Burnt Orange Report

UT Women's Soccer

By Matt Hardigree

Many of you may not know that in addition to all of the organizations I headed and the people's lives I touched while at UT, I was also a Texas Soccer Hooligan. That's why it warms my heart to see our women's soccer team doing so well. We often get so caught up in Football and Basketball that we forget how great our team is. This from the Texan:

Texas soccer struggled earlier this season without 2004 top scorers Kelly Wilson and Kelly McDonald, winning just three of its first nine games. Since then, the team found its offensive firepower and won seven of its last nine games, securing a berth in Wednesday's Big 12 Tournament.

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So while the Longhorns have high hopes for this year's Big 12 Tournament and probable NCAA Tournament berth to follow, the future for this Texas team is extremely bright.

"We've come back from being down this year, and we still have that fight in us," Carpenter said. "As we grow, we're going to be even better than we are this year and than we were last year."

For those of you who have never attended a game I must reccomend it for the following reasons:

1. Fast-paced, high-kicking soccer action that will keep you upright the entire game.

2. The low turnout means that getting a good seat isn't that difficult.

3. Texas Sports has a student drawing each game for shirts, televisions, gift certificates and gaming systems. The number of students that enter is low and thus the odds are high.

4. You can meet the team after the game and get autographs and pointers (along with the approximately 200 elementary school kids that show up every game).

5. The only reason you need: they're rocking the burnt orange.