TCU
Notre Dame
Preview: at No. 14 Notre Dame
8/23/2024 9:39:00âŊAM | Women's Soccer
Horned Frogs head to South Bend for top-15 matchup
FORT WORTH - TCU women's soccer heads to South Bend, Ind. for a top-15 matchup against Notre Dame. The Horned Frogs enter the contest 2-0 while the Fighting Irish have a record of 1-1. First touch is set for Noon (CT) and will be televised on ACCNX.
TCU NOTABLES
âĒ TCU was picked to finish third in the Big 12 preseason coaches poll.
âĒ The 2024 schedule features three teams ranked in the preseason Top 25, including two in the Top 10 (BYU - No. 3 and Texas Tech - No. 8, Alabama - No. 20).
âĒ TCU will face three of the four new Big 12 squads this season (Arizona, Arizona State and Colorado).
âĒ Three of TCU's five all-Big 12 performers from 2024 return this season (Seven Castain, Grace Coppinger and Oli Pena).Â
âĒ TCU had four selections to the All-Big 12 preseason team (Seven Castian, Grace Coppinger, Camryn Lancaster, Oli Pena).
âĒ TCU welcomes four transfers this season (Hannah Alexander, Sara Brocious, Caroline Kelly and Megan Plaschko).
âĒ TCU also welcomes 14 freshmen to the squad this season.Â
âĒ TCU's freshman class was ranked No. 9 by TopDrawerSoccer.com.
âĒ TCU was ranked No. 13 this week by United Soccer Coaches.
âĒ The Frogs have allowed two or fewer goals in 172 of the last 187 games played dating back to 2015.
âĒ Seven Castain is the Horned Frogs' leading return scorer from 2023 (7 G, 1 A).
âĒ Castain was ranked No. 79 in the TopDrawerSoccer.com Top 100 players.
âĒ Camryn Lancaster is seventh all-time in program history in assists with 17.
âĒ Caroline Kelly scored the first goal of the year vs. Alabama in her TCU debut.Â
âĒ Oli Pena notched a goal and an assist vs. Alabama which matches her point total from 2023.Â
âĒ Pena has two assists on the year.
âĒ Seven Castain scored her first goal of the year vs. Alabama.
âĒ Castain leads the Frogs in goals (2) and shots (20).
âĒ Sara Brocious tallied two assists vs. Alabama in her TCU debut.Â
âĒ Three freshmen started for TCU vs. No. 20 Alabama (Baker, Brown and Patton).
âĒ Olivia Geller notched a clean sheet in her first career collegiate start at Charlotte.Â
âĒ Since 2018, Head Coach Eric Bell owns a record of 14-9-4 against ranked teams.
ROAD NOTABLES
âĒ Since 2019, the Frogs are 26-14-4 in road contests.Â
âĒ Under Head Coach Eric Bell the Frogs are 49-40-12 on the road.Â
NOTRE DAME NOTABLES
âĒ Notre Dame enters the contest 1-1 on the year.
âĒ Izzy Engle leads the Fighting Irish with three goals.
âĒ Notre Dame was picked to finish third in the ACC.
âĒ Midfielder Leah Klenke was named to the Preseason All-ACC team.
NOTRE DAME SERIES HISTORY
âĒ Notre Dame leads the all-time series 3-1.
âĒ The last meeting was on November 20, 2022 in the NCAA Tournament.
âĒ Notre Dame won, 2-0 in South Bend.
âĒ TCU won 2-1 in 2020 in Fort Worth.
âĒ The first meeting was on October 20, 1992 in Fort Worth, Notre Dame won 4-0.
RECORD BY UNIFORM SINCE 2018
âĒ When wearing white, the Horned Frogs are 47-12-11.
âĒ When wearing purple, the Horned Frogs are 26-12-6.
âĒ When wearing black, the Horned Frogs are 8-3-3.
