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WOMEN'S SOCCER WEEKLY: Mustangs staying positive despite rough start

MSU Women’s Soccer Weekly

Midwestern State gets a chance to get back on track with three Lone Star Conference contests this week. The Mustangs take on Abilene Christian in a rematch of the last two LSC championship contests Wednesday night at the MSU Soccer Field before hitting the road for games at Texas A&M-Commerce on Friday and Texas Woman's University on Sunday. 
 
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION
 
ABILENE CHRISTIAN  
// Wednesday, 09.26.2012 // 6 p.m. // MSU Soccer Field // Wichita Falls, Texas 
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The Wildcats (3-5-0, 1-3-0) have struggled in the absence of two-time All American and Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Year Andrea Carpenter. But the junior from Amarillo has returned and scored her 39th and 40th goals of her career against Incarnate Word and Eastern New Mexico. Yet ACU, is 1-3 during that stretch - all LSC contests - after opening the season by splitting their first four matches of the season. Senior midfielder Julie Coppedge and senior forward Krysta Grimm have tallied a pair of goals and senior defender Lexi Sterling has added another as ACU has struggled offensively averaging 0.88 goals per game after notching 2.13 a season ago. Senior goalkeeper Arielle Moncure has let in 12 goals through eight matches this season for a 1.50 goals against average while posting a pair of shutouts.
All-Time Series: Midwestern State leads series, 6-4. 
Coach Trimble on the Wildcats: " ACU is a dangerous soccer team. Their record does not reflect where they are right now. Andrea Carpenter is now back from injury and that will make a big impact for them." 
   
  
TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE 
// Friday, 09.28.2012 // 7 p.m. // A&M-Commerce Soccer Field // Commerce, Texas 
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The Lions (2-5-0, 1-3-0) effort to use a five-game home stand to work their way out of a three-game slide this weekend against LSC preseason front runners Midwestern State and Abilene Christian. Freshman forward Anitra Wright paces the A&M-Commerce attack with three goals while junior forward Brionna Minde, a first-team All-LSC performer in 2011, has tallied two goals and team-high four assists. Junior midfielder Eva Brutto has also notched two goals and freshman defender Sydney Lawthers has accounted for the Lions only other goal this season. Junior goalkeeper Tracey Rogers has permitted 12 goals for a 1.89 goals against average with 32 saves and one shutout. 
All-Time Series: Midwestern State leads series, 14-8-3. 
Coach Trimble on the Lions: " Texas A&M-Commerce is very dangerous on offense. They play very direct and Brionna Minde has scored a lot of goals for them. They are a very strong and physical team." 
    
 
TEXAS WOMAN'S  
// Sunday, 09.30.2012 // 2 p.m. // TWU Soccer Field // Denton, Texas 
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The Pioneers (4-3-1, 3-1-0) ride a two-match winning streak and have been victorious in four of their last five outings heading into weekend matches against Abilene Christian and Midwestern State. Senior forward Brittany Martin, a Division I transfer from Rice, leads TWU's resurgence with six goals and three assists while sophomore midfielder Taylor Maxson, an East Tennessee State transfer, and sophomore Emily Davila add two goals each. The LSC's No. 2 goal scoring side at 2.12 goals per game as 10 different players have tallied scores for the Pioneers. Sophomore goalkeeper Lindsey Sisco, a transfer from Middle Tennessee State, has let in 10 goals for a 1.51 goals against average logging 27 saves and one shutout. 
All-Time Series: Midwestern State leads series, 8-2-1. 
Coach Trimble on the Pioneers: " They are having a good year and they are a very talented group. It's always tough to play in Denton." 
  
  
ABOUT THE MUSTANGS
  
Midwestern State (1-6-1, 1-2-1) continues to search for ways to stay healthy and hopes the elixir also cures its needs to simply score more goals. Eight different players have missed time due to injury and illness forcing coach Jeff Trimble into starting a different lineup in each of the Mustangs’' eight matches this season. MSU has managed to net just five goals - from five different players - but has also just struggled to create opportunities. The Mustangs rate last in the LSC scoring 0.62 goals per game while posting 11 shots per game as a team - the lowest average in the 18-year history of the program. However, Midwestern showed signs of aggression last weekend against West Texas A&M and Eastern New Mexico when it blasted a combined 44 shots. The Mustangs had taken the same number of shots over their previous six matches. 
 
Coach Jeff Trimble said: " We're getting healthier and that's a positive. We have options with some of our players coming back. We'll have Stevie Harris and Kaila Maxey coming back. We've got to keep playing with energy and stay positive. As strange as it sounds, we have to play with confidence and not let doubts affect our play." 
    

NOTEWORTHY
  
  • Midwestern State dropped a pair of Lone Star Conference home matches to West Texas A&M and Eastern New Mexico last weekend to fall to 1-6-1 on the season and to 1-2-1 in league play.
  • The Mustangs have lost four consecutive home games for just the second time in school history and for the first time since falling in five consecutive matches at the MSU Soccer Field to start the 2000 season.
  • MSU lost six consecutive matches on its home turf if you count a 2-1 defeat to Texas A&M-Commerce in the 1999 LSC semifinals to go along with the 0-5 home start in 2000.
  • The Mustangs have managed to score just five goals this season -- all by different players... Midwestern is generating fewer shots (11.00) and shots on goal (4.25) per game than any other season in its 18-year history.
  • The Mustangs blasted a combined 44 shots against West Texas A&M (26) and Eastern New Mexico (18) - their two highest outputs of the season - after taking the same number of shots over their previous six matches.
  • Sophomore midfielder Katy Catney notched her first goal of the season in Friday's 2-1 overtime loss to West Texas A&M. It was her third career goal and all have come against the Lady Buffs as she scored two goals in a 5-0 win on Oct. 7, 2011.
  • Senior goalkeeper Mallory Whitworth made 11 combined saves against West Texas A&M and Eastern New Mexico to move past Erika Shoenrock (214 saves from 1998-01) and into fourth place on MSU's all-time saves list with 225.
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