Soccer falls at Oklahoma

Thursday, October 12

Norman, OK

7 PM

University of Texas

10-4-2, 4-3-1

Oklahoma

7-7-2, 3-3-2

Texas

Oklahoma

10.12.2023 | Soccer

Box Score

Two second-half goals by the Sooners haunt the Longhorns in Norman

By: Chris Allen Brown

NORMAN, Okla. – It was either team's match after a scoreless first 45 minutes, but it was Oklahoma which took advantage of two loose soccer balls in its attacking 18-yard box during the second half to upend Texas, 2-0, on Thursday night.

Both Texas and Oklahoma's offenses went back-and-forth throughout the match's first 45-minute stanza as the two teams combined for 16 shots with Longhorn goalkeeper Mia Justus making two saves, while the Sooners' Olivia Ramey was credited with three. All three of Ramey's saves came during the match's first 11-and-a-half minutes after Lexi Missimo (4:42), Jilly Shimkin (9:02) and Hannah Waesch (11:26) were all credited with shots on goal.

The trio's would-be scoring opportunities highlighted a seven-minute time span that saw Texas take six shots. Shimkin took the Longhorn's final shot of the first half at the 28:50 mark.

Oklahoma came out to start the second half by forcing Justus to make a save on an Emma Hawkins shot less than five minutes in play. The Sooners broke the 0-0 tie when Muriel Kroflin's corner kick found the foot of Leonie Weber, whose attempted shot on goal was mishit but found Danielle Wolfe who put the ball in the back of the net.

Following a five-minute stretch that featured four Longhorn shots, including one from Missmo that forced another Ramey save, However, three minutes later, Ella Pappas scored an unassisted goal to extend the Sooners' lead.

Over the next 20 minutes, the Longhorns only managed two shots — one from Shimkin (77:45) and one from Missimo (88:06) — and three corner kicks (77:54, 82:03, 82:52).

MATCH NOTES

Despite Thursday night's result, the Longhorns kept a streak of consecutive matches with either equal or more corner kicks than their opponents alive.
- Texas has been credited with either equal or more corner kicks than its opponents in every match this season.
  - Dating back to the beginning of last season, the Longhorns have accomplished the feat in 36 of their last 38 matches.
Thursday night's match marked the first time the Longhorns have taken seven-or-more corner kicks (7) since recording eight against then-No. 6 BYU on Sept. 25, 2023.
Texas' 13 shots throughout Thursday's action were tied for the fewest in a match for the Longhorns this season.
- UT also had 13 shots in a 2-1 win at Kansas on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023.
Thursday's match in Norman marked the first time that junior Jilly Shimkin played 90 minutes in a match since Texas' conference-opening victory at Baylor on Sept. 14, 2023.
For just the third time in her collegiate soccer career, sophomore defender Breana Thompson played a 90-minute match on Thursday night, marking the first time the Mesquite native did so since Sept. 25, 2023, when the Longhorns played then-No. 6 BYU.

UP NEXT

Texas (10-4-2, 4-3-1) will play its final regular season road contest on Sunday, Oct. 15, when the Longhorns travel to Houston to play the Cougars at 2 p.m. CT on ESPN+ at Carl Lewis International Complex.
- It will be the first matchup between the two women's soccer programs since Aug. 22, 2011, when Texas beat Houston, 3-0, in Houston.

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