SAN ANGELO, Texas - For the first time this season, the Lady Chaps will look to rebound after a loss, heading to San Angelo to face RV Angelo State on Wednesday, Oct. 12.

Lubbock Christian (6-1-5, 3-1-2 LSC) at RV Angelo State (10-2-1, 5-2 LSC)
Wednesday, Oct. 12 - 7 PM
San Angelo, Texas - ASU Soccer Field

LADY CHAP HEADERS
• Lubbock Christian dropped their first match of the season on Oct. 8, falling 1-0 to UT Tyler. It is the first time the Lady Chaps have ever lost to or allowed a goal to the Patriots

• Arely Jimenez became the eighth LCU Lady Chap all-time to record at least 5,000 minutes of playing time against Texas A&M International. Jimenez now sits seventh overall with 5,219 minutes played as a Lady Chap. She needs to play just one minute to tie Allison Scott for sixth most all-time, and needs just 22 minutes to tie Shadiana Haney for fifth most all-time. Jimenez can tie Haley Kenesk for third most matches played in program history and become just the fourth Lady Chap ever to play in 75 career matches.

- Kenley Blevins and Abby Kone have both played all 90 minutes in every single match this season. Blevins has not left the pitch since 18th minute against St. Mary's on Nov. 6, 2021.

- Makenna Pate is currently tied with Haley Knesek for fifth most shot attempts in a career. Pate has attempted 155 shots in her career and nine this season.

DISHING IT OUT
The Lady Chaps have been sharing the ball at will this season, with eleven players recording at least one assist. Hoel and Jimenez lead the team with four assists each. The Lady Chaps 2.30 assists per game ranks ninth in all of Division-II soccer.

RA RA RASMUSSEN
Graycen Rasmussen has been one of the standout freshmen for the Lady Chaps this season, scoring five goals and tallying two assists so far ths year. Rasmussen picked up five points in two matches last week, tallying an assist and a goal against Oklahoma Christian. Her penalty kick goal against Texas A&M International was enough for the Lady Chaps to knock off the Dust Devils 1-0. Rasmussen ranks fifth in the LSC in shots with 36.

KONE YOU DIG IT?
After recording two shutouts in her first two matches, Abby Kone was named Goalkeeper of the Week by the Lone Star Conference on Monday, Aug. 29.
It was the first time a Lady Chap has been named Lone Star Conference Goalkeeper of the Week since Oct. 4, 2021, when Hannah Wise earned the honor. It is also the first time an LCU has earned a weekly conference honor after their first week of the season since Sarah Palmer won the Heartland Conference Defensive Player of the Week award as a freshman goalkeeper for week one of the 2015 season.
Kone became the first LCU keeper to record 10 saves in a match since 2018, with 13 saves against Colorado Mesa, the second most in a match in program history.
The freshman's 47 saves rank fourth in the Lone Star Conference and already seventh most in program history for any Lady Chap goalkeeper. 

WELCOME BACK LEXI
Lexi De La Cruz is a sophomore transfer from Howard Payne University. De La Cruz was the American Southwest Conference Freshman of the Year in 2021, leading the conference in points (34), assists (8) and goals (8). The Lubbock native was also named Third-Team All-Region by the United Soccer Coaches Association. De La Cruz did not waste long in her return to Lubbock, scoring a pair of goals and recording an assist in LCU's 3-0 shutout of Western Colorado in their first match of the season. She currently ranks fourth in the Lone Star Conference in points (17) third in goals (8), second in shots on goal (24) and fifth in total shots (36).

SHUT IT DOWN
Since the program's inception in 2010, the Lady Chaps have recorded at least four shutouts in every single season. LCU picked up their fifth shutout of the season in a 0-0 draw with no. 10 West Texas A&M, moving to 3-0-2 in shutouts this year. The Lady Chaps hold a 74-0-6 record in shutouts all-time

PRESEASON PICKINGS
The Lubbock Christian University women's soccer team was picked to finish eighth in the 2022 Lone Star Conference preseason poll. Celia Duarte, Madison Mayben and Megan Mirabal were named players to watch by the conference for the 2022 season.  
- Duarte played in 11 matches last season for the Lady Chaps, scoring a pair of goals and tallying one assist. Her goal against Texas A&M International on Sept. 25 was the game winner over the Dust Devils and gave LCU their first conference win of the season. 
 - Mayben played in and started 15 matches for the Lady Chaps last season. Mayben was a key part of the Lubbock Christian defense that recorded six shutouts, including four in their first eight matches on the way to a 6-0-2 start. 
 - Mirabal started five games in net for LCU last season, finishing the year with a 3-1-1 record. Mirabal earned the win for the Lady Chaps in her first three matches, allowing two goals and recording 11 total saves. She earned her lone shutout of the season against Adams State on Sept. 9, tallying six saves on the way to the 3-0 victory.

THIS IS HOME
In their second year at the new LCU soccer and track & field complex, the Lady Chaps went 4-4-1 at home, opening the season with a 4-1 thrashing of New Mexico Highlands. LCU is now 59-27-16 in home games all-time, and 9-5-5 all-time at the LCU soccer and track & field complex. Lubbock Christian has never had a losing record at home under head coach Alex Denning. The home schedule for 2022 features nine home games in total.

IT'S HOW YOU FINISH
Like last season, the Lady Chaps were undefeated after their first eight matches at 4-0-4. Also like last season, the Lady Chaps eighth match was a positive result against a ranked DBU, beating the no. 12 Patriots 1-0 in 2021, and tying the no. 1 Pats 1-1 this season. Last season, LCU was 6-0-2 after eight matches, but finished the season just 2-7 and missed the Lone Star Conference Tournament. The 6-0-5 start was the best for the Lady Chaps since starting the 2012 season 12-0. LCU fizzled out at the end of that season, going 0-5-2 in their final seven matches

SCOUTING THE RAMBELLES
- Angelo State enters the match with a 10-2-1 overall record and 5-2 in the Lone Star Conference. The Rambelles dropped a 1-0 decision to no. 16 West Texas A&M in their last match on Oct. 5.
- The Rambelles fell out of the United Soccer Coaches National Poll from 22nd after falling to the Lady Buffs. ASU is still receiving votes in the national poll.
- The reigining LSC Goalkeeper of the Year Kira Miller ranks first in the conference and third in Division-II with eight total shutouts this season. Her 0.860 save percentage is second in the conference and 28th in the country. 
- Grace Jordan leads ASU with six goals, tied for sixth in the LSC. Her 13 total points rank ninth in the conference
- Valerie Solis is tied for second in the conference with four assists this season. 
 - In 14 seasons as the head soccer coach at ASU, Travis McCorkle has led the Belles to four Lone Star Conference Championships, thirteen 10-plus win seasons, and five NCAA postseason appearances. He directed the program to its fourth Lone Star Conference Championship in 2020. The Belles hosted the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Tournament for the first time in program history in 2015 after winning their first NCAA Tournament game in 2014. 

THE SERIES WITH THE RAMBELLES
Angelo State leads the series 4-0-1 but the one draw was in the 2019 Lone Star Conference Tournament. The match was scoreless after 110 minutes, and the Lady Chaps took the penalty kick shootout 5-4 after a make from Arely Jimenez to advance to the semifinals of the Lone Star Conference Tournament. ASU has won the last two matches 1-0, and have held the Lady Chaps without a goal in 2:15:25 of game action.

A WIN WOULD
- Be the 100th win of Alex Denning's career at LCU
- Be the program's first win ever over Angelo State

UP NEXT
The Lady Chaps will celebrate Senior Day on Saturday, Oct. 15, taking on Texas Woman's University. The match kicks off at 1 PM from the LCU Soccer & Track Facility.