TCU
West Virginia
Preview: vs. West Virginia
10/9/2024 1:14:00 PM | Women's Soccer
No. 12 TCU returns to Fort Worth to host West Virginia
TCU NOTABLES
• TCU was picked to finish third in the Big 12 preseason coaches poll.
• TCU is No. 12 in the United Soccer Coaches Poll.
• TCU is No. 17 in the TopDrawerSoccer Poll.
• Three of TCU's five All-Big 12 performers from 2023 return this season (Seven Castain, Grace Coppinger and Oli Pena).
• TCU had four selections to the All-Big 12 preseason team (Seven Castain, Grace Coppinger, Camryn Lancaster, Oli Pena).
• The Frogs have allowed two or fewer goals in 182 of the last 199 games played dating back to 2015.
• TCU is second in the Big 12 with 30 goals scored in 2024.
• TCU is fourth in the Big 12 in goals allowed (11).
• TCU leads the Big 12 with 233 shots in 2024.
• Camryn Lancaster is fifth all-time in program history in assists with 19.
• Caroline Kelly scored the first goal of the year vs. Alabama in her TCU debut.
• Kelly notched her first brace as a Horned Frog and fifth in her career vs. BYU.
• Kelly has scored in four of the last five games she has played in.
• Oli Pena notched a goal and an assist vs. Alabama, which matches her point total from 2023.
• Pena notched three assists at No. 14 Colorado.
• Pena has six assists on the year.
• Seven Castain scored her first goal of the year vs. Alabama.
• Castain was the TopDrawerSoccer Player of the Week (Oct. 8).
• Castain was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 9).
• Castain leads the Frogs with nine goals.
• Castain is tied for first in Big 12 in points (21).
• Castain is second in the Big 12 in goals (9).
• Castain leads the Frogs with 45 shots.
• Sara Brocious tallied two assists vs. Alabama in her TCU debut.
• Three freshmen started for TCU vs. No. 20 Alabama (Evie Baker, Morgan Brown and Cameron Patton).
• Olivia Geller notched a cleansheet in her first career collegiate start at Charlotte.
• Bella Diorio recorded her first career brace vs. CMU.
• Diorio has three game-winners on the year.
• Ainsley Moy scored her first career goal vs. Cal Poly.
• Moy tallied her first career assist vs. BYU.
• Abigail Cox recorded two assists vs. Cal Poly.
• Morgan Brown scored her first career goal vs. BYU.
• Cameron Patton notched her first career assist vs. BYU.
• Jordan Whiteaker tallied her first career assist vs. BYU.
• Head Coach Eric Bell has a record of 53-34-23 in Big 12 conference games.
WEST VIRGINIA NOTABLES
• West Virginia enters the contest with a record of 9-2-2.
• Ajanae Respass leads the Mountaineers with six goals in 2024.
• Mackenzie Smith leads the Mountaineers with 27 saves in 2024.
WEST VIRGINIA SERIES HISTORY
• TCU won the previous meeting in Morgantown, 5-1, in 2023.
• West Virginia won the first meeting in Fort Worth, 2-1 in 2012.
RECORD BY UNIFORM SINCE 2018
• When wearing white, the Horned Frogs are 51-12-11.
• When wearing purple, the Horned Frogs are 29-14-7.
• When wearing black, the Horned Frogs are 8-3-4.
