LSC Women's Soccer Weekly Release (09/07/16)

1. LSC SOCCER
The season is in progress for all seven Lone Star Conference soccer teams. Angelo State and Texas Woman’s are
both unbeaten after one week of non-conference action.
The women’s teams are 5-6-4 overall this season. The squads are currently 4-4-3 combined versus
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference teams, and 0-1 against the Heartland Conference, which are the other
conferences in the NCAA South Central Region.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
OFFENSIVE
Demi Tsambasis, Angelo State University, SR, Forward, Temecula, California, Greate Oak
Tsambasis provided the offense for the No. 16 Angelo State soccer team’s 2-0 start. The senior scored four goals
and was the only LSC player to score multiple goals during the opening weekend. She scored two goals in both
matches including two in a 24-second span versus UC-Colorado Springs. The forward had seven of her 11 shots
hit on goal for a .636 percentage.
DEFENSIVE
Samantha Jimenez, Texas Woman’s University, SO, Duncanville, Texas, Duncanville HS
Jimenez registered a shutout and led Texas Woman’s to two wins to open the season. The sophomore recorded
a dozen saves in the wins over regional opponents CSU-Pueblo and Regis.
OTHER TOP PERFORMERS
Lauren Bradford, Texas Woman’s University, scored the game winner for Texas Woman’s in the 59th minute
against Regis in her Pioneer debut while coming off of the bench.
Marlene va Mourik, West Texas A&M University, the freshman midfielder, was one of the few bright spots
for a Lady Buffs offense that struggled to find any rhythm during the first weekend of the season. She had her
best chance of the weekend against No. 23 Colorado Mines when she found space inside the box but her shot
was denied by Sam Zumbro.
Shay Williams, Angelo State University, anchored a defensive that helped the No. 16 Angelo State soccer
team to a 2-0 record. Williams was key to the Belles only allowing one goal and helping the team to their first
shutout against Adams State. Williams helped offensively with an assist on one of Demi Tsambasis goals against
Adams State. The Belles held their two opponents to just 17 shots and only seven on goal.
Marissa Torres, Eastern New Mexico University, notched one of the top performances in ENMU history, with
11 saves in the season opener. Her performance preserved a double-overtime scoreless tie at Western State.
She followed with a pair of saves against Fort Lewis.
Courtney Dippel, West Texas A&M University, the sophomore from Belton made three keys saves in
Saturday’s match against No. 23 Colorado Mines to keep the Lady Buffs within one.
LSC NOTES (Submitted by LSC SID’s)
Angelo State
The No. 16 Belles started the season at 2-0 with wins over UC-Colorado Springs and Adams State ... Demi
Tsambasis scored four goals and is the only LSC player with multiple goals in the opening weekend ... Trenadey
Scott scored her first career goal and recorded an assist ... Sammy Cude earned a win and her first career
shutout against Adams State ... Haley Mendel contributed two assists while Shay Williams added one assist for
the Belles.
Eastern New Mexico
Eastern New Mexico defied history last week, and avoided a season-opening defeat for the first time since the
2006 season. Marissa Torres turned in one of the top performances in recent memory by an Eastern goalkeeper
and made 11 saves against Western State. The contest marked the first double-overtime game to start a season
in program history and the first time ENMU opened with a tie game. Valeria Jaramillo had seven shot in the
game, with four on goal. In Monday’s home opener, the Hounds dropped a 2-0 decision to Fort Lewis. This
week, Eastern will host Adams State and St. Mary’s.
Midwestern State
Midwestern State posted a 0-1-2 record on the road to begin the 2016 season last weekend. The Mustangs
battled Regis to a 2-2 draw in the season opener before falling 2-0 to Colorado State-Pueblo. MSU then traveled
down to New Mexico Highlands where they played the Cowgirls to a 0-0 draw on Labor Day. The Mustangs wrap
up their season-opening road swing Friday with a 7 p.m. kickoff vs. Texas A&M International in Laredo.
Texas A&M-Commerce
The Texas A&M-Commerce Lions headed to Florida and split a pair of matches at the Marriott Doubletree
Panther Invitational hosted by Florida Tech… The Lions lost the season opener at Florida Tech by a 2-0 score
on Friday night… Florida Tech outshot Texas A&M-Commerce by a 20-7 count in the match.. The Panthers put
six shots on goal, with the Lions placing four attempts on target, including two each from Savannah Grasser
LSC STANDINGS
LSC Overall
Team W-L Pts W-L
Angelo State 0-0 0 2-0
Texas Woman’s 0-0 0 2-0
Texas A&M-Commerce 0-0 0 1-1
Midwestern State 0-0 0 0-1-2
Eastern New Mexico 0-0 0 0-1-1
UT Permian Basin 0-0 0 0-1-1
West Texas A&M 0-0 0 0-2
SCHEDULE
Thursday, September 08, 2016
NM Highlands at West Texas A&M, 5:30 p.m.
Adams State at Eastern New Mexico, 7 p.m.
Friday, September 09, 2016
Texas A&M-Commerce at Central Oklahoma, 4 p.m.
Midwestern State at Texas A&M International, 6 p.m.
St. Mary’s at UT Permian Basin, 7 p.m.
Fort Lewis at Angelo State, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 10, 2016
West Texas A&M at Lubbock Christian, 2 p.m.
Dallas Baptist at Texas Woman’s, 7 p.m.
Sunday, September 11, 2016
Adams State at UT Permian Basin, 10 a.m.
New Mexico Highlands at Angelo State, 12 p.m.
Fort Lewis at Midwestern State, 12 p.m.
St. Mary’s at Eastern New Mexico, 1 p.m.
St. Edward’s at Texas A&M-Commerce, 1 p.m.
Monday, September 12, 2016
East Central at Texas Woman’s, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Eastern New Mexico at CSU-Pueblo, 12 p.m.
All times are CST; * denotes LSC game
RESULTS
Complete results at lonestarconference.org.
WEEKLY AWARDS
Women’s Offensive
S-7 Demi Tsambasis, Angelo State
Women’s Defensive
S-7 Samantha Jimenez, Texas Woman’s
FIRST KICK
• Texas A&M-Commerce is ranked 14th, and
Texas Woman’s and Angelo State are receiving
votes in the NSCAA poll (Sept. 6).
SOCCERLONE STAR CONFERENCE WEEKLY RELEASE | SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
Contact: Melanie Robotham | Assistant Commissioner | O: 972-234-0033 x. 103
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and Michelle Kotlik… Caitlin Duty made four saves in the contest… The Lions rebounded with a 4-1 rout of
15th-ranked Tampa on Sunday morning… Grasser scored the first A&M-Commerce goal of the year from the
penalty spot in the 15th minute… The goal is her 33rd career goal, which puts her in solo possession of third
place all-time at the school… Freshman Kasey Sorbers headed in the game-winner with 34 seconds remaining
in the first half… LSC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Vicky Back scored in the 52nd minute and Ashley
Phillips netted a goal in the 62nd minute off of a Kotlik corner kick… Duty made two saves in the first half…
A&M-Commerce travels to Central Oklahoma on Friday afternoon before hosting St. Edward’s for the home
opener on Sunday afternoon…
Texas Woman’s
Texas Woman’s opened the 2016 season with wins over regional opponents CSU-Pueblo and Regis. The
Pioneers blanked CSU-Pueblo 2-0 and defeated RU 2-1.
UT Permian Basin
0-1-1 last week.
West Texas A&M
The Lady Buffs opened the season 0-2 with losses to Metro State and No. 23 Colorado Mines on the road.
Freshman Gabby Wolf and Marlene van Mourik combined for a team-high eight shots over the weekend.
Sophomore goalkeeper Courtney Dippel made seven saves in the two matches including three against CSM that
kept the Lady Buffs deficit to one goal. WT will return to action this Thursday, Sept. 8 for their home opener
against New Mexico Highlands.