PREVIEW: Cougars Clash with Cowgirls

HOUSTON – The University of Houston Soccer team hosts McNeese at 7 p.m., Thursday at the Carl Lewis International Complex.

University of Houston students can claim a FREE student ticket to all Houston Soccer matches by presenting their student ID at the ticket booth on game day.

Tickets for Sunday's match against the Cowgirls 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
The Cougars dominated Southern with a 6-0 victory that included 46 shots and five different goal scorers.

The 46 shots against Southern were the most shots in a match since Houston had 43 shots against Texas Southern (Sept. 12, 2010).

Junior Adelhia Ghonda registered a brace while freshmen Samira Minor and Nadia Ortiz, sophomore Savannah Tafireyi and senior Cameryn Maddox each scored a goal. Minor also tallied an assist along with junior Ava Shannon and graduate Jaden Humbyrd.

ABOUT THE COUGARS

Houston enters 2025 with a new coaching staff as Ben Williams was named head coach of the Cougars in February.
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 Jaden Humbyrd, junior Kyrsten Kizer and sophomore Casey Maddox were named captains for the 2025 season as voted on by their teammates.
Houston leads the Big 12 Conference with 105 shots taken. The Cougars are averaging 26.25 shots per game through four matches.
Houston has 14 goals on the season with 11 different goal scorers.
Houston's 14 goals on the season surpasses last year's total of 11 goals.
Adelhia Ghonda leads the Cougars with three goals this season
Houston has only given up one goal through its first four matches for the first time since 2016.
The Cougars are 3-0-1 on the season.

ABOUT MCNEESE

McNeese is 1-3-2 to start the 2025 season.
The Cowgirls last match resulted in a 3-3 draw against Alcorn on Sunday.
Rhiannon Maynes-Tourond leads McNeese with three goals.
Goalkeeper Celeste Marijnissen leads the Southland Conference with 31 saves

HISTORY WITH MCNEESE

Thursday's match will be the ninth meeting between the Cougars and Cowgirls.
Houston has taken all eight previous meetings.
In their most recent meeting, Houston defeated McNeese, 2-1 (Aug. 22, 2021).

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