NORMAN — Norman natives shined in the SEC opener as the Sooners (7-0-2, 1-0 SEC) began their third year in the league with a 3-1 win against Missouri (3-4-1, 0-1 SEC) Friday, September 11.
Hometown names
Narissa Fults,
Elle Canty and
Callie Sullivan all came up big as Fults posted a brace, Canty notched two assists and Sullivan saved a penalty kick.
Kayla Keefer added to her nation-leading goal total with her 12th score on the season, which also proved to be the game winner.
Oklahoma 3, Missouri 1
Fults got free in the box and jumped on a ball played in by
Sadie Sterbenz and flicked on by Canty, scoring in the ninth minute.
OU knocked at the door for more until Keefer beat the defense on a through ball from Canty, slotting her 12th goal of the year underneath the Missouri keeper. Just 52 seconds later, Fults took a cross from
Emily Davey to make it 3-0 by the 28th minute on the clock.
Missouri's Emily Derucki ripped a goal in with her left foot in the 49th, taking some momentum toward the Missouri side.
With the score remaining 3-1 to the late stages of the match, it was Sullivan that took the air completely out of the game by stopping a penalty kick opportunity from Rylie Morse after a handball was called in the box.
Goals & Assists
Narissa Fults - 9' (Sterbenz, Canty) - OU
Kayla Keefer - 27' (Canty) - OU
Narissa Fults - 28' (Davey) - OU
Emily Derucki - 49' (Adams) - Missouri
Leaders By the Numbers - OU
Narissa Fults - 2 goals
Kayla Keefer - 1 goal
Elle Canty - 2 assists
Notes
- Head coach Matt Mott has defeated every current member of the SEC at least once in his coaching career
- The Sooners have yet to trail at the half through the first nine matches
- Sterbenz has scored a goal and assisted on another in the first three games she's played as a starter
- Davey has an assist in consecutive matches
- Keefer has scored in six of nine matches
- OU earned its first SEC-opening win since joining the league
- Paige Califf, Lexi Dendis and Ally Laccinole all played 90 minutes to pace all outfielders
Up Next
The Sooners play their first road match in SEC play at Georgia Sept. 18.