As junior wingback Alex Morris stood in the media room in early August, she showed nothing but disdain for the Big 12 women’s soccer preseason poll.
Oklahoma State, coming off of a missed NCAA tournament appearance for the first time since 2018, had been picked to finish fifth in the conference.
“This team is better than fifth place in the Big 12,” she said heading prior to her team’s season-opening match.
Coach Colin Carmichael placed emphasis on the glaring potential of this year’s roster, and the talent was there. Two of the program’s all-time leading goal scorers in Dowell and Yochum, returned as the leaders of a young team.