Little Rock to Close Regular Season at Oklahoma State

Game 19: Little Rock at Oklahoma State
Date	Tuesday, October 25
Time	7 p.m.
Location	Stillwater, Okla.
Stadium	Cowgirl Soccer Complex
Stats	Statbroadcast
Video	Oklahoma State Live
Notes	Little Rock

LITTLE ROCK – The conference regular season is now behind the Little Rock soccer team, but the Trojans still have one more contest to play before the postseason begins.
 
The Trojans (11-6-1) are all set to square off against Oklahoma State (8-6-3) on Tuesday night in Stillwater, Okla., with kickoff set for 7 p.m. This will be the second Big 12 Conference team Little Rock has played this year after defeating Kansas State 2-1 at the Coleman Sports & Recreation Complex in September.
 
Little Rock will have plenty of momentum behind it entering Tuesday's game, as the Trojans are unbeaten in their last six games and just clinched the No. 3 seed in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament with a 2-0 win over Troy on Sunday. Little Rock has tied the program record for wins in a season with 11 and also broke the program's record for conference wins in a year with six.

The Trojans' offense has been firing on all cylinders lately, scoring at least two goals in each of the last six games to set a team record for consecutive two-goal games. And the team has not lost in any of those six games, picking up five wins and a tie. A win on Tuesday would tie the program's second-longest winning streak ever at five games.
 
Goalkeeper Sara Small and the Trojan defense have had another amazing year, and they are in line to set another team record for goals against average. The team's GAA currently sits at 0.81, and Small's GAA as an individual is 0.78. Both of those numbers are second-best in the Sun Belt.
 
Little Rock's national RPI is also reflecting the team's success, as the Trojans are now ranked No. 83 in the nation. That number is the highest ever in team history, beating out last week's mark by 15 places.
 
Oklahoma State comes into Tuesday night's game with one final Big 12 game remaining on its schedule but this non-conference contest to play first. The Cowgirls are 8-6-3 overall, 3-3-1 in the Big 12 and are coming off a 3-0 win over TCU on October 16. Oklahoma State will have had eight days of rest before facing the Trojans on Tuesday.
 
The Cowgirls are ranked No. 55 in the national RPI and are an offensive powerhouse, having scored 38 goals on the year. Defensively, though, Oklahoma State is vulnerable to giving up goals as they have allowed 23 for a GAA of 1.28. Courtney Dike is the team's top scorer with nine goals and six assists for 24 points.
 
KICK OFF

• Little Rock ended its Sun Belt Conference slate over the weekend, defeating Georgia Southern 3-0 and Troy 2-0 to earn the league's No. 3 seed.The No. 3 seed is the highest the Trojans have ever been.
• Besides earning its first-ever No. 3 seed, Little Rock tied a program record for wins in a season with 11 and set a new program record for conference wins with six.
• Sara Small had two shutouts over the weekend in net and now has a 0.78 GAA for the season. The team's 0.81 GAA and Small's individual 0.78 GAA are both single-season program records.
• Little Rock has not lost in its last six games, earning five wins and one tie in that span.
• The Trojans have scored at least two goals in the last six games, setting a new program record for consecutive games with at least two goals.
• Little Rock's RPI jumped up to No. 83 in the nation on Monday, a new program record.
• Arola Aparicio scored yet another goal on Friday, taking over the team lead for goals on the year with five.
• The Trojans are 0-6 all-time against Oklahoma State. The last meeting came in 2011 and was a 7-0 Cowgirls win.