OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma City Stars women's soccer team will open up the 2024 campaign on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. against on the road at Jarvis Christian. 

Saturday, August 24
12:00 p.m. – Oklahoma City (0-0, 0-0 SAC) vs Jarvis Christian (1-0, 0-0 RRAC)
Location: Hawkins, Texas | Wendon L. Blair Soccer Field
 
PLAYERS TO WATCH
The top goal scorer off last year's team returns after a big sophomore season in Abby Russell after hauling in first-team all-conference honors by scoring a team-high nine goals while also leading the squad with seven assists. Throughout the 2023 season, Russell has went on a four-game scoring streak from Aug. 30 - Sept. 16 and then put together another streak of scoring in three straight games from Oct. 17-24. Russell saw her top two games of 2023 come on Sept. 2 in a 3-0 win over Our Lady of the Lake as Russell claimed one goal with two assists. Russell matched her performance against the Saints with by putting up the same stat line against Texas Wesleyan on Sept. 26 in the 6-2 win over the Rams. 

The number-two goal scorer off last year's team Reese Roberts comes back after a stellar rookie campaign receiving second-team all-conference accolades.  Roberts went on a streak from Sept. 26 - Oct.3 scoring in three straight games while delivering a game-winning goal from 40 yards out to take down USAO for the first time since 2018 in a regular season match up on Oct. 3. 

In her two season's a OCU, Piper Nichols has been a player to rarely come off the field for the Stars. Nichols has played in 37 games over her two season's at Oklahoma City and has started in every one of them. Even though being one of the top defenders in the conference, Nichols found the back of the net one time last season coming on Oct. 24 in a 2-1 win over SAGU. 

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS…
Jarvis Christian put together a 3-11-1 season in 2023, however the Bulldogs got off to a strong start in the new season after opening up on the road at Sooner Athletic Conference foe in Texas Wesleyan with a 3-0 win on Thursday night. 

Valerie Morales netted two of the three Bulldog goals on Thursday in her collegiate debut while senior Hariklia Sotelo scored the first goal of the night. 

Jarvis returns its top two goal scorers from a year ago in Leslie and Mitzy Guereca who tallied two goals a piece and were the only to Bulldogs to have multiple goals last season.

SERIES HISTORY
Oklahoma City holds a 2-0 advantage over Jarvis Christian since first meeting in 2021 where OCU took a 3-1 victory. The most recent meeting between the two schools came in 2022 where the Stars prevailed for a 2-1 win. Both games were played on Brian Harvey Field at Oklahoma City University.
 
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