Soccer Draws with Golden Hurricane

#15 Oklahoma

Tulsa

Stat Comparison
Category	OU	TU
Shots	17	12
Shots on Goal	6	6
Corners	7	7
Fouls	16	10

Goalkeepers
Player	Mins	GA	S
OU: Kaitlyn Fahrner	110:00	0	6
TU: Courtney McKeon	110:00	0	6

Player of the Game
Kaitlyn Fahrner // RFr. // GK Kaitlyn Fahrner held off Tulsa with ease in her 110 minutes, putting up six saves against the Golden Hurricane to keep Oklahoma's chances for a victory alive. Sunday's match marked the fifth contest this season in which Fahrner has posted at least five saves against an opponent.

TULSA, Okla. -- The 15th-ranked Oklahoma soccer team battled to a 0-0 draw with Tulsa on Sunday evening to cap its first full weekend on the road this season. The match was OU's second double overtime contest in two days, and Oklahoma remains undefeated in overtime with a 2-0-2 record in 2014.

The Sooners (5-1-2) outshot the Golden Hurricane (6-1-1) by a margin of 17-12, while shots on goal (six), saves (six) and corners (seven) were all deadlocked.

The motto of the night for Oklahoma was missed opportunities, as the Sooners had several solid looks on goal but were unable to find the back of the net. OU dominated the stat sheet in the first half alone, holding a 6-1 shot advantage (4-0 shots on goal) and a 4-0 edge in corner kicks.

Abby Hodgen got Oklahoma's best look of the half when she was fouled just feet from the box in the 14th minute. The resulting free kick from Hodgen shot straight through the defense, dinging off the left post before being deflected just to the right of the goal.

OU had another close chance early in the second half off a corner kick from Laura Rayfield. Rayfield found a reliable target for her kick in Ayana O'Neal, but O'Neal's header hit the crossbar and bounced away. Less than ten minutes later, Devin Barrett had an excellent look at the goal when Tulsa's goalkeeper came out of the goal to try for a save, but her shot slipped wide right.

Tulsa began to press late in the half, getting two chances for a go-ahead goal on back-to-back corner kicks. OU's defense held and cleared out the ball, and the first overtime period would arrive just minutes later.

The first overtime period saw TU take several shots, but Oklahoma prevented any legitimate looks on the goal. Two of the Golden Hurricane's shots were blocked, while a try from Rachel Thun was easily scooped up by Kaitlyn Fahrner.

Oklahoma pushed back in the second overtime with three shots and a corner kick, but its efforts were to no avail. A long shot by Hodgen was punched away, while another header from O'Neal went high and a shot from Ressler flew wide. The match wrapped up after 110 minutes of play in a 0-0 tie.

Oklahoma will go on the road again next weekend for a pair of challenging match-ups on the West coast. The Sooners will face UC-Irvine on Friday, Sept. 19 at 9:30 p.m. CT (7:30 PT) before challenging San Diego on Sunday, Sept. 21 at 3 p.m. CT (1 p.m. CT).

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Players Mentioned

Devin Barrett

Kaitlyn Fahrner

Abby Hodgen

Ayana O'Neal

Laura Rayfield

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