The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Friday, September 1
Berkeley, Calif.
CANCELLED
University of Texas
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#25 California
Soccer preview: at #25 California and Sacramento State [Sept. 1 & 3, 2017]
08.31.2017 | Soccer
The Longhorns head to the road looking to improve upon a perfect 4-0 start to the 2017 campaign
Texas Game Notes at #25 Cal & Sacramento State
Soccer Matches 5 & 6: at #25 California (3-1-0) and at Sacramento State (2-1-0)
Schedule:
Fri., Sept. 1 TEXAS at #25 California 4 p.m. CT – Pac-12 Network
Sun., Sept. 3 TEXAS at Sacramento State 7 p.m. CT – Big Sky Conference TV
Locations: Friday – Berkeley, Calif. (Goldman Stadium); Sunday – Sacramento, Calif. (Hornet Field)
Tickets: Friday – LINK; Sunday – LINK
Live Stats: Friday – LINK; Sunday – LINK
Television: Friday's match at No. 25 California will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Network with Joe Castellano (play-by-play) and Tammy Blackburn (analyst) on the call via this LINK. Sunday's match at Sacramento State will be available via Big Sky Conference TV via this LINK.
Free Kicks:
- With last weekend's victories, the 2017 Longhorns have now equaled the 2008 Texas squad for the best four-match start in program history at 4-0. The best five- and six-match openings in school history also belong to that 2008 UT team at 5-0 and 5-0-1, respectively. Under head coach Angela Kelly, UT began the 2014 campaign unbeaten over its first six contests (4-0-2) but tied its season-opener against Arizona State in Honolulu, Hawai'i, 2-2 (2OT), and No. 25 Arkansas at home (0-0, 2 OT).
- The Longhorns received 46 points in this week's release of the United Soccer Coaches rankings to sit just outside the top 25 in 27th position. As far as Big 12 teams in the poll go, the Longhorns rate behind only West Virginia (No. 6) and Oklahoma State (No. 19).
- Texas and California will be meeting for the sixth time on Friday with the Golden Bears leading the overall series, 3-2. The Longhorns own a 1-1 all-time mark in Berkeley, winning 2-1 on Sept. 6, 2002, before losing during their last visit on Sept. 6, 2009, 4-2. Last season, Cal secured a 1-0 victory at Myers Stadium after a controversial call on a quick free kick re-start led to Ifeoma Onumonu's 68th minute winner. Texas and Sacramento State will be meeting for the first time in program history on Sunday.
- After struggling in close matches during the 2016 season (just 2-8 overall in one-goal contests and 0-3-1 in overtime), Texas has gotten off to a promising start in such match-ups in 2017. So far through four contests, the Longhorns are a perfect 3-0 in one-goal decisions with victories over Rice, Little Rock and North Texas.
- Texas fans and opponents better keep an eye on the "dynamic duo" of sophomore forward Cyera Hintzen and freshman forward Haley Berg. Former club teammates from 2010-12 with FC Dallas, Hintzen and Berg have combined to score four of Texas' seven goals, registered two of seven total assists and managed 10 of the Longhorns' 21 total points this season.
- Texas' defense is particularly stingy, having allowed more than two goals in a single match ONLY TWICE OVER THE LONGHORNS' LAST 91 MATCHES (both occurrences happened at TCU on Oct. 17, 2014 & Oct. 28, 2016) and only once over the last 46 matches. In fact, an opponent has scored more than two goals in a contest only five times since head coach Angela Kelly took over the program (three times during her first season on the Forty Acres in 2012).
- With her goal just 25 seconds into the season-opening, 2-1 victory over Rice (Aug. 18), freshman midfielder Haley Berg became the first Longhorns player to score in her first collegiate match since now senior forward Olivia Brook knocked home a goal during the 44th minute of her debut in a 2-2 (2OT) tie versus Arizona State in Honolulu, Hawai'i, back on Aug. 22, 2014.
- Redshirt freshman forward Cydney Billups managed to make an impression in her Texas playing debut, assisting on Cyera Hintzen's match-winning goal at 36:07 to beat Rice, 2-1. The Greenwood Village, Colo., native was forced to miss the entire 2016 season with injuries.
- Junior forward Alexa Adams is always a threat to put up at least one point for the Longhorns offense, having totaled at least one point in 12 of her last 23 contests dating back to Oct. 9, 2015. The Lancaster, Calif., native has also registered at least two points in a match on nine different occasions with a high of four points in consecutive tilts at Iowa State (Oct. 9, 2015) and TCU (Oct. 11, 2015) back during her freshman season.
- Much like her teammate Adams, redshirt sophomore forward Mikayla Flores puts up points by the bunch, entering this weekend's action having tallied points in eight of her last 12 matches dating back to the 2015 campaign. The La Verne, Calif., native has opened her 2017 season with assists against Rice and North Texas.
- Texas sophomore forward Cyera Hintzen was chosen as one of 11 players on the annual Preseason All-Big 12 Team, the league office announced. The Garland, Texas, native is coming off a 2016 campaign that saw her tally two goals on the way to earning the program's fourth all-time selection as the Big 12 Freshman of the Year. She was one of just three sophomores to make the preseason squad. Hintzen has wasted no time making her impression felt in 2017 with the match-winning goal and an assist during the 2-1 season-opening victory over Rice (Aug. 18) and the match-winner to down North Texas (aug. 27), 1-0.
- The Longhorns are coming off an 8-9-1 season that saw the squad finish ninth in the Big 12 regular-season standings and miss the postseason. UT lost five valuable seniors off that squad including midfielder Julia Dyche (led the team in assists in 2016, played in 65 straight matches), defender Isabelle Kerr (played 1,666 of 1,668 minutes in the back last season), forward Jasmine Hart (second on the team with four goals and nine points in 2016) and goalkeeper Paige Brown (started 15 matches in goal with four shutouts, 49 saves and a 1.09 GAA).
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