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2021 TEXAS A&M SOCCER MATCH #5 | UTEP | 9/5/2021 | SEC+ GAME TIME: 3:00 P.M. CT | SITE: ELLIS FIELD, BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS Texas A&M Media Relations * www.12thMan.com Soccer Contact: Thomas Dick / E-Mail: [email protected] / C: (512) 784-2153 RESULTS/SCHEDULE UTEP #18 TEXAS A&M 8/19 at #1 Florida State L, 0-1 8/22 at #8 TCU L, 1-2 MINERS AGGIES 8/28 #9 CLEMSON W, 3-1 9/3 SAM HOUSTON W, 5-0 9/5 UTEP 3 p.m. 2021 Record 1-4-0 2021 Record 1-2-0 Ranking Ranking 9/8 SOUTHERN 7 p.m. unranked 18- TDS Streak Won 1 Streak Won 2 9/12 at Oklahoma State 1 p.m. Last 5 / Last 10 1-4-0 / 2-7-1 Last 5 / Last 10 2-3-0 / 6-3-1 9/17 * at Kentucky 6 p.m. Last Game Sep 3 Last Game Sep 3 9/19 PEPPERDINE 1:30 p.m. at Incarnate Word - W, 1-0 SAM HOUSTON - W, 5-0 9/23 * ARKANSAS 6 p.m. Head Coach Kathryn Balogun (Campbell, ‘88) Head Coach G Guerrieri (Tulsa, ‘85) 9/26 * at Auburn 2 p.m. Overall 14-17-5 (3rd season) Overall 486-153-40 (31st season) at UTEP at Texas A&M 10/1 * TENNESSEE 7 p.m. 14-17-5 (3rd season) 470-142-40 (29th season) 10/7 * at LSU 6 p.m. The Aggies put a 12-match home win streak on the line when they welcome the UTEP 10/10 * OLE MISS 3 p.m. Miners to Ellis Field on Sunday for a 3 p.m. contest. Texas A&M is riding high after a 3-1 10/15 * ALABAMA 7 p.m. dismantling of the No. 9 Clemson Tigers and a 5-0 victory over Sam Houston to start their 10/21 * at Mississippi State 6 p.m. four-match homestand. 10/24 * VANDERBILT 3 p.m. 10/28 * at Missouri 6 p.m. BEST IN TEXAS 10/31- SEC Tournament The Aggies sport the best soccer team in Texas by every tangible measure. Texas A&M 11/7 (Orange Beach, Alabama) boasts 470 all-time wins, 41 ahead of SMU (429) the only other squad with over 400 wins. Texas A&M’s .752 winning percentage is joined by only North Texas (.713) in exceeding the .700 mark. The Aggies’ 26 NCAA Tournament appearances nearly matches the combined * - SEC game total of the No. 2 and No. 3 teams on the Lone Star list with Texas (14) and SMU (13). ELLIS FIELD EDGE The Maroon & White enter play with a 12-match home win streak dating back to the 2019 campaign. The last time the Aggies dropped a home match was a 3-1 loss to the Arkansas Razorbacks on October 18, 2019. It marks the Aggies’ seventh-longest home win streak and their longest since winning 14 in a row between October 2014 and October 2015, A&M Home Win Streaks 1 10/26/2001 to 10/17/2003 24 2021 SEC STANDINGS 2 9/26/2006 to 11/15/2007 20 3 9/18/1995 to 11/3/1996 17 DIV SEC ALL 4 10/2/1993 to 9/13/1995* 16 EASTERN DIVISION 5 9/3/2013 to 9/18/2014 15 South Carolina 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-0-0 6 10/30/2014 to 10/23/2015 14 Tennessee 0-0-0 0-0-0 5-0-0 7 10/27/2019 to current 12 Georgia 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-1-0 8 8/24/2018 to 10/12/2018 11 Kentucky 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-2 * first seven wins were at Old Tiger Stadium Vanderbilt 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-2-1 Missouri 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-2-0 GOALS FROM EVERYWHERE Florida 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-4-1 Eight different Aggies have scored goals in 20201, including seven different players find- ing the net in the last two matches. The only player on the squad with multiple goals is WESTERN DIVISION Kate Colvin. Other notching one apiece include Natalie Abel, Kendall Bates, Carissa LSU 0-0-0 0-0-0 5-0-0 Boeckmann, Daria Britton, Barbara Olivieri, Mia Pante and Taylor Pounds. Auburn 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-0-0 Ole Miss 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-0-1 Alabama 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-2-0 AMBITIOUS AUGUST The Maroon & White are the only squad to open the season with three consecutive games Mississippi State 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-2-1 against teams ranked in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Top 10. The Aggies start- Texas A&M 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-2-0 ed the campaign with one-goal losses at No. 1 Florida State (1-0) and No. 8 TCU (2-1) and Arkansas 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-0 then started their home slate with a 3-1 victory over No. 9 Clemson. SERIES VS. UTEP QUICK FACTS The Aggies and Miners have never met on the soccer pitch. Texas A&M is 17-1-0 all-time against current members of Conference USA, including 5-0-0 vs. North Texas, 4-0-0 vs. UTSA and 3-0-0 vs. Florida Atlantic. The only loss came last year at Rice, but the Maroon & GENERAL INFORMATION White still own a 5-1-0- series lead vs. the Owls. LOCATION Bryan-College Station, Texas CONSISTENT SUCCESS FOUNDED 1872 G Guerrieri and North Carolina’s Anson Dorrance are the only two coaches to appear in ENROLLMENT 71,109 (56,272 undergrad) - Fall 2020 every NCAA Championship since 1995. NICKNAME Aggies MASCOT Reveille VIII, American Collie WINNING COLORS Maroon & White Texas A&M enters the 2021 campaign with 28 consecutive winning seasons - every year CONFERENCE Southeastern (SEC) of the program. The closest the Aggies have finished to the .500 mark is the 12-8-2 (.591) PRESIDENT Dr, Kathy Banks record they posted in 2016. The 28-season string ranks sixth all-time among NCAA Divi- DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Ross Bjork sion I schools and it’s the third-longest active streak, trailing just North Carolina (39) and HOME FIELD Ellis Field (3,500) Virginia (34). OPENED/RENOVATED 1994/2011 & 2013 SURFACE Natural Grace (Tifway Burmuda) GOING PRO The Aggies lost the services of two All-SEC performers during the break of this unique elongated 2020-21 campaign. Jimena Lopez and Addie McCain both elected to turn pro- COACHING STAFF fessional in January. The duo were selected in the 2021 NWSL Draft with McCain picked HEAD COACH G Guerrieri (Tulsa, ‘85) by Kansas City NWSL in the second round and OL Reign picked Lopez in the fourth round. RECORD AT A&M 470-142-40 (.752) / 29th year Lopez elected to sign with Spanish club SD Eibar and she made her professional debut on February 7. The versatile Lopez was 2019 SEC Midfielder of the Year and 2020 SEC Co-De- OVERALL RECORD 486-154-40 (.744) / 31st year fender of the Year. McCain earned distinction as 2020 SEC Midfielder of the Year. ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Phil Stephenson (Lock Haven, ‘87) ASSISTANT COACH Lori Stephenson (Methodist, ‘88) After the season, standout midfielder Taylor Ziemer inked a deal with Icelandic club VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH Breiðablik Nathan Kogut (Colorado State, ‘09) DIRECTOR OF SOCCER OPERATIONS With the current COVID-19 eligibility standards, all three players were eligible to compete Curt Magnuson (Texas A&M, ‘99) for the Maroon & White in fall 2021. TEAM INFORMATION STRONG FINISHES The last five seasons, the Maroon & White have outscored opponents 100-46 in the second 2020-21 RECORD 12-4-1 (.735) half, including 16-8 in 2020-21. In 2019, Texas A&M bested opponents, 29-13, in the second 2020 SEC RECORD (FINISH) 7-1-0 (t-1st SEC) stanza. It continues a trend with the Aggies, who also outscored opponents 26-13 in the FINAL NATIONAL RANKING No. 8 USC, No. 6 RPI second half in 2018 and 25-8 in 2017. SEC POSTSEASON semifinal - L, 1-3 vs. Vanderbilt NCAA POSTSEASON 2nd round - W, 2-0 vs. #15 South Florida YOUTH MOVEMENT 3rd round - T, 3-3 (4-3 PK) vs. #19 Oklahoma State Last season, Texas A&M’s then-freshmen accounted for a whopping 18 of the team’s 33 Quarterfinal - L, 0-1 vs. #2 North Carolina goals through 17 matches. Two-time SEC Freshman of the Week Barbara Olivieri led the team with eight goals. Laney Carroll, Lauren Geczik and Taylor Pounds added three STARTERS RETURNING / LOST 8/3* goals apiece. Kate Colvin notched her first tally in the SEC Tournament semifinal match * - started at least 50 percent of team’s matches against Vanderbilt. The newcomers also accounted for 10 of the team’s 26 assists. LETTERWINNERS RETURNING / LOST 17 / 3 NEWCOMERS 8 LEADERS ON BOTH ENDS The Aggies finished SEC league play in 2020 as the leader in both offense and defense. TEAM INFORMATION The Maroon & White led the league in goals per game at 2.25 with 18 tallies in eight games. With the shutout against Auburn in the SEC regular-season finale, Texas A&M moved into ALL-TIME RECORD 470-142-40 (.752) / 29th season first place in goals-against average at 0.63. ALL-TIME HOME RECORD 270-37-12 (.865) ALL-TIME ELLIS FIELD RECORD 263-37-12 (.862) CATCHING UP ALL-TIME BIG 12 RECORD 121-25-10 (16 years) Entering the season with the SEC’s second-best all-time winning percentage in league ALL-TIME SEC RECORD 68-21-6 (10th year) games at .747, trailing just Florida (.783), the Maroon & White have begun catching teams NCAA POST SEASON APPEARANCES 26 (1995-2020) on the league’s all-time conference wins list in just their 10th season as a member.