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CANYON, Texas – West Texas A&M hosts Texas A&M-Commerce on Tuesday, April, 6 in the quarterfinal round of the Lone Star Conference Championships. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. at The Pitch. 
 
Tickets are now on-sale and can be purchased HERE. The match will also best available on the LSC Digital Network. 
 
COMEBACK KIDS
The Lady Buffs accomplished something on Saturday that they hadn't done all season, win a game after conceding the opening goal. WT scored three second half goals en route to a 3-1 victory over Texas Woman's and end a three-game losing streak the Pioneers. 
 
Keely Chapman put TWU ahead in the 10th minute on a free kick just outside the penalty area. The Lady Buffs controlled possession but couldn't find the equalizer until the 62nd minute when Asha James scored on a rebound. The sophomore needed just three more minutes to give WT the lead with a powerful low strike with her left foot.
 
Calista Cordero would make it 3-1 in the 74th minute as the senior beat her defender to Maliyah Mendoza's cross into the area for her fourth of the season and third in the past two matches. 
 
Reegan Heelan made all three of her saves in the second half as she improved to 4-3-0 in goal.
 
A LOOK AT TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE
Texas A&M-Commerce (4-2-0, 3-2-0 LSC) advanced to Tuesday's quarterfinal with a 3-0 victory over Oklahoma Christian. 
 
The Lions are led by Neil Piper, who has accumulated a record of 261-145-38 including eight LSC titles and eight NCAA appearances during his 23 seasons in Commerce. 
 
A&M-Commerce is scoring 2.3 goals per game led by Leslie Campuzano, who has scored five goals and six assists for a team-high 16 points. Skylar Sorrell ranks second on the team in goals and assists with two. 
 
Jen Peters has started in five of six games this season in goal playing a total of 315 minutes. The sophomore has made 13 saves for a save percentage of .684. Lauren Banning has also appeared in four games in goal for the Lions. 
 
A LOOK BACK AT THE LAST MEETING
WT escaped with a 4-3 overtime victory the last time they two teams squared off in Commerce on March 26. 
 
The Lady Buffs led three times before A&M-Commerce's Shaw tied the match at 3-all with a shot from distance in the 72nd minute. The match would head to overtime where Cordero scored the golden goal in the 98th minute on an assist from Hannah Kelley-Lusk.
 
THE SERIES
The Lady Buffs are 27-15-2 all-time against the Lions including five straight wins in the series. WT is 14-5-1 at home against A&M-Commerce.  
 
HEADING FOR A SHOWDOWN
Tuesday's match will be the third time in the past decade that the two programs will meet in postseason play. WT won 2-0 in the semifinals in 2017 en route to winning the tittle while the Lions won 4-0 in the title game in 2015.
 
GREAT TIME FOR A COMEBACK
Saturday marked just the second time since Oct. 30, 2015 that the Lady Buffs Buff overcame a first half deficit to win a match. 
 
Prior to Saturday, their only other win since 2015 after trailing at halftime came on Halloween in 2019 when the Lady Buffs scored three goals in the second half including the game-winner from Mendoza in the 79th minute in a 3-1 win over Midwestern State.
 
ABOUT TIME TO MAKE HISTORY
Cheyenne Orozco is 91 minutes away from passing Lindsay McHorse and becoming the program's all-time leader in minutes played. The senior centre back played in all 90 minutes of their win over TWU giving her 731 on the season and 6,461 for her career. The 2018 LSC Defensive Player of the Year has started in all but one game during her four-year career in Canyon. 
 
SET THE TONE, GO HOME WITH THE WIN
The Lady Buffs are a perfect 4-0-0 this season when they score first. In four of their five victories, WT has scored in the opening half including goals in the 9th minute by Kelley-Lusk against UT Tyler and Oklahoma Christian.
 
A LOOK AT THE BRACKET
Midwestern State will face No. 1 DBU on Tuesday after picking up a 2-1 victory over UT Tyler. The Patriots defeated the Mustangs 2-1 behind goals from Delaney Schmidt and Ashley Merrill.
 
In the other division, St. Mary's defeated Texas A&M International 2-0 in Laredo to set up a quarterfinal match against No. Angelo State. St. Edward's will make the trip to West Texas to face Lubbock Christian after defeating UT Permian Basin 3-0.