Match Info	Opponent Info
UT Tyler at Texas A&M International UTT: 8-1-2, 3-1-2 LSC | TAMIU: 3-4-4, 2-2-2 LSC Wednesday, Oct. 16th | 7 p.m. Laredo, Texas \ Dustdevil Soccer Field		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS
Oklahoma Christian vs. UT Tyler OC: 6-2-3, 2-2-2 LSC | UTT: 8-1-2, 3-1-2 LSC Saturday, Oct. 19th | 3 p.m. Tyler, Texas | Citizen's 1st Bank-Perkins Soccer Complex		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

WHAT COACH WEBB IS SAYING

On last week's pair of results against #9 DBU and UT Permian Basin.. "A really good week for us. Great crowd for them and they're a really good team. We really had to make sure we were dialed into the details. They scored a fantastic goal, but really proud of the resiliency of this team. One of the beautiful things about this team this year is that when it's your name, you've gotta step up and be big. We called on Hallie Keese last week, the game was for her, and she scored a great goal for us. Happy to get out of there with a 1-1 tie. UT Permian Basin has been gritty and hard to score against all year. but I feel like our girls were really dialed into the details. We finished that game strong and had a great performance from a alot of different players."

On Texas A&M International and Oklahoma Christian as opponents... "Three points are huge in this conference. We play on the road in Laredo against Texas A&M International, they play a little different formation and manipulate it a little bit, so we're going to have to be prepared for some of those changes. It's also on the road, for a long road trip and a late day game, so we're going to have to do a lot of work mentally to get ready for that one. Then back home on Saturday against Oklahoma Christian. Should be a big one. We have over 40 alumni coming back for the weekend and Fall Fest coming up so we're excited about the weekend. I know Oklahoma Christian is really good, so we have two good teams this week that play a different brand, so we're going to have to really dial in."

LAST TIME OUT

Freshman Ella Anderson scored twice while Natalie Jones and Katelyn Walerczyk both had a goal and an assist to pave the way for a 4-0 win over UT Permian Basin. UT Tyler put the game away early in the second half after Walerczyk and Anderson put the third and fourth goals on the board for the Patriots. The no-doubt victory gives UT Tyler their eighth win of the season, the highest single season win total in the Division II era for the program, and marks a fourth straight result in Lone Star Conference play. 

UT Tyler came away with a well-earned point in Lone Star Conference play with a 1-1 tie on the road at #9 Dallas Baptist on Thursday night. Freshman Halli Keese scored the equalizer off a cross from Sydnee Garner that rattled off her chest and into the back of the DBU net with less than five minutes remaining on the clock. That score insured UT Tyler would have a point to show for in what was an otherwise balanced match across the board. Both teams finished with 17 shots and matched each other's pace for essentially all 90 minutes of action. UT Tyler blocked two of Dallas Baptist's best chances in the opening half in what would eventually be key plays in the 1-1 result.

PATRIOT NEWS AND NOTES

- UT Tyler will head into the week looking to build on what is their best season to date in the Division II era with a road game on Wednesday night against Texas A&M International and a Saturday home match against Oklahoma Christian. The Patriots sit in a three-way tie for third place in the LSC standings with 11 points and have managed an 8-1-2 record overall.
- The Patriots have seen the majority of their success come on their home field during the Division II era and sit 21-11-10 as a Division II program at Citizen's 1st Bank-Perkins Soccer Complex. UT Tyler earned at least a result in all but one home match in 2023 with a 1-1-5 record and went 7-1-3 on their home pitch in 2022, making for an 14-2-9 record at home over the course of the last two seasons. UT Tyler has out-scored their opposition 27-to-1 in home matches this season and sports a 6-0-1 record on their home pitch.
- Saturday will be a busy day on campus as the women's soccer program will induct alum Chestley Strother into the UT Tyler Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday morning and will then celebrate Alumni Day with the afternoon's game. The event will coincide with the Fall Fest Tailgate featuring food trucks, games, a live DJ and a beer garden in the HPC Parking Lot.
- UT Tyler ranks within the top 10 nationally in both scoring offense (2.91) and goals against average (.364). The Patriots rank ninth with an average of 2.91 goals per game and have notched the seventh highest point total in Division II women's soccer with 90 on the year. That offense ranks 11th in the country with 19.36 shots per game and has totaled the eighth highest goal total on the year with 32.
- Juior Katelyn Walerczyk was named the Lone Star Conference Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week for her play last week. Walerczyk scored a goal and recorded an assist in the Patriot's 4-0 win on Saturday against UT Permian Basin and made a key save on her own goal line in the 1-1 tie against DBU.
- Junior Natalie Jones ranks second in the LSC with 17 points on the year having scored six goals and five assists. Her five assists matches the highest total in the conference. The 17 points for Jones is already the highest single-season point total of the Division II era for the program, and the most in a season since Brittany Matthews totaled 40 points in the 2016 season.
- UT Tyler has out-scored their opposition by a 32-to-4 margin this season.
- Six Patriots have totaled multiple goals so far in 2024. Samaris Alvarado and Ella Anderson have both notched three goals and three assists, while Marin Love has joined Alvarado and Anderson with nine points after accumulating four goals and an assist. Jones leads the league with 16 shots on goal. Anderson and Launa Torrez have both put nine attempts on net. 
- Keeper Emily Clark ranks ninth in Division II women's soccer with a .348 goals against average and ranks 14th in the LSC with a .893 save percentage. The Bullard, Texas native has allowed just three goals this season and leads the LSC in both goals against average and save percentage.
- Head coach Stefani Webb is in the midst of her 20th season at the helm of the program. Coach Webb is 208-97-35 (.657) in her tenure as head coach of the Patriots and sits 298-143-43 (.660) in her 26-year head coaching career.
- UT Tyler is in the midst of their sixth year of play in the Lone Star Conference. The Patriots hold a 14-32-16 mark in LSC games and are 9-10-11 at home in LSC games. UT Tyler made their inaugural LSC Women's Soccer Championship Tournament debut in 2021.
- The top seven seeds in the LSC standings at the end of the season will qualify for the 2024 Lone Star Conference Women's Soccer Championship Tournament. Quarterfinal matches will be held at campus sites on Tuesday, Nov. 12th, with semifinal and final matches set for Friday and Sunday of that week at the no. 1 overall seed's host site.

SCOUTING TEXAS A&M INTERNATIONAL

- The Dustdevils sit 3-4-4 on the season and 2-2-2 in Lone Star Conference play heading into Wednesday's match against Texas A&M International. Texas A&M International went 0-1-1 last week with a 1-0 loss against Angelo State and a 0-0 tie against Texas Woman's.
- Texas A&M International have scored 12 times in 2024 and have conceded 12 goals as well. 
- Janize Castillo leads the Dustdevils with three goals and six points. Four other Dustdevils have scored four goals.
- Keeper Claramalia Pederson ranks second in the LSC with an average of 5.71 saves per game.
- UT Tyler is 2-0-2 all-time against Texas A&M International. Each of the last two matches between the two teams have ended in a tie after Patriot victories in the ifrst two meetings.

SCOUTING OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN

- Oklahoma Christian will play against Lubbock Christian on Wednesday night prior to Saturday's match with UT Tyler. The Eagles stand 6-2-3 on the year.
- The Eagles have been led all season by Kyla Lovelace, who leads the LSC in both goals (9) and points (19). Lovelace has gone for two goals in three games this season.
- Oklahoma Christian has scored the third highest goal total in the league with 21. 
- The Patriots hold a 3-2-2 record in the all-time series. The two sides have tied in each of the last two meetings.