PROVO, Utah – The BYU women's soccer team will take South Field for the Blue vs. White game on Saturday, Aug. 3 at 7 p.m. to kick off the 2024 season.
Coming off their second College Cup appearance, the Cougars are gearing up for another year in the Big 12 conference. During their first season in the new conference, the Cougs had an overall record of 20-3-3, going undefeated in conference play 7-0-3. BYU finished its 2023 season ranked No. 4 and made a run to the NCAA College Cup, falling to Stanford 2-0 in the semi final match.
With nine starters graduating last year, BYU returns two starters in junior forward Allie Fryer and sophomore goalkeeper Lynette Hernaez.
The Cougars welcome eight new freshmen after losing 11 seniors last season: Ella Labrum, Abbi Sine, Mika Krommenhoek, Paiton Collins, Sommer Nestman, Lucy Kesler, Presley Freeman and Emma Hamberlin.
BYU also welcomes four transfers in Mia Curry, Savannah Hansen, MacKenzee Vance and Mattyn Summers.
Summers, a sophomore transfer from St. Louis, just returned home from serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Puebla, Mexico North mission. She is joined by Abbie Kotter who is returning to action after her 18-month mission in Portugal, Lisbon.
The Blue-White game will be a non-ticketed, free event with open seating, and will be streamed on the BYUtv app and ESPN+.