Ryan Scores Golden Goal; TCU tops Oklahoma

Friday, October 5

Norman, Okla.

8:00 p.m. CT

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Oklahoma

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Ryan Scores Golden Goal; TCU tops Oklahoma

10/5/2018 11:28:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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Sophomore scores second career overtime goal

NORMAN, Okla. – For the second straight game Yazmeen Ryan delivered the game-winning goal, this time she did it double overtime to propel TCU to a 1-0 victory at Oklahoma on Friday night. Emily Alvarado made five saves to register her second straight shutout.

The Rundown
Oklahoma was whistled for a hand ball 25 yards out from goal. Yazmeen Ryan made the most of the opportunity as she hit a rocket-shot past a diving Sooner goalkeeper for the game-winning goal in the 105^thminute.

The goal brought an end an highly competitive match between the Horned Frogs and the Sooners. At the end of regulation the shots were tied at eight apiece. Emily Alvarado made three regulation saves, while the Frogs forced a quartet of stops.

Oklahoma had a golden opportunity snuffed by Tara Smith in the 59^thminute. Off a Sooner corner kick, the ball was headed toward goal, but Smith was there on the goal line to block it out of danger, keeping the game scoreless.

TCU made a late push in the final 10 minutes of regulation to get the go-ahead tally but couldn't find the back of the net. The Frogs earned two corner kicks and fired off three shots in that stretch.

The Sooners dominated the first overtime session, forcing a pair of saves from Alvarado setting up the second overtime heroics from Ryan.

Stat of the Game
8 –The shutout was TCU's eighth of the season, tying the school single-season set on five other occasions (1998, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017).

Quotes of the Game
Head Coach Eric Bell
On the game:
"As I told the team, I likened the game to a pitcher who didn't have their best stuff but gutted it out and found a way to win. We didn't show our best version of TCU soccer. We battled and we found a way to win. We kept good team off the board. It's hard to win in the league and harder to win on the road. I am happy to come away with the three points and now we move on to next week."

On the play of Yazmeen Ryan:
"There is still another level to be had with her. The version we are seeing now is quite good, but I think there is another to see. She is an impact player for us. We ask her to do a lot of things and she is coming through in the clutch."

On the back four:
"The back four really battled. I thought Tijana (Djuricek) and Cachet (Lue) where really good. The combo of Brandi (Peterson), Chaylyn (Hubbard) and Isabelle (Juarez) on the outside were excellent. They won a lot of 50/50 balls and did a lot of the dirty work to make Emily (Alvarado) look good."

Notes
• With the victory, TCU's senior class now has 41 wins, the most for any senior class in program history.
• TCU went to overtime for the fourth time this season (2-0-2).
• The Horned Frogs are now 37-23-52 all-time in overtime and 13-6-21 under the guidance of head coachEric Bell.
• TCU tallied double-digit shots for the 12th time this season.
• TCU allowed double-digit shots for just the sixth time this season.
• TCU was outshot its opponent for the just the fifth time this season.
• Emily Alvarado notched her fourth career shutout.
• Yazmeen Ryan scored her fourth goal of the season and the eighth of her career.
• Ryan's game-winning goal was the fifth of her career. It was her second career overtime tally.
• Tara Smith led the team with four shots.
• Yazmeen Ryan, Cachet Lue, Tijana Djuricek, Kayla Hill and Karitas Tomasdottir played the entirety of the match.

Up Next
TCU (9-3-2, 2-2-1) will continue a three-game road trip next week when it heads to Kansas for matches against the Jayhawks (Oct. 12) and Kansas State (Oct. 14). First touch in Lawrence is set for 7 p.m.