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OCT. 13, 2017 | KANSAS | GAME NOTES SOCCER CONTACT: Brad Gilbert | [email protected] | 785.864.7788 LONGHORNS 6-6-2 OVERALL 1-2-1 11-0-2 OVERALL 3-0-2 United Soccer rank: -- RPI rank: 90 -VS- United Soccer rank: 9 RPI rank: 9 JAYHAWKS Head Coach: Mark Francis Record: 205-154-30 (19th yr.) Head Coach: Angela Kelly Record: 58-39-15 (6th year) 2017 SCHEDULE GAME #9 TEXAS at KANSAS #22 NEBRASKA L, 0-3 Lawrence, Kan. Aug. 18 | Lawrence, Kan. | 7 p.m. Rock Chalk Park (2,500) CENTRAL MICHIGAN W, 3-0 15 Aug. 20 | Lawrence, Kan. | 1 p.m. Friday, October 13, 2017 • 7 p.m. 6-6-2 W-L-D 11-0-2 ›› at Tulsa W, 2-0 KANSAS SOCCER TO HOST NO. 9 TEXAS FRIDAY AT ROCK CHALK PARK Aug. 25 | Tulsa, Okla. | 5:30 p.m. For the third time this season, the Kansas soccer team will host a top-10 ranked 90 RPI ›› 9 at Oregon State opponent on its home turf when the Jayhawks welcome the ninth-ranked Texas Aug. 27 | Corvallis, Ore. | 1 p.m. (CT) W, 2-0 Longhorns to Lawrence on Friday, Oct. 13. KU, which is trying to pick up its second GOALS win over a top-10 opponent this season, will look to hand the Longhorns (11-0-2) COLORADO COLLEGE W, 2-0 1.36 PER GAME ›› 1.62 their first loss of the 2017 campaign. Kickoff from Rock Chalk Park is set for 7 p.m. Sept. 1 | Lawrence, Kan. | 7 p.m. and will be streamed on KUAthletics.com. SHOTS #7 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA W, 2-1 13.9 ›› 17.4 Sept. 3 | Lawrence, Kan. | 7 p.m. PER GAME ABOUT THE JAYHAWKS The Jayhawks enter the match with the Longhorns at 6-6-2 on the year, but with at Saint Louis T, 1-12OT .098 ‹‹ SHOT .093 only one victory in their last seven outings. KU begins a stretch of playing three Sept. 8 | St. Louis, Mo. | 7 p.m. PERCENTAGE teams currently ranked in the top-25 over its final five regular-season matches, #10 TEXAS A&M which includes a pair of contests against teams inside the top-10. L, 1-5 SHOT ON GOAL Sept. 10 | Lawrence, Kan. | 1 p.m. .474 ‹‹ PERCENTAGE .420 Kansas' offense has been up and down in its 14 outings of 2017, having scored at #25 Utah L, 1-2 Sept. 15 | Salt Lake City, Utah | 8 p.m. GOALS ALLOWED multiple goals in seven of its contests, but also being shutout three times, two of 1.36 ›› 0.54 those occasions coming in the Jayhawks' last four outings. KU has tallied 19 goals PER GAME at BYU L, 2-3 and is averaging 14 shots per outing. Junior Grace Hagan, a member of the MAC Sept. 18 | Provo, Utah | 2 p.m. (CT) Hermann Trophy Watch List, leads the squad with five goals, while senior Lois SAVES 2OT 3.6 ‹‹ PER GAME 2.6 Heuchan is tops on the team in assists with four. Twelve other Jayhawks have at TCU L, 0-1 tallied at least one goal or an assist, with six of those having already amassed 13 Sept. 22 | Fort Worth, Texas | 6 p.m. or more shots. SAVE at Texas Tech T, 1-1 2OT .732 PERCENTAGE ›› .829 Sept. 24 | Lubbock, Texas | 1 p.m. The KU defense was stellar over its first seven outings of the season, conceding at Iowa State PENALTIES only five goals and posting an opponent scoreless streak of over 450 minutes in W, 2-1 2-2 ‹‹ 1-1 that time. However, over their last seven outings, the Jayhawks have allowed an Sept. 29 | Ames, Iowa | 7 p.m. average of nearly two goals per match. Overall, KU opponents are posting 13 shots KANSAS STATE L, 0-1 9.6 ‹‹ FOULS 7.6 per game with just over 39 percent of those ending up on target. Senior Maddie Oct. 6 | Lawrence, Kan. | 7 p.m. PER GAME Dobyns has been Kansas' starting keeper in each match. She has collected 50 saves and amassed a save percentage of .758. The senior has also tallied four TEXAS Oct. 13 | Lawrence, Kan. | 7 p.m. YELLOW - RED shutouts and has amassed a goals-against average of 1.13. 12-2 ‹‹ CARDS 5-0 BAYLOR TOP-10 TEAMS BEWARE Oct. 15 | Lawrence, Kan. | 1 p.m. The Jayhawks will take the pitch on Friday against its third top-10 opponent this TRACK THE MATCH season when No. 9 Texas heads to Lawrence. This match will mark the 13th time at Oklahoma Oct. 20 | Norman, Okla. | 7 p.m Kansas will host a top-10 opponent on its home turf. Following its win over No. 7 LIVE STATS USC on Sept. 3, KU has now picked up three wins over top-10 squads in Lawrence at Oklahoma State Fans can get up-to-the-minute statistics from since 2008. The Jayhawks topped No. 7 Oklahoma State, 2-1, in 2012 and also Oct. 22 | Stillwater, Okla. | 1 p.m. the KU-UT match by visiting the Kansas live claimed a 1-0 victory over No. 6 Texas A&M during the 2008 season. That victory stats page. Go to the soccer schedule page at WEST VIRGINIA over the Aggies still stands as the highest-ranked opponent ever defeated by the Oct. 27 | Lawrence, Kan. | 7 p.m. KUAthletics.com and click on the live stats link. Jayhawks. PROJECTED STARTERS BROADCAST FORMATION: Kansas will broadcast the KU-UT match live 25 via KUAthletics.com. Go to the soccer page 4-3-3 12 F F 2 F HAGAN at KUAthletics.com for the link. Nick Springer McCLURE HEUCHAN (play-by-play) will call the action. 27 M 15 M 13 M HOLLAND MAIERHOFER CASTRO RADIO Jayhawk Radio Network on KUAthletics.com. Nick 20 D 26 D Springer (play-by-play) will call the action. All KU MORRISON MERRICK 21 games can be heard for free on the internet via 19 D 00 D ELÍASDÓTTIR GK CAVALCANTE TuneIn by going to KUAthletics.com/Radio. DOBYNS 2017 @KUWSoccer NUMERICAL ROSTER STAFF NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL // CLUB TEAM) NAME POSITION // YEAR AT KU ALMA MATER // YEAR 0 . Lauren Breshears . GK . 5-8 . Jr. St. Peters, Mo. (Fort Zumwalt South HS // International Soccer Academy) Mark Francis Head Coach // 19th SMU // 1987 00 . Maddie Dobyns . GK . 6-0 . Sr. Kansas City, Mo. (Lee’s Summit North HS // Harambre Viati) Kelly Miller Assoc. Head Coach // 19th Copper Union // 1996 1 . Regan Gibbs . GK . 5-9 . So. Naches, Wash. (West Valley HS // Crossfire Premier) Bri Young Assistant Coach // 2nd Texas A&M // 2011 2 . Lois Heuchan . F . 5-8 . Sr. Castle Douglas, Scotland (Castle Douglas HS // Celtic FC) Derek Shoare Volunteer Asst. Coach // 3rd St. Mary’s (London) // 1980 3 . Amari Hopkins . F . 5-4 . Fr. Stafford, Va. (Mountain View HS // FC Virginia) Mark Taylor Dir. of Operations // 2nd Kansas // 2015 4 . Kailey Lane. .F . 5-9 . Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Millard North HS // Elite Girls Academy) John Zirkelbach Athletic Trainer // 15th Iowa State // 1999 5 . Olivia Pesek . M/F . .5-5 . Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Millard West HS // Elite Girls Academy) Ali Kershner Strength and Cond. // 3rd Duke // 2012 6 . Hannah Lukinac . D/M. .5-6 . Sr. Olathe, Kan. (Olathe East HS // Sporting Blue Valley SC) 7 . Avery Hall . D/M. .5-5 . Fr. McKinney, Texas (McKinney Boyd HS // Solar Chelsea FC) 8 . Anna Courtney . M . .5-4 . Jr. Parkville, Mo. (Park Hill South HS // Kansas City SC) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 9 . .Madison Meador . .M . .5-7 . So. Ballwin, Mo. (Marquette HS/Ole Miss // St. Louis Elite) Isabella CAVALCANTE . kav-uhl-KONT-ay 10 . Miriam Melugin . M . .5-8 . Sr . Springfield, Mo. (Kickapoo HS // Springfield FC) EVA ELIASDÓTTIR . .AY-vuh ell-EYE-iss-daw-ter 11 . Maia Williams . F . 5-4 . Jr. Piscataway, N.J. (Piscataway HS/Monroe College // CNJ Wildcats) Grace HAGAN . .HAY-ghen 12 . Katie McClure . F . 5-4 . So. Wichita, Kan. (Maize HS // Oklahoma FC) Lois HEUCHAN . HEW-kin 13 . Kathryn Castro . .M . .5-3 . Fr. Plano, Texas (Plano West Senior High // Solar Chelsea FC) CERI Holland . CARE-ee 14 . Alex Schweitzer . D . 6-0 . Jr. Tampa, Fla. (Virginia Tech // Tampa Bay United) Hannah LUKINAC . Loo-KIN-ik 15 . Ceri Holland . D/M. .5-5 . Fr. West Yorkshire, England (South Craven School // Manchester City) Madison MEADOR. MEH-der 17 . Taylor Christie . D . 5-6 . So. Overland Park, Kan. (Shawnee Mission South HS // Sporting Blue Valley) 19 . Eva Eliasdóttir . D . 5-9 . So. Thorlakshofn, Iceland (Fjölbrautaskóli Suðurlands // Selfoss) Sophie MAIERHOFER . MY-er-HOF-er 20 . Kayla Morrison . .D . 5-9 . Sr. Corona, Calif. (Corona HS // Legends FC) Miriam MELUGIN . Mel-OO-jin 21 . Isabella Cavalcante . D . 5-7 . Fr. Glen Ellyn, Ill. (Glenbard West HS // Sockers FC) Olivia PESEK . .PEH-sik 22 . Mandi Duggan . F . 5-2 . So. Aurora, Colo. (Grandview HS // Storm SC) Alex SCHWEITZER. .SHWITE-zer 24 . Elise Reina . D . 5-2 . So. Fayetteville, Ark. (Har-Ber HS // Arkansas Comets) MAIA Williams. MY-uh 25 . Grace Hagan . .F . 5-10 . Jr. Wichita, Kan. (Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic HS // WFC United) 26 . Addisyn Merrick . D . 5-6 . So. Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Lee’s Summit North HS // Sporting Blue Valley) 27 . Sophie Maierhofer . M . .5-7 . So. Graz, Austria (University of Bremen // Werner Bremen) RADIO/TV ROSTER LAUREN MADDIE DOBYNS REGAN GIBBS LOIS HEUCHAN AMARI HOPKINS KAILEY LANE OLIVIA PESEK HANNAH LUKINAC AVERY HALL 0 BRESHEARS 00 Sr. // GK // 6-0 1 So. // GK // 5-9 Sr. // F // 5-8 Fr.