It's NCAA Tournament Time! The Aggies embark upon their 2018 conquest for a College Cup appearance tonight in College Station. The Aggies host the North Texas Mean Green with kickoff set for 7:00PM. This game will be broadcast on SEC+ and all students GET IN FREE.
UNT is 15-2-3 on the year and doubled up on conference titles this year - winning the regular season title and the Conference USA tournament trophy. North Texas is a pretty quality opponent compared to many A&M faces in these first round matches. The Mean Green are 33 in the RPI rankings.
Notable season results include a pair of common opponents: UNT tied Alabama 1-1 (A&M lost 0-1) and lost 0-1 at Santa Clara (A&M won 4-0).
The Mean Green have outscored opponents 40-12 on the season, they have shutout 11 opponents and have been shutout twice themselves (Old Dominion & Santa Clara). Scoring has been led by Aaliyah Nolan (#11) with her 10 goals and 4 assists. Taylor Torres (#8) has 7 goals as well, including a team high 4 gamewinners. Torres also leads the team with 5 assists.
Kelsey Brann has seen the bulk of minutes in goal for the Mean Green. She's allowed 11 goals while making 68 saves.
Don't look for a pretty game today. A&M tends to struggle against physical play and the Mean Green don't know how to play clean. North Texas is #15 in the country in Fouls/Game with 12.2. Put another way, UNT has 244 fouls on the season and 19 yellow cards. A&M has 162 fouls and 8 yellow cards. Mean indeed.
A&M is 4-0 all-time against UNT, however the last meeting in 2015 was a tense double overtime affair.
This will be a tougher game than A&M wanted in the first round as I'm sure UNT was a team they were hoping to avoid. A&M ultimately has a pair of winnable games next weekend should they advance, but UNT deserves their full attention first. I think A&M is capable of handing the Mean Green their 3rd shutout of the season. Just winning and staying healthy are the goals this weekend.
UNT is 15-2-3 on the year and doubled up on conference titles this year - winning the regular season title and the Conference USA tournament trophy. North Texas is a pretty quality opponent compared to many A&M faces in these first round matches. The Mean Green are 33 in the RPI rankings.
Notable season results include a pair of common opponents: UNT tied Alabama 1-1 (A&M lost 0-1) and lost 0-1 at Santa Clara (A&M won 4-0).
The Mean Green have outscored opponents 40-12 on the season, they have shutout 11 opponents and have been shutout twice themselves (Old Dominion & Santa Clara). Scoring has been led by Aaliyah Nolan (#11) with her 10 goals and 4 assists. Taylor Torres (#8) has 7 goals as well, including a team high 4 gamewinners. Torres also leads the team with 5 assists.
Kelsey Brann has seen the bulk of minutes in goal for the Mean Green. She's allowed 11 goals while making 68 saves.
Don't look for a pretty game today. A&M tends to struggle against physical play and the Mean Green don't know how to play clean. North Texas is #15 in the country in Fouls/Game with 12.2. Put another way, UNT has 244 fouls on the season and 19 yellow cards. A&M has 162 fouls and 8 yellow cards. Mean indeed.
A&M is 4-0 all-time against UNT, however the last meeting in 2015 was a tense double overtime affair.
This will be a tougher game than A&M wanted in the first round as I'm sure UNT was a team they were hoping to avoid. A&M ultimately has a pair of winnable games next weekend should they advance, but UNT deserves their full attention first. I think A&M is capable of handing the Mean Green their 3rd shutout of the season. Just winning and staying healthy are the goals this weekend.