Soccer Tejas
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MANSFIELD, Texas — The #25 (6) University of Houston Soccer team makes its debut in the Big 12 Tournament against #8 (3) Baylor at 8 p.m. Monday from Texas Health Mansfield Stadium.
LAST TIME OUT
Houston dropped a 2-1 decision in the regular season finale to #8 Baylor in Waco, Texas on Thursday.
Sophomore Bailey Cate scored the goal for the Cougars in the 62nd minute.
ABOUT THE COUGARS
- Houston returns 14 players from the 2025 season including three players that missed last season due to injuries.
- Houston welcomes 15 newcomers including eight transfers and seven freshmen.
- Fifth-years Ella Morgan and Morgan Donohue along with junior Casey Maddox were voted captains for the 2026 season. It is the second consecutive season Maddox has been voted a captain.
- Sophomore Bailey Cate leads the Cougars with eight goals on the season.
- Fourteen Cougars have scored a goal this season including seven players with multiple goals.
- Houston goalkeepers have combined for 10 shutouts this season.
- Houston is 17th in the country in goal differential which is good for second in the Big 12.
- The Cougars are #26 in RPI.
- Houston is five goals away from tying the program record for goals in a season.
- The Cougars are ranked for the first time in program history, coming in at #25 in the IWSOC Week 12 poll.
- Four Cougars were named to the Big 12 All-Conference teams, the first time since 2021.
- Ella Morgan (First Team), Bailey Cate (Second Team), Skylar Miller (Second Team) and Ava Shannon (Second Team) earned All-Conference honors.
- Morgan is the first Cougar defender to earn First Team honors since 1999.
