Seven Castain and No. 1 seed TCU will take the pitch against Lexi Watts and No. 6 seed Kansas on Sunday.
The conference’s top-seeded TCU will take on the No. 6-seeded Kansas in the championship game of the Big 12 Women’s Soccer Tournament in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday night. The Horned Frogs finished the season with a 16-2-2 record overall and a 9-0-2 record against conference teams in the Big 12 Conference. They ended the regular season with six straight wins, ending in a 2-0 win on the road at Oklahoma State. They came into the Big 12 Tournament in a quarterfinal matchup against Colorado. The Buffaloes scored in the first minute of the game, and it looked over to Texas Christian.
However, Camryn Lancaster netted a goal in the 31st minute to even it up 1-1 heading into the halftime break. In the second half, it was all TCU, with a goal from Seven Castain and Carolina Kelly. They advanced to the semifinals taking on BYU on Wednesday. They once again gave up an early goal and went down 1-0. However, Kelly and Castain both scored in the 40th and 41st minutes to give TCU the lead and eventually a berth in the championship game.
The Jayhawks ended their regular season with a 12-5-4 record overall and a 6-4-1 record against teams in the Big 12. They opened up the tournament with a 2-1 win over Arizona State in the first round. Lexi Watts and Caroline Castans scored in that win. In the quarterfinals, they took on and beat West Virginia 1-0 in double overtime.
Watts scored the lone goal of that win to send the team to the semifinals. In the semifinals, they took on the nationally ranked No. 17 Texas Tech and won 2-1. Raena Knust and Olivia Page scored two goals in the win, one in the first and one in the second half to propel them to this championship game.
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