Brian’s Hat Trick Leads TCU To Second Round

Friday, November 12

Fort Worth, Texas

7 p.m.

TCU

18-2-2, 7-1-1

Prairie View A&M

12-4-3, 8-1-0

Prairie View

TCU

Brian’s Hat Trick Leads TCU To Second Round

11/12/2021 10:35:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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Five Horned Frogs tally goals in the win

FORT WORTH – Goals were fast and numerous as No. 4 seed TCU raced past Prairie View A&M in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, winning 8-0. Gracie Brian notched a hat trick in the win, while Brandi Peterson matched a school-record with four assists in the game.

The Rundown
TCU dominated play from start to finish, peppering the Lady Panther's goal with 20 shots on frame. The opportunities came early and the Frogs opened up a 1-0 lead on Gracie Brian's first tally of the game in the eighth minute. Jenna Winebrenner fed Brandi Peterson with room to run. She crossed the ball to a waiting Brian for the tap in goal.

In the 24^th minute, Brian struck again on a through-ball feed from Grace Collins. Her shot ricocheted into the far corner for a 2-0 lead. Less than a minute later, Oli Pena made it 3-0 as she fired home another Collins feed from the top of the 18.

More of the same followed in the second half. Brian completed the hat trick just over three minutes into the half. Camryn Lancaster found Brian on the doorstep for the tally.

Messiah Bright made history as she found twine in the 57^th minute. Peterson once again set the table teaming up with Brian to assist on the Bright tally on the far post. The goal put Bright alone at the top of the career points list.

Lauren Memoly tallied in the 67^th minute and Skylar Heinrich the 76^th minute to push the TCU lead to seven. An own goal created by a Heinrich crossing feed that deflected in off a defender accounted for the final score.

Stat of the Game
3 – Gracie Brian scored her first career hat trick. It's the 15^th hat trick in program history and the first since Kayla Hill's hat trick against Butler on Sept. 16, 2018. It's her third multi-goal game of the season and the fifth of her career.

Quotes of the Game
Head Coach Eric Bell
On the game:
"We knew that it was going to be a challenge for them considering where we are in our talent level and where they are with their talent level. With all due respect to them, we knew we were going to have the ball a lot. Did I expect this? Kind of, sort of. But we didn't know what they were going to do as far as their defending. Were they going to drop off or step up and press us or do normal stuff. We were prepared for all of that.

On playing at home:
"It was awesome. Having a chance to play on our own field in front of our home fans was awesome. It was a little cooler than we wanted it to be, but it was nice."

On Gracie Brian's game:
"She's a heck of a player. She creates opportunities for other people and she can obviously finish scoring opportunities for herself. She's a very good competitor and I'm happy for her."

Notes
• TCU improves to 3-5-2 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
• TCU is advancing to the second round of the tournament for the third time in program history.
• TCU ran its unbeaten streak to a school-record 12 games (10-0-2).
• TCU scored a season-high eight goals. It's the most goals scored since a 9-0 win against Stephen F. Austin on Sept. 20, 1997.
• TCU tallied double-digit shots for the 21st time this season.
• TCU's 45 shots were the most since registering 46 against Texas Southern on Aug. 22, 2010.
• TCU posted its 13^th shutout of the year.
• Lauren Kellett and Summer Holt teamed up for TCU's third combined shutout.
• Summer Holt made her collegiate debut in the second half.
• Messiah Bright scored her career-high 14th goal of the season and now has 36 in her career, tying her with Jordan Calhoun's career mark set from 2008-11.
• Bright's 14 goals are the most since Jordan Calhoun scored 15 in 2008.
• Bright's two points in the game give her 86 in her career, the most by any player in program history. She surpasses the 85 points put up by Jordan Calhoun in her career.
• With the hat trick, Gracie Brian now has nine goals on the season and 19 in her career.
• The 19 goals move her into a tie for 10^th all time with teammate Grace Collins.
• Brian added her eighth assist of the year and the 18^th of her career. She moves into a tie for fourth all-time in career assists (Allison Calleri, 1996-99).
• Oli Pena scored her third career goal.
• Pena also recorded her third assist of the season.
• Lauren Memoly notched her fourth goal of the season.
• Skylar Heinrich tallied her third goal of the season and the 16^th of her career.
• Brandi Peterson registered four assists in the game and now has nine on the year and 10 in her career.
• Peterson ties the school record for assists in a game set by Tara Smith against Sam Houston State (Aug. 29, 2019).
• Grace Collins notched a pair of assists and now has 13 on the season and 23 in her career.
• Collins' 23 assists are tied for the most all time at TCU (Yazmeen Ryan, 2017-20).
• Jenna Winebrenner recorded her third assist of the year and the sixth in her career.
• Maddy Warren collected her first assist of the year and the sixth of her career.
• Camryn Lancaster tallied her ninth career assist.

Up Next
TCU (18-2-2) will face Princeton in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at a site to be determined. The contest is set for Friday, Nov. 19 at a to be determined time. Princeton defeated Vermont by a 2-0 score in the first round.