The Mustangs close the home portion of its schedule this weekend at the MSU Soccer Field with a pair of Lone Star Conference matches. MSU takes on Texas Woman's University Friday night before taking on Texas A&M-Commerce for Senior Day set for Sunday afternoon.
 

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MSU FAST FIVE

LSC Postseason Possibilities: The Mustangs are currently alone in fifth place in the Lone Star Conference standings. The top six teams advance to the LSC Postseason set for the site of the regular season champion and clearly nothing has been determined in a wild race. So many different scenarios exist with three games remaining. The Mustangs could finish as high as the No. 2 seed or drop all the out of the seeding for the six-team tournament field. MSU tied each of its remaining three opponents -- Texas Woman's, Texas A&M-Commerce and Abilene Christian.

Honoring the Seniors: Six seniors will play their final matches on the MSU Soccer Field this weekend and will be celebrated during Senior Day festivities during pregame of Sunday's match against Texas A&M-Commerce. This year's seniors include: Mallory Whitworth (GK), Haley Crandall (MF), Berklee Dressler (D), Hanna Staley (D), Megan Barnhart (D/MF) and Maddie Fraser (MF).

Working Overtime: Midwestern State has played in a Lone Star Conference most seven overtime matches this season -- all league matches. The Mustangs are 1-3-3 in those matches and 3-1 in LSC regulation games.

Whitworth in Goal: Senior goalkeeper Mallory Whitworth tops NCAA Division II in goalkeeper minutes played with 1,463. The McKinney native has played each minute for the Mustangs in goal this season and has accumulated 6,303 career minutes in goal. She needs to play 293 more minutes to pass Elli O'Dwyer (2002-05) for the most career time spent in goal for an MSU keeper. Whitworth tops Midwestern's all-time charts in goals against average (0.81) and shutouts (20). With 41 wins, she is two shy of Lindsey Kiser's total of 43 set from 1997-00.

Cottrell on a Roll: Freshman forward Ashley Cottrell leads the Mustangs with five goals this season including four tallies in a stretch of four games from Oct. 5-12. The Arlington native netted a goal at Eastern New Mexico and two goals at West Texas A&M before ending the stretch with a goal against Incarnate Word.
   

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SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION

TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY
// Friday, 10.19.2012 // 7 p.m. // MSU Soccer Field // Wichita Falls, Texas 
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The Pioneers (6-7-2, 5-5-1) snapped a five-match winless streak with a 2-0 win over Eastern New Mexico Sunday in Denton. TWU struggled on the attack during the skid suffering four shutouts in the five matches including a scoreless draw with Midwestern which started the spiral back on Sep. 30.  Senior forward Brittany Martin has accounted for 10 of TWU's 23 goals this season while dishing out three assists. Sophomore midfielder Taylor Maxson adds three goals and two assists while sophomore forwards Emily Davila and Candice Davies have scored two goals each. Primary goalkeeper Lindsey Sisco allows a 1.44 goals against average while posting three shutouts.
Previous Meeting (9/30): Midwestern State and Texas Woman's University played to a scoreless draw on a rain-soaked TWU Soccer Field last month.
All-Time Series: Midwestern State leads 8-2-2.
  

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TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE
// Sunday, 10.21.2012 // 1 p.m. // MSU Soccer Field // Wichita Falls, Texas 
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The Lions (5-9-0, 4-7-0) have lost three of their last four heading into the weekend and are 1-5 away outside of Commerce this season. Freshman forward Anitra Wright leads the attack with five goals and an assist this season while junior forward Brionna Minde is A&M-C's top creator with two goals and seven assists. Sophomore Cadie Annett and junior Eva Brutto have scored two goals each. Primary goalkeeper Tracey Rogers permits a 1.47 goals against average while posting three shutouts.
Previous Meeting (9/29): MSU sophomore forward Payton Fookes blasted in a goal from 25 yards out in the 109th minute to lift the Mustangs to a 1-0 win in double overtime at the A&M-Commerce Soccer Field.
All-Time Series: Midwestern State leads 15-8-3. 
  

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NOTEWORTHY
 

• Freshman forward Ashley Cottrell accounted for her fourth goal in three matches converting a header off of a Payton Fookes' free kick in the 55th minute Friday to give MSU a 1-0 lead over Incarnate Word.
• For the first time this season, Fookes did not score in an MSU win but definitely played a key role producing four shots and taking five corner kicks Sunday against Angelo State.
• Junior midfielder Emily Saville tallied her first goal of the season when she followed Katy Catney's carom off of the crossbar on a free kick in the 32nd minute against Angelo State on Sunday. It was Saville's fifth career goal and first since tallying a goal in a 4-0 win over Incarnate Word on Sep. 18, 2011.
• Senior goalkeeper Mallory Whitworth notched her 20th career shutout Sunday against Angelo State to match Elli O'Dwyer (2002-05) for the most in program history.
• Whitworth continues to lead the nation goalkeeper minutes played this season with 1,465:16. She has played every minute MSU has played between the posts this season.