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Soccer preview: Kansas State
10.08.2020 | Soccer
The Longhorns return home to Myers Stadium to host the Wildcats on Friday at 5 p.m. CT.
Match 5: Kansas State (0-3-0) at Texas (1-3-0)
Time: Friday, Oct. 9 – 5 p.m. CT
Location: Austin, Texas (Mike A. Myers Stadium & Soccer Field/20,000)
Tickets: Admission is FREE for all fans
Parking: Fans are required to buy parking in advance for Manor Garage for $4 through Click-and-Park here: LINK
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:
- Texas is a perfect 4-0-0 all-time against Kansas State, including a 2-0-0 mark in matches in Austin. The Longhorns have also never allowed a Wildcats goal, leading 8-0 in series scoring.
- Junior midfielder Julia Grosso picked up her first goal of the season, and 11th of her standout career, last Friday night at No. 7 West Virginia. Over the past two years, Grosso has scored nine goals on her last 21 shots on frame (43% shot efficiency).
- A pair of Longhorns were honored on Sept. 29 for combining on the match-winning goal to beat Oklahoma (Sept. 25) in Austin, 1-0. Senior midfielder/forward Haley Berg picked up a key assist to be named to Top Drawer Soccer's National Team of the Week, while freshman forward Presley Echols scored her first collegiate goal and match winner (in her collegiate debut) to earn an honorable mention nod on the prestigious squad.
- With her 63rd-minute match-winning score against Oklahoma, freshman forward Presley Echols became the first Longhorns freshman to score in her collegiate debut since then-rookie forward Sydney Nobles tickled the twine in the 2019 season opener against Gonzaga.
- The Longhorns have won 28 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.
- Texas is 19-3-1 since the start of the 2018 season when scoring first in a match.
- After going just 2-8 in one-goal matches back in 2016, the Longhorns have turned around their fortunes in such contests by going 26-14 in their last 40 one-goal matches since beginning 2017.
- Once again this season, the Texas soccer program has adopted the acronym RAMPED as the guideline for the campaign. The letters represent the words Respect, Accountability, Mentality, Pursuit of Excellence, Energy and Discipline, all facets of a championship team.
- Texas holds a 25-22-3 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.
