San Angelo, Texas – The A&M-Commerce soccer team punch its ticket into the NCAA Tournament with a 4-0 win over West Texas A&M to claim the program's second straight Lone Star Conference Tournament Championship Sunday afternoon.
 
Quotable
"The game was much closer than the scored indicated. The team worked very hard and thoroughly deserved this championship. I felt we were a little unlucky earlier in the season so it's a good that we are running well at this point in the season."– Lion head coach Neil Piper.
 
Turning Point
- Jade Bell collected a long ball cleared by the Lions' defense, fought off a defender and beat the WT keeper to the far post to give the Lions a 1-0 lead. Less than a minute later, Vicky Back took advantage of a loose ball in the box following a Savannah Grasser free kick and knocked it by the WT keeper to make it 2-0
 
Summary
- Bell's goal came with 16:39 on the clock in the first half when she took advantage of a deep clearance and out hustled the WT defender.
- Back's goal came with 17:23 on the clock when Grasser's free kick was knocked down in the box.
- Grasser added an insurance goal with 40:51 on the clock in the first half after she beat a defender down the wing and chipped it over the keeper who was off her line. 
Inside the Box Score
- The Lions improved to 15-18-2 overall against the Buffs while currently riding a four-match winning streak.
 
- The win gives the Lions their second Lone Star Conference Tournament in as many seasons. It is also the Lions third LSC Championship -- 2014 regular season and tournament titles and the current 2015 tournament championship – in two seasons.
 
- All told, the Lions have won seven Lone Star Conference Championships, four Lone Star Conference Tournament championships -- 1999, 2004, 2014 and 2015 – and three Lone Star Conference regular season championships – 2014, 2003 and 1999.
 
- Back scored her LSC-leading 15th goal of the season. She tops the LSC in points with 34. 
 
- Back's 15th goal of the season moves her into a tie for 5th on the schools single-season goal mark.  She ties Meagan Lasley in 2009 and Lynette Bass in 1998.
 
- Bell's goal, her seventh of the season, moved the senior forward into a tie for eighth place with 29 career goals on the Lions all-time scoring list.  She matches Chelsey Haight's total from 2007-2010
 
- Grasser finished with her first multi-goal game of the season.  She has 11 on the season giving her 31 in her three-year career placing her in fourth place on the Lions all-time scoring list. She trails Lynette Bass, 1997-00, and Erin de Wofle, 2002-2005, who each scored 32 career goals.
 
- Courtnie Northern has turned away 98 shots in 2015 moving her into eighth on the single-season saves list.  She moved ahead of Amber Ramoz and her 94 saves in 2004.
 
- Taylor Rhodes, Madison Cordts, Grasser, Ashley Phillips were named to the LSC All-Tournament Team, while Back was named the tournament's MVP.
 
Upcoming
- The Lions sealed a their second consecutive berth in the NCAA Tournament with the win. A&M-Commerce will have a watch party Monday night at 5:15 p.m. at Dos Laredos. Lions fans are encouraged to attend as the team learns it destination and opponent in the opening rounds.
 
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