ABILENE – The Abilene Christian soccer team get backs into action this weekend when they head to Tulsa Friday to take on Oral Roberts at 7 p.m. and face Big 12 competitor Oklahoma State on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Against the Golden Eagles: The Wildcats and Golden Eagles have hit the pitch in two previous meetings with the first coming in 2013 and the most recent in 2016, both of which were 1-0 wins for ORU. This is the first time the Wildcats will play in Tulsa as each of the previous meetings took place in Abilene. ACU's
Shay Johnson had two shots and
Samantha Vestal and
Dylan Owens each added one shot on goal during the 2016 meeting.
Against the Cowgirls: ACU and OSU met for the first time in school history last season in Stillwater. The Cowgirls came out ahead beating the Wildcats 2-0. Vestal had one of ACU's five shots in last season's meeting.
Coach's Quote:
"We look forward to getting back on track this weekend," head coach
Casey Wilson said. "We have two more games before conference play and we hope to take steps in the right direction with our team's progress. Oral Roberts and Oklahoma State are great programs and will be tough games."
Follow Along: Fans follow along Friday's live video action
here or live stats
here. Sunday's match against Oklahoma State can be watched on
Facebook live stream.
Quick Kicks
- Junior Dylan Owens scored the game winner against UTEP in overtime, giving ACU its first victory of the season
- Owens leads the team with six points and three goals on eight shots
- Freshman Erin Smith has recorded 17 saves
- Senior Megan Baer and sophomore Samantha Vestal led the Wildcats with two assists each
- Freshman Mary Moore scored two goals in a span of 2:17 during her collegiate debut Tuesday at Texas Permian Basin
- The Wildcats scored their first two goals at UTPB 14 seconds apart, and both were assisted by Sam Vestal
- ACU's seven goals at UTPB were the second most in program history (14 vs. Southwest in 2007)
- ACU has 15 returners and 15 newcomers on the 2017 roster
- This is head coach Casey Wilson's 11th year with the team. He is the architect and only head coach in program history. He also is one of 23 NCAA DI women's soccer coaches still with the team that they founded.
