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LOS ANGELES - West Coast Conference play rolls on this week as the LMU women's soccer team hosts BYU on Saturday, Oct. 18 at Sullivan Field. Kick off is scheduled for 7 p.m.
The match will serve as LMU's annual pink game in which the Lions help raise awareness in the fight against breast cancer. The squad will don pink uniforms for the match while giveaways for fans include pink cupcakes for the first 200 fans through the gates and pink drawstring bags for the first 50 LMU students in attendance.
The Lions (8-4-2, 1-2-1 WCC) welcomed Morgan Hilby and Sarah Sanger back into the lineup last week (following a two-game absence due to injury) and their impact was immediately felt in LMU's unbeaten weekend of action. Hilby netted one goal in each contest and Sanger provided a pair of assists as LMU topped Pacific, 3-1, and tied Saint Mary's, 2-2.
Shannon Kent also scored at Saint Mary's, giving her a team-best five goals on the season. Hilby leads the team in points with 12 off of four goals and four assists while Jocelyn Blankenship picked up three assists last weekend and now has a team-high six on the season.
In goal, Sophia Leksan has played all 1,330 minutes and averages just a 1.02 GAA to go along with four shutouts.
Riding an eight-game win streak, the Cougars (9-3-2, 3-0-0 WCC) enter the week ranked No. 19 in the latest NSCAA poll. During the win streak, BYU has outscored its opponents 23-4 and has posted three shutouts. Ashley Hatch leads BYU with 11 goals and five assists for 27 points. Katherine Snyder has seen the majority of the action in the net and holds a 0.68 GAA, 9-0-0 record and four shutouts.
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LMU vs. BYU - Saturday, Oct. 18 @ 7:00 pm - Sullivan Field
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LION NOTES
• Junior midfielder Jocelyn Blankenship was named to the 2014 All-WCC Preseason Team
• Callie Taylor earned the first WCC Player of the Week honor for 2014 after scoring back-to-back game winning goals against New Mexico State and Cleveland State
• Sophomore Sophia Leksan posted back-to-back shutouts against Cleveland State and Oregon State and now has four clean sheets on the year.
• The win at UCSB on Sept. 7 snapped a 14-match road losing streak for LMU. The last road victory prior to that was a big one, however, a 3-0 upset of then No. 15 Pepperdine on Oct. 19, 2012.
• Freshman Sarah Sanger has a pair of overtime golden goal winners this year, netting them in back-to-back games at UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 7) and versus Cal State Fullerton (Sept. 14). • Junior Shannon Kent scored in three consecutive games (at UCLA, vs UC Irvine and vs CSUN) and leads the squad with four goals on the season.
• The Lions are unbeaten in overtime games this season, going 2-0-2. That mark includes a scoreless draw at Oregon State (Aug. 29), followed by back-to-back, double-overtime golden-goal winners at UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 7) and versus Cal State Fullerton (Sept. 14), and most recently a 2-2 draw at Saint Mary's (Oct. 12).
• LMU's 3-1 win at Pacific on Oct. 10 snapped a 12-game streak without a WCC victory. Previous to the Oct. 10 match, LMU's last WCC win was over San Francisco - a 1-0 overtime victory over the Dons on Oct. 21, 2012. The Lions are now unbeaten in their last two WCC matches.
SERIES HISTORY VS BYU
The Lions are 1-4-0 all-time against BYU. LMU's lone victory in the short series was a 2-1 decision in 2004. The teams have clashed three times as WCC rivals, with the Cougars claiming all three decisions.
