Rankings Clash

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AC Soccer Teams Hosting Tyler on Wednesday

For the past two weeks, Angelina College’s soccer teams have maintained their positions in the national rankings. Despite the Lady Roadrunners and Roadrunners winning several matches on the road during the two-week span, neither group has been able to advance.

“It’s because the teams ahead of us haven’t lost, either,” AC head coach Nataki Stewart said. “We just have to keep doing what we’re doing, especially with the post-season looming ahead of us.”

The rankings could change considerably after this Wednesday, however, as the No. 5 Roadrunners and No. 11 Lady Roadrunners host Tyler Junior College’s No. 2 Lady Apaches and No. 6 Apaches. Both matches take place at the Larry Phillips Family Sports Complex on the AC campus.

In the teams’ earlier matches in Tyler, the Lady Roadrunners dropped a 2-1 heartbreaker in double overtime, while the men pulled out a thrilling 3-2 win over the Apaches.

AC’s teams have been on the road since Sept. 21, with the Lady Roadrunners taking road wins against Northeast Texas Community College (2-0), Jacksonville College (1-0), No. 9 Navarro College (2-1) and Trinity Valley Community College (a 20-1 win). Liliane Clase leads the Lady ‘Runners in goals scored (12) and points (30); Marlene Flores is right behind her with 10 goals and 24 points. AC’s defense is allowing a miniscule .45 goals per match.


The AC men still haven’t lost a match despite losing several key players to injury. After a 1-1 draw at home against Coastal Bend CC on Sept. 14, the ‘Runners have bounced back with wins at Paris College (1-0), NTCC (1-0), Jacksonville (4-2) and TVCC (6-0). Juan Lopez continues to lead the attack with nine goals and 28 points, and a greedy defense is allowing just .90 goals per match.


Kickoff for Wednesday’s matches will take place at 5 p.m. for the women’s match and 7:30 p.m. for the men’s match. The game features an “Orange Out” where fans are asked to wear orange in support of the AC teams. The first 100 kids to sign up for the “Rowdy Kids’ Club” will receive free “Orange Out” t-shirts.

Admission to both matches are free.

The email address for AC’s Sports Information Director is gstallard@angelina.edu.

Gary Stallard
Sports Information Director Gary Stallard, who also serves as a Liberal Arts Instructor, begins his eleventh season with Angelina College. Following a career as a U.S. Marine, Stallard completed his bachelor’s degree at Stephen F. Austin University, where he majored in English and Journalism. For more than 16 years, he has worked as a sports writer/columnist/photographer for the Lufkin Daily News; he continues to contribute free-lance articles on occasion. Stallard has won several awards for writing, including the Golden Hoops Award for basketball writing in 2003, Regional Sports Writer of the Year in 2004, and the Texas Press Association’s first-place award for column writing in 2007 and in 2014. He has also done basketball, football and baseball radio and live streaming play-by- play and color commentary for an ESPN affiliate. Currently Stallard serves as play-by-play broadcaster for AC basketball, baseball and softball games. Prior to arriving at Angelina College, Stallard taught English at Lufkin High School for four years. He currently teaches Developmental Writing classes at AC. He and his wife Susan live in Lufkin.

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