DENTON, Texas (Oct. 20, 2016) – Texas Woman's University heads out for their final road trip of the regular season with a contest at Eastern New Mexico Friday at 8 p.m. CST on Al Whitehead Field at Greyhound Stadium.
 
TEXAS WOMAN'S (7-6-1, 3-5-0 LSC) at EASTERN NEW MEXICO (3-9-1, 2-6-0 LSC)
Friday, Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. CST
Al Whitehead Field at Greyhound Stadium (Portales, N.M.)
 
About the Pioneers
TWU scored a huge win at home on Sunday with a 1-0 win over Midwestern State in which Cara Zwilling scored her first career-goal on an assist from Rachel Peters with 16 seconds remaining. Chelsea Martin is third in the Lone Star Conference in goals with seven and points with 14, and sits sixth with her two game-winning goals, while Rachel Peters is ranked third in the league in assists with three. Samantha Jimenez leads the conference is saves with 79 and is second in shutouts with six.
In the first set of NCAA South Central Regional Rankings, the Pioneers slipped into the eighth spot with four games remaining in the regular season.
 
About ENMU
The Greyhounds are in the midst of a five-game losing streak, with their last win coming in a 3-2 defeat of UT Permian Basin on Sept. 30. ENMU leads the Lone Star in saves per game at 6.08.
 
History between Texas Woman's and Eastern New Mexico
The Pioneers have compiled an 11-8-1 record over the Greyhounds dating to the 2003 season. In the first meeting this season on Sept. 25, ENMU took a 2-0 victory. Last year TWU won both meetings, including a 1-0 victory in the conference tournament.
 
Last meeting of TWU and ENMU
COMMERCE, Texas (Sept. 25, 2016) – None of the season-high 27 shot attempts by Texas Woman's University made their way into the goal in a 2-0 loss to Eastern New Mexico Sunday afternoon in a game moved to Lion Soccer Field on the campus of Texas A&M-Commerce.
 
In addition to the new season-high in shots, the Pioneers (4-3, 0-2 LSC) held the Greyhounds (2-4-1, 1-1-0) to 10 shots of their own, also a season-best. The Pioneer compiled 11 corners compared to two from ENMU.
 
The weather was the determining factor in the contest time and site being changed. Moving the time up one hour from the original start was made in hopes of avoiding a late afternoon shower, but after rain drenched the TWU Soccer Field before noon to make it unplayable, it was determined that the game needed to be moved to a neutral site.

Zwilling's first career-goal a game-winner
DENTON, Texas (Oct. 16, 2016) – Rachel Peters found Cara Zwilling in front of the goal with 16 seconds remaining in the contest for a 1-0 victory for Texas Woman's University over Midwestern State Sunday afternoon on TWU Soccer Field during the annual "Kick for a Cure" game.
 
Zwilling's goal was her first as a Pioneer while Peters notched her team-leading third assist on the season. Samantha Jimenez tallied her sixth shutout of the year while collecting five saves. The Mustangs (7-5-2, 4-4-0 LSC) outshot the Pioneers (7-6-1, 3-5-0 LSC) 11-to-8 and had five shots on goal compared to three from TWU.
 
Soccer recognized by NSCAA for academic achievement
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (October 6, 2016) – Texas Woman's University earned the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Team Academic Award for exemplary performance in the classroom as a team during the 2015-16 academic year by recording an overall grade point average of 3.36.
 
To qualify for the award, the team must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 or higher for the entire academic year. The team GPA is determined by adding every player's GPA, then dividing by the number of players. A total of 892 soccer teams (315 men, 577 women) from throughout the United States were recognized for their efforts.