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TCU Rallies Past Texas; Claims Tournament Title - TCU Athletics
ROUND ROCK, Texas – TCU scored a pair of second half goals to erase a 1-0 halftime deficit and lock up a 2-1 win over Texas to take home its first-ever Big 12 Tournament title. Messiah Bright and Camryn Lancaster scored for TCU. Lauren Kellett made six saves in the win. Bright was named the...
GoFrogs: TCU Rallies Past Texas; Claims Tournament Title
ROUND ROCK, Texas – TCU scored a pair of second half goals to erase a 1-0 halftime deficit and lock up a 2-1 win over Texas to take home its first-ever Big 12 Tournament title. Messiah Bright and Camryn Lancaster scored for TCU. Lauren Kellett made six saves in the win. Bright was named the Offensive Most Outstanding Player, while Jenna Winebrenner was named the Defensive MOP.
The Rundown
A very evenly matched game saw Texas hold a slim 8-6 shot advantage after the first half of play. The Longhorns had the more dangerous looks as they cashed in on a shot from distance in the 39th minute to open up the scoring. Lauren Kellett made two fantastic saves in the final three minutes of the half to keep the deficit at one.
After weathering an early push by Texas in the opening minutes of the second half that saw Kellett make another couple saves, TCU found its possession game.
The hard work was finally rewarded in the 60th minute when Messiah Bright found the back of the net with the equalizer. Grace Collins got the play rolling as she found Chaylyn Hubbard with some room to run. Hubbard carried the ball into the 18 and fed an open Bright for the game-tying goal.
Jenna Winebrenner came up huge in the 79th minute as she blocked a shot just in front of the goal mouth to keep the game tied. Minutes later, the Frogs tallied the game winner.
Bright found Collins down low to the right of the goal post. She tapped the ball towards the middle of the six and a failure to corral the cross by the Texas goalkeeper left Camryn Lancaster with an open net to shot at for the game-winner.
Stat of the Game
10 – TCU is the 10th Big 12 program to win both the regular season and tournament crowns in the same season.
Quotes of the Game
Head Coach Eric Bell
On coming from behind
"I thought we did a really good job of finding Messiah and she did a really good job of penetrating with the ball and sliding it in the goal. I thought we had the momentum after the goal and were able to find another goal and win the championship."
On the second half
"I think we followed the game plan a little bit better. We wanted to go outside a bit more. They did a good job of clogging up the middle and we wanted to go around them. I thought we did a really good job of that."
On Texas shooting from distance
"If that's all we are going to give up, that's awesome. We have the best goalkeeper in the league so if they want to shoot from distance, than have at it."
Notes
• TCU is now 1-4 all-time in Big 12 Tournament games.
• The Horned Frogs are now 7-14-9 all-time in conference tournaments.
• The Frogs improved to 6-6-7 in the Big 12 Tournament.
• TCU is unbeaten in its last 11 games (9-0-2), matching a program record established during the 2020-21 season.
• TCU tallied double-digit shots for the 20th time this season.
• TCU was outshot by its opponent for just the eighth time this season.
• Messiah Bright scored her career-high 13th goal of the season and now has 35 in her career.
• Bright's 13 goals are the most since Jordan Calhoun scored 15 in 2008.
• Bright tallied her sixth assist of the season and now has 14 in her career.
• Camryn Lancaster scored her eighth goal of the season.
• Lancaster's game-winner was the third of the season for the freshman.
• Chaylyn Hubbard collected her third assist of the season and the sixth of her career.
• Grace Collins notched her 10th and 11th assists of the season and now has 21 in her career.
• Collins' 11 assists are a new TCU record.
• Collins' 21 assists are third-most all time at TCU.
• Brenna Brosam, Chaylyn Hubbard, Brandi Peterson and Jenna Winebrenner played the entirety of the match.
Up Next
TCU (17-2-2) has earned the Big 12 automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament, marking its sixth straight season in the postseason. The Horned Frogs will host an NCAA Selection show watching party Monday at 3:30 p.m. in the Legend's Club located on the east side of Amon G. Carter Stadium.
