Soccer Season Finale at KU Sunday – University of Oklahoma
NORMAN — The OU soccer team caps its 2020 fall slate on Sunday afternoon at Kansas vs. the No. 15 Jayhawks.
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MATCH BASICS
The University of Oklahoma soccer team plays its final match of the 2020 fall season on Sunday afternoon in Lawrence, Kan., against the No. 15 Kansas Jayhawks. The match is set for a 1 p.m. start and will air live on Big 12 NOW on ESPN+.
The Sooners are coming off a tight 1-0 Bedlam loss to No. 11 Oklahoma State on Thursday night in Norman while the Jayhawks enter the contest following a 1-1 draw with Iowa State in Lawrence on Nov. 6.
The teams last met Oct. 10, 2019, a 1-0 Kansas victory in overtime on John Crain Field in Norman. The Jayhawks found the golden goal with two minutes remaining in the first overtime period to take the win. Senior Erika Yost fired four shots in the match to lead the Sooners.
LOOK BACK
The University of Oklahoma soccer team was edged by No. 11 Oklahoma State, 1-0, in its final home match of the 2020 season Thursday night at John Crain Field.
It was another aggressive Bedlam match with a combined 19 fouls committed. The match was scoreless into the second half before OSU connected on a penalty kick in the 62nd minute by Grace Yochum following a handball in the box.
The Sooners and keeper Nikki Panas held another top-ranked squad to just one goal on 18 shots. OU got 12 looks with five being on goal in the match.
Juniors Bri Amos and Lauren Tovy and sophomore Maya McCutcheon registered three shots, each putting one on goal. Freshman Cailey England had two looks with one on goal, while senior Yuuka Kurosaki took one shot on frame.
McCutcheon and Kurosaki had arguably OU’s best looks on the night in the second half, firing strikes from outside the 18 box that made the OSU keeper work for the saves.
Panas played another solid game in goal for the Sooners. She recorded five saves with a few leaping stops in one-on-one situations that kept the match scoreless in the first half and early in the second.
The match marked OU’s sixth loss by a single goal this season and makes four consecutive matches that ended 1-0 in the opponents favor.
QUICK KICKS
- OU’s team has spread the wealth in terms of shots in 2020, with 15 Sooners recording a shot this season, with 11 Sooners registering shots on goal. As a team, the Sooners average nearly 11 shots per game.
- Senior Reagan Glisson leads all Sooners with 12 shots and five on goal in the season. The UGA graduate transfer has had at least one shot on goal in four of OU’s seven games this season and has put one on net in three of the last five matches.
- Freshman Cailey England has started all eight games for the Sooners and has gone the full 457 minutes of OU’s last five games. The Dripping Springs, Texas, product has taken nine shots on the season, putting three on goal.
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