Cowgirl Soccer opens homestand Friday night

Oklahoma State (5-6-3, 1-4-1) vs. Arizona State (7-4-3, 2-3-1)

Fri., Oct. 16 • 7 p.m.
Stillwater, Okla. • Neal Patterson Stadium

TV: ESPN+ (Adam Hildebrandt & Anna Berghall)
Radio: 105.5 KGFY FM (Ryan Breeden & Jeremy Cook)
Live Stats: okstate.statbroadcast.com
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About Oklahoma State
• Oklahoma State is 5-6-3 on the season and tied for 12th in the Big 12 standings at 1-4-1. This week, the Cowgirls host Arizona State Friday night at Neal Patterson Stadium in their lone match of the week and the first of three-consecutive home games.
• The Cowgirls are coming off a 4-13-2 season in 2025 and returns eight players who started at least eight games a year ago, including Preseason All-Big 12 midfielder Laudan Wilson.
• Colin Carmichael entered his 22nd season as OSU's head coach in 2026 with a career record of 269-123-55 (.663).

Scouting The Opponent
• Arizona State is 7-4-3 and 10th in the Big 12 standings at 2-3-1 in conference play.
• Graham Winkworth is in his 10th season as the Sun Devils' head coach and owns a 91-76-31 record.
• OSU is 1-1-1 all time against ASU. Last season, the two teams battled to a scoreless draw in Tempe. The first meeting in the series came in 2014 with the Sun Devils winning 2-0 on their home field; in 2015, the Cowgirls were 3-2 winners in Stillwater.

Home Sweet Home
OSU has won over 70 percent of its games in nine seasons at Neal Patterson Stadium, which opened in 2018. The Cowgirls are 57-20-10 on their current home turf, including a 5-2-3 mark this season.
OSU has gone undefeated at home in seven seasons in its history, the last time coming in 2019.

Stepping Up The Scoring Punch
Through 14 games, OSU has recorded 27 goals, with 11 Cowgirls finding the back of the net.
In 19 games last season, OSU had just 20 goals with eight different players scoring.

Sharing Is Caring
Emmy Hedden has moved to a new position as a sophomore, and she's making the adjustment from midfielder to wide back nicely.
Hedden has recorded a team-high five assists, which is tied for sixth most in the Big 12, to go along with a pair of goals. She netted her first goal of the season in the win over No. 14 TCU and was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for her performance against the Frogs.

Better In America's Brightest
Keaton Mitchell had a career day in leading the Cowgirls to their first win of the season over SFA.
A transfer from Tennessee, Mitchell had two career goals in 49 games for the Vols. In her second game at OSU, the senior midfielder came off the bench and netted a pair of goals, one in each half, to lead the Cowgirls to the victory over SFA.
Mitchell added a goal and an assist against Southeast Missouri State and had the game-winning goal against No. 14 TCU. Her four goals is second on the Cowgirls, and she ranks second with nine points.

Sonora Sends It In
Sonora DeFini set scoring records during her high school career in Nebraska, and she has continued to rack up goals at the collegiate level.
DeFini leads OSU with five goals this season, which comes on the heels of her freshman campaign of a year ago when she ranked second on the Cowgirls with four goals. She also had a pair of assists last season and was second on the squad with 10 points.
Through 14 games in 2026, DeFini leads the team with 13 points on five goals and three assists.

Oklahoma State (5-6-3, 1-4-1) vs. Arizona State (7-4-3, 2-3-1)

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Players Mentioned

Sonora DeFini

Emmy Hedden

Keaton Mitchell

Laudan Wilson

Oklahoma State University Athletics