Sunday, November 3
Kansas City, Mo.
3:00 p.m.
West Virginia University
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Photo by: Tim Goodenow
November 02, 2019 03:56 PM | Women's Soccer
Kansas City, Mo. – The West Virginia University women's soccer team opens the 2019 Big 12 Soccer Championship against No. 5-seed Kansas on Sunday, Nov. 3, in a quarterfinal match set for 3 p.m. ET at Swope Soccer Village, in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Sunday's match will be streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. Fans with questions about Big 12 Now on ESPN+ can click here to find answers to the most common questions about the new platform.
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"It's always exciting to be back in Kansas City playing for a championship," coach Nikki Izzo-Brown said. "It's everyone's goal to hoist the trophy so we will have to give it our all to defend our title."
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The Mountaineers return to Kansas City as the defending Big 12 tournament champions after WVU defeated Baylor, 3-0, in 2018 to capture its fourth title at the Big 12 Soccer Championships and ninth league title overall.
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West Virginia is 13-2-2 all-time at the Big 12 Soccer Championship and 13-1-2 at Swope Soccer Village. The Mountaineers have outscored opponents 28-7 in its previous 17 matches of the conference tournament and has won seven of the last eight matches in Kansas City.
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The match marks the second meeting between the Mountaineers and Jayhawks in a 10-day span after the two teams battled to a 1-1 draw on Oct. 24. West Virginia is 7-1-1 all-time against Kansas and has outscored KU, 18-2, in the nine previous meetings.
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The Mountaineers hold a 1-0 edge over Kansas in the conference tournament after WVU edged KU, 3-0, in the quarterfinal round of the 2013 Big 12 Soccer Championship.
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WVU enters the Big 12 Championship as the fourth seed after concluding the regular season with a 10-6-1 overall record and a 5-3-1 mark in league play. The Mountaineers secured the fourth seed with a thrilling, 2-1 win over TCU on Oct. 31.
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Senior goalkeeper Rylee Foster ranks third amongst all active student-athletes in Division I and places second on the school's career shutouts list with 37. Foster is third on the career shutouts list among active Division I players and ranks second in the Big 12 in shutouts (6) and saves (62 this season.
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Sophomore forward Alina Stahl leads the Mountaineers with 12 points (5 G, 2 A) this season. Stahl also paces the team with three game-winners on the year.
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"Kansas is a dynamic team that presents a lot of challenges with their offensive attack." Izzo-Brown continued. "Sunday's match will be a battle because both of the teams are going to fight hard to advance to next weekend."
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Kansas is 12-4-3 (4-2-3 Big 12) this season and secured the No. 5 seed in the 2019 Big 12 Soccer Championship with a 2-1 win at Iowa State on Thursday.
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Senior forward Katie McClure paces Kansas in points (33), goals (13) and assists (7) this season. McClure ranks 12th nationally in points and is 15th in the country in game-winning goals (5).
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Sophomore Sarah Peters is the projected starter between the posts for KU. She has a record of 10-4-1 and leads the league with seven shutouts.
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Mark Francis is in his 21st season as the head coach of the Jayhawks. He has an overall record of 231-167-37 at Kansas, including a 90-88-17 record in Big 12 play. Francis has led the Jayhawks to eight NCAA tournament appearances and guided KU to its first-ever Big 12 Championship in 2004.
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Sunday's match will be streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. Fans with questions about Big 12 Now on ESPN+ can click here to find answers to the most common questions about the new platform.
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"It's always exciting to be back in Kansas City playing for a championship," coach Nikki Izzo-Brown said. "It's everyone's goal to hoist the trophy so we will have to give it our all to defend our title."
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The Mountaineers return to Kansas City as the defending Big 12 tournament champions after WVU defeated Baylor, 3-0, in 2018 to capture its fourth title at the Big 12 Soccer Championships and ninth league title overall.
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West Virginia is 13-2-2 all-time at the Big 12 Soccer Championship and 13-1-2 at Swope Soccer Village. The Mountaineers have outscored opponents 28-7 in its previous 17 matches of the conference tournament and has won seven of the last eight matches in Kansas City.
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The match marks the second meeting between the Mountaineers and Jayhawks in a 10-day span after the two teams battled to a 1-1 draw on Oct. 24. West Virginia is 7-1-1 all-time against Kansas and has outscored KU, 18-2, in the nine previous meetings.
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The Mountaineers hold a 1-0 edge over Kansas in the conference tournament after WVU edged KU, 3-0, in the quarterfinal round of the 2013 Big 12 Soccer Championship.
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WVU enters the Big 12 Championship as the fourth seed after concluding the regular season with a 10-6-1 overall record and a 5-3-1 mark in league play. The Mountaineers secured the fourth seed with a thrilling, 2-1 win over TCU on Oct. 31.
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Senior goalkeeper Rylee Foster ranks third amongst all active student-athletes in Division I and places second on the school's career shutouts list with 37. Foster is third on the career shutouts list among active Division I players and ranks second in the Big 12 in shutouts (6) and saves (62 this season.
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Sophomore forward Alina Stahl leads the Mountaineers with 12 points (5 G, 2 A) this season. Stahl also paces the team with three game-winners on the year.
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"Kansas is a dynamic team that presents a lot of challenges with their offensive attack." Izzo-Brown continued. "Sunday's match will be a battle because both of the teams are going to fight hard to advance to next weekend."
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Kansas is 12-4-3 (4-2-3 Big 12) this season and secured the No. 5 seed in the 2019 Big 12 Soccer Championship with a 2-1 win at Iowa State on Thursday.
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Senior forward Katie McClure paces Kansas in points (33), goals (13) and assists (7) this season. McClure ranks 12th nationally in points and is 15th in the country in game-winning goals (5).
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Sophomore Sarah Peters is the projected starter between the posts for KU. She has a record of 10-4-1 and leads the league with seven shutouts.
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Mark Francis is in his 21st season as the head coach of the Jayhawks. He has an overall record of 231-167-37 at Kansas, including a 90-88-17 record in Big 12 play. Francis has led the Jayhawks to eight NCAA tournament appearances and guided KU to its first-ever Big 12 Championship in 2004.
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