MEN'S SOCCER
No. 2-ranked Midwestern State overcame an early 2-0 deficit at Texas A&M International and scored a 6-3 victory in Laredo to remain unbeaten this season. The Mustangs are 12-0-1 overall with a 4-0-0 conference record. This week, MSU travels to Lubbock Christian for a Wednesday night match and hosts Eastern New Mexico for a 5 p.m. match on Saturday.
The Mustangs have the fifth-best goal differential among Division II schools this season at +30, outscoring the opposition 38-8. The three goals conceded at TAMIU is a season high. The Mustangs had not allowed more than one goal in a match since a 2-2 draw with Rogers State at Stang Park on Sept. 7.
Senior forward
Mere Escobar has at least one point in all but one match this season and has scored a conference-leading 12 goals in 13 matches. Esocbar has also assisted on six goals and leads the Lone Star Conference with 30 points. Escobar ranks fourth in the nation in both goals and points.
Escobar spurred the comeback at TAMIU with a goal in the 19th minute after the Dustdevils had taken a 2-0 lead in the opening six minutes.
Max Gonzales, a junior forward, scored his third goal of the season to pull MSU even with TAMIU in the 23rd minute. In the 34th minute,
Samuele Muroni scored his first of three goals in the match, and Midwestern held a 3-2 halftime lead.
Jordan Mase of TAMIU scored his second goal of the game and eighth of the season in the 57th minute as TAMIU tied the match, 3-3.
Escobar provided the service on a corner kick in the 65th minute, and
Juan Galindo reclaimed the lead for the Mustangs with his first goal of the year.
Anthony Perea assisted Muroni on his second goal of the night in the 80th minute after TAMIU went down a man.
Following a second red card to the Dustdevils,
Conner Lewis sent a ball into Muroni, who deflected it up for a bicycle kick that he whipped past goalkeeper Gal Grodeski from 12 yards out to complete the hat trick.
Liam Pritchard played a season-low 37 minutes at TAMIU and was held without a point for the first time in five matches. Pritchard is second on the team with 14 points.
Jack Larkin has four goals and two assists for the Mustangs this season and matched a season high with four shots against TAMIU.
Midwestern State is the highest scoring team in the LSC, and 2.92 goals per game is sixth-best among Division II programs. The 38 total goals scored by the Mustangs is fifth-most in the country.
MSU is averaging 8.08 points per game, which is second in the LSC and ninth in the nation. Escobar is averaging 2.31 points per game, which leads the conference and is fifth in the nation.
The Mustangs and West Texas A&M have allowed the fewest goals in the LSC, and Midwestern State leads the league with 0.62 goals allowed per game.
With a 0.625 goals against average, junior goalkeeper
Adam Braman leads the conference. Braman is sixth in the league with 25 saves, and his .758 save percentage is fourth-best in the LSC.
Midwestern State plays its penultimate road match at Lubbock Christian on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Mustangs lead the all-time series, 8-0-4, and played a scoreless draw in non-conference match with the Chaparrals at LCU Soccer & Track Complex last season. MSU is 4-0-2 all-time as the visitor in the series.
The Chaps visited Stang Park for a conference duel last season. Pablo Galietero Diez scored on a penalty kick following a hand ball in the box, and LCU took the lead in the 53rd minute. Escobar assisted
Sulahmana Bah to tie the game in the 59th minute.
Darryl Walsh converted off a
Rory Doyle corner kick in the 80th minute, and MSU scored a critical 2-1 victory, ending a three-game winless streak.
Lubbock Christian is 4-2-6 overall with a 0-1-3 conference record. The Chaps are winless in their last seven matches with a 0-5-2 record, and are 2-1-3 at home this season.
LCU has scored 17 goals and conceded 17 goals this season. The Chaps have not scored in 298 minutes.
Galietero Diez scored the last goal for LCU in a 2-2 draw at St. Mary's. Following a 5-0 loss to West Texas A&M, the Chaps have played back-to-back 0-0 draws against Eastern New Mexico and UT Tyler.
Galietero Diez and Saimon Gjeci have each scored four goals this season to lead LCU. Enzo Jaques and Lucas Carli have scored twice. Galietero Diez leads the team with 10 points, and Gjeci has nine points. Jaques leads the team with four assists and has eight points. Galietero Diez and Carli each have two assists. Ten players have earned at least one point for LCU this season.
Galietero Diez is second in the conference with 3.08 shots per game and is third in the LSC in shot accuracy with 51.4 percent of his shots on goal.
Goalkeeper Tom Miles has started all but one match this season and has started the last 10 matches for the Chaps. Miles has made 60 saves, which is the most by any goalkeeper in the LSC and 16th most among Division II goalkeepers. Miles is third in the conference with a .759 save percentage. Miles, a junior transfer from West Texas A&M in 2021, is 10th in the conference with a 1.81 goals against average, but he has posted four clean sheets, which is second in the LSC.
Midwestern State returns home to face Eastern New Mexico on Saturday. The Mustangs have lost their last two meetings with the Greyhounds, but both matches were in Portales, New Mexico.
Last year, Ben Sauerländer scored in the 43rd minute, and ENMU held on for a 1-0 victory despite being outshot, 16-6. Paul Waschkau made five saves in the victory at Greyhound Stadium. Braman made two saves in the loss for the Mustangs.
Midwestern State is 23-4-3 in the all-time series and is 13-1-1 when hosting ENMU, which has lost its last three visits and has been outscored in those matches, 10-3.
The Greyhounds are 4-5-3 overall this season and 2-1-1 in the LSC.
Entering the week, ENMU has been outscored this season, 22-18, and is 2-4-1 on the road.
Junior Nick Huenig from Germany leads the Greyhounds with four goals. Ignacio Lopez and Giani Mascarel have each scored three goals. Felix Drizinsky and Matteo Azambuja have two goals apiece this season for ENMU. Drizinsky leads the squad with four assists and Lopez has two assists for the Greyhounds.
Waschkau has started seven matches and has a 3-2-2 record in goal for ENMU. The sophomore from Germany has a 1.79 goals against average and a .667 save percentage. Hugo Sacco, a freshman from France, has started four matches and is 1-2-1. Sacco has a 2.21 goals against average and a .632 save percentage.
Catalin Nastuta took the loss against South Dakota Mines in his only appearance this season, allowing one goal and making three saves against the Hardrockers in a 1-0 loss at Greyhound Stadium on Sept. 16.
The Mustangs are playing three of their final four matches at home.
Wednesday, October 18
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| 7 pm |
#2 Midwestern State at Lubbock Christian |
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WOMEN'S SOCCER
Midwestern State has played three consecutive 1-1 draws and is on the road to face UT Permian Basin in a match on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. The Mustangs are home Saturday night to host Dallas Baptist at 7:30 p.m. MSU is 5-3-5 overall with a 2-2-3 conference record.
MSU is outscoring its opponents this season, 18-12.
Lexi Beck is second in the LSC with seven goals this season, and she is fourth in the conference with four assists. The junior from Fort Worth, Texas, is second in the league with 18 points. Beck has not scored a goal in the last four matches and did not have a point in either of the last two outings.
McKenna Jenkins,
Isabella Cruz and
Allessandra Romano each have two goals for the Mustangs. Jenkins also has three assists and is second on the team with seven points.
Cassidy Savoy has a goal and two assists for four points.
Midwestern State is fourth in the LSC with 14.08 shots per game but 11th in shot accuracy with 40.4 percent of the shots on frame.
Freshman goalkeeper
Allison Dellis has started the last three matches and is 0-0-3 for the Mustangs. Dellis made 11 saves against TAMIU before leaving with an apparent injury in the 70th minute. Dellis has a 1.03 goals against average and a .842 save percentage this season.
Junior goalkeeper
Lexi Jackson started the first 10 matches and replaced Dellis in the match against TAMIU. Jackson is 5-3-2 with a 0.89 goals against average and a save percentage of .735. Jackson preserved the draw on Saturday with three saves.
The Mustangs are 2-2-2 on the road this season and 11-1-1 in the all-time series with UTPB. Midwestern State has won all six matches in Odessa, Texas.
UTPB was shut out in the first nine meetings and outscored 35-0 in that span. The Falcons have been shut out 10 times in the all-time series.
Last year, UTPB took a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute as Cassandra Ramirez scored her third goal of the season. Following a hand ball in the box,
Randi Heaton scored on a penalty kick for MSU in the 65th minute and tied the match, 1-1.
Marissa Resendez and
Jozy Bardsley scored in the final 15 minutes at Stang Park, and Midwestern State defeated the Falcons, 3-1.
UTPB is 2-1-1 at home this season and is coming off a 1-0 loss to Texas Woman's at UTPB Turf Field on Sunday. The Falcons have been outscored this season, 20-18, but at home UTPB is outscoring the visitors, 10-4.
Tatiana Leggiero and Maria Tarrago have each scored four goals for the Falcons this season. Leggiero also has five assists and leads the team with 13 points. Kristel Chaves and Laura Perez each have two goals and two assists for UTPB. Carolina Farias has also scored twice this season. Ten players have at least one point for the Falcons.
Freshman goalkeeper Valeria Delgado has made seven starts and appeared in 10 matches for UTPB this season. The Costa Rican keeper is 2-3-4, and she has allowed 17 goals and made 46 saves. Delgado has a 1.93 goals against average with a .730 save percentage. Jenna McEnaney has allowed three goals in four starts with 13 saves and is 1-1-0 this season. The senior from Midland, Texas, has a 1.36 goals against average and a .813 save percentage.
UTPB leads the conference with 25 yellow cards, and Farias has been booked five times this season.
The Mustangs are unbeaten at Stang Park this year and return home to play Dallas Baptist on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Midwestern State leads the all-time series, 7-6-0, but the Patriots have won the last six meetings, including a 4-1 victory in the LSC Tournament final in Dallas last year. DBU outshot the Mustangs, 30-8, and had 62 percent of the possession.
Dallas Baptist enters the week with a 6-0-4 record overall, and the Patriots are 3-0-3 in conference play.
The Patriots are outscoring their opponents, 23-5, and lead the conference with 2.3 goals per game. All five goals conceded have been on the road. DBU has scored 14 away goals this season.
Michelle Gonzalez leads the Patriots with five goals. Taylor Tufts has 10 assists and leads the team with 16 points. Sophia Schrock has four goals and one assist. Tufts and Joeli Benson have three goals apiece, and Annie Severide has two goals and two assists. Angelina Olmos has a goal and two assists this season. DBU has 15 players with at least one point.
Goalkeeper Carmen Lopez is a freshman from Dallas and has allowed just one goal in her last four appearances. Lopez has made seven starts and is 4-0-3 with a 0.65 goals against average and a .800 save percentage for the Patriots.
Breanna Bowen is a junior goalkeeper from Round Rock, Texas, and has allowed one goal in six appearances with three starts. Bowen is 2-0-1 with a 0.26 goals against average and a save percentage of .800.
Marcus Wood is in his second season as the head coach at DBU after 22 seasons as the head coach at Hardin-Simmons. Woods has an overall record of 410-46-37 and he is 23-2-5 since arriving at Dallas Baptist, where he was 17-2-1 last season and won the Lone Star Conference title.
The encounter with Dallas Baptist begins a three-match homestand for Midwestern State, which will host West Texas A&M and Lubbock Christian before closing the regular season at UT Tyler on Nov. 3.
Wednesday, October 18
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| 5:30 pm |
Midwestern State at UT Permian Basin |
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VOLLEYBALL
Midwestern State is back at D.L. Ligon Coliseum for a pair of matches. Dallas Baptist visits the Mustangs on Friday night at 6 p.m. UT Tyler travels to Wichita Falls to face MSU on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.
The Mustangs are coming off back-to-back losses on the road. Midwestern State lost in straight sets to the defending national champions from West Texas A&M, and Cameron swept MSU at Aggie Gym.
Brooke Parker had 18 assists in the loss at WT and was 3 for 6 with a .500 attack percentage against the Lady Buffs.
Kimora Carter was 4 for 10 and hit .400 at "The Box" in Canyon.
Riley Rabedeaux had a team-high five kills and an ace at WT.
Rabedeaux and
Sadie Portmann each had six kills the following day at Cameron, and
Taygon Jones had 17 digs in the loss.
Alayna Guerrero finished with 11 assists in the latest edition of the "Red River Rivalry."
Midwestern State is now 4-16 overall with a 1-7 conference record.
The Mustangs are second in the conference and eighth in the nation with 18.51 digs per set, and Jones leads MSU with 4.36 digs per set.
Lauryn Bourne is averaging 3.13 digs per set.
The Mustangs are fourth in the LSC with 38.28 attacks per set, and Rabedeaux is the most active attacker with 9.19 per set, which is sixth in the conference. Rabedeaux leads the Mustangs with 2.75 kills per set.
Guerrero, a freshman from Red Oak, Texas, is sixth in the conference with 6.66 assists per set.
Jaiden Wright, a freshman middle hitter from Alvarado, Texas, leads MSU with 38 total blocks and 0.61 blocks per set.
Isabella Dickens, a freshman from Iowa Park High School, is hitting .243 to lead the team.
Dallas Baptist enters the week with a 13-6 record overall and a 6-2 conference mark. The Patriots have lost their last two road matches and are 3-4 in true road matches this season.
DBU reeled off six consecutive wins to begin conference play but suffered back-to-back losses in South Texas last week.
Jackson Ayanna led Texas A&M – Kingsville to a 3-1 victory with 19 kills. Dallas Baptist took the opening set, 25-23, but the Javelinas won the second set, 27-25. TAMUK won the next two sets, 25-17 and 25-21.
After dropping the first set in Laredo, 25-20, the Patriots took the second set at Texas A&M International, 25-16, by hitting .556. The Dustdevils narrowly won the third set, 25-23, before blowing past the Patriots in the fourth set, 25-14.
Dallas Baptist plays a midweek match at home against Oklahoma Christian before visiting Midwestern State.
The Patriots are led by senior outside hitter Delaney Fuller, who leads the conference and is 11th in the nation with 4.46 kills per set. She has 303 total kills for the Patriots, who are sixth in the conference with a .223 hitting percentage. Fuller also leads the LSC and is seventh in the nation with 5.14 points per set. No one in the conference attacks more frequently. Fuller averages 11.56 attacks per set, which is the 13th-highest total among Division II players.
Fuller is a talented server with 32 aces and 0.47 aces per set, which is second in the LSC behind Grace Reynolds of TWU. The Patriots lead the conference and are 15th in the nation with 2.22 aces per set.
Aryn Walton and Lexi Lambert each average more than 5.50 assists per set.
Shaylee Shore is second in the league with 1.21 blocks per set, and her 82 total blocks is fourth in the LSC. Daylee Doggett leads DBU with 4.68 digs per set.
Dallas Baptist has won three of its last four meetings with MSU but has not been to Wichita Falls since 2016, when the Mustangs prevailed, 3-1(25-16, 21-25, 25-22, 25-19).
Midwestern State leads the all-time series, 38-22, and is 17-7 when hosting the Patriots.
UT Tyler will make its third visit to D.L. Ligon Coliseum on Saturday afternoon.
The all-time series with the Patriots from Tyler is tied, 2-2, and each team has one road victory in the series.
UT Tyler has lost three of its last four matches entering this week and has lost its last two road matches. The Patriots are 10-9 overall and 4-4 in the conference. Like DBU, UT Tyler suffered back-to-back losses on the South Texas swing. Losing to TAMIU and Texas A&M – Kingsville in straight sets. The Patriots will visit TWU on Friday night before facing the Mustangs.
Head coach Lyndsay Mashe is in her eight season with UT Tyler and has won over 70 percent of her matches with the Patriots, who have made back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Division II National Volleyball Tournament, earning at-large bids into the South Central Regional Tournament following 20-plus win seasons in both 2021 and 2022.
Shayne Koski is second in the conference with 11.50 attacks per set and third in the league with 3.77 kills per set. The freshman from Parkville, Missouri, averages 4.12 points per set, which is fourth-best in the LSC.
Adeline Ortman averages 5.94 assists per set, and Jenna White is averaging 4.76 assists per set.
Addison Evans is third in the LSC with 5.03 digs per set.
The Mustangs are 3-5 at home this season and 8-9 "under the dome" in the
Stephanie Radecki era.
Radecki is pursuing 400 career victories with a 388-278 record in 21 seasons, including a 326-153 record in 14 seasons at North Alabama.
Friday, October 20
Saturday, October 21
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FOOTBALL
Midwestern State is on the road for the first time in more than a month, and the Mustangs are taking their longest trip of the season as they visit Western Oregon in Monmouth, Oregon. Kickoff is slated for 3:05 central time.
The last time MSU visited McArthur Field, the Wolves snapped the Mustangs' 21-game winning streak against NCAA Division II non-conference opponents with a 37-22 victory in 2019.
When the two schools clashed last year at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, Western Oregon was an affiliate member of the LSC.
Dillon Sterling-Cole passed for 258 yards, and MSU overcame a 14-0 deficit last season in a 26-21 victory. Linebacker
Quinterrius Hargrave made seven tackles to lead the MSU defensive effort, accounting for one of MSU's four turnovers, returning an interception for 50 yards.
Midwestern State is averaging 15.3 points and averaging 282.5 yards per game this season.
The Mustangs have the 18th-best rushing offense among Division II schools and is third in the LSC with 212.7 yards rushing per game.
Jalen March is the second-leading rusher in the LSC with 88.8 yards per game. March has rushed for 533 yards on 102 carries, averaging 5.2 yards per carry.
Devin Cross has gained 510 yards on 88 carries and fourth in the LSC with 85 yards per game. Cross averages 5.8 yards per carry.
Carson Roper started at quarterback in a 10-7 loss to Central Washington last week and rushed for 120 yards. The Midwestern State defense limited the Central Washington attack to 253 yards -- about 100 yards under its season average output.
The MSU defense is allowing opponents to gain 347.5 yards per game and score 23.2 points per game.
Western Oregon is 3-4 this season with a 2-2 record in the LSC. The Wolves are coming off a 45-14 loss to Minnesota State-Makato in a non-conference game last week.
The Wolves have won their last two conference games, winning at West Texas A&M, 37-36, and defeating Western New Mexico, 31-10.
Junior running back Dominique Loggins is second in the LSC with 103.29 all-purpose yards per game. Loggins has rushed for 605 yards on 111 carries and 86.4 yards per game makes him the third-leading rusher in the LSC. Loggins has rushed for five touchdowns this season, which is fifth-most in the LSC.
Sophomore wide receiver Keyvaun Eady is the leading receiver for the Wolves with 25 receptions for 331 yards and two touchdowns.
Gannon Winker is completing 53 percent of his passes (80-of-151) for 937 yards (133.9 ypg). Winker has thrown seven touchdowns and nine interceptions. The junior quarterback has thrown for a season-high 232 yards on two occasions this year. He threw two touchdowns in a 29-14 win over Lincoln in Week 2, and he had three touchdown passes in a 37-36 win at West Texas A&M. He threw three interceptions in a season-opening 45-7 loss to South Dakota State and a 17-7 loss to Central Washington.
Winker completed 13- of-30 passes for 150 yards and threw two interceptions in a 45-14 loss to Minnesota State last week.
Western Oregon has the sixth-ranked defense in the conference, allowing 342.9 yards per game.
The Wolves have the fifth best rush defense in the LSC, holding opponents to 4.2 yards per carry and 131.1 yards rushing per game.
Opponents have completed 59 percent of their passes for 211.7 yards per game against the Western Oregon defense, and the Wolves have only intercepted one pass this season.
The Wolves have recorded 13 sacks this season, and sophomore defensive lineman Joseph Northcutt leads the team with three sacks. Malcolm Liufau, Isaiah Abraham and Tyler Copeland have two sacks apiece.
Abraham has five tackles for loss, while Northcutt has 4.5 tackles for loss along with defensive lineman Noa Aluesi, who has 4.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks this season.
Jaylen Fife leads the conference with 24.4 yards per kickoff return, including a 54-yard return against Western New Mexico.
Arne Ferguson, who graduated from Western Oregon in 1991, is in his 19th season at the helm of the Western Oregon program and boasts a record of 103-87.
Midwestern State head coach
Bill Maskill is in his 22nd season at MSU, where his record is 158-69. In 24 seasons as a head coach overall, Maskill is 171-77 with two seasons at Southeast Missouri State.
The Mustangs return home next week to host Western New Mexico for the homecoming game. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
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Saturday, October 21
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CROSS COUNTRY
Midwestern State competes in the Lone Star Conference Championship Saturday morning at the Eastern New Mexico Cross Country Course in Portales. The 6K race begins at 10:30 a.m. (Central Time).
The top 15 finishers at the LSC Championship earn all-conference honors, while the top finishing freshman and newcomer also earn accolades. Midwestern State boasts 21 all-LSC performers since bringing back cross country in 2006. Former standout Ashley Flores earned all-league honors in each of her four seasons of competition, while Amerhyst Woolf, Sara Smith, Michelle, Krezonoski, and Janel Campbell were three-time recipients.
The Mustangs boast a deep, rich history competing in the LSC Championship. MSU claimed four consecutive league titles in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011, then added championships in alternating, even-numbered years in 2014, 2016, and 2018. Midwestern claimed a South Central Region title in 2011 and battled to national finishes of 15th in 2008, 17th in 2010, and 11th in 2011.
Midwestern State harriers have claimed three individual LSC titles, including Sydnee Cole (2009), Brissia Montalvo (2011), and Kayleigh Jarrett (2017).
This season, the Mustangs boast an impressive .831 finish percentage with one win over five meets.
Sophomore
Ella Pando was first to finish for MSU in three of her four meets this season, while crossing the line in tandem with three other Mustangs in the other meet. She is coming off of a 23rd-place showing in the DBU Old Glory Gallop, covering the 5K course in 18:31.60.
Sophomore
Jadyn Dangerfield and freshman
Jaycee Lyons also boast team countable finishes in each of their four meets.
Saturday, October 21
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MEN'S GOLF
Midwestern State closes the fall slate with the DBU Classic Monday and Tuesday at The Golf Club of Dallas.
The Mustangs bounced back from a sub-par performance in the opening tournament of the season to place fourth at West Texas A&M's Ryan Palmer Foundation Invitational before taking third last week at The Hrnciar hosted by Cameron at The Territory Golf Club.
Sophomore Seth Bearden led the Mustangs at the last two meets, including an impressive showing at The Hrnciar where he placed third with a 5-under, 54-hole total of 211 carding par-or-better scores in each round (72-69-70).
Senior Keaton Dickens and junior Gatlin Goad are the lone golfers to qualify for all three tournaments this season for the Mustangs.
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Monday-Tuesday, October 23-24
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| All Day |
Midwestern State at DBU Classic |
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