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CANYON, Texas – The #13 Buffs continue their postseason run on Saturday night as they take on the West Regional Champion Broncos of Cal Poly Pomona in the NCAA Division II National Quarterfinals at Cougar Soccer Field in Azusa, California starting at 8:00 p.m. CT for a spot in the NCAA Division II Final Four.
 
CAL POLY POMONA
The Broncos enter Saturday with an overall record of 16-6-0 as they finished 10-2 in California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) action. CPP is 3-0 this postseason with wins over Fresno Pacific (3-0), #4 Simon Fraser (1-0, OT) and #7 Azusa Pacific (1-0) to claim the West Regional Championship.
 
CPP is in their fourth NCAA Tournament Appearance dating back to 1998 as they have claimed three West Region Titles (2015, 2017, 2018). The Broncos advanced to last year's National Semifinals before falling to eventual National Champion the University of Charleston (0-1).
 
Jimmie Villalobos leads the way offensively for the Broncos with nine goals and one assist for 19 points on the season. CPP averages 1.59 goals per contest on 349 total shots with 152 of those falling on goal. Jakob Hansen is 15-6 in goal for the Broncos with 73 saves and 24 goals allowed for a save percentage of .753 with nine shutouts on the season.
 
Adam Reeves is in his second season at the helm of the Broncos, leading the team to back-to-back West Region Titles after taking over the program back in January of 2017.
 
THE SERIES
Saturday night will mark the second all-time meeting on the pitch between the Buffs and Broncos. The only other meeting between the two came back on November 2, 1997 in Pomona, California as WT came away with a 2-1 victory.
 
LAST MEETING
All-Midwest Region honoree Ragan Young scored twice for his ninth and tenth goals of the season in front of 150 fans in Pomona, California as the Buffs picked up a 2-1 win to run WT's win streak to five matches.
 
WT HEAD COACH BUTCH LAUFFER
Butch Lauffer enters his 28th season as head men's soccer coach at West Texas A&M. Lauffer is now the longest tenured head coach in West Texas A&M history in a storied career dating back to 1991. Lauffer reached the 500-win plateau on September 30th of last season in Odessa, Texas with a dominating 13-2 win over UT Permian Basin.
 
During his tenure, Lauffer has coached the men to 27 consecutive non-losing seasons and the women to 12-plus victories in 12 seasons. Lauffer has recorded a 333-147-36 (.667) record at the helm of the Buffs with a 523-214-53 (.684) overall record at WT. The 2018 Buffs have set a new program record for wins in a season with their 17th victory, passing the 1993, 1994 and 2001 squads with 16 wins.
 
NATIONALLY SPEAKING
Entering the NCAA Postseason, the Buffs led all of Division II Soccer in total goals (64) while ranking second in total points (181.0), fourth in total assists (53.0), fifth in scoring offense (3.2) and sixth in shutouts percentage (0.6) and assists per game (2.65). WT is seventh in team goals against average (0.531), points per game (9.05), save percentage (0.841) and shots on goal per game (8.9) while ranking eighth in shots per game (18.15).
 
Sophomore goalkeeper Alexander Vencel ranked third in save percentage (0.88) and fifth in goals against average (0.449) while senior Julio Vargas is Top-20 in shots on goal per game (11th, 2.35), shots per game (14th, 4.1), total points (17th, 37.0), total goals (19th, 14.0) and total assists (19th, 9.0).
 
BUFFS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
The Buffs are making their sixth overall appearance in the NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Postseason as they are back in the tournament for the first time since the 2009 campaign. WT has made four runs to the Sweet 16 round with three appearances in the Elite Eight (2000, 2001, 2018).  WT is 6-5 all-time in the NCAA Postseason dating back to their first appearance in 1997.