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Preview: at No. 14 Colorado - TCU Athletics
FORT WORTH - The No. 23 ranked TCU's women's soccer team heads west to take on the No. 14 ranked Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday. The contest marks the first Big
GoFrogs: No. 23 TCU Soccer at No. 14 Colorado Preview
FORT WORTH - The No. 23 ranked TCU women's soccer team heads west to take on the No. 14 ranked Colorado Buffaloes on Saturday. The contest marks the first Big 12 meeting between the two squads and the first time the Horned Frogs have traveled to Boulder, Colo. since 2017. First touch is set for 1 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN+.
TCU NOTABLES
• TCU was picked to finish third in the Big 12 preseason coaches poll.
• TCU is No. 23 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll.
• Three of TCU's five all-Big 12 performers from 2023 return this season (Seven Castain, Grace Coppinger and Oli Pena).
• TCU had four selections to the All-Big 12 preseason team (Seven Castian, Grace Coppinger, Camryn Lancaster, Oli Pena).
• The Frogs have allowed two or fewer goals in 181 of the last 198 games played dating back to 2015.
• TCU is fourth in the Big 12 with 24 goals scored in 2024.
• TCU is sixth in the Big 12 in goals allowed (10).
• Seven Castain was ranked No. 79 in the TopDrawerSoccer.com Top 100 players.
• Camryn Lancaster is fifth all-time in program history in assists with 19.
• Caroline Kelly scored the first goal of the year vs. Alabama in her TCU debut.
• Kelly notched her first brace as a Horned Frog and fifth in her career vs. BYU.
• Kelly leads the team with six goals.
• Kelly has scored in four of the last five games.
• Oli Pena notched a goal and an assist vs. Alabama, which matches her point total from 2023.
• Pena has three assists on the year.
• Seven Castain scored her first goal of the year vs. Alabama.
• Castain is second on the team with five goals.
• Castain leads the Frogs with 40 shots.
• Sara Brocious tallied two assists vs. Alabama in her TCU debut.
• Three freshmen started for TCU vs. No. 20 Alabama (Evie Baker, Morgan Brown and Cameron Patton).
• Olivia Geller notched a cleansheet in her first career collegiate start at Charlotte.
• Bella Diorio recorded her first career brace vs. CMU.
• Diorio scored in the opening minute and in the 54th minute.
• Diorio has three game-winners on the year.
• Ainsley Moy scored her first career goal vs. Cal Poly.
• Moy tallied her first career assist vs. BYU.
• Abigail Cox recorded two assists vs. Cal Poly.
• Morgan Brown scored her first career goal vs. BYU.
• Cameron Patton notched her first career assist vs. BYU.
• Jordan Whiteaker tallied her first career assist vs. BYU.
• Head Coach Eric Bell has a record of 51-34-23 in Big 12 conference games.
COLORADO NOTABLES
• Colorado enters the contest with a record of 10-1-1 in 2024.
• Shyra James leads the Buffaloes with six goals.
• Jordan Nytes leads the Buffaloes with 52 saves.
COLORADO SERIES HISTORY
• TCU won the previous meeting in Fort Worth, 2-0, in 2021.
• Colorado won the first meeting, 1-0, in Boulder in 2017.
RECORD BY UNIFORM SINCE 2018
• When wearing white, the Horned Frogs are 51-12-11.
• When wearing purple, the Horned Frogs are 28-14-7.
• When wearing black, the Horned Frogs are 8-3-4
