Women's Soccer Meets Southwestern in SCAC Semis

SEGUIN, Texas -- The Texas Lutheran women's soccer team opens postseason play with the semifinals of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Conference Tournament Friday night versus Southwestern.

Texas Lutheran (11-7-1, 11-3 SCAC) meets the Pirates (9-5-5, 9-3-2 SCAC) at 7:30 PM at Paul McGinlay Field in San Antonio, Texas, on the campus of Trinity University. All streaming and live stats links will be available on tlubulldogs.com.

After an impressive 2022 regular season for the Bulldogs, TLU clinched a spot in the conference tournament for ninth consecutive season and will be the two-seed facing off against the three-seed Pirates.

TIME: Friday, Nov. 4 - 7:30 PM CST

LOCATION: San Antonio, Texas (Paul McGinlay Field - Trinity University); Free Admission

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• Texas Lutheran picked up their first win over Southwestern since September 2018 with a 2-1 win over the Pirates at Gustafson Field. The Bulldogs trail in the all-time series 8-17-3 including a semifinal loss to the Pirates in the 2021 SCAC Tournament.
• Texas Lutheran is making its 10th appearance in the SCAC Tournament - making the tournament every season since joining the SCAC in 2013. The Bulldogs are 8-8-1 overall (.500) with three SCAC Championship appearances (2014, 2015, 2017).
• The Bulldogs have captured a program-record 11 conference wins, surpassing the previous record of 10, set by the 2004 and 2006 squads as members of the American Southwest Conference (ASC) with their Oct. 28 win over Schreiner.
• With the Bulldogs win over Dallas on Oct. 21, Texas Lutheran secured its ninth conference win - the most conference wins since joining the SCAC in the fall of 2013.
• Texas Lutheran is tied with Southwestern as the second highest scoring team in the conference with 37 goals scored each.
• Alyssa Simien (San Antonio/Warren) officially set the program-record for most goals scored by a first-year player with her 15th goal of the season, overtaking the previous mark of 14 from Casey Rheman in 2003. Simien also moved into second all-time with six game winners in a single-season, only trailing Sioned Kirkpatrick's seven game winners in 2015. Simien was also named the United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 23. With 15 goals and 33 points on the season, Simien has more than entered her name in the SCAC Player of the Year conversation.
• First-Year Head Coach Kerwin Johnson's 11 wins are the most for a first-year head coach in program history.

FINISH STRONG: The Bulldogs responded to an 0-5-1 start by finishing 11-7-1 - including five and six match win streaks sandwiched between losses to 8th-ranked Trinity, the 2022 SCAC Regular Season Champions.

EVERYBODY EATS: The Bulldogs have nine different goal scorers in 2022, including five freshmen and six newcomers in total tallying at least one goal. Additionally, six Bulldogs have three or more goals. Seven Bulldogs have also made at least one assist this season.

ON THE PIRATES: The Pirates are led by forward Samantha Hazen with six goals and 20 points on the season, including one in the Pirates 2-1 victory over TLU earlier this season.

For all updates on Texas Lutheran Women's Soccer, follow @tluwsoc on Twitter and Instagram and as always you can find updates on all Texas Lutheran athletics on tlubulldogs.com and all official TLU social media channels (@tluathletics on Twitter, @tlu_athletics on Instagram and TikTok, and @tlubulldogs on Facebook).