Mean Green smashes Sooners on the pitch

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NORMAN — Sept. 26, 2008. That was the last time Oklahoma took a beating like the one it endured Sunday against North Texas.

The Mean Green demolished the Sooners 5-0 at John Crain Field. It was the third loss in the last four games for the OU. In all three defeats, the Sooners have been shutout.

“I think we were beat by a better team today,” OU coach Matt Potter said. “All the credit goes to North Texas. They came in with a game plan and executed a game plan. When they got their opportunities they put the ball in the back of the net. Great day for them, obviously not a good day for us.”

The Mean Green (6-2-0) were the aggressive team from the start. They had two shots on goals in the first five minutes.

That assertiveness paid off when Amber Haggerty put North Texas on the board with 36 minutes left in the first half. On a free kick attempt, Haggerty took a pass from

Kelsey Hodges and blasted a shot past the Sooners’ (3-5-0) Stade Kassidie for the first goal of the afternoon.

“These things are going to happen,” Potter said. “We can’t accept them because they are not our standards. At the end of the day all we can do is go back to work and congratulate North Texas on a job well done.”

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