Baylor
Oklahoma
SOC Hosts Oklahoma in Final Match of Fall Slate
11/5/2020 9:02:00 AM | Soccer
Baylor has won the last four meetings vs. the Sooners in Waco
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BAYLOR BEARS (2-3-3) Location: Waco, Texas Conference: Big 12 Head Coach: Paul Jobson (Presbyterian, 1999) Roster | Stats | Game Notes (PDF) |
BAYLOR (2-3-3) vs OKLAHOMA (0-5-1) Nov. 6, 2020 • 5 p.m. CT Waco, Texas • Betty Lou Mays Field Live Stats: baylorstats.com WATCH: Big 12 Now on ESPN+ Baylor Social Media:    |
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OKLAHOMA SOONERS (0-5-1) Location: Norman, Okla. Conference: Big 12 Head Coach: Mark Carr (Foreign College, 2001) Roster | Stats (PDF) | Game Notes (PDF) |
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By Meredith Pratt
In a bittersweet end, the Baylor soccer team (2-3-3) will play its final match of the fall against Oklahoma (0-5-1) at 5 p.m. Friday at Betty Lou Mays Field.
Coming off of a hard-fought 1-0 loss at Texas, the Bears are focused on using the skills they've honed all season long against the Sooners.
Sophomore forward Elizabeth Kooiman said she walked away from last week's game encouraged after outshooting the Longhorns, 23-16, and seeing the team work so hard.
"It was frustrating. We definitely had a lot of opportunities and we definitely could have been better finishing those," Kooiman said. "But, knowing that we have those opportunities in the future, hopefully we'll improve at putting those away. It's definitely encouraging to see."
Looking at the season as a whole, Kooiman said the mindset has been "figuring out how we want to play as a team and working toward that."
"I would say we have definitely improved a lot throughout the course of the season," she said. "We're just getting better every day and getting closer to how we want to be playing."
Senior goalkeeper Jennifer Wandt said she has been able to witness the freshmen on the backline mature and improve alongside the veterans.
"[The freshmen] played well right from the start… but watching them grow, and just all of us grow together as a backline has just been awesome," Wandt said. "It's been fun to watch them grow and get to be a part of that."
Wandt, currently 5th in Big 12 history for shutouts (30), hasn't allowed a goal in four home games this season and wants to continue that streak tonight.
"Obviously at home, it's easier, because we have the home crowd, we're in our home area, so we tend to be able to dominate more at home," Wandt said.
Oklahoma is behind in its fall schedule due to COVID-19-related game delays and has yet to win a game this season. First-year head coach Mark Carr was hired in January after six years with the U.S. Soccer Federation, including coaching the U.S. U-20 Women's National Team last year.
"They've got a new coach to put some new things together, a new staff, new players," Baylor head coach Paul Jobson said. "They've not really gotten the results, but you don't want to be the team where they start to streak."
As far his own coaching strategy goes, Jobson said consistency and hard work are crucial.
"We put them in positions to be successful. You just drill it and drill it and drill it until it becomes second nature," he said. "You become what you consistently do, and we need to be consistent."
With the Bears seemingly hitting their stride late in the year, Jobson said he hates to see the fall season end.
"I think we're really starting to come along really, really well and gaining some momentum in some areas that I'd love to see us be able to continue that through maybe another couple of matches," he said.
With the NCAA tournament moving to the spring this year because of COVID, Jobson said he hopes the Bears can pick up where they leave off.
"Hopefully, we can just put it on the back burner for a bit, sharpen our knives through the offseason, through this winter break, and come back in the spring segment and take off where we finished off this fall."
Kooiman said it felt "a little strange" knowing that the team would get a chance to play more games in the spring— an opportunity no team has had before.
"Hopefully, [we] finish out this last game strong and get momentum going into the next part of the season," Kooiman said.
Friday's game will be streamed by Big 12 Now on ESPN+, with Lincoln Rose and Jessica Stamp calling the action.
STORY LINES
- Baylor returns to Betty Lou for the final match of the fall campaign against Oklahoma at 5 p.m. on Friday. The match will be broadcast on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
- The Bears are coming off a hard-fought loss at Texas a week ago. Despite outshooting the Longhorns, 23-16, Baylor dropped a 1-0 decision in Austin.
- Oklahoma, meanwhile, is coming off a 1-0 loss to TCU last week. The Sooners are led offensively by Reagan Glisson and Yuuka Kurosaki, who each have a goal to their name this season. Between the pipes, Nikki Panas has made 31 saves while allowing nine goals in six matches.
YOU DON'T WANDT NONE OF THIS
- Jennifer Wandt is Baylor's all-time leader in career shutouts with 30 as she passed Baylor Hall-of-Famer Dawn Greathouse (1997-00) in the draw vs. the Cowgirls.
- Of the 73 matches Wandt has played in at Baylor, she's recorded a shutout 41.1 percent of the time.
- She is in sole possession of fifth place in Big 12 history. Wandt currently trails Melanie Wilson who recorded 32 shutouts at Texas A&M (1996-99).
NO GOAL PATROL
- Two of BU's five shutouts have come vs. ranked opponents (Oklahoma State and Kansas).
- Baylor is tied for second in the country with a .714 shutout percentage.
- The Bears have not allowed a goal at home all season. BU is one of three schools to pitch shutouts at home all season (Florida State, TCU).
- Baylor has not allowed a goal at home in over a year (since Oct. 25, 2019).
- Since 2013, BU has totaled 71 shutouts, 40 of which have come at home. Seven of them have come against ranked opponents. Ten of them ended in a double overtime scoreless draw.
FRESHMEN PHENOMS
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Team |
Fr. on the Roster |
Fr. Played |
Fr. Played All Gms |
Fr. Started All Gms |
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Baylor |
14 |
9 |
6 |
4 |
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Iowa State |
8 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
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Kansas |
8 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
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Kansas State |
9 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
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Oklahoma |
7 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
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Oklahoma State |
11 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
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TCU |
6 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
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Texas |
9 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
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Texas Tech |
6 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
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West Virginia |
7 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
