BROWNWOOD, Texas- The Howard Payne University women's soccer team (6-8, 2-5) will plays its final home match of the regular season with an ASC matchup against McMurry University (7-5-1, 4-3-1) at the Citizens National Bank Soccer Field on Saturday, October 24th, at 5:00 PM.
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LAST TIME OUT
The Lady Jackets' suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Hardin-Simmons University Cowgirls on  by a score of 0-2 on Thursday October 22. Howard Payne had kept Hardin-Simmons' high-flying offense in check and only trailed 0-1 going into the 80th minute; however, the Cowgirls were able to hit the Yellow Jackets on a counter to score their second goal of the match.
SCOUTING REPORT
McMurry comes into the match winning two games in a row, beating Schreiner by a score of 2-1 and East Texas Baptist by a score of 1-0. In the last match up in Abilene, the Red Hawks beat the Lady Jackets by a score of 1-0, courtesy of a late goal in the 89th minute.
McMurry comes into the match averaging two goals per contest, while holding their opponents to just over one goal per contest. Laila Brown is the points and goals leader for the Red Hawks. She has 15 points on seven goals scored and one assist.
Cadence Foulkrod is the War Hawks primary goalkeeper. She has made 12 appearances and nine starts for McMurry, making 45 saves and conceding 12 goals.
AROUND THE ASC
Despite the dip in form over the past couple of games, Howard Payne still is in fourth place in the American Southwest Conference standings and still is on track to host an ASC Tournament game at the Citizens National Bank Soccer Field. McMurry sits one spot above the Lady Jackets in the conference standings in third.
In terms of conference leaders, the Lady Jackets are featured by freshman midfielder and forward Kenzie Cameron, junior forward Alayna Lopez, senior midfielder Abbie Wetzel and sophomore midfielder Madison LaDart.
Cameron is ninth in shots (23) and shots on goal (12), tied for seventh in goals (4), and with sophomore midfielder Madison LaDart, are two of six players who have scored two game-winning goals. LaDart is also seventh when it comes to points per game, with six points in eight games played (0.75). Lopez is seventh in shots (24), and Wetzel is in a six-way tie for fifth in assists with three.
Graduate goalkeeper Landry Combs leads the conference in saves (66, .846 save percentage) and is third in shutouts (2). She is third in saves per game (66, 4.71) and fourth in goals against average (1.2).
Up Next: The Howard Payne women's soccer team will play its penultimate regular season match when the Lady Jackets travel to Marshall, Texas to play the East Texas Baptist University Tigers on Thursday, October 29 at 5:00 PM.
