LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN (2-4-1, 1-1-1) at DALLAS BAPTIST (3-3-1, 1-2-0)
Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016 – 1 p.m.
Patriot Soccer Field (Dallas, Texas)
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DBU TWITTER: @DBUathletics, @DBUsoccer
NSCAA South Central Regional Rankings
LCU: 10
DBU: n/a
CHAPS FLIGHT DECK
• LCU plays their second Heartland Conference road games of the season and looking for their first conference road win of the season after falling 3-0 Thursday at No.5 St. Edward's.
• The Chaparrals are 2-4-1 on the season and are 1-1-1 in Heartland Conference play.
• LCU, who went 6-3-0 last season in road competition, is 1-4-0 in road play this season and are 32-21-5 all-time in road play.
STORY LINES
• The Chaps are 18-9-1 all-time in Heartland Conference contests and 11-3-0 all-time in Heartland Conference road contests (LCU went 2-2 in conference road games last season).
• In LCU's 3-0 loss Thursday, SEU's opening goal ended LCU's defensive shutout sequence at a new program record setting mark of 318:50. The same time also marked a program individual record for goalkeeper
Fernando Rios.
• On the flip side, LCU has been shutout in consecutive games and has matched a program single season mark for shutouts with four shutouts faced. It is the fourth time in program history LCU has been shutout in consecutive games and they have never been shutout in three consecutive games (September of 2013 was the last time LCU has faced consecutive shutouts). LCU enters the game without a goal in the last 202:51.
• The Chaps rank second in the Heartland Conference in shutout percentage, recording clean sheets a rate of 43%. They are behind St. Edward's (86%) in the category.
• With two game winning goals on the season,
Cody Graves ranks tied for 15
th nationally in the category.
•
Fernando Rios, ranking 16
th nationally in saves (35), is 13
th nationally in goalkeeping minutes played with a conference leading 650:00.
SCOUTING DBU
• The Patriots are coming off an 8-11-2 mark last season in which they finished 3-5-0 in the Heartland Conference. They are 3-3-1 to start off this season, which includes a 1-2-0 conference record.
• DBU, who went 3-5-0 last season at home, is 2-1-0 at home this season. They are coming off a 2-1 home loss Thursday to Texas Permian Basin.
• The Heartland Conference has Newman preseason picked 11
th in the conference preseason poll.
• Dallas Baptist leads the nation in fouls per game, with a low of 6.1 per contest.
• The Patriots are coming off a 20-shot (nine on goal) performance in their loss to UTPB, with the shot marks qualifying as season highs.
SERIES HISTORY WITH DBU
• LCU is 3-0-0 all-time against Dallas Baptist and 2-0 in games played against DBU in Dallas.
• Last season (Oct. 22, 2015), LCU defeated DBU 1-0 in Dallas.
• LCU is 5-0-0 all-time in games they have played in Dallas County all-time (wins over Dallas Christian, Northwood and Wiley).
