Midwestern State begins a four-game home stand with a pair of Homecoming Weekend matchups against Incarnate Word and Angelo State at the MSU Soccer Field. The Mustangs are one of four teams with three defeats in league play in wide open race for the postseason. 

SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION

INCARNATE WORD 
// Friday, 10.12.2012 // 8:30 p.m. // MSU Soccer Field // Wichita Falls, Texas 
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Incarnate Word (6-5-0, 6-3-0) have reeled off four consecutive wins to climb into a first-place tie in the Lone Star Conference race with West Texas A&M after opening the season dropping five of its first seven matches. Junior midfielder Amber Guenther leads UIW's attack with six goals including a hat trick against West Texas A&M. The Cards' balanced offense include three-goal contributions from junior forward Sydney Solomon, junior forward Katie Miller, sophomore forward Jazma Latu and senior defender Jordyn Garcia. Reigning LSC Defensive Player of the Week Heather Kowalik has permitted a 1.24 goals against average with a .714 save percentage in 10 starts between the posts. 
Previous Meeting (9/16): MSU sophomore forward Payton Fookes banged in a free kick from 25 yards out to give the Mustangs their first victory of the season in a driving rain at Benson Stadium.  The MSU back line held the Cardinals without a shot on goal to preserve the shutout. 
All-Time Series: Incarnate Word leads 11-6-1. 

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ANGELO STATE 
// Sunday, 10.14.2012 // 1 p.m. // MSU Soccer Field // Wichita Falls, Texas 
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Angelo State (7-5-1, 5-3-1) enter the weekend two points behind Lone Star Conference leading West Texas  A&M and Incarnate Word. The Rambelles claimed consecutive wins over Texas Woman's University and Texas A&M-Commerce last week after splitting four road matches over the previous two weekends. Freshman forward Lauren Bateman returned from a five-match absence to tally a pair of goals in a 3-1 win over Texas A&M-Commerce on Sunday. She leads the team with three goals while junior midfielder Katie Squires, freshman forward Sierra Anderson and junior midfielder Maggie Schaffer have all accounted for two goals each. Senior goalkeeper Danielle Edwards has gone the distance in each of ASU's 13 matches allowing a 1.04 goals against average with a .778 save percentage. 
Previous Meeting (9/14): Freshman forward Ashley Cottrell tallied her first collegiate goal as the regulation buzzer sounded then Midwestern State battled Angelo State to a 1-1 draw at the ASU Soccer Field. Cottrell's equalizer nullified ASU's Ashley Exford's first tally of the season in the 40th minute. 
All-Time Series: Midwestern State leads 12-6-6. 

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ABOUT THE MUSTANGS

Midwestern State (3-7-3, 3-3-3) hopes to ride the momentum of its best performance of the season with a pair of pivotal Lone Star Conference matchups against Incarnate Word and Angelo State at the MSU Soccer Field. Freshman forward Ashley Cottrell, the reigning LSC Offensive Player of the Week, tallied a pair of goals to propel the Mustangs to a 4-1 win Sunday at West Texas A&M. Sophomore forward Payton Fookes played a key role in the onslaught by blasting in a free kick in the fourth minute then assisting (credited or not) on two more MSU tallies. It was the Mustangs' first multiple-goal performance of the season. The Mustangs will now effort to crack the win column on their pitch where they are 0-4-1 this season. Cottrell and Fookes lead the MSU attack with four and three goals, respectively, while Maddie Fraser, Katy Catney, Mickey Brown, Kaila Maxey and Megan Barnhart have all accounted for a goal apiece for the Mustangs. Senior Mallory Whitworth leads the nation in goalkeeper minutes played while allowing a 1.34 goals against average with a .740 save percentage. 

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NOTEWORTHY
 

• The defending LSC champion Mustangs are currently in a tie for fourth place with ENMU at 12 points, but play four of their final five games of the season at home.
• MSU owns a winning 3-2-2 mark on the road but is winless in five home matches this season.
• Midwestern State extended a streak of four consecutive double overtime matches Friday at Eastern New Mexico for the first time in the program's 18-year history.
• The Mustangs tallied multiple goals for the first time this season in a 4-1 win at West Texas A&M in its 13th match this season. MSU had never gone more than three games into a season without scoring more than one goal in a game.
• Sophomore forward Payton Fookes' foot played a role in three of MSU's four goals Sunday against West Texas A&M. She blasted in a free kick for her third goal of the season, recorded a first-half assist then her crossing pass in the 90th minute led directly to Cottrell's second tally of the contest.
• The Mustangs have won each of the three games this season when Payton Fookes has scored a goal.
• Freshman forward Ashley Cottrell scored on each of her three shots including a goal at Eastern New Mexico on Friday and two against West Texas A&M on Sunday.
• Senior Mallory Whitworth continues to lead the nation in goalkeeper minutes played with 1275:28 just under 10 minutes ahead of Alabama-Huntsville's Iris Gunnarsdottir (12:65:53).