The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Thursday, October 21
Austin, Texas
7 p.m. CT - FREE ADMISSION
University of Texas
vs
West Virginia
No. 21 Soccer preview: West Virginia
10.20.2021 | Soccer
The Big 12-leading Longhorns look to extend their unbeaten run to a season-best 10 matches while hosting the Mountaineers.
Match 16: West Virginia (9-4-2, 3-2-1 Big 12) at No. 21 Texas (8-3-4, 4-0-2 Big 12)
Time: Thursday, Oct. 21 – 7 p.m. CT
Location: Austin, Texas (Mike A. Myers Soccer Stadium)
Tickets: Admission is FREE for all fans
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TV: The match will be broadcast live on Longhorn Network and can be watched online through this LINK.
Free Kicks:
- Texas trails in its overall series against West Virginia by a total of 2-9-1 with both wins having come in Austin (2-4-1 at Myers Stadium). The Mountaineers have won the last four meetings in the series dating back to UT's last win in 2017. In all, 10 of the 12 total match-ups (including the last six) have been settled by one goal or needed overtime.
- The Longhorns enter Thursday's match riding a shutout streak of 370:42 dating back to Sept. 30 against TCU. It's the longest shutout skein of the season for Texas after previously blanking opponents for 334:11 from Sept. 16-26. The program record for the longest shutout streak is 453:09 established from Oct. 10-26, 2008.
- Texas is unbeaten through its first six Big 12 matches (4-0-2) for the third time in school history (other instances were 2002 and 2001) and for the first time under head coach Angela Kelly. The last time Texas started Big 12 play unbeaten through seven matches was 2002 when the Longhorns opened at 7-0-0. UT was also unbeaten through seven Big 12 contests during the program's only Big 12 regular-season title run back in 2001 (7-0-0).
- Texas is currently riding a season-long, nine-match unbeaten run dating back to Sept. 12. During their skein, the Longhorns have outscored opponents by a total of 22-5, fired off an average of 19.8 shots-per-match and registered six shutouts. Seven different Texas players have scored goals over that stretch led by the "Run BMG" trio of Trinity Byars (eight goals), Lexi Missimo (six goals) and Julia Grosso (four goals). Fifth-year senior goalkeeper Savannah Madden has posted a 0.53 GAA and an .848 save percentage while making 28 saves over 863:01 of match action.
- Texas heads into Thursday's match against West Virginia LEADING THE BIG 12 REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS at 2.33 points-per-match. Because the Oklahoma State-Iowa State match was cancelled due to lightning and won't be made up, the Big 12 champion will be determined by POINTS-PER-MATCH this season.
- It's a second straight week in the national rankings for Texas as a season-long, nine-match unbeaten streak has helped the Longhorns climb to No. 21 in the latest release of the United Soccer Coaches poll. This is the highest UT has been in the national rankings since starting at No. 19 in the 2019 preseason coaches poll.
