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#23 Women's Soccer Pete Stein / MSU Athletic Communications

Patriots march into Stang Park with LSC regular season title at stake

WICHITA FALLS, Texas – The regular season finale at Stang Park — with No. 11-ranked Midwestern State hosting No. 1-ranked Dallas Baptist — will determine the Lone Star Conference regular season champion. Kickoff on Tuesday night is scheduled for 7 p.m. The highly anticipated match will air for no additional charge on Amazon Prime Video on the FloSports Channel. The match will also be streamed on FloCollege. 

Midwestern State fell to 14-1-2 overall and 10-1-2 in the LSC after a 0-0 draw at UT Tyler on Saturday, but DBU also played a 0-0 draw with Oklahoma Christian, and the Patriots are 11-0-2 in conference matches with an overall record of 14-0-2. 

Dallas Baptist wins the conference regular season title with a win or a draw. The Mustangs would be regular season conference champions with a victory over DBU and subsequently host the final two rounds of the LSC Postseason Tournament.

The Mustangs have a 29-game home unbeaten streak that dates back to Oct. 21, 2023, when DBU defeated MSU at Stang Park, 3-1. That was 1,102 days ago.  Since then, Midwestern State is 25-0-4 at home. The Mustangs have won their last 11 home games. The last draw at home was on Oct. 26, 2025 as UT Tyler and MSU finished tied, 1-1. Midwestern State is 9-0-0 at home this season.

Lauren Short made one save at UT Tyler for her 12th clean sheet of the season, which is a school record for a goalkeeper. MSU has set the school record with 13 shutouts this season. 

Short has the third-best goals-against average in the LSC at 0.37. Short has the fifth-best save percentage in the conference at .850

Midwestern State is outscoring its opponents 42-6 and boasts the 11th best goal differential in NCAA Division II at plus-34. 

The Mustangs are second in the conference with 2.35 goals per game, which is 26th in the nation. Fifteen different players have scored goals for MSU this season, and 15 players have recorded at least one assist for the Stangs.

Gonzales leads the team with 18 points. Gonzales has six goals and six assists. Madison Brinkley has 17 points with six goals and five assists. Brinkley has earned a point in six of her last nine games with four goals and three assists in that span.

Sloane Sullivan has five goals and six assists and is third on the team with 16 points. 

Mendez has four goals and an assist for the Mustangs, while Morgan Countryman and has three goals and three assists. Both players have nine points this season.

McKynzi Hailey and Ashlynn Knight have both scored three goals for the Mustangs and each has seven points.

Bella Pillow and Sophie Ferro have each scored two goals for the Stangs. Six players have scored one, including Leeci Snyder, who has four assists this season. Bella Rose has a goal and four assists for MSU, while Ella Adams has a goal and three assists. 

The Mustangs are averaging 2.4 assists per game and 7.1 points per game, which are both second-most in the LSC.

The Mustangs are outshooting opponents per game, 20-7. Opponents have only managed 40 shots on goal. An opponent had not taken more than five shots on goal against MSU in 31 straight matches before West Texas A&M managed eight shots on goal in a 3-1 victory on Oct. 7. The Mustangs have only allowed six shots on goal in their last four games combined.

Midwestern State is averaging 7.5 shots on goal per game, which is fourth-most in the LSC. 

Midwestern State is 8-9-0 in its all-time series with Dallas Baptist and ended a nine-match losing streak in the series with a 2-0 victory last season at Patriot Soccer Field.

No. 1-ranked DBU is coming off a 0-0 draw at home despite outshooting Oklahoma Christian, 14-6, and earning 13 corner kicks on Saturday afternoon. Goalkeeper Josie Juerva made two saves, and the Eagles did not attempt a single corner kick in the match.

DBU outshoots its opponents on average, 21-6, and puts a conference-leading 9.9 shots on goal per game, fifth-most in NCAA Division II.

Dallas Baptist is the highest scoring team in Division II with a 3.6 goals per game and is outscoring its opponents this season, 57-6. The plus-51 goal differential is the largest in the nation.

Ashley Washburn leads the conference and is 13th in the nation with 13 goals this season. Washburn has not scored a goal since her hat trick in a 5-0 win over UT Dallas on Oct. 7. Washburn does have four assists in her last four games and is second in the nation with 14 assists this season. Washburn is second in the nation with 40 points this season.

The Patriots average the second-most assists per game in NCAA Division II with 3.25, and they lead the nation with 10.4 points per game. 

Riley Olsen and McKenna Vela each have seven goals for the Patriots, while Skylar Belanger, Emma Croley and Leah Hurley all have five goals. Sydney Hopper and Kenzi Tufts have each scored three goals. Sixteen players have scored at least one goal for DBU this season. 

Belanger is second on the team with eight assists and Croley has five assists. Riley and Hurley each have four assists for the Patriots, who lead the nation with 52 assists this season. 

DBU also leads the country with 166 total points, which is 44 more than Midwestern State, which is second in the LSC. The Patriots have eight more points than Montevallo of the Gulf South, which is second in the nation with 158 points. 

The Patriots have the third best goals-against average in the LSC and are 12th in the nation 0.375, led by Juvera. The freshman goalkeeper boasts the second-best goals-against average in the LSC and seventh-best in the nation at 0.28. 

Juvera has the second-best save percentage in the conference at .870, and she has four clean sheets this season. Juvera, who is 9-0-2 in 14 appearances, has seven combined shutouts for the Patriots, and she has made a total of 20 saves this season.

The eight-team LSC women's soccer tournament gets underway on Oct. 30 with quarterfinals scheduled to begin on Nov. 2. The semifinals are scheduled for Nov. 5 and the final is Nov. 8. The first round and quarterfinal matches are played at the site of the higher seed. The semifinals and final rounds are hosted by the No. 1 seed.
 
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Madison Brinkley

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Morgan Countryman

#7 Morgan Countryman

F
5' 4"
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Ashlynn Knight

#8 Ashlynn Knight

D
5' 1"
Redshirt Junior
Sting SC
Bella Pillow

#5 Bella Pillow

D
5' 7"
Junior
FC Dallas
Bella Rose

#3 Bella Rose

D
5' 6"
Sophomore
DKSC ECNL RL
Lauren Short

#1 Lauren Short

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Leeci Snyder

#24 Leeci Snyder

D
5' 4"
Redshirt Senior
Pacific Northwest SC ECNL
Sloane Sullivan

#10 Sloane Sullivan

F
5' 4"
Junior
Dallas Texans
Ella Adams

#19 Ella Adams

F
5' 5"
Junior
Texans ECRL
Sophie Ferro

#2 Sophie Ferro

D
5' 8"
Freshman
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Players Mentioned

Madison Brinkley

#11 Madison Brinkley

5' 5"
Junior
Dallas Texans ECNL
F
Morgan Countryman

#7 Morgan Countryman

5' 4"
Sophomore
DKSC ECNL
F
Ashlynn Knight

#8 Ashlynn Knight

5' 1"
Redshirt Junior
Sting SC
D
Bella Pillow

#5 Bella Pillow

5' 7"
Junior
FC Dallas
D
Bella Rose

#3 Bella Rose

5' 6"
Sophomore
DKSC ECNL RL
D
Lauren Short

#1 Lauren Short

5' 7"
Sophomore
FC Dallas White ECRL-NTX
GK
Leeci Snyder

#24 Leeci Snyder

5' 4"
Redshirt Senior
Pacific Northwest SC ECNL
D
Sloane Sullivan

#10 Sloane Sullivan

5' 4"
Junior
Dallas Texans
F
Ella Adams

#19 Ella Adams

5' 5"
Junior
Texans ECRL
F
Sophie Ferro

#2 Sophie Ferro

5' 8"
Freshman
Amarillo Rush 07 Girls
D