SAN ANGELO, Texas – After wrapping up the non-conference schedule unbeaten, the Angelo State women's soccer team opens up Lone Star Conference play with an away match against Texas A&M International on Wednesday, Sept. 14 before hosting Oklahoma Christian on Saturday, Sept. 17.
Match 7
Angelo State at. Texas A&M International
Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 – 5 PM
Laredo, Texas – Dustdevil Soccer Field
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Match 8
Angelo State vs. Oklahoma Christian
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022 – 1 PM
San Angelo, Texas – ASU Soccer Complex
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NEED TO KNOW
- ASU opens the season undefeated through the first six games for the first time since the undefeated 2020 season.
- Senior Reagan Urbany and sophomore Grace Jordan are tied for the team lead, each with seven points (three goals, one assist) through the first six games of the season.
- Mariah Griffin, Cindy Rodriguez, and Valerie Solis each have two assists.
- Kira Miller earned her third clean sheet of the season against Fort Lewis, the 31th of her career.
- Miller, the reigning Lone Star Conference goalkeeper of the year, has 15 saves six games into the season, she needs 40 saves to break the all-time saves record at Angelo State after making three during match week three. She already holds the Belles all-time shutouts (31) and wins (48) titles.
- Miller and backline staple Cassidy Hill were announced as LSC preseason Goalkeeper and Defender of the year, both for the second consecutive season.
- Hill and Miller have each played all 540 minutes of the 2022 season for the Blue and Gold.
- Miller earned LSC Goalkeeper of the Week honors after a shutout and six saves in match week two against Colorado School of Mines and Regis.
- The Belles have outscored their opponents 12-4 through six games, averaging 2.00 goals per contest, only allowing opponents 0.67.
- Seniors Mia Czarnecki and Hill were announced as captains for the 2022 campaign.
- ASU returns 19 of 28 letterwinners from the 2021 season which saw them advance to the second round of the NCAA DII National Tournament.
- Head Coach Travis McCorkle enters his 15th season at the helm of the Belles program, looking to add more hardware following the team's second consecutive LSC Tournament Championship.
- Assistant Coach Harold Muñoz enters his sixth season with the Belles, and Avery McNeme enters the coaching ranks as the Belles graduate assistant following five years on the pitch.
ANGELO STATE at TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL
- The Belles have a 7-1-1 all-time series lead against the Dustdevils.
- The last time the teams played was in San Angelo in 2021 where the Belles claimed a 2-0 victory behind goals from Jordan and Katelin Heise.
- The Dustdevils are currently 3-2 on the season, dropping their last two contests after winning their first three.
- TAMIU beat Regis 2-1 on Sept. 2nd, that is the only common opponent the teams share thus far.
- The Dustdevils are outscoring their opponents eight to six through their first five games.
- Jacqueline Zapata has two goals to lead the team.
- TAMIU was picked 11th in the LSC preseason poll, receiving 117 points after finishing 12th in the conference a season ago.
ANGELO STATE vs. OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN
- The Belles are currently unbeaten all-time against Oklahoma Christian, 4-0-1.
- The teams met in the 2021 season in Edmond, Okla. where the Belles and Eagles played to a 0-0 draw.
- The Eagles played four schools from Oklahoma in the non-conference schedule, earning victories against both Southern Nazarene and East Central.
- The Belles and Eagles have no common opponents to this point in the season.
- Kyla Lovelace leads the line for Oklahoma Christian, the sophomore has three goals in three different games so far this season, including a goal in the last two in a row.
- Brooklyn Fink and Ellise Foreman have both played every minute of the season to this point for the Eagles.
- After just missing the conference tournament, finishing ninth last season, the Eagles were pinned to finish 10th in the LSC preseason poll this year.