Date	Time	Opponent	Location	Venue	Links
Sunday, September 15	1:00 p.m.	#15 Fort Lewis	Canyon, Texas	The Pitch	Stats | FloSports | Game Notes

 
CANYON, Texas – After three straight road contests to open the season, the West Texas A&M men's soccer team welcomes No. 15-ranked Fort Lewis for its home opener on Sunday, Sept. 15. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. at The Pitch in Canyon.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The Athletic Communications Department from West Texas A&M will provide live stats and a pay-per-view webstream. Fans will need to purchase a monthly ($14.99) or annual ($99.99) subscription with FloSports, the official streaming provider of the Lone Star Conference. The subscription allows fans access to any content available on FloSports.
 
All TIME SERIES
Fort Lewis leads the all-time series with WT, 13-8-1. The Buffs and Skyhawks first met in 1991 and last met Sept. 9, 2023. In the last meeting, Fort Lewis defeated WT 2-0 in Durango. The Skyhawks have won five straight games against the Buffs and are 7-3 in the last 10.
 
SCOUTING #15 FORT LEWIS
Fort Lewis enters Sunday's contest 2-0-1 overall after defeating St. Mary's 1-0 on Wednesday. The Skyhawks' lone goal in the game came off the foot of Gabriel Legendre in the 80th minute. On the season, six different players have scored goals led by David Citron's two. Citron and Tomas Duenes have two assists each followed by Legendre, Tristen Banquil, and Jakob Larson with one each. In goal, Lucas Martin has started all three games and accounted for all 270 minutes. During his time in goal, Martin has allowed one goal with nine saves on 31 shots faced for a pair of shutouts, a 0.33 goals against average, and .900 save percentage.
 
BUTCH LAUFFER
Butch Lauffer is in his 34th season as head men's soccer coach at West Texas A&M University. As the longest tenured head coach in WT history, Lauffer has coached the men to 31 consecutive non-losing seasons and the women to 12-plus victories in 12 seasons. Lauffer has recorded a 377-172-55 (.670) record at the helm of the Buffs with a 567-239-71 (.687) overall record at WT.
 
LAST TIME OUT
WT earned its first victory of the 2024 season on Thursday night, defeating Eastern New Mexico 3-1 in Portales. The Buffs got on the board 10 minutes in when Daniel Burton played a ball over the Greyhounds' back line for Gabriel Nevarez. After Nevarez collected, the midfielder found Zakaria Daaou who beat the keeper for an open-net goal. In the 19^th minute, WT replicated its success on a ball from Burton. Nevarez controlled possession off the deep pass before passing across the face of goal for an open Matteo Landais. Before the half ended, Alan Martinez cleaned up a bouncing ball after the ENMU goalkeeper couldn't handle the clearance. The Greyhounds broke up the shutout in the 79^th minute, but the Buffs walked away with a road victory.
 
LSC PRESEASON POLL
Reigning Lone Star Conference regular season and tournament champion Midwestern State received all but one of the 33 possible first-place votes for a total of 362 points. WT finished second in the voting with a total of 303 points followed by St. Mary's with 275 points and a first-place vote. Dallas Baptist (266) and Texas A&M International (211) round out the top five with Lubbock Christian (179), Oklahoma Christian (174), Eastern New Mexico (136), and UT Tyler (124) following. St. Edward's (113) and Sul Ross State (35) finish out the poll.
 
Midwestern State's Mere Escobar and Juan Galindo were tabbed the LSC Preseason Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, while St. Mary's Johnny Thurbin earned Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year honors.
 
A LOOK AHEAD
WT hits the road once again for a pair of games in Nampa, Idaho. The Buffs take on Northwest Nazarene on Thursday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. CT before facing Hawaii Pacific on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 1 p.m. CT.