Match Info	Opponent Info
St. Mary's vs. UT Tyler STMU: 10-3-3, 4-3-3 LSC | UTT: 7-3-5, 2-3-5 LSC Tuesday, Oct. 25th | 5 p.m. Citizen's 1st Bank Perkins Soccer Complex | Tyler, Texas		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

A MATCH TO SET THE STAGE

The UT Tyler women's soccer team took a hit to their pursuit of one of seven spots in the 2022 Lone Star Conference Women's Soccer Championships with a 2-1 loss at Midwestern State on Saturday afternoon. UT Tyler couldn't hold onto a 1-0 halftime lead after two goals from Midwestern State less than two minutes apart in the 53rd and 55th minute secured the Mustangs a much-needed three points. Junior Sydnee Garner scored her second goal in as many games in the 24th minute to pad that 1-0 advantage that eventually slipped away in the second half. UT Tyler remained in a tie for seventh place alongside UT Permian Basin in the LSC standings following the loss with 11 points, one point clear of Midwestern State, who now has 10 points. UT Permian Basin has just one match remaining in the regular season, while UT Tyler and Midwestern State will both play on Tuesday and Friday of this week. 

WHAT COACH WEBB IS SAYING

On last week's results against St. Edward's and Midwestern State... "Wednesday against St. Edward's was probably one of the most exciting games we've had here. To go down twice by two goals and come back and tie 4-4, I think it took it's toll mentally on both us and St. Edward's if you look at the results for both of us on Saturday. It took everything we had in that game and so we came out not firing on Saturday and didn't have our best day. Credit to Midwestern State, they took it to us. We scored an unbelievable goal with Sydnee Garner's goal, but we just couldn't sustain it. It was tough for us to find our rhythm late in the game on Saturday when we needed it most."

On the outstanding play of Sydnee Garner as of late... "You look at the team we had last fall compared to this fall and all of the returning players really committed to the spring development and just grew. Sydnee has always had the ability in her, she just had to have the belief that she could be a game changer. When she is on the ball she is just special. She just creates the game in so many different ways. We have so many pieces that are around her as well. In the attack we are just very dangerous, we just have to continue to clean up how we look in transition to be able to put it all together this week."

On the implications of the final week of the regular season... "We went on a long road trip to Midwestern State on Saturday and now we come back to play on a Tuesday, it's not going to help that we're expected to get a ton of rain this afternoon so the location of the field, the time of the game and the condition of the field all make for a really exciting game. Then we turn around and go on the road to Eastern New Mexico and it's a long trip, but we have to get the results. I think we've experienced everything that we can experience this year. We've shot ourselves in the foot and we've also played absolutely out of our minds, but now it's go time. There can't be anymore excuses, there can't be anymore reasons why we can't, we just have to go after teams and get some wins."

A LOOK AT THE STANDINGS

UT Tyler can assure themselves a spot in the 2022 LSC Women's Soccer Championships with wins in both matches this week against St. Mary's and Eastern New Mexico. A tie or a loss in either of those two matches could bring a host of teams into the mix for one of the seven spots available in the tournament. Midwestern State holds the biggest threat to jumping the Patriots into one of those spots as they hold the first tiebreaker after their win over UT Tyler on Saturday should both teams finish with the same amount of points in conference play at the end of the week. Midwestern State also has two opportunities to secure points as they play on Tuesday at Texas Woman's and on Friday at home against Angelo State. UT Permian Basin and Texas A&M International, who enter this week with 10 and nine points, each have just one match left in conference place. Texas Woman's would be a candidate to jump into the no. 7 spot should they win Tuesday's game against Midwestern State as they sit with eight points heading into what is going to be an interesting final week of the 2022 season.
 

DBU	9-1-1	28	13-1-1	.900	W6	8-0	5-1-1	0-0
Angelo State	7-2-1	22	12-2-2	.812	W1	8-0-1	4-2-1	0-0
West Texas A&M	6-1-3	21	12-1-3	.844	T1	7-0-1	5-1-2	0-0
Lubbock Christian	5-2-3	18	8-2-6	.688	W2	3-0-5	4-2-1	1-0
St. Mary's	4-3-3	15	10-3-3	.719	T1	4-2-1	5-1-2	1-0
St. Edward's	4-3-3	15	8-4-4	.625	L1	6-4	2-0-4	0-0
UT Tyler	2-3-5	11	7-3-5	.633	L1	7-0-3	0-3-2	0-0
UT Permian Basin	3-6-2	11	5-7-3	.433	L1	3-2-3	2-5	0-0
Midwestern State	3-6-1	10	6-8-1	.433	W1	5-2	1-6-1	0-0
Texas A&M International	1-4-6	9	4-6-6	.438	L1	3-2-3	1-4-3	0-0
Texas Woman's	1-4-5	8	1-8-6	.267	L1	0-5-3	1-3-3	0-0
Oklahoma Christian	2-7-2	8	4-8-4	.375	W1	2-5-2	2-3-2	0-0
Eastern New Mexico	2-7-1	7	4-10-1	.300	L3	0-6-1	4-4	0-0

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 last week. 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. The second edition of the rankings is set to be released on Wednesday of this week.

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 31-to-14 on their home field, and have outshot their opposition by a 213-to-97 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 third in the Lone Star Conference in scoring offense (2.07 goals per game) and total goals (31). Senior Samaris Alvarado leads UT Tyler and ranks seventh in the Lone Star Conference with seven goals on the year, while Sydnee Garner and Jordan Colbert have both totaled the eighth highest goal total in the league with four on the year. Alvarado and Garner rank 13th in the LSC with 37 total shots on the year. Alvarado (15), Garner (11) and Colbert (11) have all totaled double-digit points in 2022. 

COACH WEBB

Head coach Stefani Webb is in her 18th season as head coach of the Patriots and has accumulated a 198-86-29 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 288-135-33 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.
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