University of Houston Athletics
Thursday, September 26
Houston, Texas
7:00 PM
University of Houston
vs
TCU
Photo by: ©Juan DeLeon Creative
PREVIEW: Soccer Hosts #22 TCU on Thursday
9/25/2024 2:42:00 PM | Soccer
Cougars host first ranked opponent since 2021
HOUSTON – The University of Houston soccer team hosts #22 TCU at 7 p.m., Thursday at the Carl Lewis International Complex for Club Soccer and Hawaiian Night. The first 75 fans in attendance will receive a Houston Soccer scarf.
Tickets to Thursday's match can be found here. The match will be live streamed on ESPN+ with Matt Perdersen (pxp), Brooke Kirchhofer (analyst) and Vicente Garcia (sideline) on the call. Live stats are also available here.
LAST TIME OUT
Houston (3-5-1, 0-3 Big 12) dropped a 4-0 decision to Baylor on Sunday at Betty Lou Mays Field.
Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Olivia Dietrich made five stops to move into a tie for seventh place on Houston's career saves list.
Freshman goalkeeper Maggie Manning made her collegiate debut when she entered the match in the 73rd minute and recorded her first career save.
ABOUT THE COUGARS
The Cougars close the weekend hosting Alumni Day against Texas Tech at 1 p.m., Sunday.
SUPPORT YOUR COOGS
Fans can make a direct impact on the success of Houston Soccer by buying tickets, supporting Linking Coogs – UH's very own NIL collective and by joining the Cougar Reserves which provides financial support directly to Houston Soccer for needs beyond its operating budget.
STAY CONNECTED
Fans can receive updates by following @UHCougarSoccer on X, formerly known as Twitter, and catch up with the latest news and notes on the team by clicking LIKE on the team's Facebook page at UHCougarSoccer or on the team's Instagram page at @uhcougarsoccer.
Tickets to Thursday's match can be found here. The match will be live streamed on ESPN+ with Matt Perdersen (pxp), Brooke Kirchhofer (analyst) and Vicente Garcia (sideline) on the call. Live stats are also available here.
LAST TIME OUT
Houston (3-5-1, 0-3 Big 12) dropped a 4-0 decision to Baylor on Sunday at Betty Lou Mays Field.
Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Olivia Dietrich made five stops to move into a tie for seventh place on Houston's career saves list.
Freshman goalkeeper Maggie Manning made her collegiate debut when she entered the match in the 73rd minute and recorded her first career save.
ABOUT THE COUGARS
- Houston is in its third season under Head Coach Jaime Frias.
- The Cougars are ranked 101 in the latest RPI.
- Senior midfielder Juliet Moore leads Houston with three goals this season.
- Junior forward Cameryn Maddox is five goals away from entering the top 10 in program history in career goals scored while sophomore forward Aryanna Jimison needs six goals to join the list.
- Goalkeeper Olivia Dietirch is third in the conference in total saves with 51 on the season.
- Dietrich leads the conference with 5.67 saves per game.
- Dietrich is top 10 in program history in career wins (sixth), games started by a goalie (sixth), ties (fifth) and saves (seventh).
- TCU is led by Eric Bell, who is in his 13th season. He is 139-79-39 in his time in Fort Worth.
- The Horned Frogs are 7-2-1 on the season and 2-0-1 in Big 12 play.
- TCU comes in at No. 26 in the latest RPI ranking.
- Seven Castain and Caroline Kelly pace the Horned Frogs with five goals each.
- In its last match, TCU defeated Arizona, 1-0 in Fort Worth as Kelly netted the lone goal of the match.
- Houston and TCU meet for the 15th time.
- TCU leads the all-time series 10-2-2
- The Cougars and Horned Frogs ended the previous meeting in a 2-2 draw (Oct. 12, 2023).
- Houston's last victory over TCU was a 1-0 win in Houston (Nov. 1, 2002).
The Cougars close the weekend hosting Alumni Day against Texas Tech at 1 p.m., Sunday.
SUPPORT YOUR COOGS
Fans can make a direct impact on the success of Houston Soccer by buying tickets, supporting Linking Coogs – UH's very own NIL collective and by joining the Cougar Reserves which provides financial support directly to Houston Soccer for needs beyond its operating budget.
STAY CONNECTED
Fans can receive updates by following @UHCougarSoccer on X, formerly known as Twitter, and catch up with the latest news and notes on the team by clicking LIKE on the team's Facebook page at UHCougarSoccer or on the team's Instagram page at @uhcougarsoccer.
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