Big 12 Women's Soccer Championships

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#4 seed OU beat #5 Texas 1-0 today in the first round of the Big 12 Soccer Championships in San Antonio. This is Oklahoma's second win against the Longhorns in 10 days, following our 2-1 double overtime win in Austin. That win broke a three-game winning streak in the series for Texas.

Coach Nelson's Sooners will face the winner of the #1 Texas A&M/#8 Colorado matchup on Friday evening. The Sooners fell to A&M 2-1 in double overtime at College Station during the regular season, and defeated Colorado 2-1 in single OT in Norman.

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In the second quarterfinal game, #3 Nebraska beat #6 Missouri 4-1. Nebraska, who finished the regular season tied for third in the standings with OU but was awarded the three seed based on conference point differential, will play the winner of #2 aggy and #7 Texas Tech on Friday.

Game 3 of the quarters is at the half right now, with regular season champ Texas A&M and Colorado tied at nil-nil. Again, the winner of this game plays us in the semis on Friday.

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Texas A&M beats Colorado on penalty kicks, 5-4. CU's fifth shooter took a weak shot that Aggie saved easily, then A&M's fifth buried the game winner. So it'll be us versus A&M in a #1 vs #4 matchup on Friday night at 5:30. You can watch a live webcast at Big12Sports.com.

One game left tonight - #2 aggy vs #7 Texas Tech.

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aggy beat Texas Tech in the nightcap, 3-1. Friday's semifinals are set:

1st Semi: #1 Texas A&M vs #4 Oklahoma, 5:30 p.m.
2nd Semi: #2 aggy vs #3 Nebraska, 8:00 p.m.

In the regular season, A&M beat OU 2-1 in the 105th minute at College Station, while aggy beat Nebraska 4-2 in Stillwater. You can follow Friday's action with live stats and free live webcast at Big12Sports.com.

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REMINDER: The semis are tonight; OU plays at 5:30. You can see live stats and a webcast at Big12Sports.com, or you can get updates via Twitter by following SoonerSoccer (http://www.twitter.com/SoonerSoccer) or Big12Conference (http://www.twitter.com/Big12Conference).

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OU beat A&M 1-0 in the second minute of overtime on Friday to advance to the championship game for the first time in the program's history. They took on aggy for the third time this season on Sunday afternoon, jumping out to a quick 1-0 lead on Annalisa Hall's goal in the second minute, but a defensive miscue allowed aggy to score the tying goal in the 70th minute. It stayed tied at 1 through regulation and two OT periods, so the championship was decided via penalty kick shootout, which aggy won 5-4. aggy won their second straight Big 12 tourney title and the league's automatic berth in the 64-team NCAA field. The Sooners figure to be in the draw as an at-large team, but won't know for certain until the NCAA selections are announced on ESPNU Monday afternoon at 3:30 central.

[CowboyMRW]

Would like to say congrats on a good team. It was very hard fought and OU has some good players

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Thanks. Losing to Oklahoma State three times in one season is a kick in the gut to me, but you guys have a great side. Congrats on back-to-back Big 12 titles & good luck in the tourney.

[CowboyMRW]

Oklahoma got in and has to go to Portland, OR where Portland is the #1 seed in the Portland Region. Oklahoma plays Washington in 1st Round, Portland plays Texas-San Antonio...

A&M #4 Seed taking on North Dakota St in Maryland Region.

OSU #3 Seed in the North Carolina Region in Oklahoma City vs Michigan

Very tough draw for OU

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And Texas gets fed to the beast that is North Carolina in the second round. :D