Riding high on a five-game win streak, the Sul Ross Lady Lobo soccer team closes out the regular season run at home this Thursday and Saturday in ASC matches with Concordia and ninth-ranked University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.
Sul Ross currently sits in fourth place in the conference standings and is in contention to host an ASC playoff for the first time in program history with a season record of 8-4 and 7-2 in conference competition.
Junior midfielder
Aylin Villalobos, this week's American Southwest Conference Offensive Player of the Week, leads the team with seven goals on the season. Villalobos is one goal ahead of freshman forward
Emily Mihalik who currently sits with six goals on the 2018 campaign.
Villalobos scored three goals as the Lady Lobos earned road wins over No. 20/24 UT Dallas and Howard Payne.
She netted her fifth goal of the year on a breakaway from 20 yards out in the 12th minute in Sully's 2-1 win over the Comets last Thursday.
Villalobos then scored a pair of penalty kicks, including the game-winner in double overtime to lead Sul Ross to a 2-1 win over the Lady Jackets on Sunday.
She currently ranks sixth in the ASC in goals while Mihalik ranks 10
th.
Villalobos also ranks second in the conference in game-winning goals with four.
Senior goalkeeper
Kelly Swenson ranks third in the league in save percentage at .833 with 25 saves after playing in six games for the season.
Sully's current five-game winning streak is good for second place in the ASC while Hardin-Simmons sits atop with 12 straight victories.
Highlights include comments from coach
Marquis Muse.