Date	Time	Opponent	Location	Venue	Links
Wednesday, September 25	8:00 p.m. CT	Eastern New Mexico	Portales, N.M.	Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium	Stats | FloSports | Game Notes

 
CANYON, Texas – The West Texas A&M women's soccer team starts Lone Star Conference play in Portales, N.M. on Wednesday, Sept. 25. The Lady Buffs will face off against the Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico at 8 p.m. CT at Steve Loy Family Foundation Stadium.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The Athletic Communications Department from Eastern New Mexico will provide live stats and a pay-per-view web stream. 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
WT leads the all-time series against Eastern New Mexico 19-7-4 with the series starting in 2003. The two teams played to a scoreless draw in Canyon last season. The Lady Buffs are 7-5-1 in Portales all-time including 4-0-1 in the last five. WT is 3-1-1 in the series' last five meetings and 6-1-3 in the last 10.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Lady Buffs fell to the Skyhawks of Fort Lewis 4-2 on Sunday afternoon in Canyon. As the clock approached 30 seconds to play in the first half, Fort Lewis found its first goal of the afternoon when Danielle Gonzales sent a pass up the field. After a bounce, Anna Tucker bumped the ball through to Abigail Nkrumah who placed it past Reagan Heelan into the back of the net. In the second half, Fort Lewis scored three unanswered goals in 10 minutes to take a commanding lead. WT would break up the shutout in the 75^th minute when a foul set up a free kick for the Lady Buffs. On the restart, Reagan Matacale floated the free kick into the top corner of the goal, cutting the lead to 4-1. WT capped the scoring with 20 seconds to play as Sydney Martin sent a service into the box. Off Martin's pass, Leslie Rodriguez passed to Adjeley Kpobi in front of the goal.
 
SCOUTING EASTERN NEW MEXICO
The Greyhounds (1-2-1) enter Wednesday's match on a one-game winning streak after defeating Colorado Christian, 1-0. WT and Eastern New Mexico share three common opponents, Adams State Fort Lewis, and Western Colorado, where ENMU went 0-2-1 while WT went 2-1. The Greyhounds have scored just two goals on the season with Gaia Chies and Mariana Gonzalez Jimenez each accounting for a score. Katelyn Aune and Meghann Wingsutton each have an assist on the season as well. In goal, Rosie Wilmott Joyce has accounted for all but 15 minutes on the season. Wilmott Joyce has allowed five goals with 25 saves on 64 shots faced for a 1.31 goals against average, 0.833 save percentage, and a shutout.
 
LSC PRESEASON POLL
Dallas Baptist is selected to win its fifth consecutive Lone Star Conference championship after winning the regular season and conference tournament last season. The Patriots totaled 587 points and collected all but one of the possible 42 first-place votes. St. Mary's followed with 519 points with Angelo State (500), Texas Woman's (456), and Midwestern State (420) finishing out the top five. Texas A&M International (348), St. Edward's (1 fpv, 323), Lubbock Christian (278), Oklahoma Christian (234), and UT Tyler (216) occupy the sixth through 10^th spots, respectively. WT (200), UT Permian Basin (176), Eastern New Mexico (88), and Sul Ross State (65) round out the preseason standings.
 
DBU's Taylor Tufts and Parker Coe were tabbed the LSC Preseason Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, while Texas Woman's Amanda Farris earned Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year honors.
 
A LOOK AHEAD
WT welcomes St. Mary's to The Pitch on Saturday, Sept. 28 for a 7 p.m. Lone Star Conference matchup.