Match Info	Opponent Info
West Texas A&M vs. UT Tyler WT: 1-5-4, 0-3-2 LSC | UTT: 2-2-7, 0-1-5 LSC Saturday, Oct. 14th | 1 p.m. Tyler, Texas | Citizen's 1st Bank-Perkins Soccer Complex		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

WHAT COACH WEBB IS SAYING

On the five straight ties her team has put together entering Saturday's match... "We're competitors. There really wasn't a moment in either of our last two games that I thought we were going to lose the game. Our intensity is really good, you can see it in the way we compete for each other right now. I believe this is a winning team and we just keep fighting to the very end. But we just keep making dumb mistakes, and other teams are capitalizing on it. We have to really dial into the details, we've been focused on that the last week, just fixing the little things that are getting us stuck."

On the importance on the upcoming matches as it relates to the conference standings... "If you play in this conference long enough you recognize that every game is a big game. There's not a moment that you can take a break. So it isn't going to be a message that's different than what we've been saying all year, you have to win and you have to play to win. We just have to thrive in that pressure. It's going to come for us, I believe that it's going to come for us, we've competed too hard for things not to go our way at some point."

On Saturday's opponent in West Texas A&M... "You look at every team we play the rest of the way, we're all desperate for wins. West Texas A&M has a rich tradition, they've been a great team for a long time, and they're going to come in knowing that they have to win on the road. We've got to match that intesity. Talent wise it's going to be an even match, it's just going to be a battle of who doesn't make mistakes and who capitalizes on the other team's mistakes."

LAST TIME OUT

UT Tyler collected a fourth straight result in Lone Star Conference play last Wednesday with a 1-1 tie against Texas A&M International. Sophomore Melissa Oliveira scored her first goal of the 2023 season early in the second half of action to provide the equalizer after Texas A&M International opened with a goal in the first half. Both teams posted 16 shots in the match that was largely an evenly contested battle throughout. UT Tyler scored two goals in the final 20 minutes of action to notch a fifth consecutive tie in Lone Star Conference play last Saturday against Oklahoma Christian. The Patriots dominated the late stages of the match after Oklahoma Christian jumped out to 2-0 lead and managed to find a pair of goals to secure the 2-2 result. Senior Alexia Moreira cut the deficit in half in the 71^st minute and junior Launa Torrez provided the equalizer in the 83^rd minute. 

PATRIOT NEWS AND NOTES

- UT Tyler is unbeaten at home in 2023 with a 1-0-3 record and have suffered a loss on their home pitch just once over the course of the last two seasons. The Patriots are 8-1-6 over that time frame at the Citizen's 1st Bank-Perkins Soccer Complex and are 112-42-15 all-time on their home field.
-  The Patriots are in their fifth season of play in the Lone Star Conference and a hold a 10-28-12 mark in conference action over that timeframe. 
- UT Tyler is 12-6-2 in non-conference play during the Division II era. The Patriots hold a record of 22-32-13 overall record since beginning Division II play in 2019.
- Senior Alexia Moreira leads the team with seven points with three goals and an assist. Sophomore Brooke Mullins has matched Moreira with three goals on the season, while senior Maddie Higgins and sophomore Mackenzee Stokes have each scored a pair of goals.
- Junior Sydnee Garner paces the Patriots with 20 shots, while Mullins leads the team with 10 shots on goal. The Patriots rank sixth in the LSC with an average of 13.55 shots per contest. 
- UT Tyler ranks third in the LSC with 5.18 saves per game. Emily Clark and Danielle Wilken have effectively split time in goal all season.
-  Head coach Stefani Webb  has accumulated a record of 199-93-32 (.669) as head coach of the Patriots. She sports a 289-139-39 (.662) overall record over the span of her 27 years of collegiate coaching experience, having previously spent eight seasons as the head coach of the University of Dallas.
- The 2022 season was a banner year for the program at the NCAA Division II level as the Patriots posted their highest win total of the Division II era with an overall mark of 7-5-5 for the year. UT Tyler appeared in the NCAA Division II South Central Regional rankings for the first time and also put forth the best start in the 20-year history of the program with a 5-0 record to begin the year.
- West Texas A&M holds a 4-0 all-time advantage in the series. The Lady Buffs won 4-3 in overtime in the last meeting between the programs in Tyler in 2021. The last two meeting in 2021 and 2022 between UT Tyler and West Texas A&M have been 3-2 and 5-4 victories for West Texas A&M.