PREVIEW: Soccer Welcomes rv Texas in Red Out Game

HOUSTON – The University of Houston Soccer team hosts rv Texas at 6 p.m., Sunday at the Carl Lewis International Complex. Sunday's match is the team's Red Out match and fans are encouraged to wear red.

FREE red Houston Soccer t-shirts are available to the first 75 University of Houston students who show their student ID at the marketing table. UH students can also claim two tickets to Sunday's match.

Tickets for Sunday's contest against the Longhorns can be found 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 match can be found here.

LAST TIME OUT
Houston's match against Sam Houston was canceled due to inclement weather in the Hunstville, Texas area.

In their most recent match, the Cougars dominated St. Mary's (TX) with a 4-0 victory that included 27 shots and four different goal scorers.

Juniors Ava Shannon, Adelhia Ghonda and Jocelyn Chinea, and sophomore Casey Maddox each scored a goal while freshman Nadia Ortiz, Shannon and Maddox each registered an assist.

ABOUT THE COUGARS

Houston enters 2025 with a brand new coaching staff as Ben Williams was named head coach of the Cougars in February.
Graduate Jaden Humbyrd, junior Kyrsten Kizer and sophomore Casey Maddox were named captains for the 2025 season as voted on by their teammates.
Houston ranks sixth in the Big 12 Conference with 45 shots taken. The Cougars are averaging 22.5 shots per game through two matches.
Junior Ava Shannon leads Houston with nine shots taken. She registered a goal and an assist in the Cougars' last match against St. Mary's.
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 seven 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 TEXAS

Texas is 1-1-1 to start the 2025 season.
In their inaugural season in the league, the Longhorns claimed the SEC Tournament Title.
Ten players earned a spot on the SEC Preseason Watch List.
Despite losing one of their best players in program history, Texas returns SEC Freshman of the Year Amalia Villarreal
In her 26th season, Ange Kelly 313-163-55 overall and 153-79-35 (14th season) leading the Longhorns.
Texas met Arizona State in its last match on Thursday as the two teams shared a 1-1 decision in Austin.

HISTORY WITH TEXAS

Texas leads the series with a 7-1 record with the lone victory for the Cougars coming in a 3-2 overtime win on Sept. 2, 2000, in Austin.
In three tries, Houston has never beaten Texas at home.
The Cougars and Longhorns last met to open the 2024 season as Texas took a 1-0 victory in Austin.

SUPPORT YOUR COOGS
Fans can make a direct impact on the success of Houston Soccer by supporting Linking Coogs – UH's very own NIL collective and by joining the Cougar Reserves which provides financial support directly to Houston Soccer for needs beyond its operating budget.

STAY CONNECTED
Fans can receive updates by following @UHCougarSoccer on X, formerly known as Twitter, and catch up with the latest news and notes on the team by clicking LIKE on the team's Facebook page at UHCougarSoccer or on the team's Instagram page at @uhcougarsoccer.

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