Sooners Drop Tight Bedlam Match

Thursday, November 12

Norman

7 PM

University of Oklahoma

0-7-1, 0-7-1

Oklahoma State

6-2-1, 6-2-1

Oklahoma St.

Oklahoma

November 12, 2020 | Soccer

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By: OU Athletics Communications

NORMAN — 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.

"The chances that we created, the pressure we put on and the intensity that we played with continued the upward trend that we've had," said OU head coach Mark Carr. "It's not always reflected on the scoreboard, but we can see the fight that these kids have. They don't quit and they don't back down, they keep coming back and fighting.

"Tonight was a big statement for Oklahoma soccer even though we didn't get the result that we wanted. If that's the margin that we are off from a top-10 team, or even a ranked team then we're in a really good place."

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.

Oklahoma closes out its fall slate on Sunday in Lawrence, Kan., against No. 15 Kansas. The match is set for a 1 p.m. kick and will air on Big 12 NOW on ESPN+.

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