WICHITA FALLS, Texas – No. 2-ranked Midwestern State looks to extend its unbeaten streak to 24 games as it welcomes Dallas Baptist to Stang Park on Wednesday night. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Midwestern State (9-0-3, 3-0-1) is coming off a 1-1 draw with Oklahoma Christian on Saturday night as Alan Rivera scored on a penalty kick in the 43rd minute. Luis Alvis cashed in on an opportunity for the Eagles in the 74th minute. Midwestern State outshot OC, 19-7, and had six shots on goal. Jake Morris made three saves for the Mustangs.

Parker Plaxco has scored seven goals in the last seven games for the Mustangs, including three game-winning goals. Plaxco is the leading goal scorer in the Lone Star Conference and 16th in the nation with eight goals this season.

Jose Ortiz is the second-leading goal scorer in the LSC with seven, including a four-goal outburst in the season-opening 5-0 win over Cal State East Bay in Richardson, Texas. Ortiz scored the game-winning goal against Simon Fraser. The senior transfer from SMU is 22nd in NCAA Division II among goal scorers.

Ten Mustangs have scored goals this season. Rivera, Lawrence Doe Jr. and Juan David Valencia Vacca have scored three goals. Cooper Tea, Liam Kervick and Italo Rodriguez have all scored twice this season. Victor Hernandez III and Cristopher Guevara and have all found the back of the net once this season.

Cooper Tea leads the Mustangs with five assists and Ethan Krchnak has four assists. MSU is 11th in the nation with 25 assists, which is second most in the LSC.  Oscar Nunez, Davis Mays and Rivera have accounted for three assists.  Tanner Tea has two assists. Valencia, Hernandez, Skyler Krchnak and Eduardo Cerna each have one assist for the Stang Gang.

Midwestern State is second in the league with 7.4 points per game, which 11th in the nation, and the Mustangs are second in the LSC with 2.1 assists per game. 

Midwestern State is outshooting opponents 209-118, and the Mustangs are putting 42.1 percent of their shots on frame, while opponents are putting 44.9 percent of their shots on goal.

Morris has played 1,080 minutes and has a save percentage of .849 with a 0.67 goals-against average. Morris made a season-high six saves in a 6-1 win over Colorado Mesa earlier this season. The junior from Parker, Colorado, has made five saves twice this season. Morris has five clean sheets this season, most recently in a 3-0 win at UT Tyler as he made three saves.

Midwestern State, which is 3-0-1 at home this season, has never lost to Dallas Baptist in 28 previous encounters. The Mustangs are 24-0-4 in the all-time series, including an 11-0-1 record at Stang Park.

Kervick, Rivera and Tea all scored goals in a 3-0 victory at DBU last season. MSU outshot the Patriots, 18-10, and put eight shots on goal, while DBU managed to put just one shot on frame.

Dallas Baptist (4-2-4, 0-0-3) played a 0-0 draw with MSU the last time it visited the Stangs. MSU took twice as many shots as the Patriots, 18-9, but DBU put four shots on goal and Midwestern State finished with three shots on goal.

The Patriots have played three straight draws entering their match with the Mustangs. DBU played scoreless draws at UT Tyler and at UT Dallas. In between those matches, the Patriots played a 1-1 draw with Oklahoma Christian. 

Dallas Baptist, which is unbeaten in its last four games, is outscoring opponents, 11-7, and the Patriots are unbeaten on the road this season with a 3-0-3 record.

Caden Berg and Erik Oliveira are the leading goal scorers for the Patriots with two goals apiece. Seven other players have all scored one goal this season for DBU. Four players each have one assist this season.

Goalkeeper Hugo Herrera is 4-1-3 with two shutouts for the Patriots. Herrera has a 0.75 goals-against average and a .769 save percentage. Sean Mattivi has made two starts in goal for the Patriots and is 0-1-1 with a 0.50 goals-against average and an .857 save percentage.

Brad Bankhead is one win away from 200 in his 20-year head coaching career. Bankhead is in his first season as head coach at DBU after going 26-21-10 (.544) in three seasons at his alma mater, Hardin-Simmons. In his 16 seasons at Mary Hardin-Baylor, Bankhead posted a record of 169-86-26. Bankhead arrives at Stang Park with a career record of 199-109-40 (.629).

Michael Meachum is in his ninth season as the head coach at MSU and has won 80.5 percent of his games with a record of 131-25-18.

Midwestern State plays three of its next four games on the road and is at UT Dallas on Saturday night. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.