2023 BYU Cougars women's soccer team

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2023 BYU Cougars women's soccer
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Conference Big 12 Conference
Record20–2–3 (7–0–3 Big 12)
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Home stadium South Field
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Seasons
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2023 Big 12 Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 9 Texas Tech  ‍†‍‍y8–0–2 .90016–2–5 .804
No. 4 BYU  ‍‍‍y7–0–3 .85020–3–3 .827
TCU  ‍‍‍6–2–2 .70010–6–3 .605
No. 18 Texas  ‍‍‡‍y6–3–1 .65017–5–2 .750
West Virginia  ‍‍‍5–3–2 .6007–8–4 .474
UCF  ‍‍‍5–4–1 .55010–7–1 .583
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍5–5–0 .50012–8–0 .600
Baylor  ‍‍‍4–4–2 .5009–7–3 .553
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍2–3–5 .4504–8–7 .395
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍3–5–2 .4008–10–2 .450
Iowa State  ‍‍‍3–7–0 .3006–11–1 .361
Houston  ‍‍‍2–7–1 .2508–8–2 .500
Kansas  ‍‍‍1–7–2 .2004–8–6 .389
Kansas State  ‍‍‍1–8–1 .1503–12–3 .250
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2023 Big 12 Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 5, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The Big 12 Conference

The 2023 BYU Cougars women's soccer team represents Brigham Young University during the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cougars are coached for a 29th consecutive season by Jennifer Rockwood, who was co-coach in 1995 and became the solo head coach in 1996. Before 1995 BYU women's soccer competed as a club team and not as a member of the NCAA. Overall the Cougars have made the NCAA tournament in 23 of the 28 seasons that Rockwood has been the head coach. Joining Rockwood are newly promoted Associate Head Coach Brent Anderson (7th season) [1] and as assistant coaches Steve Magleby (6th season) [2] and Tasha Bell (1st season). [3] Volunteer assistants Rachel Jorgensen (8th season) and Madie Gates (10th season) also return.

Contents

The Cougars enter 2023 under a banner of new beginnings. BYU competes as new members of the Big 12 Conference after joining the conference on July 1. [4] The Cougars come off of a season where they finished second in the WCC and went 11–3–7, 6–0–3 in the WCC. The Cougars participated in the NCAA Tournament before falling to North Carolina in the Sweet 16. [5] However the disappointing finish provides BYU with hope for the future as every starter from the 2022 season returns for their first Big 12 run.

The change in conference leads to a new scheduling format. Instead of playing conference matches on Thursday and Saturday, BYU will play conference matches on Thursday and Monday. Should their record prove to be adequate, BYU will then participate in a conference postseason tournament for the first time in 9 years (the WCC didn't have a postseason conference tournament). The Big 12 Women's Soccer postseason tournament will take place October 28- November 4 at the Round Rock Multipurpose Complex in Round Rock, TX. [6]

Personnel

Roster

No.PositionPlayerHeightHometownYear
0 GK Lynette Hernaez5'11" Corona, CA Freshman
1 GK Haven Empey5'9" American Fork, UT Sophomore
2 MF, D Olivia (Smith) Griffiths5'6" Eagle, ID RS Junior
3 D Ella Rustand5'7" Tucson, AZ Freshman
4 F, MF Avery Frischknecht5'10" Mapleton, UT RS Freshman
5 D Zoe Jacobs5'5" Kaysville, UT Senior
6 D Tylie Pratt5'6" Gilbert, AZ Freshman
7 F Erin Bailey5'5" Layton, UT Sophomore
8 MF Sierra Pennock5'5" Lindon, UT Sophomore
9 MF Emma Neff5'5" Salt Lake City, UT RS Freshman
9 MF, F Carolina Stringfellow5'4" Syracuse, UT Sophomore
10 MF, F Olivia (Wade) Katoa5'8" Kaysville, UT Senior
11 MF, F Ellie (Maughan) Boren5'8" North Ogden, UT Senior
12 MF Jamie Shepherd5'7" American Fork, UT Senior
13 F, MF Brecken Mozingo5'6" Sandy, UT Senior
13 F, MF Lytiana Akinaka5'6" Maui, HI Junior
14 MF, F Ellie Ford5'8" Provo, UT Freshman
15 F Ellie Walbruch5'6" Highland, UT Sophomore
16 MF, D Kendell Petersen5'8" South Weber, UT Senior
19 MF, F Halle Dixon5'2" Carlsbad, CA Freshman
20 F Camryn Jorgensen5'5" Highland, UT RS Freshman
21 D Tara Warner5'6" Springville, UT Junior
22 F, MF Bella Folino5'6" Aliso Viejo, CA RS Senior
23 F Allie Fryer5'7" Spanish Fork, UT Sophomore
24 MF Josie Shepherd5'6" American Fork, UT Sophomore
24 MF, D Izzi Stratton5'11" Alpine, UT Sophomore
25 MF, F Jacey Wood5'6" Las Vegas, NV Sophomore
26 D Laveni Vaka 5'6" Sandy, UT Senior
28 F Addie Gardner5'7" Highland, UT Sophomore
33 MF, F Rachel McCarthy5'7" American Fork, UT Senior
34 GK Kelsey Hoopes5'7" Livermore, CA Sophomore
66 GK Savanna (Empey) Mason5'10" American Fork, UT Junior

Media

Television & Internet Streaming

Most BYU women's soccer matches will have a TV broadcast or internet video stream available. ESPN+ will serve as the primary provider for most home and conference road matches. [7] Some may be elevated to ESPN TV networks. Non-conference road games will be provided by the respective conferences television or streaming platforms. Information on these television and streaming broadcasts can be found under each individual match.

Schedule and results

2023 BYU Cougars women's soccer Game Log [8]
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie       = Canceled      Bold = BYU team member
Overall (20–2–3)
Regular season (14–1–3)
Big 12 Tournament (2–1–0)
NCAA Tournament (4–0–0)
* indicates a non-conference game. All rankings from the United Soccer Coaches Poll on the date of the contest.

Announcers

Rankings

Regular season Polls
PollPre-
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Postseason		Final
United Soccer Coaches 131171 [16] 166678776
Top Drawer Soccer 1211932661084448 (1st Round)
7 (2nd Rd, Sweet 16)
4 (Elite 8)
Legend
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References

For information on BYU's other athletic sports this season please check out the following:

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