DALLAS BAPTIST (7-5-2, 7-2-1) AT LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (7-2-4, 5-2-3)
Thursday, Oct. 20 - 2:00 p.m.
LCU Soccer Field (Lubbock, Texas)
LCU Twitter: @LCUchaps, @LCUsoccer
DBU TWITTER: @DBUathletics, @DBUsoccer
NCAA South Central Regional Rankings
LCU: n/a
DBU: n/a
NSCAA South Central Regional Rankings
LCU: 7
DBU: 5
LADY CHAPS FLIGHT DECK
• The Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals return home after a four-game road trip and host Dallas Baptist University, facing the Patriots for a second time this season.
• LCU enters the game 7-2-4 overall and 5-2-3 in conference play. LCU sits tied for third place (with St. Mary's) in the conference standings with 18 standing points. The Lady Chaps are unbeaten in their prior eight games (4-0-4).
• LCU, who went 7-0-2 at home last season, is 5-0-1 at home this season and are unbeaten in their last 15 home games. LCU is 28-6-5 all-time at home under
Alex Denning (15-3-4 all-time under Denning in conference home games) and 32-14-7 all-time overall at home.
STORY LINES
• The Lady Chaps are 22-8-3 all-time in Heartland Conference games, 13-2-1 all-time in Heartland Conference home games.
• Saturday, LCU played to a 1-1 draw at St. Mary's, setting a single-season program record for draws with four. Four of LCU's last eight games have resulted in a tie.
•
Haley Knesek ranks 27
th nationally in points per game with a mark of 1.77. Her conference leading 23 points ranks 31
st nationally and seven assists ranks 19
th nationally.
• The Lady Chaps have 31 assists as a team this season, which ranks eighth in the nation in total assists. They average 2.4 per game, which also ranks eighth nationally.
• LCU's 7.2 points per game ranks 16
th nationally and second in the conference. Their 31 goals ranks 27
th nationally.
• The Lady Chaps have out-shot their opponents 166-42 in the first half this season and 13-1 in the second overtime this season.
SCOUTING DBU
• The Patriots are coming off a 15-4-3 season in 2015, going 6-0-2 in conference play and 4-3-2 on the road. DBU is coming off a 2-0 loss Monday at home to Texas A&M Commerce.
• Kristina Williamson leads the Patriots this season in points with eight off four goals. All four goals have come in conference play.
• The Heartland Conference preseason poll has DBU picked to finish first in the conference.
• Goalkeeper Hope Koym is coming off Heartland Conference Defensive Player of the Week and NSCAA National Player of the Week honors. Koym recorded her fifth and sixth shutouts of the season last week, leading DBU to a 2-0 victory over Rogers State on Thursday and a scoreless draw with Newman on Saturday. She tied her career high with 11 saves in the tie with Newman. Koym made one save in the win over Rogers State. It was the first national player of the week honor in DBU's program history.
• Koym leads the conference in save percentage (86.7%) and ranks 25
th nationally in the category.
SERIES HISTORY WITH DBU
• DBU leads the all-time series 4-0-0.
• On Sept. 17, LCU fell 1-0 at DBU in Dallas.
• The previous meeting in Lubbock, which is also the only meeting all-time between the two teams in Lubbock, was on Nov. 2, 2013, with DBU defeating LCU 5-0.
