Soccer Season Finale at KU Sunday

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.

Junior transfer from Kansas Bri Amos is second on the team with 10 shots on the season, while freshman Cailey England has recorded nine looks for third on the squad. Four Sooners have taken eight shots on the year, senior Yuuka Kurosaki, juniors Meg Reilly and Lauren Tovy and sophomore Maya McCutcheon. Tovy is tied for the team lead with Glisson with five shots on goal.

Senior Nikki Panas has registered 38 saves on the season in goal for the Sooners. OU's Canadian keeper has made five-plus saves in five games this season and recorded a career-best eight vs. Texas Tech (10/2). Panas has played all 746:19 minutes of OU's season in goal.

SOONERS SIGN TALENTED PROSPECTS ON NSD

University of Oklahoma head soccer coach Mark Carr and the Sooners signed nine incoming freshmen who will join the team for 2021 on Wednesday's National Signing Day.

The Sooners signed talented prospects from across the U.S. and internationally. Three future Sooners join the program from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, two from Ontario, Canada, two local products from the state of Oklahoma and one signee a piece from Minnesota and Stavanger, Norway.

Anniston Flake, Une Hebnes Georgsen, Madison McMahand, Keera Melenhorst, Sheridan Michel, Ella Pappas, Anna Perry, Olivia Rowe and Bailey Wesco will all join the Sooners in the fall of 2021.

For updates and more information on Oklahoma Soccer, follow the Sooners on Twitter and Instagram (@OU_WSoccer) and like Oklahoma Soccer on Facebook.

GAMEDAY STORYLINES

MATCH BASICS

LOOK BACK

QUICK KICKS

SOONERS SIGN TALENTED PROSPECTS ON NSD

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Players Mentioned

Bri Amos

Cailey England

Reagan Glisson

Yuuka Kurosaki

Maya McCutcheon

Nikki Panas

Lauren Tovy

Erika Yost

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