SOC Grinds Out Double-Overtime Scoreless Draw vs No. 4 Oklahoma State

Friday, October 2

Waco, TX

7 P.M.

Baylor

0-1-3, 0-1-3

Oklahoma State

3-0-1, 3-0-1

Oklahoma St.

Baylor

Photo by: Baylor Photography

SOC Grinds Out Double-Overtime Scoreless Draw vs No. 4 Oklahoma State

10/2/2020 11:02:00 PM | Soccer

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Senior Goalkeeper Jennifer Wandt becomes program’s all-time leader with 28 career shutouts

By Jerry Hill
Baylor Bear Insider
            Seemingly unfazed by its fourth-consecutive double-overtime game, Baylor soccer battled fourth-ranked Oklahoma State to a scoreless draw Friday night as senior goalkeeper Jennifer Wandt set the program record with her 28^th career shutout.
            With five second-half saves and six for the game, Wandt helped the Bears (0-1-3) salvage a tie against the defending Big 12 champions and an OSU team (3-0-1) that had scored a league-high seven goals in its first three games. She broke the previous program record of 27 shutouts set by Baylor Hall of Famer Dawn Greathouse (1997-2000).
            "I'm just really grateful, because I have seen (Greathouse). She was a really great goalie," Wandt said. "It's really just such a team award. My back lines over the past four years . . . I'm just proud of everyone who has contributed to this."
            While Wandt shared the credit to a back-line defense of Kayley Ables, Chloe Japic, Tara Sumer and Sarah Hornyak, Baylor coach Paul Jobson said, "you can't do it without a really good goalkeeper. They really go hand in hand."
            "What I've always said about her, and really just us defensively in general, is that we don't want our goalkeepers to do a lot," Jobson said. "But, when she does, it's usually a big save. I think you saw that tonight. She didn't have to do a lot as far as saves were concerned, but when she did, they were big saves. That's Jen"
            One of six players who logged all 110 minutes of the game, Sumer was filling in for senior defender Sarah Norman, who had to sit out the game after getting whistled for two yellow cards in last Friday's 2-1 loss at Iowa State. The Bears also got quality minutes from freshmen Mackenzie Anthony and Olivia Mack, who made her first start.
            "I think the girls that played some different roles and played some more minutes than normal were ready," Jobson said. "They stepped into those roles, and I thought they did really well. You lose one or two, but really the domino effect of that is pretty big, considering some fo the girls we have coming off the bench are really low-minute kids because they're coming back from injury."
            Coming out firing, Baylor rifled off three shots in the first six minutes, including one by Anthony that OSU goalkeeper Emily Plotz had to save. The Cowgirls countered with an 8-3 edge the rest of the first half and got off three shots in the first four minutes of the second period.
            One of the Bears' best scoring opportunities came with about three minutes left in regulation, when Hornyak blasted a shot that hit the crossbar.
            "At least in my view, I felt like we really had the better of the opportunities," Jobson said, "like the crossbar and some scrums in the box that could have gone either way. Thigns just aren't falling our way right now when it comes to the attack. But, what I like is the girls are continuing to attack and they're not freaking out about not scoring. I think that's a good place to be."
            Despite their third scoreless draw, Wandt said the Bears weren't fazed when the game went into overtime.
            "Our mentality is, we made it, we gutted out 90 straight minutes. Why wouldn't we do it for 20 more?" she said. "We were just kind of ready to continue being strong and having no mental lapses. The preparation in previous overtimes was nice for this one, but hopefully we can start getting to 90 minutes soon."
            OSU finished with a slight 15-14 edge in shots, but Baylor had more corner kicks (5-4) and was whistled for 19 fouls compared to six on the Cowgirls. Anthony led the way for the Bears with three of the team's six shots on goal.
            "I think defensively, we're where we need to be," Jobson said. "And I think offensively, we're on the right track. With a team where we're relying offensively on some pretty young kids, I'm not surprised where we are, but I'm really happy with where we're going."
            Baylor faces ranked teams in its next two games, hosting No. 6 Kansas (3-0-0) at 7 p.m. next Friday, Oct. 9, and then traveling to face No. 7 West Virginia (3-1-0) on Oct. 16 in Morgantown.

THE RUNDOWN
WACO, Texas – No. 4 Oklahoma State came to Waco ranked first in the Big 12 and 10^th in the country averaging 2.33 goals per game. Friday night against Baylor, senior goalkeeper Jennifer Wandt and the Baylor defense held the Cowgirls scoreless as the match finished in double overtime in a scoreless draw.

Wandt, who finished the night with six saves, is now Baylor's all-time record holder with 28 career shutouts. She passes Baylor Hall-of-Famer Dawn Greathouse (1997-00) and is now one shy from tying for fifth in Big 12 history alongside Texas Tech's Victoria Esson (2011-13) and West Virginia's Abby Smith (2012-15).

The shutout marked Oklahoma State's first scoreless outing since finishing with a loss at Texas Tech on Sept. 26 a year ago. Since 2017, Oklahoma State has been shut out nine times. Three of those times have come against Wandt and the Bears.

The two teams finished even across the board as Oklahoma State outshot Baylor, 14-13, but the Bears had the advantage, 5-4, in shots on goal. BU had a 5-4 edge in corner kicks, but half of Oklahoma State's came in the final overtime period.

Baylor came out aggressive from the start as the Bears had two shots, one on target from freshman forward Mackenzie Anthony, in the first four minutes of play. While the offense attacked, the Bears' back line continued to play solid defense as it has all season. Wandt faced only one shot on goal in the first half.

That quickly changed, however, in the second half as the Cowgirls came out firing. Wandt had five saves in the second half, three of which came in the first three minutes.

Baylor nearly had the game winner in the 87^th minute when Sarah Hornyak sent in a scorcher that ricocheted off the crossbar.

Hornyak was one of seven freshmen who got in the match of the Bears. All but one of them logged a minimum of 60 minutes.

HIGHLIGHTS

Olivia Mack made her first career start for the Bears, while Tara Sumer made her first start of the season. Each of them finished with a career high in minutes – 105 for Mack and 110 for Sumer.
Every Baylor defender – Sarah Hornyak, Kayley Ables, Chloe Japic and Sumer played the entire contest. Sumer set a career high with 110 minutes.
Jennifer Wandt tied a season high with six saves.
Michaela Gorman (73) and Giuliana Cunningham (50) each logged a season high in minutes.
Chloe Japic, Ally Henderson and Wandt have played every minute of every match for the Bears this season.
Every match Baylor has played this season has gone into double overtime. BU is the only squad in the country that has played at least 100 minutes in four matches this season, let alone every game.

STAT OF THE GAME
28 – Number of career shutouts for the program record holder, Jennifer Wandt.

TOP QUOTES
Paul Jobson on the game…
"I felt like we really had the better of the opportunities, like the crossbar and some scrums in the box that could have gone either way. Things just aren't falling our way right now when it comes to the attack, but what I like is the girls are continuing to attack and they're not freaking out about not scoring. I think that's a good place to be."

Jobson on Wandt setting the program record in career shutouts…
"I've always said about her, and just us defensively in general, is that we don't want our goalkeepers to do a lot. But when she does, it's usually a big save. And I think you saw that tonight. She didn't have to do a lot as far as saves were concerned, but when she did, they were usually big saves. That's Jen. That is definitely a team award, we work extremely hard to be a defensive-minded team. She would be the first to tell you that. But again, you can't do that without a really good goalkeeper, they really go hand in hand."

Jennifer Wandt on becoming the program record holder in career shutouts…
"First off, I'm just really grateful, because I have seen (Dawn Greathouse), she was a really great goalie. But, it's really just such a backline and team award. And I'm just really grateful that I can help put my team in positions to come win, because if we let in no goals it just makes it easier for our offense. But, it's really just such a team award. My back lines over the past four years, I just have been so proud of. Back lines have changed and stuff, but each year it's just been a great effort. So really, I'm just proud of everyone who's contributed to it."

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