Match Info	Opponent Info
St. Edward's vs. UT Tyler SEU: 2-2-1, 0-0 LSC | UTT: 5-0-0, 0-0-0 LSC Wednesday, Sept. 25th | 4 p.m. Tyler, Texas | Citizen's 1st Bank-Perkins Soccer Complex		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS
UT Tyler at Midwestern State UTT: 5-0, 0-0 GAC | MSU: 4-1, 0-0 LSC Saturday, Sept. 28th | 11 a.m. Searcy, Ark. | Stevens Soccer Complex		ROSTER	SCHEDULE	STATS

WHAT COACH WEBB IS SAYING

On last week's shutout victories over Ouachita Baptist and Harding... "5-0. That's a really good way to start. It's what we hoped for and what we wrote down on the board. Against Ouachita Baptist, we played really well. They gave us a bunch of different puzzles in terms of the way they tried to play against us tactically. I thought we did a really good job late in the first half solving that and then really came alive in the second half. And then Harding is just a really tough place to play. It's a really small field, there were only two referees instead of three, so that gave us another tactical puzzle to deal with. I honestly didn't think we handled it all as well as we probably should have, we made some decisions that are going to have to get alot cleaner. Other teams are going to try and do the same thing against us, they see the film, and so we're going to have to be better in that space for us to continue to do really well. But all-in-all really good performance on the weekend."

On the difference in this year's team heading into the start of Lone Star Conference play compared to previous year's teams... "It's our internal leadership. We have 12 seniors that are really leading well. It would be really easy for people's brains to go somewhere else right now, but our season really starts on Wednesday. Our leadership is really dialed into doing all the little things that have made us into what we are right now. Our leadership has really kept us focus on the right things and the main thing and that has already gone a long way."

On the start of Lone Star Conference play against St. Edward's and Midwestern State this week... "It's the start of conference play and everybody in the Lone Star Conference knows that means it's going to be tough. Two very different scouting reports for each team this week. St. Edward's is always going to be well-organized and very difficult to break down. They've got a really good defense this year and some scoring weapons that we will have to deal with. And then on the road on Saturday at Midwestern State is a tough one. They're playing really well right now, they had a difficult result in their last outing, but if you look at their games up to that point they've really been blowing people out. We're really going to have to be resilient and detail oriented against them."

LAST TIME OUT

UT Tyler completed non-conference play unbeaten and matched the best start to a season in program history with a 1-0 victory over Harding on Saturday morning. Graduate student Samaris Alvarado provided the difference in the match, putting home a beautiful through-ball connection from Hana Masuko and Natalie Jones in the 48^th minute. That quick score coming out of the halftime break was all UT Tyler needed for their fifth straight game on a hot and humid morning in Searcy, Ark.

UT Tyler women's soccer won their fourth straight match to open the season in 4-0 fashion over Ouachita Baptist last Wednesday night. The Patriot offense out-shot the Tigers by a 20-to-7 margin and wore down the opposition throughout the match. Junior Natalie Jones opened the scoring with her fourth goal of the season just before the halftime break and two quick Patriot goals in the first 20 minutes of action of the second half effectively sealed the deal.

PATRIOT NEWS AND NOTES

- UT Tyler begins Lone Star Conference play 5-0 for just the second time in program history, matching the 2022 team's start to a season after five consecutive victories. The Patriots finished the 2024 season unbeaten in non-conference play and have outscored their opposition by a 21-to-1 margin thus far.
- The Patriots have been outstanding in the month of September in the last three seasons, posting a record of 12-3-7 record and have dropped just a single non-conference match over that stretch.
- UT Tyler is one of just three remaining unbeaten teams in the Lone Star Conference so far this season alongside Oklahoma Christian and DBU. 
- The Patriots have seen the majority of their success come on their home field during the Division II era and sit 19-11-9 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 12-2-8 record at home over the course of the last two seasons.
- UT Tyler ranks second in all of Division II women's soccer in scoring offense (4.20) and sixth in the country in goals against average (0.20), having conceded just one goal in their first five matches of 2024. The Patriots have scored the third highest goal total so far this season nationally (21) and average the fourth highest shots per game mark (21.40).
- UT Tyler graduate student Brooklyn Robinson has been named the Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Week as announced by the conference office on Tuesday morning. Robinson captained the UT Tyler women's soccer backline to a shutout week last week in 4-0 and 1-0 victories over Ouachita Baptist and Harding.
- Junior Natalie Jones leads the Lone Star Conference with 10 points on the year for an offense that ranks fifth nationally with 57 on the year. The Patriots have already eclipsed their goal total from last season (16) five matches into the schedule. Jones has recorded a point in all five matches this season, scoring four goals and notching a pair of assists.
- Marin Love, Samaris Alvarado and Katelyn Walerczyk have all scored multiple goals for UT Tyler. Love ranks second on the team with seven points while Alvarado and Walerczyk have each notched five points.
- Keeper Emily Clark has gone 270 minutes in net without conceding a goal this season. The Bullard, Texas native has notched 11 saves and holds a 4-0-0 record on the year.
- Head coach Stefani Webb is in the midst of her 20th season at the helm of the program and recently won the 200th game of her UT Tyler career last fall against St. Edward's on Oct. 31st. Coach Webb is 205-96-34 (.657) in her tenure as head coach of the Patriots and sits 295-142-41 (.656) in her 26-year head coaching career.
- UT Tyler will begin their sixth year of play in the Lone Star Conference on Wednesday. The Patriots hold an 11-31-14 mark in LSC games and are 7-10-9 at home in LSC games. UT Tyler made their inaugural LSC Women's Soccer Championship Tournament debut in 2021.

SCOUTING ST. EDWARD'S

- St. Edward's sits 2-2-1 on the year and are coming off of a 2-0 victory over no. 18 nationally-ranked Colorado Mesa. The Hilltoppers strength has been their defensive effort so far in 2024, having conceded just six goals in their five outings.
- Freshman Annie Rocha has scored in four straight games for the Hlltoppers and added an assist to rank second in the LSC with nine total points. The freshman has dominated the shot output for St. Edward's this season, putting forth 26 of their 53 efforts on the year.
- Daria Schlumbohm has spent all 450 minutes this season in goal, allowing just six goals against 27 saves.
- UT Tyler holds a 2-1-1 advantage in the all-time series between the two teams and has earned a result in each of the last three meetings.

SCOUTING MIDWESTERN STATE

- Midwestern State ranks second in the LSC with an average of 6.40 points per game and has totaled the second highest amount of goals this season with 12. The Mustangs are 4-1 on the year and will open their LSC schedule on Wednesday night at Lubbock Christian.
- Madison Brinkley and Cassidy Savoy have provided the bulk of the Mustang offense, combining to score seven of the 12 Midwestern State goals thus far. 
- Allison Dellis has spent all 450:00 minutes in goal so far and has allowed just four goals against 33 saves. 
- UT Tyler is 0-5-1 all-time against Midwestern State.