Mustangs eye ninth consecutive win as they journey to Lubbock Christian

LUBBOCK, Texas – No. 21-ranked Midwestern State travels to Lubbock Christian on Wednesday evening with an eight-game profitable streak and a plus-24 objective differential, which is one of the best in NCAA Division II. The Mustangs are averaging three objectives a sport and haven’t conceded a objective this season.

Midwestern State (8-0-0, 4-0-0) is coming off a 1-0 win over UT Dallas on Saturday evening as Lexi Gonzales scored her team-leading fourth objective of the season within the eighty fifth minute.  The Mustangs outshot the Comets at UTD Soccer Complex 12-7 and solely allowed one shot on objective. Midwestern State put 4 of its pictures on body. 

An MSU opponent has not put greater than 5 pictures on objective within the final 27 video games.

Gonzales leads the Stangs with 12 factors from 4 objectives and 4 assists. Sloane Sullivan is second on the workforce with 9 factors from three objectives and three assists.

Fourteen Mustangs have scored a objective this season. Madison Brinkley, McKynzi Hailey, Ashlynn Knight, Binky Mendez and Bella Pillow have every scored two objectives this season. 

Seven gamers have scored one objective, together with Leeci Snyder, who’s tied with Gonzales for the workforce lead in assists with 4. Six gamers have assisted on two objectives for MSU, and 5 different Mustangs have one help. 

Midwestern State is sixth within the nation and second within the convention with 3.25 assists per sport. MSU is third has the second most complete objectives within the LSC with 24, which is seventh-most within the nation. Three objectives per sport is the third highest common within the convention and twelfth amongst Division II applications.

Goalkeeper Lauren Short is main the nation with seven shutouts, and she or he has one mixed shutout. Tanner Sorenson performed the second half in an 8-0 win over Eastern New Mexico. Short has made 14 saves in eight begins this season. She has made two or fewer saves in six of her eight appearances for the Mustangs. She made a season-high 4 saves in a 1-0 win over Central Oklahoma.

Midwestern State has received all three highway video games this season: at Oklahoma Baptist (5-0), at UT Permian Basin (3-0) and at UT Dallas (1-0). The Mustangs have a five-game highway profitable streak, courting again to wins at Dallas Baptist (2-0) and Eastern New Mexico (5-0) final season. The Mustangs have a plus-16 objective differential in these video games with out conceding a objective.

Midwestern State leads the all-time collection with Lubbock Christian 5-2 and has received the final three conferences, together with a 2-0 victory at Stang Park final season. MSU outshot the Lady Chaps, 24-5, and didn’t enable a shot on objective. Bella Rose and Lillia Besedin scored second-half objectives within the victory for the Mustangs.

The Mustangs received their final go to to LCU, 2-1, as Brinkley scored a objective within the third minute for the Mustangs, who improved to 1-1-0 all-time at LCU Soccer & Track Facility.

Lubbock Christian (5-1-2, 2-0-2) has a seven-game unbeaten streak following its 2-0 victory over Angelo State because the Lady Chaps improved to 2-1-1 at house this season.

The Lady Chaps have recorded back-to-back shutouts and three this season. Their goals-against common is 0.88. 

Logan Hollway scored her fourth profession game-winning objective as LCU earned its first-ever win over the Rambelles within the tenth assembly. Holloway leads the Lady Chaps and is fifth within the LSC with 4 objectives this season, together with two in an 8-2 win at Western Colorado on Sept. 3.

Kaslee Roskelley has three objectives for the Lady Chaps, whereas Mia Chambliss, Journey Curs, Trinity Doom and Kali Guy have all scored two objectives this season. Lauren Rotan leads LCU with three assists. Roskelley, Curs and Riley Espinoza all have two assists for the Lady Chaps.

Emma Wright posted the clear sheet with 5 saves towards the Rambelles. Wright has three shutouts in seven begins for LCU with 35 saves. Her save proportion is .854, and she or he sports activities a .086 goals-against common.

Lubbock Christian has a plus-11 objective differential which is sixth-best within the convention. The Lady Chaps are the fourth-highest scoring workforce within the LSC with 18 objectives this season. 

Both colleges commit greater than 9 fouls per match, which places them within the backside third of the convention. LCU has been proven a conference-high 11 yellow playing cards, whereas Midwestern State has been cautioned six occasions this season. Neither workforce has seen a crimson card of their first eight video games.

 
Midwestern State returns house for a Saturday evening conflict with Texas Woman’s. Kickoff at Stang Park is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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