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\n\tLubbock Christian will play its final two non-conference games of the season this weekend, heading to the Centennial State to take on Western Colorado and CSU-Pueblo
\n\tFour different Lady Chaps scored goals on the opening weekend of the season, including Logan Holloway<\/a>, Mia Chambliss<\/a>, Kaslee Roskelley<\/a> and Kenzie Tosch<\/a>
\n\tLCU will play their first two road games of the 2025 season this weekend in a schedule that features nine total games away from the friendly confines
\n\tThe Lady Chaps will be meeting Western Colorado for the third time in program history and the first time since 2022, holding a 1-2-0 all-time record against them
\n\tLCU met CSU-Pueblo last season, securing a 4-1 win in a game that featured goals by Chambliss, Lexi De La Cruz<\/a> and Ella Spiller<\/a> on 12 shots on goal
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\nROAD JOURNAL
\nThis weekend’s contests mark the first of nine road games on the season for Lubbock Christian. LCU went 4-3-1 away from home in 2025, marking the first time they were better than .500 on the road since 2019. The road wins a year ago came against Adams State, Eastern New Mexico, Texas A&M International and West Texas A&M, and three of the four were shutouts. Thursday’s game is at Kate O. Rady Field, which has the distinction of being the highest collegiate soccer field in the world at 7,723 feet. CSU-Pueblo plays at Gonzales Stadium. Both venues feature an artificial turf playing surface.
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\nHAPPY TO HELP
\nThe Lady Chap recorded assists on three of the four goals they scored on opening weekend, including a pair of helpers on one of them. The four assists are the third-most of any team in the LSC so far this season. The helpers came from Logan Holloway<\/a>, Journey Curs<\/a>, Araceli Patterson<\/a> and Lauren Rotan<\/a>. LCU’s assist leader in 2025 was Riley Espinoza<\/a>, who had five last season and is back with the Lady Chaps for her junior campaign.
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\nGUESS WHO’S BACK
\nOf the four goals scored by the Lady Chaps last weekend, three came from team veterans, including Holloway, Chambliss, and Tosch. The goal from Tosch was the first of her collegiate career and came in the game against Wayland Baptist. In total are 19 players on the 2026 Lady Chap roster who are returning to the team. This group also includes Casey Storer<\/a>, Curs and Rotan, who played more than 1000 minutes in 2025, along with Sydney Smith<\/a>, who was named to the LSC All-Freshman Team last year.
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\nNEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
\nThe fourth goal was scored by Kaslee Roskelley<\/a>, a transfer from Northwest Nazarene who joined the Lady Chaps mid-year last year. Patterso, who recorded an assist and played the second-most minutes of any LCU player, is also a freshman brand new to the team. There are 11 total newcomers on the team, four of which are transfers and the other seven of which are freshmen. Six of the freshmen hail from the Lone Star State with one from Arizona.
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\nPRESEASON PREDICTIONS
\nThe Lone Star Conference announced its 2026 women’s soccer preseason poll and players to watch on Wednesday, with Lubbock Christian University picked to finish ninth and Riley Espinoza<\/a>, Casey Storer<\/a> and Emma Wright<\/a> named players to watch. LCU garnered 336 points in the poll overall, just behind the 338 of eight place St. Edward’s, but well ahead of West Texas A&M in 10th. The preseason poll is voted on by LSC head coaches, sports information directors and media members.
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\nKEEPING UP WITH THE LADY CHAPS
\nFour different players appeared in goal during the opening weekend, including Emma Wright<\/a>, Kara Murray<\/a>, Dylan Smith<\/a> and Nancy Taylro. Wright played the entirety of the game against Fort Lewis and was in goal for every minute of the 2025 season. Her three saves against the Skyhawks put her over 100 for her collegiate career. The appearances by Taylor and Smith were both their first as a Lady Chap.
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\nSCOUTING THE MOUNTAINEERS<\/p>\n
\n\tWestern Colorado made a road trip to Texas and went 1-1 to open the season, beating WT but losing to ENMU
\n\tAdah Minikel-Lacocque led the Mountaineer offense, scoring a goal in each of the games they played in the Lone Star State
\n\tWestern was picked to finish 10th in the RMAC preseason poll after finishing ninth each of the last four seasons
\n\tHead Coach Joshua Alcala is in his third season leading the Mountaineer program after previously coaching at Colorado College
\n\tAshlyn Fitzpatrick has seen the most playing time in goal so far, but Western has also used Addison Blick and Pesley Glass
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\nSCOUTING THE THUNDERWOLVES<\/p>\n
\n\tCSUP also made a trip down south to open the 2026 season, tying with Sul Ross and losing 3-1 to Angelo State
\n\tThe only goal scored by the Thunderwolves in the first two games came from Nadia Bailey, who played 163 minutes on the weekend
\n\tCSUP was picked to finish ninth in the 13-team RMAC Preseason Poll
\n\tHead Coach John Constable is in his third season leading the Pack after previously coaching at Jacksonville State
\n\tPeppi Niemi played all 180 minutes in goal for the Thunderwolves, notching 12 saves and a .800 save percentage
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