Women's Soccer | 10/28/2014 2:11:00 PM

Tuesday, October 28, 2014
                                                                                                                
PORTALES, N.M. — The 2014 season has been a strong one for the Eastern New Mexico University women's soccer team (8-6; LSC 5-3). The team picked up its first-ever win over a team ranked in the nation's top ten and earned a season sweep of West Texas A&M for the first time.
 
The team still has the potential to accomplish more. The team already has clinched a berth in the upcoming Lone Star Conference Championships, but could win the conference title and the right to host the tournament with wins over Texas Woman's University (9-6-1; LSC 3-4-1) and Texas A&M-Commerce (11-5; LSC 5-3), this weekend. Playing at ENMU Soccer Field has been extremely advantageous for the Zias this season, as displayed by the 5-1 record through the first six home matches of the season.
 
Entering the weekend, Eastern is just two wins away from equaling the team record for wins (10), set in the 2005 season. It is also just one away from tying the team mark for conference wins in a season (6) from the 2011 season.
 
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Angelo State leads the Lone Star conference with a 5-3-1 mark. Texas A&M-Commerce an Eastern are close behind, both at 5-3. Midwestern State is fourth, at 3-4-2, while Texas Woman's is fifth, with a 3-4-1 record. West Texas A&M is sixth, with a 2-6 record.
                                                                               
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Entering the final weekend of the regular season, the Zias have a 5-1 record at home, with wins over Adams State, Southern Nazarene, Texas A&M-International, Angelo State and West Texas A&M.
 
In home games this season, Fabienne Wilson (Sr., GK, Alamogordo, N.M./Alamogordo HS/Garden City CC) has a 1.24 goals against average and a 3-1 record with two shutouts. Alyssa Prince (Sr., MF, Las Cruces, N.M./Mayfield HS) and Victoria Perez (Sr., D, Rio Rancho, N.M./Rio Rancho HS) each have three goals at ENMU Soccer Field, while Danielle Caro (Jr., MF, Denton, Texas/John H Guyer HS) has two.
 
In the Numbers
 
Wilson is fourth ENMU history in games played by a goalkeeper (18), minutes by a goalkeeper (1,659), games started in net (18), third in goals against average (1.25) and tied for fourth in wins (6). She also ranks fourth in career shutouts with six. Wilson's four shutouts this season trails only Sierra Cardenas (5 in 2009 and 6 in 2011)
 
Perez and Prince are tied for seventh in career points (24), while Marissa Jones (Sr., F, Goodyear, Ariz./Estrella Foothills HS) is tenth (20). Jones, Perez and Prince are tied for fifth in goals (10). 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 Pioneers will bring a 9-6-1 record to Portales, and have won three of their last four. Before dropping a 1-0 decision to Texas A&M-Commerce, TWU earned shutout wins over Angelo State and Midwestern State. TWU has a 2-3-1 record in road games.
 
Last season, TWU posted a 5-11-2 record with a 2-7-1 mark in LSC play to finish sixth.
 
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The Lions enter the weekend with a record of 11-5 and will visit West Texas A&M before coming to Portales. They have won three straight, including a 1-0 win over Angelo State. A&M-Commerce is 6-1 on the road, with the only setback coming in double overtime at Angelo State.
 
Last season, Texas A&M-Commerce posted an 11-6-2 record and finished third in the Lone Star Conference with a 5-4-1 mark.
 
Last Time in the Series
 
Eastern is 6-8-1 against Texas Woman's. Earlier in the season, Prince tallied the overtime game-winning goal to lift Eastern to a road win over the Pioneers.  Last season, TWU earned a 1-0 win over Eastern in Denton and played to a 2-2 tie in Portales.
 
The Zias are 2-12-1 against Texas A&M-Commerce. The Lions have won the last four meetings, with ENMU last earning a 1-0 home win in early 2012, on a goal from Perez.
 
Up Next
 
The Zias have clinched a berth in the Lone Star Conference tournament for the third time in team history. The opponent and location will be determined by this weekend's results.