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LAREDO, Texas (October 6, 2017) – The Texas A&M International women's soccer team returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 7, with a road match against St. Mary's at Sigma Beta Chi Field with kickoff set for 2:30 p.m. The Dustdevils dropped a 4-3 decision to StMU on Sept. 5 in Laredo as Cio Bargallo, Valeria Macias and Nicole Cohen getting their name on the score sheet for TAMIU.
 
The Dustdevils (2-6-1, 1-5-0) enter Saturday's contest seventh in the Heartland Conference standings on a three-match skid after defeating Oklahoma Christian 2-1 in overtime on Sept. 21. The Rattlers (6-4-1, 3-3-1) are looking to regain momentum after going 0-1-1 last weekend and dropping to sixth in the conference standings. StMU became the first team to score on SEU in a 1-1 draw on Thursday followed by a 4-0 rout at the hands of Dallas Baptist on Saturday.
 
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A LOOK AT THE ALL-TIME SERIES
The Dustdevils trail StMU 3-24-0 in the all-time series with the Rattlers having won the past five matches by a score of 14-6.  TAMIU is 1-12-0 on the road in the series with the lone victory coming on Sept. 17, 2012.
 
THE LAST TIME AROUND
The Dustdevils and Rattlers put on a show combining for seven goals during both teams Heartland Conference opener on Sept. 5 in Laredo with StMU edging TAMIU 4-3 on a goal in the final 10 minutes.
 
Valeria Macias and Nicole Cohen both registered their first career goals in the loss while Cio Bargallo tied the match in the 52^nd minute on long range shot sending the crowd into a frenzy. The Dusdevils came within inches of taking the lead two minutes later on shot from Monica Castro but the sophomore midfielder was denied by the crossbar denying TAMIU their first lead of the match.
 
A LOOK AT THE RATTLERS
Corwyn Ritch (148-138-25) has the Rattlers just two points out of fourth place in the Heartland Conference entering the final seven conference matches of the season. StMU has gone 3-1-1 over their past five matches including a 1-1 draw against then-No. 4 St. Edward's last Thursday in Austin.
 
Senior defender Heather Dawson is the leading goal scorer for the Rattlers with five but the Waco, Texas native has been held without a goal since scoring two against Eastern New Mexico on Sept. 10. Rachel Gurinsky and Roxy Cruz Santory rank second on the team in goals (2), assists (2) and points (6) while Gurinksy has has a team-high 19 shots, eight of those on-target. Kaitlyn Judge has a team-high three assists, two of those coming in back-to-back matches to start the season.
 
Three different goalkeepers have seen playing time for the Rattlers in 2017 as Erin Longforad has started the last five matches after Caitlin McCarrell was the starter for the first six matches. Freshman Courtney Ahdoot made a relief appearance in StMU's 4-0 loss at the hands of Dallas Baptist on Saturday.
 
BARGALLO IN THE RANKINGS
Cio Bargallo still ranks second in the nation and first in the Heartland Conference in total goals while ranking fifth in goals per game (1.1) and sixth in total points (22). The sophomore forward also leads the conference in total shots (43), shots per game (4.30) and second in game-winning goals with two.
 
RECORD BREAKERS
Bargallo has the opportunity to break another school record this weekend against St. Mary's as her 23 shots on goal this season are four short of tying Mary Smith (2003) and Stephanie Webb's (2007) record of 27. She enters the weekend averaging 2.3 shots on goal per game and had three the last time the two schools faced off in September.
 
The Blanes, Spain native needs one goal to match Erika Alcaraz's single season record of 12 while her 22 total points are three points short of Alcaraz's record of 25. Monica Castrohas the chance to move up the record books as well as the sophomore's four assists are the seventh most in a single season in TAMIU history. With an assist against the Rattlers, the Dallas, Texas native will become the sixth player to have five or more assists in a season.
 
NEEDING SOMEONE TO STEP UP IN THE ATTACK
90-of-107 (84.1%) of TAMIU's shots has come from four players: Cio Bargallo, Nicole Cohen, Valeria Macias and Monica Castro. Bargallo carries most of the weight with 43 shots while the other three attacking players have 18, 16 and 13 respectively. Abigail Colmenares and Araceli Martinez are the only two other Dustdevils with more than five shots this season.
 
LOOKING TO BREAK THE STREAK
 Historically, the Dustdevils have struggled on the road going 22-106-8 since 2002 with just one season with a .500 record or better away from Dustdevil Soccer Field. TAMIU has gone 0-14-2 in their last 16 away matches with the last coming against a national-ranked St. Edwar'ds team in Austin on Oct. 29, 2015. Goals have come at premium during that stretches as well as the Dustdevils are currently in a scoreless streak over 700 minutes in road matches.
 
HEARTLAND IN THE RANKINGS
St. Edward's dropped eight spots in the latest United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division II Women's National poll. The Hilltoppers dropped out of the Top 10 to 12^th after a draw against St. Mary's. SEU also dropped nine spots in the latest Massey Ratings to 13 while Dallas Baptist moved up three spots to 27^th. 
 
UP NEXT
The Dustdevils finish their five-match road trip next week against Lubbock Christian (Oct. 12) and Oklahoma Christian (Oct. 14).