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Southern Nazarene (7-9-0, 4-6-0 GAC) at SWOSU (11-4-1, 7-2-1 GAC) Weatherford, Okla. (Athletic Complex) Thursday, October 29, 4:00 p.m. Watch Live | Live Stats Oklahoma Baptist (4-8-0, 2-7-0 GAC) at SWOSU (11-4-1, 7-2-1 GAC) Weatherford, Okla. (Athletic Complex) Saturday, October 31, 11:00 a.m. Watch Live | Live Stats SWOSU Weekly Notes

Setting the Scene
- The final week of the regular season is here, and SWOSU will look to climb back into the No. 2 seed after dropping to third in the Great American Conference standings last week. The Bulldogs will take on Southern Nazarene on Thursday and Oklahoma Baptist on Saturday in the year's final home action
- SNU comes to Weatherford for a 4:00 p.m. kickoff on Thursday as SWOSU participates a "Pink Out" in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month. Erica Brunet and Cori Kelly notched goals against the Crimson Storm  the last time the teams met this year
- The Lady Bison of OKBU visit the Athletic Complex on Saturday morning at 11:00 a.m. as the Bulldogs honor the team's six graduating seniors for Senior Day. Charlotte Eastman scored two goals in Shawnee on October 10

Last Time Out
- A poor defensive display from the Bulldogs saw them suffer their first two losses in conference play by a combined scoreline of 7-1
- SWOSU was shutout for the first time since their loss to Midwestern State on September 13 in their 2-0 reversal to Ouachita Baptist as Courtney Flores saw her shutout streak end at five matches
- The Bulldogs then gave up five goals in a 5-1 affair against league leaders Harding. It was the second time this season that SWOSU has given up five goals, the first time coming against then-No. 6 Minnesota State-Mankato
- Samantha Nunez scored the team's lone goal of the week, recording her eighth goal of the season to give SWOSU an early lead in the match against Harding

The Coaches
SWOSU: Mark Persson (66-53-12; 7th season)
- This is Mark Persson's seventh season in charge of the SWOSU soccer program
- Since taking over the program in 2009, Persson has amassed a 61-51-11 record, 
becoming the all-time winningest coach in program history. He also led the Bulldogs to back-to-back Great American Conference Championships in 2012 and 2013
- A two time All-Conference Coach of the Year, Persson holds a 29-11-5 record against GAC opposition
- He has coached one All-American, 10 All-Region players, and numerous All-Conference players during his time in Weatherford

Southern Nazarene: Julie Duncan (57-61-5; 7th season)
- Julie Duncan became SNU's fi fth head coach, assuming the position after Persson left for SWOSU in
2009
- Named the 2014 GAC Coach of the Year after leading the Crimson Storm to the school's fi rst-ever GAC
Championship as the team won the regular season and earned the right to host the GAC Tournament
- She helped develop Jackie Acevedo, a member of the Mexican Women's National Team and Portland
Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League
- Duncan is 4-6-0 against Persson

Oklahoma Baptist: Mike White (61-45-8; 7th season)
- Mike White assumed the head coaching position at Oklahoma Baptist in 2009 after serving the two years
prior as an assistant with the Lady Bison
- He is tasked with leading the Lady Bison in the transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II, and picked up
the club's first GAC win on October 3 with a 2-1 decision over East Central
- White led OKBU to the program's first-ever NAIA National Tournament in 2014 following the program's
fi rst Sooner Athletic Conference title in program history
- White is 1-1-0 against Persson

The Opponents
Southern Nazarene (7-9-0, 4-6-0 GAC)
- The Crimson Storm won both their games last week against OKBU and East Central by matching scorelines of 1-0
- SNU is converting their shots at just a .059 clip, averaging .88 goals per game. Kelsi Bussert has been the primary scoring threat with six goals on the year
- Natasha Fuentes is rounding into form, and is the reigning GAC Goalkeeper fo the Week. She has posted five clean sheets and holds a 1.27 goals-against average in 1422:55 minutes of action
- The defense has given up 20 goals this season, and opposing offenses have averaged 16.1 shots

Oklahoma Baptist (4-8-0, 2-7-0 GAC)
- Oklahoma Baptist is currently mired in a four-game losing streak that started when SWOSU dropped the Lady Bison 2-0 on October 10
- The Lady Bison have scored 14 goals this season, but have been shutout in four straight. Maddie Windham leads the way with four goals and four assists this season
- Emma Beck has played all 1080 minutes for OKBU in goal and owns a 2.25 GAA. She also has a .710 save percentage on 177 total shots faced
- Opponents are converting .151 on shots taken, and have put 94 of their 177 shots on goal

Checking the Standings
- SWOSU took their first two losses of the conference portion of their season, moving to 7-2-1 in GAC play. The pair of defeats forced the Bulldogs to surrender their share of first place, falling to third place in the standings with 22 points
- SWOSU can finish with as the second seed in the GAC Tournament with two wins if Ouachita drops their Thursday match against East Central. They can also reclaim the first seed if Harding falls to East Central on Saturday
- Harding have earned 28 points this year and will clinch the No. 1 seed and hosting rights to the GAC Tournament with a win against either Ouachita or East Central this week
- Sitting two points above SWOSU is Ouachita with 24 to their credit. The Tigers will need to win out and hope for one loss by the Bulldogs to own the No. 2 seed
- SNU currently owns the fourth seed, and needs one win this week to clinch a second straight GAC Tournament berth. East Central sits on nine points, three back of the Crimson Storm, but faces tough matches against Ouachita and Harding this week
- Oklahoma Baptist owns six points and sits in fifth place during their first season of GAC play. Northwestern Oklahoma State remains winless in conference place, and are at the bottom of the league table

Bulldog Offensive Notes
- Nunez pushed her career record-leading goal total to 24 with her eighth goal of the season against Harding. She is now two points shy of the career points record (59) held by Josie Price
- Nunez tied the mark for career shots on goal with 86 with Jessica Carbonara, and has 31 this season
- Kelly ranks fourth in career shot attempts after last week with 140, two off Price's third-place mark of 142
- With 80 (31g, 18a) points this season, the current iteration of SWOSU's offense is the second-most potent in program history

Bulldog Defensive Notes
- Flores' 1.04 GAA mark currently ranks in the top five for GAA in a season for the Bulldogs
- SWOSU's defense had allowed nine goals heading into last week, almost doubling their goals-against total with seven permitted against OUA and Harding
-  Adrienne Streetman and Flores' current combined GAA of .99 is the second-best mark by SWOSU goals in a single season

Looking Ahead
- With the regular season over, the Bulldogs set their sights on the GAC Tournament in Searcy, Arkansas
- If SWOSU wins the tournament, the team will earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II National Tournament, marking the second time in four years that Persson has led the Dawgs to the national tournament