Women's Soccer | 8/19/2015 12:50:00 PM

 
SAN MARCOS, Texas – With an exhibition victory under its belt against UTSA, the Texas State soccer team preps to begin the 2015 regular season as it travels to Houston this weekend. Texas State will begin the season with a 7 p.m., Friday night match against Houston before concluding the weekend at Houston Baptist Sunday evening.
 
The 2015 season marks the 17th season for the Texas State soccer team and head coach Kat Conner has been the only coach for the entirety of the program's existence. In 2014, the Bobcats finished with an 11-7-2 overall record and a semifinal finish in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. Texas State fell to Troy after defeating Georgia State in the opening round.
 
An Inside Look At The Returners
Two returners, Lynsey Curry and Elizabeth Havenhill, earned all-conference honors in 2014. Curry was the program's first, first-team selection while Havenhill was the first Bobcat freshman since joining the SBC to earn all-conference honors.
 
Overall, the Bobcats return four seniors, five juniors, and nine sophomores to the 2015 roster. Senior defender Kristen Champion joins Curry as the two captains for Conner.
 
Curry enters the 2015 season with 19 career goals including a career-high seven goals scored in 2014. She is joined by sophomores Rachel Grout and Kassi Hormuth who combined for seven goals last year. Grout led all freshman with four.
 
Texas State returns over 77 percent of its goal scoring from a year ago. Of last year's senior class, only Tori Hale (5) and Jourdan Brown (1) scored goals for the Bobcats.
 
Scouting The Competition
Houston
All-time against the Cougars, Texas State is 1-7 with the lone victory coming in 2007. Houston is looking to rebound off of a 1-11-5 season in 2014 and a 10th place finish in the American Conference. The Cougars are under the direction of Chris Pfau who, in three seasons, has a 9-32-11 overall record.
 
Houston Baptist
In five regular season match-ups, the Bobcats own a 4-0-1 record against Houston Baptist with the most recent regular season victory coming in 2011. In 2014, Texas State welcomed the Huskies to the Bobcat Soccer Complex for an exhibition game where the Bobcats won by a 1-0 margin.
 
Houston Baptist earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 after defeating Stephen F. Austin in the finals of the Southland Conference Tournament. It was the first conference championship for the Huskies and first trip to the NCAA's.
 
Follow the Bobcats
To stay up to date with the Texas State soccer team, go online to www.txstatebobcats.com or follow the soccer team on Facebook (Texas State Soccer), Twitter (@TxStateSoccer) or Instagram (@TxStateSoccer).