COMMERCE – The Texas A&M University-Commerce soccer team begins the postseason on Wednesday afternoon in the Southland Conference Tournament against the No. 6-seeded Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders at the Lady Demon Soccer Complex in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
 
WHO: No. 3 seed A&M-Commerce vs. No. 6 seed Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
WHERE: Natchitoches, Louisiana | Lady Demon Soccer Complex
WHEN: Wednesday, October 2 | 4 p.m.
RECORDS: The Lions are 7-8-2 on the season and 7-4-2 in SLC play, finishing third in conference play, while Texas A&M-Corpus Christi finished sixth in conference play with a record of 5-6-1, earning the No. 6 seed in the SLC tournament. The Lions won 4-0 at home against the Islanders during the regular season.
 
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A LOOK AT THE BRACKET
The winner of the match on Wednesday advances to the SLC Tournament Semifinals on Friday, taking on the winner of the Northwestern State-McNeese match.
 
THE SURPRISING LIONS
A&M-Commerce was picked eighth in the preseason Southland Conference poll. The Lions finished third in conference play, recording seven wins and its four losses came to the top two teams in the conference, under first year coach Ashley Gordon.
 
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR – MYA MITCHELL EDITION
On Wednesday morning, Mya Mitchell (Dallas – Mesquite Horn) earned the conference's Freshman of the Year award after leading all players in goals and points during conference play. She is the second Lion to earn the Freshman of the Year award in as many seasons, joining Karalie Morrison (Colleyville Heritage), who was named 2021 Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year.
 
FIVE EARN ALL-SLC HONORS
Mitchell also earned second-team all-SLC honors. She joins Ashley Campuzano (Dallas – Atlas Prep), who earned first team all-conference status, while Nya Mitchell (Dallas – Mesquite Horn), Mindy Shoffit (Wichita Falls – Rider), Mya Mitchell, and Morrison earned second team all-Southland Conference honors.
 
MITCHELL AND SHOFFIT MAKE HISTORY
Mya Mitchell (Dallas – Mesquite Horn) and Mindy Shoffit (Wichita Falls – Rider) became the first two players in A&M-Commerce history to earn Southland Conference Player of the Week awards on October 4. Mitchell earned the offensive player of the week award, while Shoffit earned the defensive player of the week award.
 
Shoffit also earned the SLC Defender of the Week award on October 25.
 
2022 Southland Women's Soccer Players of the Week

Date	Offensive	Defensive	Goalkeeper
Aug. 23	Christine Kitaru, Lamar	Miranda Irbizu, Lamar	Nicole Panis, Lamar
Aug. 30	Christine Kitaru, Lamar (2)	Emma Jones, Southeastern	Olivia Griffin, Southeastern
Sept. 6	Sierra Wannamaker, UIW	Delaney Wells, Northwestern State	Chloe DeShazer, Northwestern State
Sept. 13	Olivia Draguicevich, Northwestern State	Jayme Haynes, Northwestern State	Nicole Panis (2), Lamar
Sept. 20	Cariel Ellis, Lamar	Emma Crump, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Nicole Panis (3), Lamar
Sept. 27	Emily Jamies, HCU	Ellie Mai Sanford, UIW	Chloe Bagshaw, HCU
Oct. 4	Mya Mitchell, A&M-Commerce	Mindy Shoffit, A&M-Commerce	Nicole Panis (4), Lamar
Oct. 11	Gracie Armstrong, Northwestern State	Nicole Henry, Northwestern State	Chloe DeShazer (2), Northwestern State
Oct. 18	Cariel Ellis, Lamar	Rachel Loetzer, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	Chloe Bagshaw, HCU (2)
Oct. 25	Hallie Field, Northwestern State	Mindy Shoffit, A&M-Commerce (2)	Olivia Griffin, Southeastern (2)
Nov. 1	Olivia Draguicevich, Northwestern State (2)	Natalee Henry, Northwestern State	Chloe DeShazer, Northwestern State (3)

 
MYA IS ON FIYA
Mitchell has scored more goals and more points than any other player in the Southland Conference through seven conference matches, having scored in seven of the nine matches. She has eight goals, which is two more than other any player in conference play and 18 points, which is six more than anyone else.
 
She had a scoring streak of six straight matches, which was the third longest scoring streak in Division I this year. 
 
HISTORIC FIRST WIN
The Lions collected a 4-1 win at home against Houston Baptist on September 9 in its first Southland Conference match. All five goals came in the second half, as the Lions collected the first win in the Division I era and first win for coach Ashley Gordon.
 
SHOFFIT SCORES THE FIRST GOAL
After a drought of over 400 minutes to start the season, the Lions' first goal of their inaugural Division I season came against Colorado College on September 4, an own goal by the Tigers. In the second half, Mindy Shoffitt (Wichita Falls – Rider) scored the first goal by a Lion player to secure a 2-2 tie at Colorado College, scoring in the 87th minute.
 
DOUBLE THE FUN!
Dallas natives and twin sisters, Mya Mitchell and Nya Mitchell from Mesquite Horn High School, join the Lions this season. The Mitchells are one of 27 sets of twins in NCAA Division I women's soccer this fall and A&M-Commerce is one of 22 schools with a set of twins on its women's soccer roster this season.