LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (6-2-3, 4-2-2) at TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL (0-12-0, 0-8-0)
Thursday, Oct. 13 - 5:00 p.m.
Dustdevil Soccer Field (Laredo, Texas)
LCU Twitter: @LCUchaps, @LCUsoccer
TAMIU Twitter: @TAMIUathletics
NSCAA South Central Regional Rankings
LCU: 8
TAMIU: N/A
LADY CHAPS FLIGHT DECK
• The Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals continue a four-game road trip Saturday with their third stop on the road trip. The game marks the second time LCU has faced TAMIU this season.
• LCU enters the game 6-2-3 overall and 4-2-2 in conference play. LCU sits tied for third place (with St. Mary's) in the conference standings with 14 standing points.
• LCU, who went 1-6-1 on the road last season (four road goals), is 1-2-2 on the road this season. LCU is 17-21-3 all-time on the road under head coach
Alex Denning. Overall all-time, LCU is 27-31-5 on the road.
STORY LINES
• The Lady Chaps are 21-8-2 all-time in Heartland Conference games, 8-6-1 all-time in Heartland Conference road games. Their 3-3 draw Saturday at Oklahoma Christian marked their first ever Heartland Conference draw on the road.
• The Heartland Conference named Lubbock Christian University's
Haley Knesek the Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for matches played from Oct. 3 - Oct. 9. Knesek, a freshman forward from Aledo, Texas, and the Lady Chaparrals went 0-0-2 during the week with ties at Texas Woman's (1-1) and Oklahoma Christian (3-3). She had two goals to complete her first career multi-goal game on Oct. 8 at Oklahoma Christian. Her two goals were crucial, with the second serving as the equalizer with under eight minutes remaining, in the comeback draw in which the Lady Chaps bounced back from a 3-1 deficit. She has seven goals on the season, all coming against conference competition. The honor was Knesek's second player of the week award this season. Knesek co-leads the conference in scoring and ranks 29
th nationally with 19 points off of seven goals and five assists. LCU (6-2-3, 4-2-2) is unbeaten in their last six games (3-0-3) and they take that streak to Laredo, Texas Thursday evening to face Texas A&M International.
•
Haley Knesek ranks 30
th nationally in points per game with a mark of 1.73.
• The Lady Chaps have 26 assists as a team this season, which ranks 10
th in the nation in total assists. They average 2.4 per game, which ranks ninth nationally. Knesek leads the Heartland Conference and ranks tied for 43
rd nationally with five assists.
• LCU's 6.9 points per game ranks 18
th nationally and second in the conference.
• The Lady Chaps have out-shot their opponents 142-34 in the first half this season and 13-1 in the second overtime this season.
SCOUTING TAMIU
• The Dustdevils are coming off a 2-13-2 season in 2015, going 1-5-2 in conference play and 1-8-1 on the road. TAMIU enters Thursday's game following a 1-0 loss Saturday to St. Mary's, which places them 0-12-0 on the season and 0-8-0 in conference. They are 0-6-0 at home this season and winless in their last 12 home games (0-11-1). Overall, they are winless in their last 13 games (0-12-1).
• Despite allowing a conference high 36 goals this season, the Dustdevils have lost six games by one goal.
• The Heartland Conference preseason poll has TAMIU picked to finish seventh in the conference.
• TAMIU has produced seven goals this season and three have been tallied by Cio Bargallo.
• The Dustdevils have only one goal scored in their last five games combined (two over their prior eight) and enter Thursday with a scoreless sequence of 300:59 after suffering shutout losses in their prior three contests.
SERIES HISTORY WITH TAMIU
• LCU is 4-0-0 all-time against TAMIU and have outscored the Dustdevils 14-0 in the all-time series.
• The teams met earlier this season (Sept. 24), with LCU claiming a 5-0 win in Lubbock. Knesek led LCU with a goal and two assists for a four-point game.
• October 11, 2014 marked LCU's last trip to Laredo and it resulted in a 2-0 LCU win with goals from
Claudia Sanchez and
Brooke Wendl.
