Although Doniak is excelling on the field, tied for the team lead in goals, her connection with her tight-knit family, including her father Dave who encouraged Kylie to get into soccer and coached her until she reached club level, has her feeling homesick.
After a defense-led win over No. 5 Oklahoma State on Friday, the Longhorns fell to Oklahoma in a game that focused on offense and moving forward. Unfortunately, that playing style only works when the team capitalizes.
In an aggressive, defense-focused game, Kylie Doniak led the Longhorns to the team’s biggest wins of the season against No. 5 Oklahoma State and lifted the Longhorns to a tie for fourth place in the Big 12.
Oklahoma State forward Krista Lopez has been tearing up teams all season with her goal scoring, and is a big reason why the Cowgirls were undefeated in the Big 12 entering their Friday match with Texas. She’s second in the conference with 12 goals, and her six game-winners lead all scorers in the Big 12.
After recently finishing up a tough ITA All-American tournament, the Longhorns are traveling to Waco this weekend to participate in the ITA Regionals tournament. The team has high hopes for this weekend, seeing it as an opportunity to pick up some momentum as they head into the meat of their season.
Riding the momentum of a three-game winning streak, Texas faces the meat of its Big 12 schedule at home this weekend against undefeated No. 5 Oklahoma State and Oklahoma.
Texas is currently in fifth place in the Big 12 at 3-2-2 and hopes to continue its recent midseason success.
Each time the golf team boards a plane to one of their tournaments, whether it be a flight to Chicago, Ill., or one to Columbus, Ohio, junior Dylan Frittelli has to listen to his fellow teammates complain. The flight is too long. Their legs are cramped. Airplane food sucks.
Texas swimmer Laura Sogar was named CollegeSwimming.com’s Division I swimmer of the week on Wednesday for her performance last weekend in a meet at California.