West Texas A&M (4-6-2, 1-6-1) vs. Eastern New Mexico (0-11, 0-9)
Date	Saturday, October 18th | 1:00 p.m. CT
Location	Portales, New Mexico | Al Whitehead Field
Live Statistics	Link
Live Video	FloCollege (Pay-Per-View)

CANYON, Texas – The Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M hit the road for Lone Star Conference action on Saturday afternoon as they travel to Portales, New Mexico to take on the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds starting at 1:00 p.m. CT.
 
UT PERMIAN BASIN REWIND
Sophomore forward Alicia Cohen scored a pair of goals including the tying goal in the 58^th minute on Wednesday night as the Lady Buffs battled to a 2-2 tie with the Falcons of UT Permian Basin at The Pitch in Canyon.
 
A LOOK AT THE GREYHOUNDS
The Greyhounds enter the weekend with an overall record of 0-11 with a 0-9 mark in league action. ENMU has struggled offensively this season, being outscored 51-3. The Hounds are currently on a 12-game losing skid dating back to the regular season finale of the 2024 campaign following a 4-2 loss at Sul Ross State on Wednesday night.
 
Louise Godden leads the way offensively for the Greyhounds as the senior from Stevenage, England scored goals against UT Dallas and Sul Ross State for a team-best four points. She has registered 14 shots with five of them coming on goal.
 
ENMU HEAD COACH NONA BORDEN
Nona Borden was named head coach of the Eastern New Mexico women's soccer program in February of 2025. Borden previously served as interim head coach from October 2024 until her appointment in February 2025. The Durham, N.C. native joined ENMU women's soccer in August 2024 as an assistant coach. Borden registered a standout playing career at UNC Pembroke where she played in 63 career games.
 
THE SERIES
WT leads the all-time series against Eastern New Mexico 20-7-4 with the series starting in 2003. The Lady Buffs are 8-5-1 in Portales all-time including a 2-0 shutout win at Al Whitehead Field back on September 25, 2024 as Avery Putnam and Emily McGuire scored goals for WT.
 
WT HEAD COACH TURK OZTURK
Bulut "Turk" Ozturk was named the third head coach in the history of the Lady Buff Soccer program on December 19, 2024. Ozturk brings an impressive nine-season track record of collegiate coaching experience to WT.
 
Ozturk was most recently on the coaching staff at Iowa State University for the 2024 season as the Soccer Development Coordinator. In this role, he was involved in all aspects of assisting a power four program that competes in the Big XII conference. Some of coach Turk's major duties included: Game Day coaching, video analysis for team members, scouting reports, recruiting, travel coordination and leading training sessions for the team.
 
Before Iowa State, Ozturk served as the Head Coach at Michigan Tech University for four seasons. During his tenure, he led the Huskies to their first NCAA tournament appearance in nearly a decade in 2023. Under his guidance, Michigan Tech achieved remarkable success with 17 players earning GLIAC All-Conference Awards, one All-American, over 60 players named to the All-Academic Excellence Team, and eight to the All-Academic Team.
 
LSC PRESEASON POLL
The Lady Buffs were selected 10th in the Lone Star Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll announced on August 27th. 
 
Dallas Baptist claimed 29 of the possible 45 first place votes for a total of 650 points to sit atop of the poll followed by Angelo State (13 first place, 634), Texas Woman's (one first place, 556), Midwestern State (511), St. Mary's (468), St. Edward's (435), Lubbock Christian (392), Oklahoma Christian (358), UT Tyler (347), West Texas A&M (284), Texas A&M International (one first place, 244), UT Dallas (168), UT Permian Basin (146), Eastern New Mexico (124) and Sul Ross State (one first place, 83).
 
Annie Rocha of St. Edward's was tabbed the league's Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. DBU senior Parker Coe was named the Defensive Player of the Year while Amanda Farris of TWU claimed Goalkeeper of the Year accolades.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
Wednesday night's contest will be broadcasted on FloCollege. The LSC and FloSports reached a historic agreement in August of 2024 for the largest streaming rights deal in NCAA Division II history. Fans have two different subscription options: $19.99 per month or $107.88 per year ($8.99/month). Additionally, those who use an .edu email address from an LSC member institution will be able to sign up at a discounted subscription price of $9.99 per month or $71.88 per year ($5.99/month).