The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Soccer to enter new season ranked No. 15 in United Soccer Coaches poll
08.01.2023 | Soccer
Coming off an appearance in the NCAA Tournament, the Texas Longhorns will enter the 2023 season ranked in the top 25
AUSTIN, TX – The University of Texas women's soccer program will take the pitch to begin the 2023 regular season ranked No. 15 in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 preseason rankings, the organization announced Tuesday afternoon.
Texas is coming off a 2022 campaign that saw the Longhorns win the program's second Big 12 Conference regular season championship and its first since 2001. The Longhorns will enter the 2023 season riding an 18-match unbeaten streak in regular season conference play dating back to the 2020 season. With 13 regular season matches inside Mike A. Myers Stadium and Soccer Field this season, the women's soccer program will head into the new campaign on a nine-match unbeaten streak at home.
During the offseason, the Texas women's soccer program added transfers Mia Justus (Florida State), Abby Allen (North Carolina), Hannah Waesch (Auburn), Éabha O'Mahony (Boston College) to pair with United Soccer Coaches All-American, MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist and Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Year Trinity Byars along with Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Year EmJ Cox and fellow All-Big 12 selections Lexi Missimo and Jilly Shimkin.
Texas is one of four women's soccer programs within the Big 12 Conference — TCU (#9), BYU (#13), Texas (#15) and UCF (#24) — to be ranked in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 preseason rankings.
The Longhorns (15-3-4*) will play No. 13 BYU (11-3-7*) on Monday, Sept. 25, at No. 24 UCF (9-2-7*) on Thursday, Oct. 5 and host No. 9 TCU (14-5-5*) on Monday, Oct. 23. Additionally, Texas will host SMU, which is also receiving votes in the preseason rankings, on Sunday, Sept. 3.
*records shown are final 2022 record
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