2023 BYU Cougars women's soccer team

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.

2023 BYU Cougars women's soccer
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record10–1–2 (3–0–2 Big 12)
Head coach
Home stadiumSouth Field
Uniform
Home
Away
2023 Big 12 Conference women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 6 Texas Tech  ‍‍‍ 7–0–2 .88913–0–4 .882
No. 7 BYU  ‍‍‍ 6–0–3 .83313–1–3 .853
TCU  ‍‍‍ 6–1–2 .77810–4–3 .676
Texas  ‍‍‍ 5–3–1 .61111–4–2 .706
UCF  ‍‍‍ 5–3–1 .6119–5–1 .633
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 5–3–1 .6117–7–3 .500
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍ 4–5–0 .44411–7–0 .611
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 3–4–2 .4448–6–3 .559
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 3–4–2 .4447–8–2 .471
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 2–3–4 .4443–7–6 .375
Iowa State  ‍‍‍ 3–6–0 .3336–10–1 .382
Houston  ‍‍‍ 2–6–1 .2788–7–2 .529
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 1–7–1 .1673–11–3 .265
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 0–7–2 .1113–8–6 .353
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2023 Big 12 Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of October 18, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The Big 12 Conference

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. Position Player Height Hometown Year
0 GK Lynette Hernaez 5'11" Corona, CA Freshman
1 GK Haven Empey 5'9" American Fork, UT Sophomore
2 MF, D Olivia (Smith) Griffiths 5'6" Eagle, ID RS Junior
3 D Ella Rustand 5'7" Tucson, AZ Freshman
4 F, MF Avery Frischknecht 5'10" Mapleton, UT RS Freshman
5 D Zoe Jacobs 5'5" Kaysville, UT Senior
6 D Tylie Pratt 5'6" Gilbert, AZ Freshman
7 F Erin Bailey 5'5" Layton, UT Sophomore
8 MF Sierra Pennock 5'5" Lindon, UT Sophomore
9 MF Emma Neff 5'5" Salt Lake City, UT RS Freshman
9 MF, F Carolina Stringfellow 5'4" Syracuse, UT Sophomore
10 MF, F Olivia (Wade) Katoa 5'8" Kaysville, UT Senior
11 MF, F Ellie (Maughan) Boren 5'8" North Ogden, UT Senior
12 MF Jamie Shepherd 5'7" American Fork, UT Senior
13 F, MF Brecken Mozingo 5'6" Sandy, UT Senior
13 F, MF Lytiana Akinaka 5'6" Maui, HI Junior
14 MF, F Ellie Ford 5'8" Provo, UT Freshman
15 F Ellie Walbruch 5'6" Highland, UT Sophomore
16 MF, D Kendell Petersen 5'8" South Weber, UT Senior
19 MF, F Halle Dixon 5'2" Carlsbad, CA Freshman
20 F Camryn Jorgensen 5'5" Highland, UT RS Freshman
21 D Tara Warner 5'6" Springville, UT Junior
22 F, MF Bella Folino 5'6" Aliso Viejo, CA RS Senior
23 F Allie Fryer 5'7" Spanish Fork, UT Sophomore
24 MF Josie Shepherd 5'6" American Fork, UT Sophomore
24 MF, D Izzi Stratton 5'11" Alpine, UT Sophomore
25 MF, F Jacey Wood 5'6" Las Vegas, NV Sophomore
26 D Laveni Vaka 5'6" Sandy, UT Senior
28 F Addie Gardner 5'7" Highland, UT Sophomore
33 MF, F Rachel McCarthy 5'7" American Fork, UT Senior
34 GK Kelsey Hoopes 5'7" Livermore, CA Sophomore
66 GK Savanna (Empey) Mason 5'10" 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
Exhibition (2–0–0)
Regular season (9–1–1)
Big 12 Tournament (0–0–0)
* 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-
Season		Week
1		Week
2		Week
3		Week
4		Week
5		Week
6		Week
7		Week
8		Week
9		Week
10		Week
11		Week
12
Postseason		Final
United Soccer Coaches 13 11 7 1[16] 1 6 6
Top Drawer Soccer 12 11 9 3 2 6 6 10
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

References

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

See also: 2023 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team, 2023 BYU Cougars football team, 2023–24 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2023–24 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2024 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team, 2024 BYU Cougars baseball team, and 2024 BYU Cougars softball team
  1. "New BYU women's assistant soccer coach hired". The Daily Universe. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  2. "Magleby hired as assistant women's soccer coach". Deseret News. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  3. "BYU WOMEN'S SOCCER WELCOMES TASHA BELL TO THE COACHING STAFF". BYU athletics. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  4. "Big 12 Legacy Members Welcome BYU, Newcomers To Conference". KSL.com. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  5. "BYU women's soccer falls to North Carolina in College Cup Sweet 16". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  6. "2023 Big 12 Soccer Conference Schedule Released". Big 12 Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
  7. "BYUtv Sports preparing for jump to Big 12 with ESPN, Fox". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  8. "BYU Women's Soccer Schedule Features Defending Champion UCLA In Provo". KSL.com. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  9. "No. 13 BYU women's soccer wins opener vs. No. 21 Saint Louis 3-2". Daily Herald. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  10. "BYU women's soccer blows past Cal State Fullerton". Daily Herald. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  11. "No. 11 BYU women's soccer blanks Long Beach State". Daily Herald. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  12. "BYU roundup: Cougars stay undefeated in women's soccer, women's volleyball". Daily Herald. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  13. "No. 7 BYU women's soccer shocks No. 1 UCLA, 3-1". Daily Herald. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  14. "No. 7 BYU women's soccer gets revenge on UVU". Daily Herald. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  15. "Top-ranked BYU soccer easily handles Utah in rivalry match". Deseret News. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  16. "BYU women's soccer ranked No. 1 for first time". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
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