Tulsa Travels to Memphis for Two Neutral-Site Games Tulsa will travel to Memphis, Tenn., to face Ole Miss and Rice in the Mem-phis Invitational. The Golden Hurricane will take on Ole Miss on Friday, Sep-tember 8 at 5:00 pm, and Rice on Sunday, September 10 at 2:00 pm, with both matches played at the Mike Rose Soccer Complex.

Scouting the Opponents Ole Miss has a 5-0-1 mark this season, including an 8-0 win over Southern Miss in their last contest. The Rebels are led by Channing Foster and CeCe Kizer with seven goals apiece. Marnie Merritt and Claire Williams have com-bined for 12 saves and five shutouts this season. Rice has a 2-1-1 mark, but will face Memphis on Friday before taking on TU. The Owls’ Nia Stallings has a team-best three goals, while Marissa Topolski has three assists. May Hoyer has logged all 380 minutes in goal, picked up 14 saves and has two clean sheets.

Series History This will be just the second meeting between Tulsa and Ole Miss, as the Rebels picked up a 2-1 win last year in Tulsa. The Owls, however, have a 9-4 lead in the all-time series with Tulsa, including a 3-2 win last season.

Four Goals, Four Scorers Tulsa has scored four goals in the first six contests, but all four have come from a different scorer. Addyson Guthrie scored her first collegiate goal against Central Michigan, while Anna Williams punched in a score against Nebraska, McKenzi McAdams recorded a goal against Oklahoma and Tana Dake had the game-winner against Utah Valley.

In Tulsa’s Top-10 Rachel Thun has already earned her way into the Tulsa record books, as she has as school-best 25 assists for first place in TU’s record books. She sur-passed Shari Rozmus (1988-91), Jamie German (2002-05) and Jordan O’Brien (2010-13) who all had 19 assists and are in second place. Rebecca Defer currently has the school’s third-best goal-against average for a career with a 1.15 GAA (29 GA/2252 mins.).

Tulsa Duo Named to the American Athletic Conference Preseason Team Tulsa seniors Tana Dake and Rachel Thun-Blankenship were named to the 2017 American Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Preseason Team, as an-nounced by the league office. Thun-Blankenship, who tallied 12 goals and nine assists for 33 points last season, is a three-time American Athletic Conference first-team performer, earned The American Midfielder of the Year honor and picked up NSCAA All-Northeast Region third team accolades last season. Dake added two goals and seven assists, and picked up The American second-team honors a year ago.

Winningest Women’s Coach Kyle Cussen is the winningest women’s soccer head coach in school history with 88 victories. He surpassed Randy Waldrum who had 61 wins. Cussen is just one win away from reaching the 200-career wins mark as he has a 199-147-37 mark in 19 seasons of coaching.

Protecting the Home Field Under the direction of Head Coach Kyle Cussen, TU has tallied a 39-10-4 home mark in non-conference games, including a 1-2 mark in 2017, for a 77-percent winning percentage.

2017 Tulsa Schedule

Date Opponent Time/ResultAUGUST18 vs. Central Michigan! T, 1-1 (2OT)20 vs. #22 Nebraska! L, 3-125 Kansas L, 2-027 at Oklahoma (Fox Sports OK) L, 2-1 (OT)

SEPTEMBER1 Utah Valley W, 1-03 James Madison L, 5-08 vs. Ole Miss# 5:00 PM10 vs. Rice# 2:00 PM15 at Oral Roberts 7:00 PM17 at Missouri State 1:00 PM21 Houston* 7:00 PM24 SMU* 1:00 PM28 at UCF* 6:00 PM

OCTOBER1 at USF* 12 noon5 UConn* 7:00 PM8 Temple* 1:00 PM12 at Cincinnati* 6:00 PM15 at East Carolina* 12 noon27 Memphis* 7:00 PM

NOVEMBER1 at The American Quarterfinals TBA3 at The American Semifinals TBA5 at The American Championship TBA

! Denotes Kansas Invitational# Denotes Memphis Invitational* American Athletic Conference game

2017 Tulsa Women’s SoccerContact: Stephanie Hall l Phone: 918.631.2163 l Email: stephanie-hall@utulsa.edu

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2017 Record: 1-4-1, 0-0 The American l September 5, 2017

6 All-Americans l 9 NSCAA All-Region Performers l 2 Academic All-Americans l 20 Academic All-District Selections

2017 American AthleticConference Standings

The American All GamesMemphis 0-0 5-0Cincinnati 0-0 4-0-1ECU 0-0 4-0-1UCF 0-0 4-1SMU 0-0 3-0-2USF 0-0 3-2Temple 0-0 3-3Houston 0-0 2-2UConn 0-0 1-3-1Tulsa 0-0 1-4-1

2017 Individual Awards

Tulsa Players of the MatchCentral Michigan......................... Regan WhitlowNebraska ..............................McKenzi McAdamsKansas.................................... Amanda CreasonOklahoma .............................McKenzi McAdamsUtah Valley .............................Courtney McKeonJames Madison ................................. Tana DakeOle Miss ..............................................................Rice ....................................................................Oral Roberts .......................................................Missouri State .....................................................Houston ..............................................................SMU ....................................................................UCF ....................................................................USF ....................................................................UConn ................................................................Temple ................................................................Cincinnati ............................................................East Carolina ......................................................Memphis .............................................................

American Athletic ConferencePreseason TeamTana DakeRachel Thun-Blankenship

Top Drawer Soccer Presesaon American Athletic Conference Top-20Rachel Thun-Blankenship, #3Tana Dake, #9Anna Williams, #20

Tulsa Picked Seventh in The American Preseason Coaches’ Poll The Golden Hurricane was picked to finish seventh in the American Athletic Con-ference, as voted on by the league’s head coaches. TU, which finished the 2016 season with an 8-10-1 mark, returns 18 letterwin-ners, including seven starters from last season’s team.

Six NCAA Tournament Teams Highlight 2017 Schedule Six NCAA tournament teams from the 2016 season highlight the 2017 Tulsa women’s soccer schedule. The Golden Hurricane schedule features 12 teams that posted double-digit wins and four teams that were ranked or receiving votes in the final NSCAA top-25 poll a year ago. The six NCAA tournament participants on the schedule include Kansas, Mem-phis, Nebraska, Oklahoma, SMU and UConn, while UConn concluded the year ranked No. 20 in the NSCAA poll, and Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma all received votes.

Regular Season Champion to Host The American Tournament The American Athletic Conference women’s soccer regular season champion will host The American Tournament. The quarterfinals will be played on Nov. 1, followed by the semifinals on Nov. 3 and the championship match on Nov. 5.

2016 in Review The Tulsa women’s soccer team finished the season with eight wins, the fewest since having just eight wins in 2010. TU tallied 34 goals and 30 assists for 98 points, while their opponents had 38 goals and 28 assists for 104 points.

Tulsa Women’s Soccer Contact: Stephanie HallPhone: 918.631.2163

Email: stephanie-hall@utulsa.edu

Kyle Cussen is in his 10th year at the helm of the Tulsa women’s soccer program. He was named the sixth head coach in school history on January 21, 2008. In 19 years as a collegiate head coach, Cussen has compiled a 198-146-37 record, including an 88-72-22 mark in nine years with the Golden Hurricane.

Under Cussen, the Hurricane has five seasons with 10-plus wins, including tying the second-best mark of 13 wins in 2015. Sixteen student-athletes have earned all-conference honors, three were tabbed to the conference all-tournament team, Rachel

Thun was selected as The American Rookie of the Year (2014) and Midfielder of the Year (2016), Jordan O’Brien was tabbed as the Conference USA Freshman of the Year (2010), 11 players received all-Rookie/Freshman accolades and five picked up NSCAA All-Region honors during Cussen’s tenure. TU student-athletes have also excelled in the classroom under Cussen’s direction, as the team earned the NSCAA Team Academic Award in 2012 and 2013, 11 players received CoSIDA All-District honors while two went on to be named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America team, and 184 student-athletes have earned confer-ence academic accolades.

Cussen was the head women’s coach at Oral Roberts University from 1998-2007. He posted an overall record of 110-74-15 in his 10 seasons, while compiling an eight-year conference mark of 35-15-8. During his ORU tenure, Cussen’s teams won three regular season Mid-Continent Conference titles (2000, 2002 and 2004) and two Mid-Con Tournament crowns (1999, 2004), while appearing in the Mid-Con Tourna-ment Championship game for six straight seasons (1999-2004). Cussen also led ORU to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in the program’s 12-year history in 2004.

An Oklahoma native, Cussen played collegiately at Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Okla. He graduated from SNU in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Cussen then served as an assistant women’s soccer coach for the SNU Redskins, helping to build a program in its early stages. While there, Cussen helped the team post an overall 51-9-1 record and qualify for the NAIA Regional all three years, including an NAIA Final Four berth in 1995.

Cussen spent time playing professionally for the Oklahoma City Slickers and the Tulsa Roughnecks. In 1999, he earned a master’s degree in education at ORU.

He and his wife, Misti, who is the head women’s basketball coach at Oral Roberts University, have two daughters: Cassie Grace and Caia Faith.

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2017 Golden Hurricane Quick Facts

Location: .............................................................. Tulsa, Okla.Founded: .........................................................................1894Enrollment: ................................4,563 (3,406 undergraduate)Nickname: ................................................... Golden HurricaneColors: ..............................Old Gold, Royal Blue and CrimsonConference: ............................. American Athletic ConferencePresident: ...................................................Dr. Gerard ClancyAthletic Director: .........................................Dr. Derrick GraggWeb site: ................................................. TulsaHurricane.comHead Coach: ....................................................... Kyle CussenAssociate Head Coach: ...........................................Jim RheinAssistant Coach: ..........................................Yolanda ThomasIntern: .................................................................... Shiloh Price Volunteer Assistant: .......................................Matt Chronister

Miscellaneous Statistics Tulsa OpponentsCorner Kicks 12 53Fouls 45 42Yellow Cards 2 2Red Cards 1 0Penalty Kicks 0-0 1-1 Score By Periods 1 2 OT1 OT2 FTulsa 1 3 0 0 4Opponents 7 5 1 0 13

Record BreakdownOverall ...............................................................1-4-1Home..................................................................1-2-0Away ..................................................................0-1-0Neutral................................................................0-1-1

American Athletic .............................................0-0-0 Home..................................................................0-0-0Away ..................................................................0-0-0

Non-Conference ...............................................1-4-1Home..................................................................1-2-0Away ..................................................................0-1-0Neutral................................................................0-1-1

vs. the Top 30 ...................................................0-1-0Home..................................................................0-0-0Away ..................................................................0-0-0Neutral................................................................0-1-0

Day Matches ......................................................1-2-0Night Matches ....................................................0-2-1

Sunday ...............................................................0-3-0Monday ..............................................................0-0-0Tuesday .............................................................0-0-0Wednesday ........................................................0-0-0Thursday ............................................................0-0-0Friday .................................................................1-1-1Saturday .............................................................0-0-0

Tulsa Scored First ..............................................1-0-0 Opponent Scored First .......................................0-4-1 Game Ended in a 0-0 Tie ...................................0-0-0

Ahead at halftime ...............................................0-0-0 Behind at halftime ..............................................0-3-1Tied at halftime ...................................................1-1-0

Overtime (Sudden victory) .................................0-1-1

Attendance Breakdown Matches Total AverageOverall 6 1726 287Home 3 906 302Away 1 376 376Neutral 2 444 222

2017 Tulsa RosterNo. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown

0 Courtney McKeon GK 5-10 Sr. Garland, Texas

00 Hailey Melton GK 5-4 So. Tulsa, Okla.

1 Rebecca Defer GK 5-11 Sr. British Columbia, Canada

2 Mackenzie Coupens D 5-8 So. Edmond, Okla.

3 Valiree Morris F 5-7 So. Wylie, Texas

4 Ashlan Hustava MF 5-9 So. Flower Mound, Texas

5 Christina Holmes F 5-5 Sr. Lansdowne, Pa.

6 Alyssa Kaiser MF 5-5 So. Westminster, Colo.

7 Danielle Hoover D 5-8 Jr. Broken Arrow, Okla.

8 Gabriella Borboa F 5-7 Fr. San Diego, Calif.

9 McKenzi McAdams MF/F 5-4 Jr. Abilene, Texas

10 Reagan Whitlow F 5-9 So. Broken Arrow, Okla.

11 Amanda Creason MF 5-10 Sr. Overland Park, Kan.

12 Brittany Weatherford D 5-8 Fr. Frisco, Texas

13 Tana Dake MF 5-8 Sr. Claremore, Okla.

14 Rachel Thun-Blankenship MF 5-6 Sr. Oklahoma City, Okla.

15 Ashlyn Heckman MF 5-5 Fr. Frisco, Texas

16 Neha Igwe F 5-3 Fr. Leawood, Kan.

17 Anna Williams F 5-6 So. Kent, England

18 Annabeth Fouts D 5-8 So. Edmond, Okla.

19 Jorja Hughes MF 5-4 Jr. Ontario, Canada

20 Eden Opie F 5-7 Sr. Olathe, Kan.

21 Averee Dubach D 5-6 Fr. Tustin, Calif.

22 Anna Martin D 5-5 Jr. Wildwood, Mo.

23 Addyson Guthrie F 5-8 Fr. Edmond, Okla.

27 Alzbeta Chlumova MF 5-6 So. Brno, Czech Republic

68 Kelsey Brann GK 5-10 Fr. Humble, Texas

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Email: stephanie-hall@utulsa.edu

2017 Tulsa Women’s Soccer Season Statistics2017 Tulsa Women's Soccer

Tulsa Combined Team Statistics (as of Sep 03, 2017)All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 1-4-1 1-2 0-1 0-1-1CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 1-4-1 1-2 0-1 0-1-1

Date Opponent Score Att.Aug 18 vs Central Michigan T o 2 1-1 737Aug 20 vs #22 Nebraska L 1-3 150Aug 25 KANSAS L 0-2 422Aug 27 at Oklahoma L o t 1-2 376Sep 01 UTAH VALLEY W 1-0 325Sep 03 JAMES MADISON L 0-5 159

TEAM STATISTICS TLSW OPPSHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts 4-51 13-131 Goals scored per game 0.67 2.17 Shot pct. . 0 7 8 . 0 9 9 Shots on goal-Attempts 24-51 56-131 SOG pct. . 4 7 1 . 4 2 7 S h o t s / G a m e 8.5 21.8CORNER KICKS 12 53PENALTY KICKS 0-0 1-1PENALTIES Yellow cards 2 2 Red cards 1 0ATTENDANCE T o t a l 906 376 Dates/Avg Per Date 3/302 1/376 Neutral Site #/Avg 2/444

## Player gp g a pts sh sh% sog sog% gw pk-att13 DAKE, Tana 6 1 1 3 12 . 0 8 3 5 . 4 1 7 1 0 - 023 GUTHRIE, Addyson 6 1 1 3 2 . 5 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 - 09 MCADAMS, McKenzi 6 1 0 2 6 . 1 6 7 6 1.000 0 0 - 017 WILLIAMS, Anna 6 1 0 2 4 . 2 5 0 2 . 5 0 0 0 0 - 014 T H U N - B L A N K E N S H I P , 4 0 1 1 8 . 0 0 0 1 . 1 2 5 0 0 - 03 MORRIS, Valiree 3 0 1 1 3 . 0 0 0 2 . 6 6 7 0 0 - 010 WHITLOW, Reagan 4 0 1 1 1 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 015 HECKMAN, Ashlyn 5 0 0 0 5 . 0 0 0 2 . 4 0 0 0 0 - 06 KAISER, Alyssa 6 0 0 0 4 . 0 0 0 2 . 5 0 0 0 0 - 020 OPIE, Eden 5 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 - 05 HOLMES, Christina 6 0 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 0 0 - 018 FOUTS, Annabeth 6 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 07 HOOVER, Danielle 4 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 - 027 CHLUMOVA, Alzbeta 4 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 022 MARTIN, Anna 6 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 021 DUBACH, Averee 6 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 016 IGWE, Neha 4 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 012 WEATHERFORD, B. 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 011 CREASON, Amanda 5 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 08 BORBOA, Gabriella 2 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 04 HUSTAVA, Ashlan 4 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 02 COUPENS, Mackenzie 2 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 - 0

Total 6 4 5 13 51 . 0 7 8 24 . 4 7 1 1 0 - 0Opponents 6 13 11 37 131 . 0 9 9 56 . 4 2 7 4 1 - 1

## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Saves Pct W-L-T Sho1 DEFER, Rebecca 4 385:08 8 1.87 24 . 7 5 0 0-3-1 0/00 MCKEON, Courtney 2 180:00 5 2.50 17 . 7 7 3 1-1-0 1/0

Total 6 565:08 13 2.07 43 . 7 6 8 1-4-1 1Opponents 6 565:08 4 0.64 20 . 8 3 3 4-1-1 2

Goals by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalTulsa 1 3 0 0 4Opponents 7 5 1 0 13

Shots by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalTulsa 20 29 1 1 51Opponents 57 64 7 3 131

Saves by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalTulsa 14 24 4 1 43Opponents 9 11 0 0 20

Corners by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalTulsa 6 6 0 0 12Opponents 23 22 6 2 53

Fouls by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 TotalTulsa 25 19 1 0 45Opponents 21 21 0 0 42