Tuesday, October 14, 2014
                                                                                                                
PORTALES, N.M. — With three wins in their last four matches, the Eastern New Mexico University women's soccer team (6-5; LSC 3-2) is in strong position for the upcoming Lone Star Conference tournament. Currently tied for second in the standings, the Zias will host a West Texas A&M team, which has vaulted into fourth place in the league.
 
Both teams earned big wins on Sunday, with ENMU handing Angelo State its first loss of the season, while the Lady Buffs defeated Midwestern State. Eastern has posted a 4-1 record at home this season, while West Texas A&M's road record is 2-4. Over the last two meetings, only one goal has been scored between the teams, as last season, the series closed with a scoreless tie, in Canyon.
 
 
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Angelo State is atop the standings with a 10-1-1 record with a 3-1-1 record in conference play. Eastern and Texas A&M-Commerce are tied for second, with nine points apiece. West Texas A&M is fourth with a 6-7 record and a 2-3 mark in LSC play.
 
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On Sunday, the Zias improved to 4-1 at home, with the program's first-ever victory over a top-ten team. Alyssa Prince (Sr., M, Las Cruces, N.M./Mayfield HS) tallied the fifth game-winning goal of her career to snap a seven-match shutout streak for Angelo State and added a second goal, later on.
 
In home games this season, Fabienne Wilson (Sr., GK, Alamogordo, N.M./Alamogordo HS/Garden City CC) has a 1.67 goals against average and a 2-1 record. Prince and Victoria Perez (Sr., D, Rio Rancho, N.M./Rio Rancho HS) each have three goals at ENMU Soccer Field.
 
In the Numbers
 
Alyxandra Ortiz (Jr., GK, El Paso, Texas/V. Sue Cleveland HS) is ranked third in career minutes played by an ENMU goalkeeper and third in games started and played for a goalkeeper. She also is third in career shutouts and is tied for the team record in ties. Ortiz is third on the career lists for wins (11) and fourth in goals against average (1.33). Wilson is fourth in goals against average (1.36) and tied for fifth in wins (4). Perez is ninth in career points (22), while Maurisa Jones (Sr., F, Goodyear, Ariz./Estrella Foothills HS) is tenth (20) and Prince has vaulted to seventh (24). Jones and Prince are tied for fifth in goals (10), while Perez is tied for eighth (9). Carolyn Armijo (Jr., MF, Mesilla Park, N.M./Las Cruces HS) is tied for sixth on the career assist list (7) and two away from moving up.
 
Last season, the Zias posted a 4-8-5 record with a 1-5-4 mark in Lone Star Conference play. The team played in a NCAA Division II record 10 overtime contests and earned five ties. Eight of those games went into a second overtime session. Eastern had at least one overtime game against every LSC opponent and two double overtime games against Angelo State.
 
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The Lady Buffs enter Friday's match against Eastern with a 6-7 record and are coming off a big Lone Star Conference win Midwestern State. West Texas A&M also has posted wins over Southwestern Oklahoma, Texas-Permian Basin and Wayland Baptist.
 
Last Time in the Series
 
Eastern is 5-10-1 against West Texas A&M but is 2-0-1 in the last three meetings. Earlier in the season, Melissa Moxley's (Jr., D, Rio Rancho, N.M./Rio Rancho HS) goal off a free kick, proved to be the only goal in the contest, as ENMU went on to its first-ever road victory over the Lady Buffs. Wilson made three saves to post her first shutout of the season.
 
The last time WT came to Portales, Eastern charged to a 4-0 lead and didn't allow a goal until 4:58 remained, en-route to the 4-1 win. Jones scored twice, while Prince had a pair of assists.
 
Up Next
 
Next week, the Zias will hit the road for the final time in the regular season, to play Angelo State and Midwestern State.
 
The final home games of the regular season will be against Texas Woman's and Texas A&M-Commerce.