Sunday, September 6
College Station
6:00 PM
Texas A&M
vs
Abilene Christian
Photo by: Texas A&M Athletics
Aggies Host Abilene Christian in Sunday Showdown
Sep 05, 2015 | Soccer
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The No. 3 Texas A&M Aggies return to Ellis Field Sunday for a 6 pm match against the Abilene Christian Wildcats.
It will be the first time the teams meet as Texas A&M (4-1-0) looks to get back in the win column after Friday night's 3-1 loss at No. 5 Florida State. The Aggies enter the match with an eight-game home win streak, including four matches in last season's NCAA Championship. In what has become a trademark of A&M teams, the Aggies are getting scoring from a wide array of players with seven players already notching goals on the season, including five players with multiple goals.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Sunday's match will be available digitally on mobile devices, tablets, PCs and connect-TVs for SEC Network subscribers whose cable/satellite packages allow access to SEC Network+ through the WatchESPN app and SECSports.com. Sunday's match can be heard on SportsRadio 1150 The Zone and 102.7 FM in Bryan-College Station as well as on 12thMan.com, RadioAggieland.com and the RadioAggieland app.
LONE STAR DOMINANCE
With their win in the opener at Rice, the Aggies improved to 22-0-5 (.907) mark against in-state rivals since 2008, including an 11-0-4 record against their former Big 12 Conference colleagues. This season, A&M is 1-0-0 against teams from Texas, toppling Rice 4-2 in the season opener. Last season, A&M went 2-0-0 against Lone Star foe, dropping Stephen F. Austin, 1-0, on August 24 and Houston Baptist, 5-0, in the NCAA Championship first round.
GUERRIERI NEARING 400-WIN PLATEAU
Texas A&M head coach G Guerrieri ranks among the leaders in winning percentage and victories among active Division I coaches. With a career record of 398-122-29 (.751), he ranks fifth in victories and winning percentage (minimum five years as a Division I head coach). Guerrieri ranks sixth all-time among NCAA Division I coaches in victories, trailing North Carolina's Anson Dorrance (783), Connecticut's Len Tsantiris (528), Florida's Becky Burleigh (439), Santa Clara's Jerry Smith (426) and Randy Waldrum (400), who left Notre Dame in 2014 to become head coach of the Houston Dash of the NWSL.
SUCCESSFUL SENIORS
Janae Cousineau, Kristi Leonard and Karlie Mueller represent one of the winningest active senior classes in the nation. The trio have enjoyed a record of 63-14-5 over their four years, the third-best win total in the nation. Florida State's seniors are 71-8-4, followed by Virginia 69-9-3. The Aggies' win total is tied with UCLA at 63-7-7.
LAST TIME OUT – AT NO. 5 FLORIDA STATE
Texas A&M suffered its first defeat of the season in a road match at No. 5 Florida State, 3-1. The Aggies led the defending national champion, 1-0, at the intermission with Emily Bates scoring a goal from 35 yards out in the 22nd minute. Texas A&M was unable to withstand a Florida State flurry midway through the second half with the Seminoles scoring three goals in a 10-mintue span, taking a 3-1 lead in the 77th minutes.
SERIES VS. ABILENE CHRISTIAN
Sunday will be the first meeting between Texas A&M and Abilene Christian.
SCOUTING ABILENE CHRISTIAN
The Wildcats are 1-3-1 to start the season. After starting the season with losses at Arizona (4-0) and UTEP (1-0), ACU bounced back to post a 5-3 win against UTSA in Austin and a 0-0 draw versus UC Irvine in College Station. On Friday, Abilene Christian dropped a 3-0 decision to North Texas as they opened their new Elmer Gray Stadium. Five different Wildcats have accounted for their five goals on the year. Sophie Standifer leads the team with three points on one goal and one assist. Kelly Dombrowski has played 425 of 470 minutes in goal for ACU with a 2.12 goals-against average and one shutout.
Abilene Christian was 8-9-2 last season with a 5-4-2 Southland Conference mark. Baylee Mitchell is the leading scorer from a year ago when she logged seven goals. Dombrowski played 13 matches in goal in 2014 with 12 starts. She logged a 0.98 goals-against average and two shutouts.
RETURNING OFFENSE
The Aggies return just seven of 71 goals (9.9 percent) from last season. Janae Cousineau accounts for six of the returning goals and Haley Pounds notched one goal in 2014. Texas A&M returns 14 of 60 assists from last season. Karlie Mueller had the highest total among the returnees with five. Cousineau, Pounds, McKayla Paulson and Mikaela Harvey each notched two assists in 2014.
Cousineau's 14 points last season is the most among the returnees.
Texas A&M's 11 returnees combined for just seven goals and 14 assists (28 points) during the 2014 campaign. Through five games, the same 11 returnees have notched eight goals and seven assists (25 points).
MAKING ELLIS FIELD A FORTRESS
Texas A&M owns a 209-30-6 (.865) all-time record at Ellis Field (formerly Aggie Soccer Stadium). The Maroon and White have called the field home since the 1994 season, playing the inaugural 1993 season at Old Tiger Field. Since 2005, the Aggies have registered a 109-14-6 (.868) mark on the friendly pitch. Texas A&M is 216-30-6 (.869) all-time in College Station, going 7-0-0 in their one season at Old Tiger Field.
WINNING
A&M has finished with a winning record in all of its previous 22 seasons. The closest the Aggies have finished to the .500 mark is the 14-8 (.636) record they posted in 1998.
CONFERENCE WINNING
The Aggies have finished with a winning record in league play in all 19 years it was aligned with a conference. The closest the Aggies have finished to the .500 mark in league play is the 5-3-2 (.600) record they posted in Big 12 play in 2003. In 19 seasons of league action, A&M has finished first or second in the conference standings on 16 occasions with the other finishes coming in 1998 (3rd Big 12 - 7-2) and 2003 (5th Big 12 - 5-3-2).
2015 ROSTER
The Aggies' 21-player roster features three seniors, four juniors, one redshirt sophomore, four sophomores and nine true freshmen. The team returns three players who started at least 50 percent of last year's matches (Janae Cousineau, Karlie Mueller and McKayla Paulson) and eight players who started at least one match.
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UP NEXT
The Aggies hit the road next Thursday as they head to Gainesville to open up SEC play against the Florida Gators in a 6 pm match.
It will be the first time the teams meet as Texas A&M (4-1-0) looks to get back in the win column after Friday night's 3-1 loss at No. 5 Florida State. The Aggies enter the match with an eight-game home win streak, including four matches in last season's NCAA Championship. In what has become a trademark of A&M teams, the Aggies are getting scoring from a wide array of players with seven players already notching goals on the season, including five players with multiple goals.
FOLLOW THE ACTION
Sunday's match will be available digitally on mobile devices, tablets, PCs and connect-TVs for SEC Network subscribers whose cable/satellite packages allow access to SEC Network+ through the WatchESPN app and SECSports.com. Sunday's match can be heard on SportsRadio 1150 The Zone and 102.7 FM in Bryan-College Station as well as on 12thMan.com, RadioAggieland.com and the RadioAggieland app.
LONE STAR DOMINANCE
With their win in the opener at Rice, the Aggies improved to 22-0-5 (.907) mark against in-state rivals since 2008, including an 11-0-4 record against their former Big 12 Conference colleagues. This season, A&M is 1-0-0 against teams from Texas, toppling Rice 4-2 in the season opener. Last season, A&M went 2-0-0 against Lone Star foe, dropping Stephen F. Austin, 1-0, on August 24 and Houston Baptist, 5-0, in the NCAA Championship first round.
GUERRIERI NEARING 400-WIN PLATEAU
Texas A&M head coach G Guerrieri ranks among the leaders in winning percentage and victories among active Division I coaches. With a career record of 398-122-29 (.751), he ranks fifth in victories and winning percentage (minimum five years as a Division I head coach). Guerrieri ranks sixth all-time among NCAA Division I coaches in victories, trailing North Carolina's Anson Dorrance (783), Connecticut's Len Tsantiris (528), Florida's Becky Burleigh (439), Santa Clara's Jerry Smith (426) and Randy Waldrum (400), who left Notre Dame in 2014 to become head coach of the Houston Dash of the NWSL.
SUCCESSFUL SENIORS
Janae Cousineau, Kristi Leonard and Karlie Mueller represent one of the winningest active senior classes in the nation. The trio have enjoyed a record of 63-14-5 over their four years, the third-best win total in the nation. Florida State's seniors are 71-8-4, followed by Virginia 69-9-3. The Aggies' win total is tied with UCLA at 63-7-7.
LAST TIME OUT – AT NO. 5 FLORIDA STATE
Texas A&M suffered its first defeat of the season in a road match at No. 5 Florida State, 3-1. The Aggies led the defending national champion, 1-0, at the intermission with Emily Bates scoring a goal from 35 yards out in the 22nd minute. Texas A&M was unable to withstand a Florida State flurry midway through the second half with the Seminoles scoring three goals in a 10-mintue span, taking a 3-1 lead in the 77th minutes.
SERIES VS. ABILENE CHRISTIAN
Sunday will be the first meeting between Texas A&M and Abilene Christian.
SCOUTING ABILENE CHRISTIAN
The Wildcats are 1-3-1 to start the season. After starting the season with losses at Arizona (4-0) and UTEP (1-0), ACU bounced back to post a 5-3 win against UTSA in Austin and a 0-0 draw versus UC Irvine in College Station. On Friday, Abilene Christian dropped a 3-0 decision to North Texas as they opened their new Elmer Gray Stadium. Five different Wildcats have accounted for their five goals on the year. Sophie Standifer leads the team with three points on one goal and one assist. Kelly Dombrowski has played 425 of 470 minutes in goal for ACU with a 2.12 goals-against average and one shutout.
Abilene Christian was 8-9-2 last season with a 5-4-2 Southland Conference mark. Baylee Mitchell is the leading scorer from a year ago when she logged seven goals. Dombrowski played 13 matches in goal in 2014 with 12 starts. She logged a 0.98 goals-against average and two shutouts.
RETURNING OFFENSE
The Aggies return just seven of 71 goals (9.9 percent) from last season. Janae Cousineau accounts for six of the returning goals and Haley Pounds notched one goal in 2014. Texas A&M returns 14 of 60 assists from last season. Karlie Mueller had the highest total among the returnees with five. Cousineau, Pounds, McKayla Paulson and Mikaela Harvey each notched two assists in 2014.
Cousineau's 14 points last season is the most among the returnees.
Texas A&M's 11 returnees combined for just seven goals and 14 assists (28 points) during the 2014 campaign. Through five games, the same 11 returnees have notched eight goals and seven assists (25 points).
MAKING ELLIS FIELD A FORTRESS
Texas A&M owns a 209-30-6 (.865) all-time record at Ellis Field (formerly Aggie Soccer Stadium). The Maroon and White have called the field home since the 1994 season, playing the inaugural 1993 season at Old Tiger Field. Since 2005, the Aggies have registered a 109-14-6 (.868) mark on the friendly pitch. Texas A&M is 216-30-6 (.869) all-time in College Station, going 7-0-0 in their one season at Old Tiger Field.
WINNING
A&M has finished with a winning record in all of its previous 22 seasons. The closest the Aggies have finished to the .500 mark is the 14-8 (.636) record they posted in 1998.
CONFERENCE WINNING
The Aggies have finished with a winning record in league play in all 19 years it was aligned with a conference. The closest the Aggies have finished to the .500 mark in league play is the 5-3-2 (.600) record they posted in Big 12 play in 2003. In 19 seasons of league action, A&M has finished first or second in the conference standings on 16 occasions with the other finishes coming in 1998 (3rd Big 12 - 7-2) and 2003 (5th Big 12 - 5-3-2).
2015 ROSTER
The Aggies' 21-player roster features three seniors, four juniors, one redshirt sophomore, four sophomores and nine true freshmen. The team returns three players who started at least 50 percent of last year's matches (Janae Cousineau, Karlie Mueller and McKayla Paulson) and eight players who started at least one match.
FOLLOW @AGGIESOCCER ON TWITTER
Not following @AggieSoccer on Twitter? Sign up or sign in now to find out what's happening. You'll stay up-to-date on the latest news and receive live in-game updates at each and every match.
UP NEXT
The Aggies hit the road next Thursday as they head to Gainesville to open up SEC play against the Florida Gators in a 6 pm match.
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