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2020-21 TEXAS A&M SOCCER GAME 3 | FLORIDA | 10/11/2020 | SEC NETWORK GAME TIME: 1:00 PM 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 #15 FLORIDA #11 TEXAS A&M S19 * at Ole Miss W, 3-0 S27 * AUBURN ppd C19 GATORS AGGIES O4 * at #9 Arkansas L, 1-2 O11 * #15 FLORIDA 1 p.m. O16 * MISSISSIPPI STATE 6 p.m. 2020 Record 1-0-1, 1-0-1 SEC 2020 Record 1-1-0, 1-1-0 SEC Ranking Ranking O23 * at Tennessee 6 p.m. #15 - USC #11 - USC Streak Win 1 Streak Lose 1 O30 * at Alabama 7 p.m. Last 5 / Last 10 2-2-1 / 4-4-2 Last 5 / Last 10 2-3-0 / 6-4-0 N6 * LSU 7 p.m. Last Game Oct 4 Last Game Oct 4 N13-22 at SEC Tournament ALABAMA - W, 2-1 at Arkansas - L, 1-2 (Orange Beach, Alabama) Head Coach Becky Burleigh (Methodist, ‘89) Head Coach G Guerrieri (Tulsa, ‘85) Overall 508-152-44 (31st season) Overall 473-149-39 (30th season) at Florida at Texas A&M * - SEC Game 426-129-38 (26th season) 457-137-39 (28th season) Nearly 11 full months since their last home match, the Maroon & White look to make a triumphant return to Ellis Field when they host the Florida Gators in their belated home opener. Last week, the Aggies dropped a nail-biter in Fayetteville, losing a 2-1 decision to the No. 9 Arkansas Razorbacks. The match features two icons in soccer coaching with Florida’s Becky Burleigh and Texas A&M’s G Guerrieri both ranking in the top five all-time in wins among NCAA Division I coaches. Burleigh ranks third all-time with 508 wins while Guerrieri ranks fifth with 473 dubs. FOLLOW THE ACTION Fans can listen to every match in 2020 worldwide, on 12thMan.com/Live and the 12th Man app. Most A&M matches can also be heard locally on 97.3 FM. SERIES VS. FLORIDA In the Aggies’ most evenly matched rivalry, the Maroon & White have met on 16 occasions with the series tied at 8-8. The 16 matches are the most for the Aggies against the old guard of the SEC and among current league foes it trails only the 27 contests Texas A&M have played against Missouri. Last season, Florida toppled the Aggies twice, including 3-1 in a regular-season match in 2020 SEC STANDINGS Gainesville and 2-1 at the SEC Tournament in Orange Beach, Alabama. DIV PTS SEC PTS The squads have played four times at the SEC Tournament with each squad winning two EASTERN DIVISION games. #8 Georgia 2-0-1 7 2-0-1 7 South Carolina 2-1-0 6 2-1-0 6 Missouri 1-1-0 3 1-1-0 3 SCOUTING FLORIDA Tennessee 1-1-0 3 1-2-0 3 The Gators enter the fray with a 1-0-1 mark, drawing against Georgie (1-1) and win- Vanderbilt 1-2-0 3 1-2-0 3 ning against Alabama (2-1). Like the Aggies, Florida has had a match postponed due to #15 Florida 0-0-1 1 1-0-1 4 COVID-19 protocols, with their season-opener at Missouri pushed back to the end of the Kentucky 0-3-0 0 0-3-0 0 regular-season. Madison Alexander, Alivia Gonzalez and Deanne Rose each have one goal for the Gators. Susi Espinoza has logged all 200 minutes in goal, posting a 0.90 WESTERN DIVISION goals against average. #3 Arkansas 2-0-0 6 3-0-0 9 Mississippi State 0-0-2 5 1-0-2 5 WINNING #11 Texas A&M 1-1-0 3 1-1-0 3 Texas A&M has finished with a winning record in all of its previous 27 seasons. The clos- Ole Miss 1-2-0 3 1-2-0 3 est the Aggies have finished to the .500 mark is the 12-8-2 (.591) record they posted n Alabama 0-0-1 1 1-1-1 4 2016. The 27-season string ranks sixth all-time among NCAA Division I schools and it’s the Auburn 0-0-1 1 0-0-1 1 fourth-longest active streak, trailing just North Carolina (38), Virginia (33) and Stanford (32). LSU 0-2-0 0 0-2-0 0 INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE QUICK FACTS Texas A&M comes into 2020 with three players who have seen action on foreign national teams in recent years, including Jimena Lopez, Barbara Olivieri and Andersen Williams. GENERAL INFORMATION Lopez has several years of experience with Team Mexico. The senior from Mexico City has played over 30 international matches for Mexico National Teams since 2016. Most re- LOCATION College Station, Texas cently, Lopez took part in the 2019 Pan American Games in Peru along with 2020 Olympic FOUNDED 1872 qualifying matches in Edinburg, Texas and Carson, California. ENROLLMENT 69,465 (54,476 undergrad) - Fall 2019 NICKNAME Aggies Olivieri played two matches with Venezuela’s U17 squad in 2018 and she scored two goals in three matches with the U20 team in 2020. She has also trained with the senior national MASCOT Reveille VIII, American Collie team in 2019 and 2020. COLORS Maroon & White CONFERENCE Southeastern (SEC) Williams has logged 15 matches with Canada’s squads, including three appearances at PRESIDENT Michael K. Young the CONCACAF U20 Championship in 2020. She scored three goals in four matches at the DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Ross Bjork CONCACAF U17 Championship in 2018. She helped Canada to a fourth-place finish at the HOME FIELD Ellis Field (3,500) FIFA Women’s U17 World Cup in 208. OPENED/RENOVATED 1994/2011 & 2013 SURFACE Natural Grace (Tifway Burmuda) POTENT OFFENSE Last season, Texas A&M ranked 11th in the nation with 51 goals. It marked the third straight season the Aggies ranked in the top 15 in the nation. They ranked 15th in both 2017 and COACHING STAFF 2018 with tallies of 46 and 49 goals, respectively. HEAD COACH G Guerrieri (Tulsa, ‘85) RECORD AT A&M 457-137-39 (.753) / 28th year STRONG FINISHES OVERALL RECORD 473-149-39 (.745) / 30th year The last four seasons, the Maroon & White have outscored opponents 84-35 in the second ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Phil Stephenson (Lock Haven, ‘87) half, including 4-1 in 2020. In 2019, Texas A&M bested opponents, 29-13, in the second stanza. It continues a trend with the Aggies, who also outscored opponents 26-13 in the ASSISTANT COACH Lori Stephenson (Methodist, ‘88) second half in 2018 and 25-8 in 2017. VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH Nathan Kogut (Colorado State, ‘09) DIRECTOR OF SOCCER OPERATIONS LONE STAR DOMINANCE Curt Magnuson (Texas A&M, ‘99) With their 4-1 win vs. Texas in last season’s NCAA Championship first round, the Aggies im- proved to 32-0-5 (.932) against in-state rivals since 2008, including an 12-0-4 (.875) record against their former Big 12 Conference colleagues. The Aggies were 3-0-0 against Lone TEAM INFORMATION Star last season with wins against Abilene Christian, UTRGV and Texas. There are currently 2019 RECORD 14-5-3 (.704) no Texas squads on the slate with a spring schedule yet to be announced. 2019 SEC RECORD (FINISH) 7-2-1 (3rd SEC) FINAL NATIONAL RANKING No. 22 USC, No. 25 RPI HUTTON SETS A&M FRESHMAN SHUTOUT STREAK MARK SEC POSTSEASON quarterfinal - L, 0-1 vs. Florida Shantel Hutton set the Aggie freshman record for consecutive shutouts with five in a row in 2019. Her streak ended after 563:26 without surrendering a goal - also an A&M freshman NCAA POSTSEASON 1st round - W, 4-1 TEXAS record. The stretch included a pair of, 0-0, double overtime draws. During the stretch Hut- 2nd round - L, 1-2 at #9 USC ton has won a pair of SEC Freshman of the Week accolades. STARTERS RETURNING / LOST 6/7* * - started at least 50 percent of team’s matches LOPEZ HAS HISTORIC DAY LETTERWINNERS RETURNING / LOST 13 / 10 In the Aggies’ 6-1 victory over Kentucky last season, Jimena Lopez tied the Texas A&M NEWCOMERS 10 single-game record with four assists. She equaled the mark set by Kat Krambeer against Texas-San Antonio on August 27, 2006. The tally came up one shy of the SEC record of five TEAM INFORMATION set by Ole Miss’s Leah Rutledge against Northwestern State on Nov. 1, 1996 and equaled two days later by teammate Tammy Zegledi against Middle Tennessee State. Alabama’s ALL-TIME RECORD 457-137-36 (.753) / 28th season Libby Probst also registered against Nicholls State in 2005. It marked the first time since ALL-TIME HOME RECORD 261-37-12 (.862) 1997 that a four-assist game was registered in SEC play and just the third time in league ALL-TIME ELLIS FIELD RECORD 254-37-11 (.857) history. Florida’s Lisa Olinyk logged four assists against Tennessee in 1996 and fellow Ga- tor Christie Brady tallied four helpers vs. LSU in 1997. ALL-TIME BIG 12 RECORD 121-25-10 (16 years) ALL-TIME SEC RECORD 62-21-6 (9th year) TEXAS A&M IN SEASON OPENERS NCAA POST SEASON APPEARANCES 25 (1995-2019) With their win at Ole Miss, Texas A&M improved to 23-5 all-time in the first match of the NCAA BEST FINISH College Cup semifinal (2014) year.