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Cowgirl Soccer Back Home To Host Texas Tech
September 28, 2022 | Cowgirl Soccer
Game Notes
Texas Tech (4-3-4, 0-1-1) at Oklahoma State (9-1-1, 2-0-0)
Thurs., Sept. 29 • 7 p.m. • Stillwater, Okla.
Neal Patterson Stadium (2,500)
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TV/Video: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ (Mike Wolfe & Anna Beffer)
Radio: Stillwater Radio KGFY 105.5 FM/stillwaterradio.net (Bill Van Ness)
Live Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
Twitter In-Game Updates: @CowgirlFC
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About Oklahoma State
    • Oklahoma State is 9-1-1 and atop the Big 12 standings at 2-0-0 after the opening weekend of conference play. Winners of six in a row, the Cowgirls host Texas Tech Thursday night at Neal Patterson Stadium in their lone game of the week.
   • OSU is coming off a 9-6-3 season in 2021 in which the Cowgirls finished fourth in the Big 12 standings at 4-3-1.
    • The Cowgirls return 11 letterwinners from last season, including six starters and a pair of three-time All-Big 12 performers in Grace Yochum and Olyvia Dowell.
    • The 2022 season is the 27th in program history; over the first 26, OSU posted a 311-173-59 (.627) record. Head coach Colin Carmichael entered his 17th season at the helm in 2021 with a 228-93-46 mark.
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Scouting The Opponent
    • Texas Tech is 4-3-4 overall and 0-1-1 in league play under 16th-year head coach Tom Stone.
    • The Red Raiders are coming off a tie against West Virginia and a loss to Texas on the opening weekend of Big 12 play in Lubbock. Macy Schultz and Ashleigh Williams lead TTU with three goals apiece.
    • OSU is 16-8-6 all time against the Red Raiders. The two teams battled to a pair of draws last season, a 1-1 game in Lubbock and a scoreless affair at the Big 12 Soccer Championship.
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D-Fense
    OSU has allowed only four goals this season while posting a 0.36 goals against average, .895 save percentage and eight shutouts – the Cowgirls lead the Big 12 in each of those categories. They rank second nationally in shutouts, fourth in goals against average and seventh in save percentage.
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Dynamic Duo
    Grace Yochum and Olyvia Dowell rank second in the Big 12 and 20th nationally with seven goals on the season.
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goal Queen
    Grace Yochum sits atop the list of Oklahoma State's all-time goal scorers.
    In 78 career games, Yochum has amassed 40 goals. Against Stephen F. Austin, she tied OSU's previous career record of 35 with her first goal and then broke the mark with her second of the contest.
    The previous record of 35 was held by Jolene Schweitzer and Yolanda Odenyo. Schweitzer first set the mark in 2004, and Odenyo tied it in 2008.
    As a freshman in 2018, Yochum tallied four goals. She followed that with 11 as a sophomore, 12 in 2020 and six last season. Her five goals this season are tied for the most in the Big 12.
    Yochum is also second on the Cowgirls' all-time points list with 89. Odenyo tops that list with 90.
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Scoring Surge
    Olyvia Dowell has added firepower to the OSU attack since stepping on campus in 2019.
    With 30 career goals, Dowell is tied for sixth on OSU's all-time list, and her 80 points is seventh. She also ranks third with 224 shots.
    As a freshman, Dowell recorded five goals and eight assists, and she followed that with an even more impressive showing as a sophomore as she ranked fifth in the NCAA with 31 points on the strength of 12 goals and seven assists. Her 12 goals tied for the Big 12 lead along with teammate Grace Yochum and ranked sixth nationally; the seven assists topped the conference. Dowell's goal total also marked the most ever goals by an OSU sophomore, and the 31 points was the seventh most in a single season in program history.
    Dowell tied for the OSU team lead with six goals in 2021, with five of her goals coming in Big 12 play.
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Clutch
    Grace Yochum and Olyvia Dowell have combined for 28 game-winning goals in their careers, with Yochum notching 20 and Dowell adding eight.
    Yochum led the NCAA with eight game-winning goals during the 2020 season, and her three game winners are the third most in the NCAA this season.
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Award Tour
    • Olyvia Dowell was the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week for Week One after leading the league with three goals in the first two games of the season.
    • Grace Yochum was the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week for Week Four after scoring four goals in a pair of wins and setting OSU's all-time goals record in the process.
    • For their Week Five performances in wins over Mercer and Brown, Jordan Nytes was named the Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Week, while Olyvia Dowell was named to the College Soccer News Women's National Team of the week and was honorable mention for the TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week.
    • After leading OSU to a pair of shutouts on the opening weekend of Big 12 play, Jordan Nytes was named the Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Week and to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week, while Mollie Breiner was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week.
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Freshmen Showing Out
    Freshman goalie Jordan Nytes has started every game in goal for the Cowgirls this season and in just over 935 minutes of action, she leads the Big 12 in goals against average (0.38) and save percentage (.850). She has recorded three shutouts and combined for three others as OSU leads the league with six clean sheets.
    Fellow frosh Gracie Bindbeutel ranks fourth nationally in shot accuracy, with 17 of her 23 shots (.739) being on goal. Bindbeutel has three goals on the year.
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Checking The RANKINGS
    OSU remains No. 3 in this week's United Soccer Coaches Midwest Region rankings; the Cowgirls are behind conference foes TCU and Texas. OSU is also receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches national rankings poll.
    The Cowgirls checked in at No. 32 in the official NCAA RPI, while Texas Tech is No. 108.
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Home Sweet Home
    In five seasons at Neal Patterson Stadium, OSU has compiled a 33-7-3 record (.802) on its home turf, including a 3-0-0 mark this season.
    The Cowgirls went 10-0-1 on their home field in 2019, the seventh time in program history OSU has gone undefeated at home in a season.
