| Match Info |
Opponent Info |
UT Tyler vs. Midwestern State
UTT: 7-2-5, 2-2-5 LSC | MSU: 5-8-1, 2-6-1 LSC
Saturday, Oct. 22nd | 5 p.m.
Stang Park | Wichita Falls, Texas |
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ROSTER |
SCHEDULE |
STATS |
A WILD WEDNESDAY
The University of Texas at Tyler women's soccer team answered a two-goal deficit twice to come away with a 4-4 tie against St. Edward's on Wednesday night. Junior
Sydnee Garner set the tone for what would be the Lone Star Conference's highest scoring game so far in 2022 with a goal 45 seconds into the match. St. Edward's answered that early Patriot score with three unanswered goals, but couldn't put UT Tyler away as sophomore
Faith Adje scored the equalizer in the 76
th minute to help the Patriots keep pace in a tie for seventh place in the Lone Star Conference standings. St. Edward's tied the game at 1-1 in the fifth minute, and then added two goals within the first 10 minutes of the second half to build what would end up being their first of two multi-goal advantages in the match. Junior
Alexia Moreira cut the deficit to one with her second goal of the year in the 62
nd minute, only to see the differential jump back up to two less than two minutes later with another St. Edward's goal to make it 4-2. The Patriots played what could up being their most meaningful 25 minutes of soccer from that point forward, and used goals from junior
Maddie Higgins in the 71
st minute, and the equalizer from Adje in the 76
th minute to answer the second two-goal deficit with a pair of unanswered scores to close out the match at it's eventual 4-4 final.
WHAT COACH WEBB IS SAYING
On Jordan Colbert and the rest of the midfield's outstanding play as of late... "Jordan's been incredible this year. First of all she's been an amazing leader and has really stepped up and taken control of the leadership side of this team. As a player she has been dictating the way that we play in the midfield for every game, but I really feel like she has found her rhythm as of late. We've changed our shape just a little bit in the last couple of weeks and so the midfield is starting to figure each other out. Start to finish, I thought we were collectively really good in the middle part of the field."
On staying focused on the controllables over the next four matches... "We can't worry about the conference standings right now. We have to get better. We have St. Edward's at home who has historically been one of the top teams in this conference and then we have Midwestern State on the road who has historically been a great team in this conference so at the end of the day we have stuff that we have to take care of and get really dialed into our match-ups. The conference standings, you look at it and it's going to come down to the very last game and the very last point, but those aren't things that we can control. We just have to get better and get ready for Wednesday."
THE MATCH UP
Midwestern State is currently running out of opportunities in their quest for a berth in the LSC Women's Soccer Championships having totaled seven points so far in 2022 in league play. The Mustangs are 2-6-1 in conference play and 5-8-1 on the year, and have dropped three straight matches heading into their Saturday meeting with the Patriots. Midwestern State failed to scored in all three shutout losses at DBU, West Texas A&M and Lubbock Christian, and rank eighth in the LSC on the season with 14 total goals scored. Brynn Covington leads Midwestern State with four goals and eight points on the year, while Olivia Okoye and Cassidy Savoy have both netted three goals throughout the season. History will be on the Mustang's side on Saturday as they hold an 0-3-1 advantage all-time. Midwestern State claimed a 2-1 overtime victory in the most recent meeting the two teams last October in Tyler. The Patriots are 0-1-1 in Wichita Falls having suffered a 2-1 defeat in their last appearance at Stang Park in the Spring of 2021 season.
UNDER CONSIDERATION
The University of Texas at Tyler women's soccer program appeared as one of eight teams included in the first edition of the NCAA Division II Women's Soccer South Central Regional rankings. The first edition of the rankings comprise the eight teams under consideration for the NCAA Division II Women's Soccer National Tournament from the South Central Region, listed in alphabetical order as opposed to by ranking. Wednesday's rankings are the first of three that will be announced by the Regional Advisory Committee prior to the selection of the national tournament field on Sunday, Nov. 6
th. Six teams from the South Central Region, two automatic qualifiers in the winners of the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament and the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Postseason Tournament, as well as four at-large bids will be selected for the national tournament. Those six teams will compete in first and second round action at the no. 1 and no. 2 seed's host site on Nov. 10-13.
South Central Regional Rankings
| Angelo State |
11-2-2 |
11-2-2 |
| Colorado School of Mines |
11-1-3 |
11-1-3 |
| DBU |
11-1-1 |
11-1-1 |
| MSU Denver |
9-2-4 |
8-2-4 |
| UC-Colo. Springs |
8-2-4 |
8-2-4 |
| UT Tyler |
5-2-4 |
5-2-4 |
| West Texas A&M |
11-1-2 |
10-1-2 |
| Westminster (Utah) |
8-4-2 |
7-3-2 |
A STREAK OF FOUR
Wednesday's wild 4-4 tie against St. Edward's notched the Patriot's fourth straight match in which they came away with a result, and points toward the Lone Star Conference standings. UT Tyler remains in a tie for seventh alongside UT Permian Basin, and within three points of sixth place St. Mary's. The top seven teams at the conclusion of the regular season will qualify for the 2022 LSC Women's Soccer Championships on Nov. 1-6. The Patriots have three games remaining on their regular season schedule, while UT Permian Basin has just two. St. Mary's and UT Tyler will meet next Tuesday night at 5 p.m. in UT Tyler's 2022 home finale.
THE FIRST PLAYER OF THE WEEK
UT Tyler senior
Jordan Colbert was named the Lone Star Conference Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for her role in the team's 1-1 draws against Texas Woman's and Angelo State. Colbert becomes the first women's soccer representative from UT Tyler to earn a Player of the Week designation from the Lone Star Conference. The Allen, Texas native scored the lone Patriot goal in each contest to secure a vital point towards the Lone Star Conference standings in each match. Both goals came via penalty kicks for Colbert to notch her third and fourth goals of the 2022 season and provided UT Tyler the scoring they needed to pick up a result in both matches. Colbert provided the cross that led to the foul inside the Texas Woman's box on Wednesday, and helped lead a Patriot offense throughout the week that outshot their opposition by an 11-to-10 margin.
A SPARKLING HOME RECORD
UT Tyler women's soccer is now 7-0-3 on the year on their home pitch at the Citizen's 1st Bank-Perkins Soccer Complex following the 4-4 tie against St. Edward's. The Patriots have outscored opponents 27-to-10 on their home field, and have outshot their opposition by a 195-to-80 margin as well. UT Tyler is one of five teams in the Lone Star Conference who remain unbeaten on their home field alongside DBU, West Texas A&M, Angelo State and Lubbock Christian.
STAT CHECK
UT Tyler ranks second in the Lone Star Conference in scoring offense (2.14 goals per game), total goals (30), shots per game (17.50) and assists per game (1.79). Senior
Samaris Alvarado has the sixth highest goal total in 2022 in the LSC with seven on the year, while junior
Sydnee Garner averages the 10th most shots per game with an average of 2.57. Colbert ranks second on the team with four goals scored, while junior
Vanessa Bart leads the team with four assists. The Patriots hold a dead-even shot differential in LSC play with 11 goals scored and 11 goals against, and have totaled the fifth highest shot total in conference play with 120 on the year.
COACH WEBB
Head coach
Stefani Webb is in her 18th season as head coach of the Patriots and has accumulated a 198-88-25 overall record along the way. Webb led the Patriots to 10 or more wins in every season during the Division III era of the program from 2005-2018, culminating in NCAA Division III National Tournament bids in both 2014 and 2015. Webb holds a career record of 288-134-32 after serving eight seasons as the head coach at the University of Dallas from 1997-2004.
THE BEST START IN PROGRAM HISTORY
The UT Tyler women's soccer team began the season with a 5-0 record for the first time in the 22 years of the program, and completed their non-conference schedule with an undefeated record. The Patriots outscored their non-conference competition by a 19-to-4 margin. UT Tyler completed the 2015 season with an undefeated regular season record, but tied in the fourth game of the season, officially making the 2022 start to the season the best in program history.
