LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (8-4-3, 5-2-0) at TEXAS PERMIAN-BASIN (3-11-1, 3-4-0)Saturday, October 31st - 2:30 p.m.
UTPB Soccer Field (Odessa, Texas)
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LADY CHAPS FLIGHT DECK• The Lubbock Christian University close out their regular season Saturday playing their conference and regular season finale Saturday at Texas - Permian Basin.
• LCU enters the game 8-5-3 and they are seeking to end a three-game losing streak after a trio of shutout losses. The latest was a 2-0 road loss at West Texas A&M Wednesday in Canyon, Texas.
• The Lady Chaps, who went 6-4-0 on the road last season, are 1-5-1 on the road this season and are 16-17-1 all-time on the road under head coach
Alex Denning. Overall all-time, LCU is 26-27-3 on the road and it is the first time they have ever been under .500 on the road at any point in program history.
STORY LINES• Here are the Heartland Conference Tournament possibilities surrounding Saturday's action:
- Dallas Baptist will be the #1 seed and host.
- St. Edward's and St. Mary's play Saturday. If SEU win's they are the #2 seed because they hold the tie breaker against LCU, if LCU wins as well. LCU would then be #3 seed and StMU #4 seed in this situation.
- If StMU wins and LCU wins, LCU will be the #2 seed because they hold the tie breaker against StMU. SEU would be the #4 seed and StMU #3 seed in this situation.
- If StMU wins and LCU losses. StMU will be the #2 seed, SEU #3 seed because they hold the tie breaker against LCU, who will be the #4 seed.
- If SEU loses and LCU loses, then Lubbock Christian would be the #3 seed and St. Mary's the #4 seed because of the tiebreaker.
• All five LCU losses this season have been via shutout. LCU's prior five games have resulted in shutout losses, with two for and three against. The current bad spell of three consecutive shutout losses matches the program record for consecutive shutout losses from the 2013 season (LCU had seven losses in 2013 and five were via shutout). LCU's current scoreless sequence is active at 281:41 heading into Saturday. The program record for longest scoreless sequence is 306:47.
• LCU has five losses on the season with Saturday's game remaining. The program single-season record for the least amount of losses is five from the 2012 season. On the flip side, the program single-season record for wins is 12 from 2012.
• The Lady Chaps have goals from 13 different players this season, which marks a program single-season record.
• The Lady Chaps lead the Heartland Conference in points (100), goals (38) and in assists (24). Their 100 points ranks 37th nationally. They also rank 32nd nationally in goals per game (2.4) and 36th points per game (6.3).
• Defender
Kate O'Gara leads the Lady Chaps in conference scoring with 9 points off three goals and three assists.
• The Lady Chaps are 18-6-0 all-time in Heartland Conference games, 8-4 all-time in Heartland Conference road games.
SCOUTING UTPB• The Falcons are 3-11-1 on the season and 3-4-0 in conference.
• UTPB went 2-14-1 last season (2-7-1 at home). The Falcons are 2-3-0 at home this season and have not been at home since Oct. 10.
• Ashley Redwine leads UTPB with five goals and an assist for 11 points. She is one of five Falcons with a goal this season.
• UTPB was preseason picked ninth in the Heartland Conference.
SERIES HISTORY WITH UTPB• LCU leads the all-time series 3-1-1.
• The Lady Chaps are unbeaten in the prior four meetings.
• LCU is 2-0-0 all-time in conference meetings vs. UTPB.
• The teams last met Sept. 25 in Lubbock with the game resulting in a 1-1 draw. Jasmin Lopez had the lone goal for the Falcons, while LCU's
Madison Boyd produced the equalizer. LCU out-shot UTPB 37-4.
• The prior meeting in Odessa, Texas was in non-conference play on Sept. 25, 2014 with
Brooke Wendl and
Kristin Fellows scoring in a 2-0 LCU win.
