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Tuesday, Oct. 31 – 8 p.m. (MT)
New Mexico (12-7) vs. Fresno State (10-6-3)
Las Vegas, Nevada – Johann Memorial Field
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The fourth-seeded University of New Mexico women’s soccer team opens the Mountain West Tournament against No. 5 Fresno State 8 p.m. (MT) Tuesday in Las Vegas.
UNM (12-7 overall) defeated the Bulldogs (10-6-3) 1-0 at home on Oct. 6 on a Claire Lynch goal in the 54th minute. It was a contest where the teams combined for just 11 shots (the Lobos themselves are averaging 17 shots per game) with the Lobos taking seven of the 11 – though the only shot on goal was the Lynch goal. Emily Johnson picked up one of her six shutouts on the season for the Lobos while collecting one save.
Fresno State took off after the loss, however, going 4-0-1 before falling to MW regular-season champ San Jose State 1-0 on the road Friday.
As for UNM, it also lost its regular-season finale – a 4-3 overtime loss to San Diego State at home in a contest the Aztecs scored in with four seconds left to win the game. The loss dropped the Lobos from second to fourth in the conference while SDSU moved into second place and snagged the second bye in the conference tournament.
NOTES HEADING INTO TUESDAY:
- UNM lost to San Diego State 4-3 on Friday in their season finale, marking the first time UNM has lost a game when it scores multiple goals in Heather Dyche’s three years as coach. The last time UNM lost when scoring multiple goals is Oct. 11, 2013 in a 3-2 overtime loss at Wyoming. It’s the first time the Lobos lost a home game when scoring multiple goals since Sept. 19, 2004 – a span of 41 multiple-score home games in a row (40-0-1).
- Senior Claire Lynch has scored a goal in six of the Lobos’ last eight games (seven goals in that stretch) after knocking home another Friday against San Diego State. It gives her 10 goals on the season with six of them being game winners. The 10 goals is tied for sixth on the single-season UNM all-time list. In her career, Lynch has 27 goals – good for third place on the UNM all-time list. Of her 27 goals, 13 are game winners (third on the all-time UNM list). Her 56 career points are third on the Lobo all-time list.
- The Lobos with their win against Wyoming on the road on Oct. 22 moved to 7-3 in Mountain West play, tied for the most wins in conference play in program history. UNM twice before had seven wins – in 2014 and 2015.
- UNM coach Heather Dyche earned her 31st career victory Wyoming on Oct. 22, giving her the most wins in the first three seasons of any Lobo women’s soccer coach in program history. John DeWitt (who coached the Lobos from 1996-2000) had 30 wins in his first three seasons, Amy Allmann (1993-95) had 27 in her first three seasons and Kit Vela (2001-14) had 19 wins in her first three years. Her .578 career winning percentage is also tops in program history (Allmann – .527, Vela – .513, DeWitt – .454).
- Senior Emily Chavez enters her fourth season as a starter for the Lobos and is on a 75-match starting streak. Not only has the Albuquerque native started every game of her Lobo career, the center back has led the Lobos in minutes played each season, hit the 6,000-minute career mark earlier this season and her 6,737 career minutes has her sixth on the Lobos’ all-time list – passing Ashley Lowery (6,564 – 2003-06) on the all-time list.
- UNM sophomore Jessie Hix scored the Lobos’ game-winner against Wyoming on Oct. 22 via a header – a common theme for the Albuquerque native this season. All six of her goal (which is second on the team this season) have come via headers. Earlier this season, Hix was named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week for Sept. 11-17 after scoring a combined three goals in wins over Houston and Northern Arizona.
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