TCU Rolls to Victory Over #15 OSU

Saturday, April 3

Fort Worth, Texas

5 pm

TCU

10-0-1, 8-0-1

Oklahoma State

11-3-1, 5-2-1

Oklahoma St.

TCU

TCU Rolls to Victory Over #15 OSU

4/3/2021 8:51:00 PM | Women's Soccer

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Frogs set pieces lead scoring charge

FORT WORTH – A three-goal outburst in the first half, including a pair of set piece goals, helped No. 3 TCU defeat No. 15 Oklahoma State, 4-0, Saturday afternoon at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium. Yazmeen Ryan had a hand in all four goals, scoring twice and assisting on the other two. Emily Alvarado made six saves to register her eighth shutout of the season.

The Rundown
TCU came out firing in the first half, outshooting Oklahoma State 13-3 in the period.

The Horned Frogs struck first with Olivia Hasler heading home the first goal in the 18^th minute. Yazmeen Ryan took a free kick from 30 yards out and found Gracie Brian on the far post. She worked the ball into the middle of the 6-yard box to a wide-open Hasler for the goal.

Ryan increased the TCU advantage, scoring on a free kick from just outside the box in the 26^th minute. She bent the shot around the Cowgirl wall and past Oklahoma State keeper Amber Lockwood for her first tally of the game.

Grace Collins added to the TCU lead in the 39^th minute with a strong header into the top right corner. Ryan found the sophomore with a cross from outside the box to the far post and Collins delivered with her sixth goal of the year.

TCU's defense proved to be stout in the first half, fending off four Cowgirl corner kicks and only allowing three shots.

Ryan's second goal of the contest came in the 82^nd minute. She streaked down the far side and delivered a beautiful shot from just inside the 18-yard box to the far post for the 4-0 lead.

Emily Alvarado, who tallied six saves in the contest, kept the Cowgirls off the board with three saves in the second half.

Stat of the Game
6 – Yazmeen Ryan had six points in the game and has contributed to all six TCU goals this spring (3 goals, 3 assists).

Quotes of the Game
Head Coach Eric Bell
On a strong offensive showing:
"We were able to get into a great rhythm early on and we were able to do some things we have worked on in practice and made that happen in the game. That is a really good team and I applaud Coach Carmichael for what he has done over the course of time, but we were really sharp in the attack today and that showed. Hopefully that bodes well for us in the future."

On a pair of set piece goals:
"We work on those a lot and we've got some pretty special people that can either deliver a pass or service and some people who can get on the end of that. Coach Serratore is in charge of that and does an excellent job of our set pieces both offensively and defensively and we did a great job executing."

Notes
• TCU is 3-0-1 against Oklahoma State in the last four meetings.
• The Horned Frogs had 23 shots for the second consecutive game.
• The 23 shots are tied for the second-most shots in a game this season.
• TCU tallied its ninth shutout of the season.
• The Frogs are averaging 16.6 shots per game this season.
• Yazmeen Ryan her fifth and sixth goals of the season.
• Ryan now has 22 career goals, tying her for fifth on the all-time goal list with Jennifer Thompson (1992-95).
• Ryan also added two assists giving her 20 in her career, moving her into sole possession of second all-time at TCU.
• Emily Alvarado recorded her eighth clean sheet of the season. She has amassed 21 in her career as a Frog.
• Olivia Hasler notched her first career game winning goal.
• The goal for Hasler was her second of the season.
• Grace Collins recorded her sixth goal of the season and the ninth of her career.
• Gracie Brian tallied her fifth assist of the season and the ninth of her career.
• Chaylyn Hubbard, Marz Akins, Tijana Duricek and Brandi Peterson all played the full 90 minutes.

Up Next
TCU (10-0-1) will face a non-Big 12 opponent for the first time this season as it travels to College Station to take on No. 23 Texas A&M next Saturday, April 10, at 7 p.m.