WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Midwestern State is the No. 1 seed in the 2026 LSC Men's Soccer Championship and is hosting No. 4-seed UT Dallas in a semifinal match at Stang Park on Wednesday night.  Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Midwestern State has a 29-game unbeaten streak after finishing the regular season with a 14-0-4 record, including an 8-0-2 record in conference play. The Mustangs have not lost a match since UT Dallas stunned MSU with a 2-0 victory at Stang Park last season. Midwestern State won their next 11 games en route to the national championship. 

UT Dallas is 11-2-6 overall this season with a 4-1-5 conference record. The Comets advanced to the semifinals with a 5-0 victory over St. Edward's at the UTD Soccer Field on Saturday night. Avery Brazzell led UTD with two goals and an assist in the win over the Hilltoppers. The Comets outshot St. Edward's, 18-11 and put 12 shots on goal in the victory.

Midwestern State leads the all-time series with UT Dallas, 7-1, including a 2-1 victory in Richardson, Texas, last month. The Mustangs snapped the Comets 22-match home unbeaten streak as Parker Plaxco scored twice for MSU after Julio De Los Reyes put UTD ahead with a goal in the 44th minute. 

Plaxco leads the conference with 15 goals this season, which is ninth in NCAA Division II. Seven of his goals have been game-winning goals, which leads the nation. 

Jose Ortiz is third in the LSC with eight goals this season, and he has three game-winning goals for the Mustangs, who boast the best goal-differential in the conference and third best in the nation at plus-36. 

Midwestern State has outscored opponents this season, 49-13. Only three Division II programs have scored more goals than MSU this season. Southern New Hampshire leads the country with 52 goals, while Charleston has 51 and Chowan has scored 50 goals this season.

The Mustangs are averaging a conference-best 2.7 goals per game, which is fifth in the nation. MSU also leads the LSC and is second in the nation with 18.8 shots per. The Stangs put 8.6 shots on goal per outing, which leads the conference and is third-most in the nation.

Midwestern State is averaging 2.4 assists and 7.8 points per game, which both lead the LSC. The Mustangs are fifth in the nation in assists per game and fourth in points per game.

The Mustangs also lead the LSC in goals-against average at 0.72, which is 17th-best in the nation. Goalkeeper Jake Morris has made 57 saves this season, which is fifth-most in the LSC, and he is making 3.2 saves per game, which is ninth 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 .814 save percentage. Morris has the best goals-against average in the LSC 0.75. The junior from Parker, Colorado, has played all but 55 minutes in goal this season. 

UT Dallas is unbeaten in its six games since losing to MSU on Oct. 10. The Comets are 4-0-2 in that span with a 0-0 draw at St. Mary's and a 3-3 draw at Texas A&M International.

Brazzell is the leading goal scorer for the Comets with 10 goals this season, which is the second most in the LSC.  Brazzell is also second in the conference with 23 points. Osi Iyamah has 13 points with six goals and three assists for UTD.

The Comets are outscoring opponents this season 41-15, and the plus-26 goal differential is the second best in the LSC and ninth best in the nation.

UT Dallas is averaging 1.7 assists per game and six points per contest, which trails only the Mustangs in the LSC. 

James Jordan is the assists leader for the Comets with seven this season, and Callum Thompson is second on the team with four assists. Brazzell and Iyamah each have three assists.  UTD is third in the league with 32 assists as a team.  The team also has the second-most points in the LSC with 114.

Goalkeeper Ryder Claborn has posted eight clean sheets this season and combined with Patrick Banich for another shutout. 

Claborn has a 0.83 goals-against average with a save percentage of .786. He has allowed just 15 goals over his 19 appearances for the Comets this season. He made nine saves against Midwestern State earlier this season. 

The winner of Wednesday night's semifinal game advances to the 2026 LSC Men's Soccer Championship. The Mustangs would host the final game with a win over the Comets.
The other semifinal match on Wednesday night features the No. 3-seed St. Mary's at No. 2-seeded Oklahoma Christian. The winner of that semifinal would host the final if UTD were to prevail on Wednesday night.