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Soccer preview: No. 18 Oklahoma State
10.10.2019 | Soccer
The Big 12-leading Longhorns welcome in the nationally-ranked Cowgirls for a vital regular season match-up
Match 14: No. 18 Oklahoma State (9-1-3, 2-1-1 Big 12) at Texas (8-5-0, 3-1-0 Big 12)
Time: Friday, Oct. 11 – 7 p.m. CT
Location: Austin, Texas (Mike A. Myers Stadium & Soccer Field)
Tickets: LINK
Parking: Fans are encouraged to buy parking in advance through Click-and-Park here: LINK
NOTES FOR FANS:
- Fans are allowed to bring their own lawn chairs this season to sit behind the end lines at all home Texas soccer matches.
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Live Stats: LINK
TV: The match will be broadcast live on Longhorn Network (accessible through WATCHESPN with certain cable providers) and can be watched online through this LINK.
Free Kicks:
- Texas enters Friday trailing Oklahoma State in the two teams' all-time series 11-10-7, but owns a 6-4-1 advantage in Austin. The last 15 meetings have all either been settled by one goal or required overtime (the last four have needed extra time). OSU is 4-0-3 against the Longhorns since UT's last victory over the Cowgirls back on Oct. 5, 2012, in ATX, 1-0.
- Friday's match will be a vital step in the battle for first in the regular-season league standings as the Longhorns currently lead the Big 12 with nine points, while Oklahoma State is tied with Texas Tech and TCU for second with seven points. The nine points (3-1-0) are Texas' most over its opening four Big 12 matches since starting off 2017 with 10 points (3-0-1) from that same stretch.
- Texas' leading goal scorer, sophomore midfielder Julia Grosso, will be back in the line-up on Friday after missing UT's matches against TCU and West Virginia because of international duty. The Vancouver, British Columbia, native was in Shizuoka, Japan, last weekend with the Canadian Women's Senior National Team for an official Sunday friendly and a Monday closed exhibition against Japan.
- The Longhorns defense has been dominant recently during the first half as Texas hasn't allowed a goal over the opening 45 minutes in its last six matches. The last time UT permitted a first-half score was at the 25:20 mark against Monmouth on Sept. 15. That means the Burnt Orange & White has gone its last 289:20 of first-half action without allowing a goal.
- Texas is 16-1-1 over the past two seasons when scoring first in a match and a perfect 6-0-0 when doing so during the 2019 campaign.
- The Longhorns have now won 25 consecutive matches in which they scored two-or-more goals in a contest dating back to the start of the 2017 season. The last time Texas failed to win when tickling the twine on two occasions was in a 3-2 defeat at TCU back on Oct. 28, 2016.
- With time running short, Texas' offense seems to step up to the challenge as SIX of the Longhorns 2019 match-winning goals have come in the 62nd-minute or later. Three of those (Gonzaga, at Kansas State, TCU) have been scored in the 81st-minute or later with the last two occurring at the 86:02 (K-State) and 87:34 (TCU) marks. In all, six of Texas' eight match-winning goals this season have been scored during the second half.
- Call her "Clutch Cyera' as senior forward Cyera Hintzen has scored a remarkable seven career match-winning goals in the 81st-minute or later following her 88th-minute goal to beat TCU on Thursday, 1-0. Two of those have come this season (previously scored to beat Gonzaga at 80:56 on Aug. 22).
- Junior midfielder Haley Berg has been riding quite the hot streak lately having SCORED SIX GOALS AND DISHED FIVE ASSISTS OVER TEXAS' LAST 10 MATCHES. She is currently second in the Big 12 in assists (ranked 17th in NCAA Division I as of Oct. 7) and recently tied for the sixth-longest goal-scoring streak in school history by tickling the twine in three straight contests from Sept. 6-13.
