Oct. 10, 2009
COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The No. 14 Texas A&M soccer team got a big win on the road at Oklahoma State Friday and steps out of conference play for a match against Loyola University Chicago that airs live on the Fox Soccer Channel. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. at the Aggie Soccer Complex.
Nora Skelton's goal in the 12th minute gave the Aggies (8-4-1, 3-1-1 Big 12) a 1-0 victory in Stillwater, Okla., and moved the team up two places to second in the Big 12. Junior goalkeepers Kelly Dyer and Kristin Arnold combined for a season-high nine saves in A&M's fifth shutout.
Loyola (3-10-2, 2-2-2 Horizon) fell to Texas, 2-1, Friday despite scoring in the first five minutes of the match. Nikki Staton scored the Ramblers only goal and leads the team alongside Ani Michl with two goals.
Junior Whitney Hooper leads the A&M offense with six goals and 14 points. Junior Rachel Shipley, the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, is second in points (13) with three goals and a team-high seven assists. Sophomore Katie Hamilton adds five goals, while sophomore Bri Young records four goals and three assists.
Texas A&M and Loyola face either other for the first time in program history on Sunday.
Fans can follow all the action with free live audio and live stats on AggieAthletics.com. Dean Linke and Kyndra de St. Aubin will call the match live on the Fox Soccer Channel. The match will also be broadcast on KNDE-FM's HD3 channel, Play x REPlay (95.1-3 on the FM dial of an HD Radio), making it available worldwide on any iPhone, iPod Touch, Blackberry or PDA free of charge. Log on to radioaggieland.com for more information.
Tickets are available for purchase online at tickets.12thmanfoundation.com or by calling 1-888-99-AGGIE.
Parking is free and is available in the Reed Arena parking lots. For added convenience, there are now two entrances at the north end of the stadium.
Fox Soccer Channel in the Bryan/College Station area: Suddenlink - Channel 124 DirecTV - Channel 619 DISH Network - Channel 149, 877