WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Midwestern State, the defending national champion, is the No. 2 seed in Super Region 4 and hosts first and second round games at Stang Park on Friday and Sunday. The Mustangs will play Sunday at 3 p.m. against the winner of Friday's game between No. 7-seed UCCS and No. 10-seed Westmont.

Midwestern State students, faculty, and staff will receive a complimentary ticket at the gate (with valid MSU ID), courtesy of the President's Excellence Circle members. General admission tickets are $15.

Midwestern State won its sixth consecutive Lone Star Conference Championship tournament title and won the LSC regular season championship for the 13th time in program history. The Mustangs enter the 2026 NCAA DII Men's Soccer Championship with a 15-0-5 record after finishing the LSC campaign with an 8-0-2 record. The Mustangs have a 31-game unbeaten streak and finished this season with a 7-0-2 home record.

Midwestern State won the Lone Star Conference Men's Soccer Championship with a 3-1 victory over St. Mary's at Stang Park last week. Parker Plaxco scored twice and Lawrence Doe, Jr. scored the game-winning goal for the Mustangs.  Goalkeeper Jake Morris made six saves to secure the victory.

Morris has made 64 saves this season, which is fifth-most in the LSC, and he is making 3.2 saves per game, which is 10th in the LSC. Morris has posted the third-most clean sheets in the conference this season with six, and he leads the league with an .810 save percentage. Morris has the best goals-against average in the LSC, 0.765. The junior from Parker, Colorado, has played all but 55 minutes in goal this season.

Midwestern State has outscored opponents this season, 53-15. Only Southern New Hampshire has scored more goals than the Mustangs in NCAA DII with 58 goals. The Mustangs boast the best goal-differential in the conference and third best in the nation at plus-38.

MSU is averaging a conference-best 2.65 goals per game, which is sixth in the nation. MSU also leads the LSC and is second in the nation with 18.7 shots per game. The Stangs put 8.4 shots on goal per outing, which leads the conference and is fourth-most in the nation.

Midwestern State is averaging 2.35 assists and 7.65 points per game, which both lead the LSC. The Mustangs are sixth in the nation in assists per game and fourth in points per game.

Parker Plaxco is fifth in the nation with 17 goals scored this season, and he leads the nation with seven game-winning goals for MSU, which has had 14 players score goals this season. Plaxco leads the Stangs with 34 points.
Jose Ortiz is third in the LSC with eight goals this season, and he has three game-winning goals for the Mustangs. Ortiz is second on the team with 17 assists. Alan Rivera and Doe have both scored five goals. Rivera also has four assists for 14 points, while Doe has 10 points. 

Ethan Krchnak leads MSU and is second in the conference with eight assists, and he has scored once for 10 points this season.  Cooper Tea has six assists and two goals for 10 points. Oscar Nunez has seven assists. 

UCCS and Westmont are meeting for the first time in the first-round match at Stang Park, and the winner advances to play MSU in the second round on Sunday afternoon.

Midwestern State is 7-1-2 all-time against UCCS, including a 1-1 draw in Colorado Springs on Sept. 4. The Mountain Lions only victory in the series came in 1999 when they prevailed 2-1 in Colorado Springs. MSU is 6-0-0 when hosting UCCS.

The Mustangs are 1-1-0 against Westmont, but the schools have not met since 1994, when the Warriors defeated MSU in Mobile, Alabama, 4-1. Midwestern State earned a 1-0 victory over Westmont in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1988.