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Live Video COMMERCE, Texas – The A&M-Commerce women's soccer team is set to host Texas Woman's in Lone Star Conference play at 7:00 Thursday evening. The two teams tied in Denton earlier this season.
Quotable- "It's a pivotal game in the conference. It was an exciting match earlier this year at their place. We need to clean it up a little bit on defense and take advantage of our scoring opportunities. Hopefully, it's a game that we can win." – Lion head coach
Neil Piper The Series - The Lions claim a 13-2-6 all-time record against the Pioneers, including two different four-game winning streaks.
- A&M-Commerce has won four of the last five meetings by way of shutout and is 7-1-0 all-time against TWU at Lion Soccer Field.
About the Lions- The Lions enter play at 6-4-2, including a 2-1-2 mark in Lone Star Conference action.
- A&M-Commerce picked up an LSC victory last Friday against Eastern New Mexico but stumbled to a 2-1 loss two days later against West Texas A&M.
- The Blue and Gold rank first in the LSC in corner kicks with 74. Additionally, the Lions are second in points, goals, assists and are tie for the fewest offside penalties and the most shutouts.
- The Lions are led by
Neil Piper, who is in his 18th season and carries a career record of 204-115-33.
Lion Leaderboard- Shots: Bell/Back, 40
- Goals:
Vicky Back, 9
- Points:
Vicky Back, 21
- Assists:
Jade Bell, 6
- Saves:
Courtnie Northern, 57
About the Pioneers- The Pioneers enter play at 6-4-2, including a 2-2-1 mark in Lone Star Conference action. Their lone tie was against A&M-Commerce.
- Last week, the Pioneers went 1-1 in LSC games, losing to West Texas A&M 2-1 before beating ENMU 2-1 in overtime.
- Only two TWU players are from somewhere other than the state of Texas. Emily Russell is a native of Bellingham, Washington, while leading scorer Natalia Diaz hails from Colombia.
- Texas Woman's allows .87 goals per game and scores 1.25 goals per game.
- The Pioneers are led by Babak Abouzar, who is in his 3rd season and carries a career record of 20-23-5.
Pioneer Leaderboard- Shots: Natalia Diaz, 28
- Goals: Natalia Diaz, 4
- Points: Natalia Diaz, 15
- Assists: Natalia Diaz, 7
- Saves: Ariana Morrison, 63
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