Game Notes
SAN MARCOS, Texas -- The Texas State Bobcats ended its three-game home stand this past week and will prep for its final non-conference game of the season against the Texas Longhorns on Friday evening. This will be the first regular season match-up between the two squads.
Texas enters Friday's contest against the Bobcats with a 4-3-1 overall record including a 3-0-1 mark on its home turf. Wins for the Longhorns include a 2-0 shutout against Georgia and Samford, a 2-1 victory over Illinois State, and a 3-1 victory against Air Force.
All on the road, the Longhorns three losses are to Oregon State, Oregon and Colorado College.
The Longhorns will have one more non-conference match-up this season as they play host to Texas-San Antonio on Sunday after the game against the Bobcats. Texas will then open up the Big 12 portion of its schedule with a home meeting against the Horned Frogs of Texas Christian University.
Texas is led offensively by Brooke Gilbert as she has scored three goals this season. Kelsey Shimmick and Jasmine Hart have each contributed two goals.
Abby Smith is the lone goalkeeper for the Longhorns as she has collected all 740 minutes in goal. She has recorded 25 saves and owns a 0.97 goals against average. Smith and the Longhorn defense have tallied two shutouts so far this season.
Texas State enters the contest with a 3-4-1 overall record, picking up the weekend split last weekend with a 2-1 victory over Sam Houston State and a loss in the late minutes of the game against UTEP.
Lynsey Curry leads the Bobcat squad with four goals while
Clarissa Leon picked up her first career goal over the weekend against Sam Houston State. The Bobcats have outscored their opponents 11-10 and are looking for their second road victory of the season on Friday.
Friday's game will be available for viewing on the Longhorn Network.
Coach Conner Pregame Quotes
What is the team's mindset after falling to UTEP on Sunday and how are they preparing for Friday's game?
"I know after the game they were really heartbroken. They were really fighting and battling, but made some key mistakes and it cost us. They knew that they had responsibility and accountability for what they had done. As a coach you respect that and you applaud that in a sense because that's one thing of taking ownership of your performance. I'm proud of them in that aspect, but we've still got to clean up our mistakes. Our thought process [right now] is to try and clean up those mistakes and do better at getting more creative into our attack."
Why is drawing an opponent like Texas such an important thing for the program going forward?
'[First of all] it's a cross down rivalry and of course you want to go up there and play that. Then, as Bobcats, we're looking to go up there and make ourselves known on the soccer world and in the top 50. They are a top 50 program so of course you want to be able to have the chance to go up there and show everybody that you're playing at the same caliber as they are."
