Women get Big 12 wins over Kansas State, Kansas
STILLWATER — The Oklahoma State women’s soccer team continued its winning ways Sunday with a 2-0 victory over Kansas State at Neal Patterson Stadium after the Cowgirls blanked Kansas 1-0 at home Thursday night.
STILLWATER — The Oklahoma State women’s soccer team continued its winning ways Sunday with a 2-0 victory over Kansas State at Neal Patterson Stadium after the Cowgirls blanked Kansas 1-0 at home Thursday night.
With their fourth consecutive win, the Cowgirls improved to 10-2-0 and 3-0-0 in Big 12 play and remained perfect on their home field at 7-0.
Xcaret Pineda notched her fifth goal of the season, while Logan Heausler found the back of the net for the seventh time, tying Hannah Chance for the team lead, as OSU outshot the visitors 21-9.
Grace Gordon and company neutralized the Wildcat offense, with the OSU goalie recording three saves to post her third-straight shutout and fifth of the season.
Pineda got the Cowgirls on the board in the 40th minute, threading a left-footed shot from 25 yards out past three defenders and off the near post.
Heausler sealed the win in the 83rd minute as she blasted a loose ball in the box past KSU keeper Murphy Sheaff. It marked the fourth consecutive game in which Heausler has scored a goal.
In the win over Kansas, OSU also continued its dominance over the Jayhawks in Stillwater. The Cowgirls have won nine consecutive matches on their home field against KU dating back to 2006. KU’s last win in Stillwater came in 2004.
The Cowgirls needed just 96 seconds to score the lone goal in the match when Alex Morris delivered a cross into the box that Heausler headed over KU goalie Melania Pasar from 12 yards out. The goal was Heausler’s sixth of the season, while Morris recorded her team-leading sixth assist.
Gordon posted her second-straight shutout and fourth of the season with three saves in the contest.
In the opening half, KU outshot the Cowgirls 9-6, but Gordon recorded a pair of saves to keep the visitors at bay.
The final 45 minutes saw OSU’s defense step up and limit the Jayhawks to only two shots and no corner kicks to help the one-goal advantage hold up.
The Cowgirls return to action Thursday when they host Central Florida with kickoff set for 7 p.m. at Neal Patterson Stadium.
