No. 2 MIDWESTERN STATE (7-0-0) at LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (4-3-1)Monday, October 2nd – 4 p.m.
Frenship Soccer Stadium (Wolfforth, Texas)
CHAPS FLIGHT DECK• The Lubbock Christian complete a span of three games in five days Monday hosting No.2 Midwestern State University for a non-conference tilt.
• The Chaps are 4-3-1 on the season after ending a four-game winless streak Saturday with a 2-1 win over Texas A&M International.
• LCU remains home amidst a seven-game homestand, where they are 2-2-1 this season (3-3-1 last season at home). LCU is 5-4-2 all-time at home under
Lee Williams (2-1-2 all-time under Williams in non-conference home games) and 26-12-6 all-time overall at home.
STORY LINES• Saturday, LCU rallied to a 2-1 win over TAMIU to end a four-game winless streak, which had matched their longest winless streak in program history. The last time LCU had been winless in a four-game stretch was in October of the 2010 season.
• The Chaps have out-shot their opponents in all eight games this season. They entered their three-game weekend span leading the Heartland Conference in shots per game (23.3), which ranked third nationally.
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Tommy Fogarty-Cameron has scored a goal in four consecutive games. The last Chap to score in four consecutive games was Billy Forbes, who completed the task in October of the 2013 season.
• The Chaps are home for seven consecutive home games and it serves as their longest home stand in program history. Oct. 10 will not only end the homestand, but it will serve as the final home game, as they will then head to the road for their final six games of the season.
• Chaps opponents have scored first in six games this season, including three of LCU's four wins. LCU is 3-2-1 when allowing the first goal.
• LCU is 3-5-1 all-time against ranked opponents and 0-2-0 under Williams against ranked foes. With Midwestern State ranked No.2 nationally, they mark as the highest ever ranked opponent LCU has played and as the fourth ever ranked team to ever to play at LCU. University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma (USAO) was the previous opponent LCU played which had the highest ranking, as they carried a No.3 ranking in a 3-1 loss on Oct. 25, 2012. LCU is 1-2-0 at home against ranked opponents, with the one win coming on Sept. 23, 2013 in a 3-0 win over No.13 Texas-Permian Basin. MSU is LCU's second ranked opponent this season. They fell 4-0 on Sept. 18 at No.12 Fort Hays State.
• The Chaps are having to play Monday's game off campus at Frenship Soccer Stadium, which is a newly built soccer facility at Frenship High School. LCU is 0-2-1 in home games played off campus. They tied 2-2 in double overtime on Sept. 23 against Eastern New Mexico in their last home game, which was played off campus due to weather at Texas Tech.
SCOUTING MSU• The Mustangs are 7-0-0 on the season and have not played since a 3-1 road win at St.Mary's in San Antonio, Texas on Sept. 27.
• MSU, winners of nine consecutive games, is coming off a 13-4-2 season a year ago. They went 7-3-1 on the road last season and are 1-0-0 this season on the road (four straight dating back to last season).
• Midwestern State has played their last three games against Heartland Conference opponents and are 3-0-0 in those games. Next season, MSU men's soccer team will serve as an affiliate member of the Heartland Conference as the Lone Star Conference does not sponsor men's soccer.
• Midwestern State remained at No. 2 for the second-straight week in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division II Top 25 Poll. The No. 2 ranking is the highest for the Mustangs since also appearing at No. 2 in the final poll of the 2010 season when Midwestern advanced to the NCAA Division II Final Four.
• MSU is led offensively by Albert Rodriguez, who has seven goals and a pair of assists for 16 points. The senior forward ranks in the top 25 in seven offensive categories – 4th in game-winning goals (3), 7th in shots per game (4.71), 12th in goals per game (1.00), 17th in points per game (2.29) and total goals (7), 20th in total points (16) and 25th in shots on goal per game (2.0)
SERIES HISTORY WITH MSU• MSU leads the all-time series 1-0-0.
• In the lone prior meeting (Sept. 15, 2014 in Wichita Falls, Texas), MSU defeated LCU 4-0 with Andrew Power scoring a pair of goals. MSU had three goals tallied in the second half.
