FORT WORTH – The No. 5 TCU women’s soccer team achieved another milestone in its history on Thursday night at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium, winning the Big 12 regular season crown in back-to-back seasons after defeating Houston 2-0.  
 
THE RUNDOWN
TCU (15-2-1, 9-1-1 Big 12) struck early right before the 20-minute mark in tonight’s showdown against Houston. In the 19th minute, Sydney Becerra and Cate Sarinopoulos had some nice build up that eventually led to the ball being in AJ Hennessey’s possession. The senior would end up striking a ball from just outside the box that would float past the Cougar goalkeeper and give TCU the lead nearly halfway through the first 45 minutes.
 
Overall for the first half, TCU earned a 10-3 shot advantage, putting four of those on goal as well. The Frogs would head out of the break looking to keep the momentum and bring a title back to Fort Worth.
 
In the 57th minute of the second half of action, Grace Coppinger struck a deep ball that found Cameron Patton running down the field. After it was deflected around, Patton regained control and sent a ball into the box that found Emma Yolinsky who hit it on the first touch and put it into the back of the net to give TCU some extra cushion and a 2-0 advantage.
 
After Yolinsky’s goal, the physicality increased but TCU’s resilience and effort stayed the same. The Frogs were able to maintain composure and close out the final 30 minutes of the match and win another Big 12 title.
 
Olivia Geller played all 90 minutes, grabbing four saves.
 
STAT OF THE GAME
4 – TCU has won the Big 12 regular season crown for the fourth time in the last six years, also earning titles in 2020, 2021 and 2024.
GAME NOTABLES


TCU has won the Big 12 regular season title in back-to-back seasons for the second time in program history, also achieving the feat in the 2020 and 2021.
The Frogs finished conference play with a 9-1-1 ledger, totaling 28 points and a No. 1 seed in the Big 12 Tournament.
TCU closed out the regular season going 8-2 at home.
With tonight’s victory, the Frogs have won five straight matches.
AJ Hennessey scored the 13th goal of her career and fourth of the season tonight.
Emma Yolinsky now has six goals for her TCU career.
Cameron Patton recorded the seventh assist of her season and 12th of her career and has earned at least one point in six of the last seven matches.   
Sydney Becerra notched her fourth assist as a Frog and 18th of her career on the Hennessey goal.
Cate Sarinopoulos earned the first assist of her career tonight.
TCU won the shot advantage 17-6
TCU earned a 4-1 corner kick advantage over Houston

 
UP NEXT
TCU will enter the Big 12 Tournament as the top seed in the conference and play its first match against No. 8 seed BYU at 2 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3 at Garvey-Rosenthal Soccer Stadium.