The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Friday, September 7
Austin, Texas
6 p.m. CT
University of Texas
vs
Texas State
No. 18 Soccer preview: vs. Texas State [Sept. 7, 2018]
09.06.2018 | Soccer
Texas hosts the in-state Bobcats while looking to maintain its unbeaten start to 2018
Soccer Match 6: Texas State (2-4-0) at No. 18 Texas (4-0-1)
Time: Friday, Sept. 7 – 6 p.m. CT
Location: Austin, Texas (Mike A. Myers Stadium & Soccer Field/20,000)
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Free Kicks:
- The Longhorns are 2-0-0 all-time against Texas State, out-scoring the Bobcats by a combined 5-0 over the two previous match-ups. UT is also 1-0 at home in the series having prevailed back on Sept. 20, 2013, 3-0.
- So far this season, Texas has played three teams that were the preseason pick to win their conferences (Rice - Conference USA; North Carolina - Atlantic Coast Conference; UCF - American Athletic Conference) and two that were picked to finish second (Long Beach State - Big West; Stephen F. Austin - Southland Conference). Friday's opponent, Texas State, was also picked to finish second in the Sun Belt Conference, so that means each of UT's first six matches will have been against teams picked one or two in their preseason league standings!
- Texas has scored first in all five of its matches during the 2018 campaign, and the Longhorns haven't trailed for even a single second over 472:38 of playing time so far this season. In fact, Texas has scored first in 21 of its last 26 total matches dating back to the start of 2017.
- Texas' offense is off to a strong start this year having scored 13 times over its first five matches. That's good enough for a tie for the fifth-most goals at this point in a season in Longhorns history (five-match record was 21 goals by the 1996 Longhorns – also included a 12-0 win over Pittsburgh).
- Texas has won its last 12 non-conference home matches, dating back to a 1-0 defeat against No. 19 California on Sept. 4, 2016, and 12 of its last 14 home contests overall (12-1-1).
- The Longhorns have won their last eight September matches in a row dating back to a 2-1 (2OT) loss to Oklahoma State on Sept. 30, 2016.
- Texas began the new season at No. 17 in the preseason United Soccer Coaches poll released on Aug. 7. The preseason ranking marked the first for the Burnt Orange & White since beginning the 2009 campaign at No. 15. After its unbeaten 4-0-1 start, UT has now climbed as high as No. 11 in the Soccer America, No. 12 in the Top Drawer Soccer and No. 18 in the United Soccer Coaches polls. Texas has now appeared in each of the last 14 United Soccer Coaches poll releases dating back to Sept. 12, 2017.
- UT freshman midfielder Julia Grosso recently earned her sixth career senior-level cap while playing 20 minutes as a sub for the Canadian Senior National Team during a 1-0 friendly victory over Brazil in Ottawa, Ontario, on Sept. 2.
- After going just 2-8 during one-goal matches during the 2016 season, the Longhorns since have turned around their fortunes in such contests by going a remarkable 13-3 over their last 16 one-goal matches since beginning 2017 and are 2-0 in 2018.
- With her score at 61:48 against Long Beach State, freshman forward Mackenzie McFarland registered her first career goal and match-winner on her very first career shot. For her effort, the Coppell, Texas, native was honored as the Big 12 Conference's Freshman of the Week for Sept. 4.
- The Burnt Orange & White are a remarkable 6-2-4 in overtime matches combining the 2017 & 2018 seasons and have gone to at least one extra session in 12 of their last 20 contests.
- Junior goalkeeper Nicole Curry's career goals-against-average of 0.70 is currently the lowest mark in school history, 0.14 ahead of standout UT net minder Abby Smith's career GAA of 0.84 (2012-15).
- With her 93rd-minute "golden goal" vs. No. 23 UCF (Aug. 24), junior forward Cyera Hintzen registered her eighth career match-winning score. The Garland, Texas, native now owns eight match-winners over her 17 career goals, meaning that 47% of the time she's scored, it has been to win a contest.
- Junior forward Cyera Hintzen has scored in four of five Texas matches this year, currently rates in a tie for first in the Big 12 with five goals in 2018, has equaled the school career record for "golden goals" with three and owns five career goals in the 82nd minute or later in a match (all five have been match-winners!).
- Texas' defense is particularly stingy, having allowed more than two goals in a single match ONLY THREE TIMES OVER THE LONGHORNS' LAST 113 MATCHES (occurrences were at TCU on Oct. 17, 2014 & Oct. 28, 2016 and at Duke in NCAA Sweet 16 action on Nov. 19, 2017) and only twice over the last 68 matches. In fact, an opponent has scored more than two goals in a contest only six times since head coach Angela Kelly took over the program (three times during her first season on the Forty Acres in 2012).
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