CANYON, Texas – Midwestern State's run of near-flawless soccer came to an end Friday afternoon in the Lone Star Conference Championship semifinals.

Texas A&M-Commerce took advantage of a pair of first-half miscues to cruise to a berth in conference finals with a 3-0 win over the Mustangs at The Pitch in Canyon.

"I'm really proud of the way the girls have played down the stretch," MSU coach Jeff Trimble said. "That's what makes this one tough because we made mistakes that we haven't been making and we missed a few point-blank chances and you can't do that."

The loss ends an eight-match winning streak as the Mustangs close the season with a 14-7 mark, while the No. 25-ranked Lions (14-2-3) advance to face West Texas A&M, a 5-1 winner over Central Oklahoma in Friday's other semifinal, for the LSC title Sunday at noon.

Texas A&M-Commerce cashed on a corner kick opportunity which resulted off of a misclear by MSU in the third minute as Melissa DoRemus netted her fifth goal of the season.

The Lions used the a stiff crosswind in the 31st minute to their advantage to gain a two-goal lead going into intermission.

Chelsey Haight played the ball down the end line and launched a shot that drifted off of Midwestern goalkeeper Heather Primavera to put Texas A&M-Commerce up 2-0.

The Lions' Meagan Lasley ran her season goal total 19 with a meaningless goal with 23 seconds remaining in the contest.

Lone Star Conference Championship

Nov. 6-9, 2008

Canyon, Texas

First Round

Thursday, Nov. 6

Midwestern State 4, Northeastern State 0

Central Oklahoma 3, Abilene Christian 1

Semifinals

Friday, Nov. 7

Texas A&M-Commerce 3, Midwestern State 0

West Texas A&M 5, Central Oklahoma 1

Sunday, Nov. 9

Championship Game

Texas A&M-Commerce vs. West Texas A&M , Noon
  

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