Soccer Returns Home To Host Oklahoma Shootout

SOONER SOCCER THIS WEEK
*Oklahoma vs. Oral Roberts
OKLAHOMA SHOOTOUT
Friday, Sept. 19 - 7:30 p.m.
John Crain Field (OU Soccer Complex)
Norman, Okla.

*Oklahoma vs. Tulsa
OKLAHOMA SHOOTOUT
Sunday, Sept. 21 - 7:30 p.m.
John Crain Field (OU Soccer Complex)
Norman, Okla.

PREVIEW: Oklahoma vs. Oral Roberts
Friday's contest versus Oral Roberts marks the return of the Sooners to John Crain Field after a four-game road stint.

ORU is 3-2-0 on the season. It defeated Texas Tech (3-0) and lost to Arkansas, a team OU defeated earlier in the year, by a score of 3-1. OU leads the all-time series five games to one, and the last time these two met the Sooners came out on top, 2-1 (9/1/02).

The Golden Eagles' offensive charge is led by Jessica Kellog (three goals) and Gentry Detter (two goals and two assists).
On the defensive side of the ball, Kellie Fenton and Christy Chapman have combined to post a 1.05 goals-against average and have three shutouts combined.

PREVIEW: Oklahoma vs. Tulsa
The Sooners conclude the weekend on Sunday versus the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. In 2003, Tulsa is 3-2-1 and defeated a previous OU 2003 opponent, Arkansas (2-1).

OU has faced off with the Golden Hurricane on four previous occasions and the series is tied at two. The last meeting took place on August 30, 2002, and OU won that contest 2-0 in Tulsa.

Tulsa's Danielle Fauteux leads the team in goals (5) and points (10). Staci Morgan is the next leading goal-scorer with three tallies.

On defense, Kelly Wilson is 2-1-1 and sees the majority of the minutes for Tulsa in goal. Her goals-against average stands at 0.75 and she has 26 saves and one shutout.

OKLAHOMA SHOOTOUT
This weekend will mark an annual soccer event in the state of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Shootout. OU will host the tournament with Tulsa, Oral Roberts and Oklahoma State also participating.

All but one game will be played at OU's John Crain Field. Oklahoma State battles Tulsa in Stillwater Friday night at 7 p.m. While the Sooners will battle Oral Roberts at 7:30 in Norman.

The first game Sunday will slate Oklahoma State versus Oral Roberts at 4:30 p.m. OU and Tulsa will conclude Oklahoma Shootout action with a 7:30 p.m. start.

Last year, Oral Roberts hosted the event and OU came away with two victories. The Sooners defeated Oral Roberts (2-1) and Tulsa (2-0).

Schedule:
Friday, Sept. 19
Oklahoma State vs. Tulsa, 7 p.m. (Stillwater, OK)
Oklahoma vs. Oral Roberts, 7:30 p.m. (Norman, OK)

Sunday, Sept. 21
Oklahoma State vs. Oral Roberts, 4:30 p.m. (Norman, OK)
Oklahoma vs. Tulsa, 7:30 p.m. (Norman, OK)

WADE EARNS BIG 12 DEFENSIVE HONORS
Junior goalkeeper Catherine Wade was tabbed the Big 12's Defensive Player of the Week, announced by the league office on Sept. 16. In two games last week, Wade went 1-0-1 in goal for the Sooners while posting a 0.88 goals-against average and making 12 saves. On Friday (9/12), Wade helped force double overtime by allowing one goal versus TCU in Forth Worth, Texas, before the teams ended up in a tie. Sept. 14, at SMU, Wade again allowed one goal, making six saves in the single overtime win for OU.

Wade leads the Big 12 in saves with 35 while her closest competitors have 26 (Nebraska's Bredenberg, and Baylor's Housden). Through six games, she is averaging 5.83 saves. Wade's goals-against average is 1.70 and she holds a 3-2-1 record on the season.

TOUGH 2003 SLATE
OU has played two pre-season top-25 teams and so far it is 1-1. The Sooners defeated SMU 2-1 in overtime and lost 5-1 to current No. 2 Notre Dame. Three more current top-25 teams remain on OU's schedule: No. 4 Texas A&M (9/26), No. 9 Texas (9/28) and No. 17 Colorado (10/12). All three contests are scheduled to be played in Norman at John Crain Field.

WOMACK'S APPROACH
Already the school's all-time leading goal scorer, senior forward Logan Womack approaches yet another milestone.

The Norman product is just one points behind Krissy Dawson (67) for the school's all-time points record. Womack has tallied 31 goals and four assists in her career at OU. She also holds the single-season marks in goals (13) and points (27). She is a two-time All-Big 12 second-team honoree and a one-time All-Big 12 first-team member.

MAC ATTACK
Lauren MacIver was named to the all-tournament team at the Notre Dame Classic adding an assist to her team-leading season total in the loss to the host Irish. She fired three shots over the weekend and leads the team in that category as well with 13, tied with Womack. MacIver also leads the team in assists with three and has a goal on the season.

HEAD COACH RANDY EVANS
Oklahoma soccer head coach Randy Evans is in his fifth year in the at OUafter being named head coach on Jan. 11, 1999. He is coming off his second consecutive 11-win season, tying a school record for victories.

His 2002 squad won its first six games and stood at 11-3 at one point in the season. Logan Womack and Lauren MacIver both were named to the All-Big 12 second team as Evans and company just barely missed a berth in the conference tournament.

He coordinated the strongest season in OU's young soccer history in 2001. The Sooners won a school-record 11 games while compiling a stellar 8-1-1 record at home and notched their first victories ever over conference rivals Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and Missouri. OU came within a goal of upsetting Texas A&M the eventual tournament champion in its second consecutive appearance in the Big 12 Conference Tournament.

In 2000, Evans led the Sooners to a 10-9-1 mark and an appearance in the Big 12 Tournament for the first time ever. His coaching performance earned him Big 12 Coach of the Year honors and, a month later, Evans was named the NSCAA Central Region Coach of the Year.

LAST WEEKEND
The Sooners finished a four-game road trip in succesful fashion coming away with a tie and a victory last weekend in Texas.
Both games last week were pushed past regulation time as OU tied TCU,1-1, in Fort Worth and defeated SMU in overtime, 2-1, in Dallas.

On Saturday, after rain postponed Friday's scheduled game,, OU tangled with TCU and Becky Nelson tied the game in the 65th minute on an unassisted goal. From there, the two teams battled it out in two overtime sessions, only to come out with a tie after 110 minutes of soccer.

The next day slated the Sooners with SMU and both teams were coming off of victories the previous day. Kristin Vesely started things for OU scoring on a header in the 10th minute. After SMU tied the game a minute later, the two teams went to OT. That left it up to Logan Womack, who provided the heroics for OU by scoring the game-winner at the 95:10 mark, off a corner kick feed from Lauren MacIver.

NEXT WEEK FOR THE SOONERS
OU once again plays at home with a Friday contest against No. 4 Texas A&M at 7:30 p.m. (9/26) and then Sunday versus No. 9 Texas at 1 p.m. (9/28).

SOCCER BUZZ CENTRAL REGION
The Sooners sit just outside the top-10 in the Soccer Buzz Central Region Poll and received votes this weekend. Big 12 rival Texas A&M is ranked No.1 in the Central Region and is followed by Texas at No. 3, Colorado at No. 5, Kansas at No. 6, Nebraska at No. 8 and Missouri at No. 10.

FIELD NAMED FOR JOHN CRAIN
John Crain's gift of $600,000, one of the largest ever made to Sooner women's athletics, is being applied toward the second phase of the soccer project. With the $1.2 million first phase completed, attention is being turned toward the construction of a grandstand, locker room, concessions and restroom areas that will be shared with the tennis complex.

COLLEGIATE FIRSTS
Four Sooners have recorded collegiate firsts in either goals or assists this season:
*Savannah Scott (assist) vs. New Mexico
*Kristin Vesely (goal) vs. SMU
*Michelle Enos (assist) vs. New Mexico
*Christy Kenkel (assist) vs. SMU

VOLCANSEK'S RUN
University of Oklahoma Assistant Soccer Coach Jessica Volcansek will be running in a marathon in December as part of the Team In Training Program to benefit The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. She will be participating in memory of the deceased parents of two former OU soccer players and in honor of 12-year old Craig Henderson of Purcell, Okla.

There will be a table at each home soccer game this season just inside the main gate, for fans wanting more information about The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, or Team In Training Program or would care to make a donation to assist Jessica in raising funds for this worthwhile organization. Fans who want to help her in reaching the goal of $5,000, can also make out a check to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and send it to:
Jessica Volcansek
180 West Brooks Street
Norman, OK 73019

BIG 12 ACTION THIS WEEK
19 (Friday)
Seton Hall at Colorado, 5 p.m.
Iowa State at Illinois State, 3:30 p.m.
Kansas at San Diego, 7 p.m.
Eastern Illinois at Missouri, 7 p.m.
Mississippi State at Nebraska, 7 p.m.
Oral Roberts at Oklahoma, 7:30 p.m.
Tulsa at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.
Texas vs. Portland, 6:30 p.m.
Texas A&M vs. Oregon (Dallas), 5 p.m.
Texas Tech at Stephen F. Austin, 7 p.m.

20 (Saturday)
Baylor at Cal Poly, 5 p.m.

21 (Sunday)
Baylor vs. Air Force, 3 p.m.
San Jose State at Colorado, 1 p.m.
Mississippi State at Iowa State, 1 p.m.
Kansas at Loyola Marymount, 1 p.m.
Missouri at Florida, 1 p.m.
Murray State at Nebraska, 1 p.m.
Tulsa at Oklahoma, 7:30 p.m.
Oklahoma State vs. Oral Roberts, 4:30 p.m.
Texas at Washington, 3:30 p.m.
Texas A&M vs. Colorado College, 12 p.m.
Texas Tech at Southwest Texas, 1 p.m.

All game times listed as Central

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