ROGERS STATE (0-11-0, 0-2-0) at LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (4-2-3, 2-0-0)Thursday, October 8th - 3:30 p.m.
Frenship Soccer Stadium (Wolfforth, Texas)
LADY CHAPS FLIGHT DECK• The Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals continue amidst an originally scheduled seven-game homestand (down to six due to the weather-cancelled contest with Midwestern State) and they have their final weekend of Heartland Conference home games, hosting Rogers State Thursday and Oklahoma Christian Saturday.
• LCU enters the week 4-2-3 and they are winless over their past four games (3-0-1) following a 4-0 win Saturday over Texas A&M International.
• The Lady Chaps, 5-2-0 last season at home, are 4-0-2 this season at home. LCU is 20-6-4 all-time at home under
Alex Denning (9-3-2 all-time under Denning in conference home games) and 24-14-6 all-time overall at home.
STORY LINES• The 4-0 LCU shutout win Saturday over TAMIU was LCU's 29th shutout in program history, but the first of the season and the first in the career for LCU goalkeeper
Leslie Castellano. They don't get any easier for Castellano, who did not have to make a save in the win (0 shots faced).
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Brooke Wendl finds herself amongst several statistical leaderboards. She enters the week leading the Heartland Conference in points (14) and shots (40), while also ranking tied for second in goals (5). She has been able to lead the conference in points despite not scoring a goal in the past seven games and two points over the prior five games.
• LCU's defensive crew of
Kate O'Gara,
Kristin Fellows,
Madison Boyd and
Lois Colley have combined for four goals and two assists (10 points) over the prior three games. Boyd has two of the goals and Colley has a goal and an assist in the span. They also played a defensive part of not allowing a shot on goal and assisting in the shutout over TAMIU.
• The Lady Chaps lead the Heartland Conference in points (56), goals (22) and tied for second in assists (12). Their 56 points ranks 50th nationally.
• How important is it for LCU to score first? They are 4-0-2 and have not lost a game when scoring first. At the same time, LCU has not lost a game when they score at least a goal in a game.
• The Lady Chaps are 15-4-0 all-time in Heartland Conference games and 8-2 all-time in Heartland Conference home games.
SCOUTING RSU• The Hillcats are 0-11-0 overall and 0-2-0 this season and are seeking to end an 11-game losing streak following a 3-0 loss to No.25 St. Edward's.
• RSU is 0-5-0 on the road this season. They went 2-5-0 on the road last season.
• Rogers State is preseason picked No.7 in the Heartland Conference after coming off an 3-14-0 season (3-5-0 in conference) a year ago.
• Kimberlin Bennett and Paige Pontarolo co-lead the Hillcats with two goals and four points.
• The Hillcats are second in the Heartland Conference (behind LCU) in shots per game with a pace of 13.8 per game.
SERIES HISTORY WITH RSU• The all-time series is tied 2-2-1, with LCU unbeaten in the prior three meetings (2-0-1).
• The prior four meetings have been decided by a goal or less.
• LCU won last season's meeting 3-2 (Oct. 18, 2014), with a pair of goals from
Brooke Wendl.
• LCU is 1-0-1 against RSU all-time in Lubbock.
