PREVIEW: Houston Hosts St. Mary’s (TX) in Home Opener

HOUSTON – The University of Houston Soccer team opens the home schedule hosting St. Mary's (TX) at 7 p.m., Sunday at the Carl Lewis International Complex.

Tickets for Sunday's contest are available here. The match will be streamed on ESPN+ with Matt Pedersen (play-by-play), Brooke Kirchhofer (analyst) and Vicente Garcia (Reporter) calling the action. Live stats for the season opener can be found here.

LAST TIME OUT
Houston and UTSA shared a 0-0 decision on Thursday at Park West Athletics Complex. After a foul call on the Cougars that went to review was confirmed, UTSA's Brooklyn Bailey's penalty kick in the 89th minute deflected off the right post and out of bounds to secure the draw.

Sophomore goalkeeper Maggie Manning collected three saves including her 50th career save. The 0-0 decision also marked the second clean sheet of her young career.

ABOUT THE COUGARS

Houston enters 2025 with a brand new coaching staff as Ben Williams was named head coach of the Cougars in February.
Williams spent the 2024 season leading SFA to the Southland Conference Regular Season and Tournament titles.
Graduate Jaden Humbyrd, junior Kyrsten Kizer and sophomore Casey Maddox were named captains for the 2025 season as voted on by their teammates.
Houston returns just two goals and three assists from the 2024 campaign. Senior Cameryn Maddox netted both goals while Kizer, junior Charlotte Richardson and sophomore Amanda Adams each tallied an assist.
The Cougars feature a revamped roster as they welcome 15 newcomers to the team including 11 transfers and four freshmen.
Those 11 transfers bring over 300 caps, 17,000 minutes played and 11 conference titles.
Graduate Alex Whitcraft returns for her final season of eligibility and needs just eight starts to crack the top 10 in career games started in program history.
Cameryn Maddox needs just four goals to join the program's top 10 in career goals scored.

ABOUT ST. MARY'S (TX)

St. Mary's (TX) returns 11 players that accounted for 19 goals in 2024.
Three of those 11 players played in every match last season.
St. Mary's (TX) finished last season 9-7-3 and 7-4-2 in the Lone Star Conference.

HISTORY WITH ST. MARY'S (TX)

This is the first meeting between the Cougars and Rattles.

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