2021 TEXAS A&M SOCCER MATCH #1 | @Florida State | 8/19/2021 | ACCNX GAME TIME: 6:00 P.M. CT | SITE: SEMINOLE SOCCER COMPLEX, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA Texas A&M Media Relations * www.12thMan.com Soccer Contact: Thomas Dick / E-Mail: [email protected] / C: (512) 784-2153 RESULTS/SCHEDULE #1 FLORIDA STATE #9 TEXAS A&M 8/19 at #1 Florida State 6 p.m. 8/22 at #8 TCU 7 p.m. SEMINOLES AGGIES 8/28 #7 CLEMSON 7 p.m. 9/3 SAM HOUSTON 7 p.m. 9/5 UTEP 3 p.m. 2020-21 Record 13-1-2, 8-0-0 ACC 2020-21 Record 12-4-1, 7-1-0 SEC Ranking Ranking 9/8 SOUTHERN 7 p.m. 1 - USC; 2 - TDS 9 - USC; 13- TDS; Streak Lost Streak Lost 1 9/12 at #16 Oklahoma State 1 p.m. Last 5 / Last 10 2-1-2 / 7-1-2 Last 5 / Last 10 3-1-1 / 6-3-1 9/17 * at Kentucky 6 p.m. Last Game May 17 Last Game May 9 9/19 PEPPERDINE 1:30 p.m. vs. #11 Santa Clara - L, 1-1 (1-4 PKs) vs. #2 North Carolina - L, 0-1 9/23 * #13 ARKANSAS 6 p.m. Head Coach Mark Krikorian (Anselm, ‘83) Head Coach G Guerrieri (Tulsa, ‘85) 9/26 * at Auburn 2 p.m. Overall 457-116-38 (28th season) Overall 484-151-40 (31st season) at Florida State at Texas A&M 10/1 * TENNESSEE 7 p.m. 289-67-32 (17th season) 468-139-40 (29th season) 10/7 * at LSU 6 p.m. The No. 9 Texas A&M Aggies open their 29th season Thursday with a trip to Tallahassee to 10/10 * #23 OLE MISS 3 p.m. play the No. 1 Florida State. Texas A&M enters the season with a streak of 26 consecutive 10/15 * ALABAMA 7 p.m. NCAA Championship appearances, the fourth-best streak in the nation. The match fea- 10/21 * at Mississippi State 6 p.m. tures two of the four winningest active coaches in women’s soccer with A&M’s G Guerrieri 10/24 * #18 VANDERBILT 3 p.m. ranking third with 484 and Florida State’s Mark Krikorian slotted in fourth with 457. 10/28 * at Missouri 6 p.m. 10/31- SEC Tournament AMBITIOUS AUGUST 11/7 (Orange Beach, Alabama) The Maroon & White are the only squad to open the season with three consecutive games against teams ranked in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Top 10. The Aggies open * - SEC game up with road games at No. 1 Florida State and No. 8 TCU on August 19 and 22, respectively. Texas A&M start their home slate with a match against No. 7 Clemson on August 28. CONSISTENT SUCCESS G Guerrieri and North Carolina’s Anson Dorrance are the only two coaches to appear in every NCAA Championship since 1995. SERIES VS. FLORIDA STATE Florida State owns a 6-1-0 edge in the all-time series, including a 5-0-0 advantage in Tallahassee. The Seminoles won the most recent meeting, 1-0, in 2016 with Deyna Castel- 2020 SEC STANDINGS lanos scoring a goal in the second minute. The Aggies’ last trip to Tallahassee resulted in a 5-0 loss for the Aggies in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament with the Maroon & White DIV PTS SEC PTS playing without All-America midfielder Mikaela Harvey (red card in Sweet 16) and All-SEC EASTERN DIVISION forward Haley Pounds (season-ending injury). Texas A&M’s lone win in the series came in Tennessee 4-1-1 13 4-3-1 13 the 1999 debut with a 2-1 victory in College Station. #9 South Carolina 4-2-0 12 6-2-0 18 Missouri 3-2-0 9 3-2-2 11 WINNING #13 Vanderbilt 3-3-0 9 4-4-0 12 Texas A&M enters the 2021 campaign with 28 consecutive winning seasons - every year Georgia 2-1-2 8 2-3-2 8 of the program. The closest the Aggies have finished to the .500 mark is the 12-8-2 (.591) Kentucky 1-3-2 5 1-4-3 6 record they posted in 2016. The 28-season string ranks sixth all-time among NCAA Divi- Florida 0-5-1 1 1-6-1 4 sion I schools and it’s the third-longest active streak, trailing just North Carolina (39) and Virginia (34). WESTERN DIVISION #7 Arkansas 6-0-0 18 7-1-0 21 #8 Texas A&M 5-1-0 15 7-1-0 21 WINNERS WIN Mississippi State 2-2-2 8 2-3-3 9 The Aggies rank 11th among NCAA Division I programs in all-time victories. Now with 468 #15 Auburn 2-3-1 7 3-3-2 11 wins in the 28 years of the program. Ole Miss 2-4-0 6 4-4-0 12 Alabama 1-3-2 5 2-4-2 8 LSU 0-5-1 1 0-6-2 2 GOING PRO QUICK FACTS 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- fessional in January. The duo were selected in the 2021 NWSL Draft with McCain picked GENERAL INFORMATION by Kansas City NWSL in the second round and OL Reign picked Lopez in the fourth round. Lopez elected to sign with Spanish club SD Eibar and she made her professional debut on LOCATION College Station, Texas February 7. The versatile Lopez was 2019 SEC Midfielder of the Year and 2020 SEC Co-De- FOUNDED 1872 fender of the Year. McCain earned distinction as 2020 SEC Midfielder of the Year. ENROLLMENT 69,465 (54,476 undergrad) - Fall 2019 NICKNAME Aggies After the season, standout midfielder Taylor Ziemer inked a deal with Icelandic club Breiðablik MASCOT Reveille VIII, American Collie COLORS Maroon & White With the current COVID-19 eligibility standards, all three players were eligible to compete CONFERENCE Southeastern (SEC) for the Maroon & White in fall 2021. INTERIM PRESIDENT John Junkins DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Ross Bjork STRONG FINISHES HOME FIELD Ellis Field (3,500) The last four seasons, the Maroon & White have outscored opponents 96-42 in the second OPENED/RENOVATED 1994/2011 & 2013 half, including 16-8 in 2020-21. In 2019, Texas A&M bested opponents, 29-13, in the second SURFACE Natural Grace (Tifway Burmuda) stanza. It continues a trend with the Aggies, who also outscored opponents 26-13 in the second half in 2018 and 25-8 in 2017. COACHING STAFF YOUTH MOVEMENT HEAD COACH G Guerrieri (Tulsa, ‘85) Last season, Texas A&M’s then-freshmen accounted for a whopping 18 of the team’s 33 RECORD AT A&M 468-140-40 (.753) / 29th year goals through 17 matches. Two-time SEC Freshman of the Week Barbara Olivieri led the OVERALL RECORD 484-152-40 (.746) / 31st year team with eight goals. Laney Carroll, Lauren Geczik and Taylor Pounds added three ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Phil Stephenson (Lock Haven, ‘87) goals apiece. Kate Colvin notched her first tally in the SEC Tournament semifinal match ASSISTANT COACH Lori Stephenson (Methodist, ‘88) against Vanderbilt. The newcomers also accounted for 10 of the team’s 26 assists. VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH Nathan Kogut (Colorado State, ‘09) LEADERS ON BOTH ENDS DIRECTOR OF SOCCER OPERATIONS The Aggies finished SEC league play as the leader in both offense and defense. The Ma- Curt Magnuson (Texas A&M, ‘99) roon & 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 first TEAM INFORMATION place in goals-against average at 0.63. 2020-21 RECORD 12-4-1 (.735) CATCHING UP 2020 SEC RECORD (FINISH) 7-1-0 (t-1st SEC) Entering the season with the SEC’s second-best all-time winning percentage in league FINAL NATIONAL RANKING No. 8 USC, No. 6 RPI games at .736, trailing just Florida (.801), the Maroon & White have begun catching teams SEC POSTSEASON semifinal - L, 1-3 vs. Vanderbilt on the league’s all-time conference wins list in just their 10th season as a member. With 68 wins under their belt, the Aggies have already passed 27-year league member Mississippi NCAA POSTSEASON 2nd round - W, 2-0 vs. #15 South Florida State (47 SEC) and are looking to chase down the next squads on the list including LSU (89 3rd round - T, 3-3 (4-3 PK) vs. #19 Oklahoma State SEC wins in 27 years) and Alabama (87 SEC wins in 28 years). Quarterfinal - L, 0-1 vs. #2 North Carolina STARTERS RETURNING / LOST 8/3* THE NETMINDERS * - started at least 50 percent of team’s matches The Aggies boast a deep goalkeeping corps with three netminders who logged multiple LETTERWINNERS RETURNING / LOST 17 / 3 starts last season. In 2020-21, Kenna Caldwell started 12 matches to lead the squad, fol- NEWCOMERS 8 lowed by Shantel Hutton with three starts and Jordan Burbank with two starts. For their careers, Hutton has seen the most action with 20 starts, posting a 12-5-3 record and 0.87 goals-against average with nine shutouts. Caldwell has played in 18 matches, including 14 TEAM INFORMATION starts, logging an 12-4-1 record with a 0.933 gaa and eight shutouts. Burbank has played ALL-TIME RECORD 468-140-40 (.753) / 29th season in four matches, including three starts, recording a 0.75 gaa and one shutout.
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