Sooners Play Key Game at Auburn

NORMAN — Oklahoma Soccer continues the back half of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) slate with a single game at Auburn Thursday, Oct. 16. The opening whistle is set for 6:30 p.m. from the Auburn Soccer Complex.

The Sooners enter with eight points in league play and in current standing to qualify for the SEC Tournament with three regular season matches remaining.

HOW TO FOLLOW
The match will be broadcast on SEC Network+ and live stats will be available on statbroadcast.com.

LAST TIME OUT
Caroline Duffy made three saves and Oklahoma held No. 4 Tennessee scoreless in a 0-0 draw against the Lady Vols Thursday, Oct. 9.

SERIES HISTORY
Auburn and Oklahoma are meeting for the first time in program history.

THE SCOUT
Auburn enters 5-4-4 and 1-2-3 in SEC play … the Tigers are coming off a 4-3 loss in its in-state rivalry battle against Alabama last week … Auburn is looking for its first win in league play since defeating Texas A&M, 1-0, Sept. 18 … Auburn has scored 24 goals while permitting 14 … Erin Flurey has scored 10 times this season and Dylan Driver paces the team with seven assists … Taylor Chism leads the team with 1,194 minutes played … Ayana Yapo has logged 1,188 minutes in goal, making 24 saves.

BACK-TO-BACK
Goalkeeper Caroline Duffy is coming off consecutive Defensive Player of the Week honors … she hasn't permitted a goal in the run of play in each of the last three meetings, turning in 11 saves over the last three games and two shutouts.

FRESHMAN ACCOLADES
Freshman Ally Laccinole was named to Top Drawer Soccer's Top 100 Freshman List this past week, coming in at No. 40. Laccinole was named SEC Freshman of the Week after the first week of the season and recently scored the game-winning goal against Alabama Oct. 2.

OF NOTE

Caroline Duffy made eight saves last week, surpassing 100 for her career
Duffy was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, the first honor for OU
OU has scored 32 goals this season. The Sooners scored 38 all of last year, which was a program record.
Keefer paces the SEC with eight assists. She is fifth in the nation.
The Sooners have a plus-18 goal differential
Ally Laccinole was named SEC Freshman of the Week Aug. 18, the first SEC weekly honor for a Sooner ever. She scored her first career goal Thursday
Naomi Clark and Elle Canty both tallied braces in their first OU starts
OU has posted 15 first half goals and 17 second half scores
Three different Sooners have posted a brace this season (Clark, Canty and Juliette Rayo)
The August 21 game against East Texas A&M saw OU set the program single game attendance record (3,211)
OU went undefeated in non-conference play for the first time in program history, going 7-0-1
Of OU's 98 points, 64 have come from a newcomer
The Sooners earned a spot in the polls for the first time since 2017 … OU started the year ranked in the polls for five consecutive weeks, a program record
The Sooners set the program corner kicks record with 16 at Tulsa Aug. 24

SOONER HONORS THIS SEASON

United Soccer Coaches Midfielders to Watch - Alexis Washington
SEC Preseason Players to Watch - Naomi Clark, Kayla Keefer, Caroline Duffy, Hadley Murrell, Alexis Washington and Michelle Pak
SEC Freshman of the Week - Ally Laccinole
Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week - Naomi Clark
SEC Defensive Player of the Week (2x) - Caroline Duffy
Top Drawer Soccer Top 100 Freshman - Ally Laccinole