Texas A&M–Commerce Lions women's soccer

Texas A&M–Commerce Lions
women's soccer

University Texas A&M University–Commerce
Conference Lone Star
Location Commerce, TX
Head Coach Neil Piper (18th year)
Stadium Lion Soccer Field
(Capacity: 500)
Nickname Lions
Colors Blue and Gold

             

Home
Away
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal
1999
NCAA Tournament Appearances
1999, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015
Conference Tournament Champions
1999, 2004, 2014, 2015
Conference Regular Season Champions
1999, 2003, 2008, 2014

The Texas A&M–Commerce Lions women's soccer team is the women's intercollegiate soccer program representing Texas A&M University–Commerce. The school competes in the Lone Star Conference (LSC) in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The A&M–Commerce women's soccer team plays its home games at Lion Soccer Field on the university campus in Commerce, Texas. The Lions have won four LSC regular season championships, three conference tournament titles, and have made six appearances in the NCAA Division II Tournament. Since 1998, the team has been coached by Neil Piper.

History

The 2015 A&M–Commerce Lions women's soccer team
The Lions in action against the Midwestern State Mustangs
The Lions in action against the Texas Woman's Pioneers

Women's soccer has been a varsity sport at A&M–Commerce since the 1995 season, during which the school competed as an independent. The Lions subsequently began play as an LSC member when the conference began officially sponsoring the sport in 1996. During the first three years of the program's existence, head coach Mike Munch led A&M–Commerce to two winning seasons and two appearances in the LSC semifinals, albeit no NCAA tournament appearances.[1]

Since beginning conference play, the Lions have won the LSC regular season title on four occasions (in 1999, 2003, and 2014, including a co-championship in 2008) and the tournament championship four times (in 1999, 2004, 2014, and 2015).[1][2] A&M–Commerce has also made seven postseason appearances in the NCAA Division II Tournament, achieving their best result (an appearance in the Elite Eight) during their first campaign in 1999. The program has won all of its championships and made all of its NCAA postseason appearances during the tenure of current head coach Neil Piper, which began in 1998.[1]

All-time record

Year Head Coach Overall Pct. Conf. Pct. Place Tourn. Postseason
1995 Mike Munch 0-2-2 .250 – – – – –
1996 9-8-2 .526 2-4-2 .375 T4th Semifinals –
1997 12-8 .600 6-4 .600 T2nd Semifinals –
1998 Neil Piper 13-6 .684 5-2 .714 T3rd Semifinals –
1999 16-4-1 .786 7-1-1 .833 1st Champions Elite Eight
2000 9-6-1 .594 3–4 .429 6th – –
2001 9-8-2 .526 5-2 .714 T2nd Semifinals –
2002 14-3-2 .789 4-3-1 .563 5th – –
2003 16-3-3 .795 7-1-1 .833 1st Runners-Up First Round
2004 15-7-1 .674 7-2 .778 2nd Champions First Round
2005 11-5-3 .658 5-2-2 .667 3rd Quarterfinals –
2006 12-8-3 .587 6-2-1 .722 T3rd Runners-Up –
2007 9-10-1 .475 5-4 .556 T3rd Semifinals –
2008 16-4-3 .761 7-1-2 .800 T1st Runners-Up Sweet Sixteen
2009 10-8-1 .553 5-5 .500 6th Quarterfinals –
2010 8-7-3 .528 4-4-3 .500 6th Quarterfinals –
2011 8-9-3 .475 6-6-2 .500 4th Semifinals –
2012 5–12 .294 4–10 .286 T7th – –
2013 11-6-2 .632 5-4-1 .550 3rd Semifinals First Round
2014 16-5-1 .750 7-3 .700 1st Champions Sweet Sixteen
2015 13-6-2 .667 7-1-2 .800 2nd Champions First Round

Year-by-year results through the end of the 2015 season[1][2]

Stadium

Lion Soccer Field as it appeared during the 2014 season

Lion Soccer Field has been the home of the A&M–Commerce Lions women's soccer team since its completion in 1999. The stadium seats 500 spectators with bleacher seating and has a playing surface that measures 115 yards (105 m) by 72 yards (66 m). Prior to its construction, the land on which it was built had been occupied by a botanical nursery and tennis courts.[3]

At the time it hosted its first game, on September 24, 1999, the venue consisted of little more than a Bermuda grass field, a scoreboard donated by a local business, and a chain-link fence around the perimeter. Over the next decade and a half, Lion Soccer Field benefited from numerous upgrades, including the addition of floodlights to enable the playing of night games (2009), a press box (2011), a permanent black metal fence to replace the chain-link fence (2013), and a new scoreboard (2014). In 2014, the stadium hosted both the Lone Star Conference Tournament as well as two opening-round games in the South Central Region of the NCAA Division II Tournament.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "All-time Game Results". LionAthletics.com. Texas A&M University–Commerce. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "2015 LSC Fall Media Guide". Lone Star Conference. 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Lion Soccer Field". LionAthletics.com. Texas A&M University–Commerce. Retrieved October 7, 2015.

External links

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