90:00
The game is limping to its obvious conclusion as both sides play the time out with little to compete over. 4-0 Texas is the final, a much needed confidence boost for the Longhorns with four games left in Big 12 play.
70:00
The Texas defense gets sloppy and Palmer, again showing her blazing speed, almost breaks away, but freshman sub Kate Nicholson comes out of nowhere to clear the danger. The Longhorns have had more than their share of mental lapses to go with their four goals.
60:00
4-0 Texas. Sophomore Kendall Campise scores her first goal of the season after collecting a pass from Goodson on the right side of the box and places a low shot into the far post with her left foot. With half an hour to go, Texas has already matched last season’s 4-0 win in Norman.
50:00
Emily Anderson does her best Ronaldinho impression with an elastico on the edge of the box, which for the most part looked to be on purpose, and the ball breaks to Birkhold, who rips a left footed shot from the penalty spot right at Jet, who parries the ball away. Good chance for the freshman to double her tally wasted.
Start of second half
Texas kicks off the second half with most of the starters back on the field, although Kasey Moore returns to the backline. How long before Petrucelli calls off the dogs and prepares for Sunday’s clash against OSU remains to be seen.
45:00 Halftime
As the final 10 seconds are counted down, Pfenninger comes out to smother the ball as Sooners’ striker Whitney Palmer closed on goal sandwiched between two Texas defenders. All four players end up on the ground, but the half ends with Texas’ 3-0 lead intact.
40:00
3-0 Texas. As substitutes roll of the Texas bench the game is starting to descend into an array of bad passes. But one great one from substitute Stephanie Gibson releases fellow sub Kirsten Birkhold and the freshman makes no mistake, touching the ball into the net for a 3-0 Texas lead. Now it’s just a matter of how many more Texas will score.
30:00
Another scare for the OU goal and new goalkeeper Lisa Jet. Goodson sends a cross from the right wing that floats toward the far past and crashes back off the crossbar.
OU has come into the game in the past few minutes and have threatened on the break without really troubling goalkeeper Diana Pfenninger, who has so far been called into action just once.
And right on cue Oklahoma breaks through for what they think is a momentum-turning goal, only to be denied by the assistant referee’s flag, offside.
20:00
Texas continues to completely dominate the play. A nice interplay between Moore and Niki Arlitt frees Arlitt on the right wing and her cross is met firmly by Lucy Keith, but the header is blocked by an OU defender. A slight scare for Texas then as Moore and Katie Corbitt of OU hit heads in challenging for the ball. Both players go down in a heap, but they recover after a few stinging seconds and the game goes on.
13:00
2-0 Texas. Just what the doctor ordered. Kasey Moore flicks on a long ball and Emily Anderson is on hand to place the ball past Dickenson into the bottom corner. Just how Petrucelli drew it up, no doubt.
11:00
Defender/striker Kasey Moore flashes a shot wide at the near post after good work from freshman forward Courtney Goodson on the right flank. The Texas goal has been credited to Gilbeau after some deliberation, her first of the season.
7:00
1-0 Texas. Defender Jill Gilbeau cuts in from the right flank and her goal-bound shot is deflected past goalkeeper Traci Dickenson by OU defender Michelle Alexander for an own goal and an early Texas lead. The Longhorns have dominated so far, and striker Emily Anderson heads over when well placed inside the six yard box.
01:00
OU gets the game under way with the kick off. Texas head coach Chris Petrucelli has All-American center back Kasey Moore playing forward as Texas goes in search of combination capable of producing goals.
6:52
Nine minutes away from kick-off, both sides go through their stretches as they take the field. Texas is sporting their burnt orange jerseys with white shorts and orange socks, while OU combines a cream top and socks with crimson shorts.
A few surprises in the Texas lineup, as freshmen Leah Payne and Lucy Keith start in place of the injured Courtney Gaines and Alisha Ortiz.
6:45
A rather tamer version of the Red River Rivalry kicks off tonight as the Longhorns face off against the Sooners at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Texas is looking to continue its 23 game undefeated streak at home, while OU is trying to save face in a nightmare season. At 1-12-1, Oklahoma sits bottom of the Big 12, a solitary point earned in a surprising 1-1 draw against Kansas last time out that snapped a 10-game losing streak.
The Longhorns, meanwhile, have plenty of catching up to do themselves as they sit 12 points behind conference leaders Colorado, but with three games in hand.