Sooners Visit Vanderbilt

NORMAN — No. 24 Oklahoma is set for its second game against a ranked foe this season when the Sooners go to No. 17 Vanderbilt for a matinee matchup Sunday, Sept. 21.

HOW TO FOLLOW
The match will be streamed on SEC Network+ and live stats will be available on statbroadcast.com.

LAST TIME OUT
Juliette Rayo scored for the second-consecutive game and Lexi Dendis tallied the game-winning goal in the 80th minute as the Sooners defeated Florida, 2-1, Thursday, Sept. 18 in OU's Southeastern Conference (SEC) home opener.

SERIES HISTORY
OU and Vanderbilt are meeting for the third time … OU is 0-1-1 against the Commodores … the last meeting resulted in a 1-1 draw in Norman August. 19, 2016.

THE SCOUT
Vanderbilt enters ranked 17th in the United Soccer Coaches Poll … the Commodores are 6-2-1 and 0-1-1 in SEC play … Vanderbilt is coming off a 2-1 loss at No. 10 Arkansas Sept. 18 … VU tied LSU, 0-0, in its lone home league game thus far … Sydney Watts paced Vanderbilt with five goals and one assist … Sara Wojdelko is 6-2-1 in goal, having made 21 saves while allowing four goals.

BEST START
OU went undefeated in non-conference play for the first time in program history, going 7-0-1 … the Sooners' were one of the final five teams to be undefeated in the nation.

OF NOTE

OU has scored 29 goals this season. The Sooners scored 38 all of last year, which was a program record.
Keefer paces the SEC with eight assists. She is tied for third in the nation
The Sooners have a plus-21 goal differential
Keefer has tallied an assist in three straight games
Ally Laccinole was named SEC Freshman of the Week Aug. 18, the first SEC weekly honor for a Sooner ever
Naomi Clark and Elle Canty both tallied braces in their first OU starts
The Sooners set the program corner kicks record with 16 at Tulsa Aug. 24
OU has posted 14 first half goals and 15 second half scores, while also tallying 86 shots in the first session and 79 in the second
Three different Sooners have posted a brace this season (Clark, Canty and Juliette Rayo)
The August 21 game against East Texas A&M saw OU set the program single game attendance record (3,211)
Of OU's 90 points, 58 have come from a newcomer
The Sooners earned a spot in the polls for the first time since 2017 … OU started the year ranked in the polls for four consecutive weeks.

WE PICK CLARK
Naomi Clark was named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week Aug. 18 … she scored braces in consecutive games … she was just the second player in OU history to tally a brace in her OU debut and first since 1998.

WASHINGTON SETS THE ASSIST RECORD
Alexis Washington reached 20 career assists in a 4-1 win at Tulsa, setting the Oklahoma career record with that assist … she currently has 21.

SOONER HONORS THIS SEASON

United Soccer Coaches Midfielders to Watch - Alexis Washington
SEC Preseason Players to Watch - Naomi Clark, Kayla Keefer, Caroline Duffy, Hadley Murrell, Alexis Washington and Michelle Pak
SEC Freshman of the Week - Ally Laccinole
Top Drawer Soccer Player of the Week - Naomi Clark

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Players Mentioned

Elle Canty

Naomi Clark

Lexi Dendis

Caroline Duffy

Kayla Keefer

Ally Laccinole

Hadley Murrell

Michelle Pak

Juliette Rayo

Alexis Washington

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