
- The 2016 edition of the Texas Longhorns defense is statistically the BEST of the Angela Kelly era (2012-16) as far as goals allowed and shots on goal are concerned after the first eight matches of the season, having permitted only six total goals and 22 shots on frame. IN FACT, UT IS ALLOWING JUST 2.8 SHOTS ON GOAL THIS SEASON!
- UCSB enters today's match owning a perfect 8-0-0 record, one of just four NCAA Division I teams to remain undefeated as of Sept. 17, joining Central Michigan, USF and Northwestern. The Gauchos boast a stout defense, having allowed only three goals over eight contests (736 minutes) and just 7.4 shots-per-match while registering a six-match shutout streak from Aug. 26-Sept. 11.
- I wouldn't expect to see crazy totals in the shot column during Sunday's match as both Texas and UCSB enter play allowing fewer than 10 shots-per-contest in 2016. The Gauchos are limiting opponents to just 7.4 shots-per-match, while the Longhorns aren't far behind in allowing only an average of 8.8 shots-per-match. In all, five different UT opponents this year have managed 10-or-fewer total shots against the Longhorns "D."
- Texas enters play against UCSB with a season-long shutout streak of 180:00 minutes going following consecutive shutouts of Miami (OH) and North Texas. UT's previous longest shutout streak of the 2016 season had been 161:18 over a stretch that included matches against Detroit, Sam Houston State and No. 19 California.
- Texas and UCSB have only played once all-time with that meeting occurring last season in Santa Barbara, Calif., as the Gauchos shutout the Longhorns, 2-0. UT out-shot UCSB in the match by an 11-8 count, but lost the shot on goal battle, 6-4, as 2016 Gaucho returnees Jessica Parque (56:51) and Chace Schornstein (85:30) finished second-half chances in sealing the victory.
- The Longhorns have really benefitted from other teams' mistakes thus far this season, getting the gift of two opponent "own goals" over their first eight matches. Both of the "own goals" have proven to be match-winners against Detroit and North Texas, but only the score against the Mean Green on Sept. 16 provided the true final difference in UT's 1-0 triumph.
- Scoring first and out-shooting opponents seem important as far as success goes for the 2016 Longhorns as Texas holds a 5-1 record when putting up the first goal of a match and when firing more total shots through eight contests this season.
- Over the four-plus season tenure of head coach Angela Kelly, if Texas scores a goal, there's a pretty good chance UT will win the match. Since starting 2012, the Longhorns are 44-12-6 in contests where they tickle the twine at least once and are 5-1 in such situations so far this season.
- Two Longhorns were named in the recent release of Top Drawer Soccer's listing of its "Top 20 Players in the Big 12 Conference." Sophomore forward Alexa Adams came in at No. 12, while injured redshirt sophomore forward Mikayla Flores rounded out the ranking in the No. 20 slot.
- Texas sophomore forward Alexa Adams has picked up this season where she left off from an All-Big 12-level rookie campaign in 2015. The Lancaster, Calif., native scored during three consecutive UT matches against the College of Charleston, Detroit and Sam Houston State and owns goals in five of Texas' eight matches in 2016. She now has registered at least one point in 11 of the Longhorns' last 15 matches dating back to Oct. 9, 2015, against Iowa State. Over that 15-match stretch, Adams has 10 goals and five assists for 25 total points on an efficient 35 shots. In fact, on her LAST 14 SHOTS ON GOAL, ADAMS HAS SCORED 10 TIMES (71% scoring efficiency!).
- Texas senior midfielder Julia Dyche is off to a very "helpful" start to the 2016 season with five assists already through just eight matches. She needs just three more to enter the Longhorns single-season top 10 list where she would tie four players for 10th. The all-time single-season assist record at Texas is 14 by Kelly Wilson established back in 2004. Dyche's five assists this season are one more than she had previously combined for over her first three seasons at UT (four assists total over her first three seasons combined). DYCHE CURRENTLY RANKS 14TH IN ALL OF NCAA DIVISION I IN TOTAL ASSISTS!
- Several Longhorns seem to ALWAYS be on the pitch. Senior defender Isabelle Kerr and freshman defender Atu Mshana have played all 725 possible minutes this season, while freshman defender Emma Jett (693) and senior midfielder Julia Dyche (686) and have been on the field for almost 700 of the available minutes.
- Texas' defense is particularly stingy, having not allowed more than two goals in a single match since allowing three during a 3-1 loss at TCU back on Oct. 17, 2014, a stretch of 34 consecutive contests. In fact, an opponent has only scored more than two goals in a contest four times since head coach Angela Kelly took over the program (three times in her first season on the Forty Acres in 2012) and ONLY ONCE OVER THE LONGHORNS' LAST 77 MATCHES!
- Senior forward Jasmine Hart is off to a great start to the 2016 season as well, managing her fourth career contest with three or more points (goal, assist) in the 3-1 win over College of Charleston and a goal in the rout of Sam Houston State. The three-point occurrence marked the first time the Haltom City, Texas, product had registered at least three points in a single match since scoring a goal and dishing an assist in a rout of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi back on Sept. 5, 2014. She had played in 34 matches since that rout of the Islanders.
- A pair of Longhorns seem to always be penciled in the line-up as senior midfielder Julia Dyche has earned at least some playing time in Texas' last 56 matches, while senior defender Isabelle Kerr has appeared in 50 of UT's last 51 contests dating back to each player's freshman campaign in 2013.
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