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Women's Soccer Cameron Brennan

Pitch Preview: Texas Woman's and #25 Angelo State

ENMU head to Denton for matchup with the Pioneers, then return to play #25 Rambelles

PORTALES, N.M. – The Greyhounds look to bounce back in as they travel to Texas Woman's University on Wednesday, Sept. 21, for an 11 a.m. kickoff. Then, the Greyhounds will welcome #25 Angelo State University on Saturday, Sept. 24, with the match starting at 12 p.m.

Here is the Pitch Preview:

LAST TIME OUT

The Greyhounds faced tough competition on a hot and humid day in Austin, Texas, falling 3-0 to St. Edward's University. Samantha Jeffries made a career high 11 stops during the match. Prior to that, Eastern opened the conference schedule at home against Midwestern State, with the Mustangs taking the contest 3-0.

SCOUTING THE GREYHOUNDS

Overall, this season, the Greyhounds have scored three goals, averaging 4.4 shots per game, with 48.4% of those shots going on goal. Defensively, Eastern are allowing just 1.43 goals per game, with opponents scoring on just 8.5% of their shots. In net, the Greyhounds have made 48 saves this season, with an 82.8% save percentage.

Individually, Tori Galindo, Kelsey Medina, and Abby Ditzler have all scored one goal this season for ENMU. Galindo paces the team in shots with five, while Hannah Grady and Ditzler both have four shots this season. Kinsie Mitchell and Selena Casias lead the team in minutes played this season, with Casias playing every minute this season and Mitchell averaging 88.1 minutes per game. Jeffries has contributed 48 saves so far this season. The shot-stopper holds an 82.8% save percentage.

Jeffries sits atop the LSC statistical standings in most goalie statistics. Jeffries leads the conference in saves per game at 6.86 saves per game and saves with 48. The junior also is second for conference save percentage (.828).

SCOUTING THE PIONEERS

So far this season, Texas Woman's picked up their first win of the season, beating Oklahoma Christian, 1-0. TWU also played out a draw against Texas A&M International, 1-1. Overall, the Pioneers start the week with a 1-4-2 (1-0-1 LSC).

As a team, TWU are averaging 0.57 goals per game, with 13.1 shots per game. The Pioneers are finding the back of the net on 4.3% of their shots, and of their 33 shots on goal, 35.9% are goals. Texas Woman's are holding teams to 14 shots per game, with 4.7 shots going on goal. TWU goalkeeping is making 4.57 saves per game.
 
Four different Pioneers have scored this season: Bri Luna, Keely Chapman, Abby Powers, and Dylann Vollaro. Luna and Rayne Islas each have an assist this season, while Chapman leads the team in shots (15) and shots on goal (7), while Vollaro also has seven shots on goal.  Morgan Sherman has played every game for TWU this season in net, making 32 saves this season, with a 0.744 save percentage.

SCOUTING THE RAMBELLES

The Rambelles enter the weekend as the #25 team in the nation, based on the United Soccer Coaches (USCA) Division II Poll, holding a record of 7-0-1 (2-0 LSC). ASU opened its conference schedule will with a 1-0 over Texas A&M International and capturing a 3-0 victory over Oklahoma Christian.

As a group, Angelo State offensively are finding 2.00 goals per game on 13.1 shots per game. The Rambelles are scoring on 15.2% of their shots, finding 48 shots on goal this season. ASU's defense has allowed just four goals this season in eight games and allowing eight shots per game. ASU goalkeepers have made 19 saves this season, around 2.3 saves per game.

Grace Jordan leads the Angelo State attack, with four goals on a team high 17 shots, while Reagan Urbany also has three goals with two assists. Cindy Rodriguez and Valerie Solis holds a team best three assists this season, with six others recording assists this season. Kira Miller has started every game for Angelo State, allowing four goals this season and making 19 saves.
 

Players Mentioned

Selena Casias

#24 Selena Casias

MID
5' 7"
Senior
Tori Galindo

#30 Tori Galindo

M/F
5' 3"
Senior
Samantha  Jeffries

#1 Samantha Jeffries

GK
5' 9"
Junior
Kelsey Medina

#4 Kelsey Medina

M/F
5' 3"
Junior
Kinsie Mitchell

#14 Kinsie Mitchell

DEF
5' 6"
Senior
Abby Ditzler

#17 Abby Ditzler

FWD
5' 7"
Freshman
Hannah Grady

#8 Hannah Grady

MID
5' 4"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Selena Casias

#24 Selena Casias

5' 7"
Senior
MID
Tori Galindo

#30 Tori Galindo

5' 3"
Senior
M/F
Samantha  Jeffries

#1 Samantha Jeffries

5' 9"
Junior
GK
Kelsey Medina

#4 Kelsey Medina

5' 3"
Junior
M/F
Kinsie Mitchell

#14 Kinsie Mitchell

5' 6"
Senior
DEF
Abby Ditzler

#17 Abby Ditzler

5' 7"
Freshman
FWD
Hannah Grady

#8 Hannah Grady

5' 4"
Senior
MID