Three teams - Angelo State, Midwestern State and Texas A&M-Commerce - are tied atop the Lone Star Conference soccer standings with nine points each. Demi Tsambasis of Angelo State was named Offensive Player of the Week after scoring goals in both of her team's games. Ashley Exford of Angelo State was named Defensive Player of the Week after leading her team to two shutouts over the weekend. The Lone Star Conference soccer season continues this week with games on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

1. LSC SOCCER
Three teams - Angelo State, Midwestern State and Texas A&M-Commerce - are ed atop the Lone Star
Conference standings with nine points. LSC ac on con nues with one contest Wednesday and three on both
Friday and Sunday this week.
The women’s teams are 31-27-6 overall this season. The squads are currently 8-8-4 combined versus
Rocky Mountain Athle c Conference teams, and 3-2-1 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, Great Oak HS
Tsambasis kept up her average of almost a goal a game this weekend, finding the net against two strong Lone
Star Conference opponents. In Friday night’s matchup with the Lady Buffs, the senior opened up the scoring
for both teams with a goal in the 75th minute. Tsambasis finished the match with eight total shots including
five on goal. On Sunday against Eastern New Mexico, Tsambasis con nued her strong a acking play with a goal
just eight minutes into the match. The California na ve also contributed to the Belles’ second goal on the day,
assis ng a goal from Ally Warren. It was her first assist on the season, and the senior recorded two more shots
in the game, which were both on goal. Tsambasis has scored o en and also early for the Belles, with seven of
her nine goals coming in the first 30 minutes of matches.
DEFENSIVE
Ashley Exford, Angelo State University, SR, Fort Worth, Texas, Defender, Fossil Ridge HS
Exford once again led the ASU defense to two strong performances this weekend. In Friday night’s matchup,
the Belles held the Lady Buffs scoreless for the first 80 minutes of the match before allowing the lone goal.
West Texas A&M got off only 12 shots all nights and only five of those were on goal. Sunday, Exford led the
Belles to another shutout. The Greyhounds only got off seven shots on goal all game, only one of which forced
goalkeeper Sammy Cude to make a save.
OTHER TOP PERFORMERS
Chelsea Mar n, Texas Woman’s University, scored two of the five goals scored by TWU on the week. The
junior recorded her first goal on a penalty kick against No. 11 Texas A&M-Commerce and finished up the week
with the game-tying goal against Lubbock Chris an.
Kaitlin Steele, West Texas A&M University, scored her first career goal in the Lady Buffs 2-1 loss to Angelo
State on Friday night. The Andrews, Texas na ve ed the match at 1-1 in the 81st minute a er ge ng a hold of
loose ball in the box. She played in both matches for WT over the weekend playing 121 minutes. She accounted
for six shots, two of which were on goal.
Ellen Walgren, West Texas A&M University, the freshman made her first career start in goal for the Lady Buffs
on Sunday. The freshman made key saves in the final 45 minutes to keep the Falcons off the board a preserve a
1-0 victory. She finished the match with four saves as WT shutout a team for the first me this season.
Samantha Jimenez, Texas Woman’s University, secured a shutout in the win against Texas A&M-Commerce
to help TWU record the biggest upset in program history on Sept. 29. The sophomore registered 21 saves in
three games with an .840 save percentage for TWU.
LSC NOTES (Submitted by LSC SID’s)
Angelo State
Went 2-0 on the weekend... Got two more goals from Demi Tsambasis (9), who leads the conference...
Goalkeeper Sammy Cude recorded another shutout and earned two more wins...
Eastern New Mexico
1-1 last week.
Midwestern State
Midwestern State went 1-1 on the weekend at MSU Soccer Field, earning a 3-0 win over Texas Woman’s while
falling 1-0 to Texas A&M-Commerce for the first conference loss of the season. The Mustangs appeared fi h in
this week’s South Central Region rankings with a 6-2-2 record. Midwestern State returns home for a pair of LSC
matchups this weekend against West Texas A&M and Eastern New Mexico.
Texas A&M-Commerce
The Lions are ed at the top of the LSC table on nine points a er a 3-0 loss at Texas Woman’s and a 1-0 win at
Midwestern State... The loss to TWU snapped a 4-match winning streak... The shutout of MSU was a matchup
of na onally-ranked teams, as the Lions were ranked 11th and the Mustangs were ranked 24th at the me...
A&M-Commerce are now ranked fourth in the South Central region NSCAA rankings... The Lions are now 6-3-0
overall and 3-1-0 in the league... A&M-Commerce travels to Angelo State on Friday and UT Permian Basin on
Sunday...
LSC STANDINGS
LSC Overall
Team W-L Pts W-L
Angelo State 3-1 9 7-2-1
Midwestern State 3-1 9 6-2-2
Texas A&M-Commerce 3-1 9 6-3
West Texas A&M 2-2 6 4-4
Eastern New Mexico 2-2 6 3-5-1
Texas Woman’s 1-3 3 5-4-1
UT Permian Basin 0-4 0 0-7-1
SCHEDULE
Wednesday, October 05, 2016
*Eastern New Mexico at West Texas A&M, 7 p.m.
Friday, October 07, 2016
*Texas A&M-Commerce at Angelo State, 7 p.m.
*West Texas A&M at Midwestern State, 7:30 p.m.
*Texas Woman’s at UT Permian Basin, 7 p.m.
Sunday, October 09, 2016
*Texas A&M-Commerce at UT Permian Basin, 1 p.m.
*Eastern New Mexico at Midwestern State, 1 p.m.
*Texas Woman’s at Angelo State, 2 p.m.
All mes are CST; * denotes LSC game
RESULTS
Complete results at lonestarconference.org.
WEEKLY AWARDS
Women’s Offensive
S-7 Demi Tsambasis, Angelo State
S-14 Hanna Ma nson, Midwestern State
S-21 Mirka Zamarripa, Eastern New Mexico
Marlene van Mourik, West Texas A&M
S-28 Savannah Grasser, Texas A&M-Commerce
O-5 Demi Tsambasis, Angelo State (2)
Women’s Defensive
S-7 Samantha Jimenez, Texas Woman’s
S-14 Ashley Exford, Angelo State
S-21 Caitlin Duty, Texas A&M-Commerce
S-28 Courtney Burne e, Midwestern State
O-5 Ashley Exford, Angelo State (2)
FIRST KICK
• Texas A&M-Commerce is receiving votes in the
NSCAA poll (Oct. 4).
SOCCERLONE STAR CONFERENCE WEEKLY RELEASE | OCTOBER 5, 2016
Contact: Melanie Robotham | Assistant Commissioner | O: 972-234-0033 x. 103
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2. LONE STAR CONFERENCE SOCCER WEEKLY RELEASE 2
Texas Woman’s
TWU recorded the biggest upset in program history with a 3-0 win over No. 11 Texas A&M-Commerce Sept.
29. The Pioneers fell to No. 24 Midwestern State, 3-1, two days later before tying 1-1 with Lubbock Chris an in
double over me on Oct. 4.
UT Permian Basin
0-2 last week.
West Texas A&M
The Lady Buffs split LSC matches for the second straight weekend falling to Angelo State before defea ng UT
Permian for the 13th consecu ve me in school history. A er two weeks of conference play, the Lady Buffs are
ed with Eastern New Mexico for second in the LSC with six points. The Lady Buffs lost 2-1 to Angelo State in a
heartbreaker on Friday night allowing a goal in the 85th minute a er tying the match just minutes earlier. A er
falling behind on the 75th minute, senior Kaitlin Steele put WT on level terms scoring her first career goal in the
81st minute on a loose ball in front the net. ASU scored the eventual game-winner in the 85th off a free kick.
Gabby Wolf scored her first career goal in the 7th minute in the Lady Buffs 1-0 victory over UT Permian Basin
on Sunday a ernoon at The Pitch. WT dominated the first half outshoo ng the Falcons 11-1 before holding
off a late rally in the second half. Freshman goalkeeper Ellen Walgren picked up the shutout in her first career
star ng making four saves.