Sooners Host No. 12 South Carolina

NORMAN — Oklahoma Soccer closes September against No. 12 South Carolina Friday, Sept. 26 at John Crain Field.

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

PROMOS ON THE PITCH
Friday's game is sponsored by The Baked Bear and features Pups on the Pitch Night and a corgi race at halftime.

LAST TIME OUT
Oklahoma and No. 17 Vanderbilt were knotted up 0-0 at halftime, but Vanderbilt pulled ahead in the second half as the Sooners dropped a road test.

SERIES HISTORY
OU and South Carolina are meeting for the third time and the first time since August 19 … the Sooners and Gamecocks last met August 19, resulting in a 1-1 tie.

THE SCOUT
The Gamecocks are 8-1-2 and 2-0-1 in SEC play … both of South Carolina's losses have come on the road … South Carolina is 5-0 at home … South Carolina is coming off a week in which it won 4-0 against Ole Miss and a tie at Florida … Katie Shea Collins is leading the Gamecocks with seven goals, tied for second in the league.

BEST START
OU went undefeated in non-conference play for the first time in program history, going 7-0-1.

OF NOTE

The Sooners have won eight consecutive home games
This will be OU's third match against a ranked team this season. The Sooners are 1-1 in such matchups
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 second in the nation.
The Sooners have a plus-18 goal differential
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
OU has posted 14 first half goals and 15 second half scores
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 five consecutive weeks, a program record
The Sooners set the program corner kicks record with 16 at Tulsa Aug. 24

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 … she is third in the nation in game-winning goals with four.

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 22.

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

Caroline Duffy

Kayla Keefer

Ally Laccinole

Hadley Murrell

Michelle Pak

Juliette Rayo

Alexis Washington

Sponsors

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