The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Sunday, October 8
Austin, TX
1 PM
University of Texas
vs
Iowa State
Soccer preview: Iowa State
10.07.2023 | Soccer
The Texas Longhorns return to Mike A. Myers Stadium looking to add to season win total, climb conference standings
AUSTIN, Texas – On the heels of an impressive road victory at UCF on Thursday, Oct. 5, The University of Texas women's soccer program will look for not only its 10th win on the season but also earn more points in the Big 12 Conference standings on Sunday, Oct. 8, when the Longhorns host Iowa State at 1 p.m. CT.
Glenn Davis and Jessica Stamp will serve as the match's television talent on Longhorn Network in the play by play and analyst roles, respectively.
KICKING OFF
- With her next goal, Texas junior midfielder Lexi Missimo will tie the program's single-season goals record (17) set by Trinity Byars during the 2022 season.
- When Missimo scores two more goals to set a new record, it'll mark the first time the program's single-season goals record has been either matched or broken in consecutive seasons since 2003 and 2004.
- In 2003, Kelly McDonald matched her 2002 total with 14 goals. The following season, Kelly Wilson set a new program record with 16 goals that stood until Trinity Byars scored 17 during the 2022 season.
- When Missimo scores two more goals to set a new record, it'll mark the first time the program's single-season goals record has been either matched or broken in consecutive seasons since 2003 and 2004.
- With a win on a Sunday, Texas will have won 10-or-more matches in the last six consecutive non-altered scheduled seasons.
- During the 2020-21 COVID-19 altered season, the Longhorns won seven of 12 matches.
- Texas played a nine-match conference-only slate during Fall 2020, before playing three non-conference matches in Spring 2021.
- During the 2020-21 COVID-19 altered season, the Longhorns won seven of 12 matches.
- Texas has not beaten a program as many times as the Longhorns have knocked off Iowa State entering Sunday afternoon's matchup.
- Since the first-ever meeting during the 1996 season, Texas has gone on to win 25 of 30 contests against Iowa State.
- The Longhorns are 12-1-0 all time against the Cyclones in matches played in Austin.
- Texas is unbeaten in its last six consecutive matches against Iowa State and has a 9-1-1 all-time record under the Longhorns' 12th-year head coach Angela Kelly.
- Since the first-ever meeting during the 1996 season, Texas has gone on to win 25 of 30 contests against Iowa State.
- Texas' 47 goals so far this season are tied for the seventh most in the program's single-season history.
- With three more goals, the Longhorns will have recorded just their fifth 50-goal season in program history.
- Combining with last season's 54 goals, a 50-goal 2023 season would mark the first time in program history the Longhorns have recorded back-to-back 50-goal seasons.
- With three more goals, the Longhorns will have recorded just their fifth 50-goal season in program history.
Texas Single-Season Goals Leaderboard
- 57, 2002
- 55, 2004
- 54, 2022
- 51, 2006
- 49, 2000
- 48, 2007
- 47, 2023; 2001
- A win for Texas on Sunday would mark the sixth victory for the Longhorns at Mike A. Myers Stadium this season, extending a streak of consecutive non-altered seasons with at least six home wins to seven straight.
- The Longhorns only won four home matches during the COVID-19 altered 2020-21 season.
- However, Texas finished that season with an 80.0 winning percentage (4-5) in matches at home.
- The Longhorns only won four home matches during the COVID-19 altered 2020-21 season.
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