The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Thursday, September 19
Austin, Texas
7 p.m. CT
University of Texas
vs
Providence
Soccer preview: Providence
09.18.2019 | Soccer
The Longhorns look to bounce back by hosting the Friars on Thursday at Mike A. Myers Stadium.
Match 8: Providence (3-3-1) at Texas (4-3-0)
Time: Thursday, Sept. 19 – 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
NOTE FOR FANS:
- Thursday will be "TEXAS TRADITIONS NIGHT" – fans can take pics with Bevo XV and 'Smokey the Cannon' prior to the match.
- Fans will be allowed to bring their own lawn chairs this season to sit behind the end lines at all home Texas soccer matches.
TEXAS CLEAR BAG POLICY: Please note that there is a Clear Bag Policy in effect for fans when attending Texas Athletic events. For more details, please visit this LINK
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:
- The Longhorns will be facing off against Providence for the first time in program history. Texas is a perfect 3-0-0 all-time against members of the BIG EAST Conference with two wins over Butler and one versus Creighton.
- The injury bug continues to take a bite out of the Longhorns as senior forward Cyera Hintzen missed last Sunday's loss to Monmouth for precautionary reasons. Texas has or is still missing numerous expected major contributors from all over the pitch. Included among the list who've missed time with injury in the early season are: redshirt junior forward Cydney Billups (missed first five matches), senior defender Emma Jett (missed first two matches and was limited over the next two), junior midfielder Emily Strouphauer (still rehabbing an ACL injury) and redshirt junior forward Tecora Turner (missed last two matches).
- Due to graduation attrition and injuries, Texas has been forced to lean on a myriad of young players to fill out the starting XI so far in 2019. In all, 37-of-77 possible starts (48%) have gone to freshmen and sophomores. Including juniors, EIGHT Longhorns players have also earned their first starts in the Burnt Orange & White this year (midfielders Kailey Smith & Carlee Allen; forwards Sydney Nobles & Teni Akindoju; defenders Maddie Dorsett, Cameron Brooks & Peyton McGee; goalkeeper Savannah Madden).
- Texas holds a 21-19-3 overall record in matches following a loss (that total doesn't carry over losses from end of a season to the next) under the guidance of head coach Angela Kelly. UT is 1-1 after defeats so far during the 2019 campaign.
- Whichever team hits the two-goal mark in a contest seems to be a key to victory in 2019 as the Longhorns are a perfect 4-0 when scoring at least twice in a match, while their opposition is 3-1.
- Junior midfielder Haley Berg has been riding quite the hot streak lately having SCORED FOUR GOALS OVER TEXAS' LAST FOUR MATCHES. She recently tied for the sixth-longest goal-scoring streak in school history by ticking the twine in three straight contests from Sept. 6-13.
- Texas' 2-0 win over Washington marked the 150th victory in Mike A. Myers Stadium history. The Longhorns now boast a 150-46-20 (.741) all-time home record.
- Junior midfielder Haley Berg and senior forward Cyera Hintzen are each off to "helpful" starts to the 2019 campaign. The duo has four assists apiece over the opening seven matches (already tied for Berg's career high from 2017) and are tied for the fifth in the Big 12 in assists. Each needs just five more assists to enter the Longhorns single-season top 10 list where they would tie five players (one of them Hintzen) for sixth. The all-time Texas record for assists is 14 set by Kelly Wilson back in 2004.
- Berg picked up Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week honors for the first time in her career on Sept. 10 after leading the league with eight points on three goals and two assists during wins over Stephen F. Austin and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. It's the third time she's received weekly league honors after earning two Big 12 Freshman of the Week awards back in 2017.
- After going just 2-8 in one-goal matches back in 2016, the Longhorns have since turned around their fortunes in such contests by going 19-9 in their last 28 one-goal matches since beginning 2017 (1-1 in 2019).
- Junior midfielder Haley Berg scored the first brace (two-goal game) of her collegiate career during the 3-1 win at SFA (Sept. 6), while freshman forward Teni Akindoju registered her first collegiate goal and match-winner by scoring at the 61:36 mark of the victory over the LadyJacks.
- With her 81st-minute goal during the 4-3 season-opening win over Gonzaga (Aug. 22), senior forward Cyera Hintzen registered her 10th career match-winning score. The Garland, Texas, native now owns 10 match-winners over her 24 career goals, meaning that 42% of the time she's scored, it has been to win a contest.
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