FORT WORTH, Texas – Wesleyan will tread on new ground Tuesday afternoon when the Lady Ram soccer team becomes its first participant in a Red River Conference post-season match. Behind a 2-3-0 conference record, the Lady Rams qualified for the fourth seed in the tournament, and will travel to Muskogee, Oklahoma to face the top-seeded Lady Warriors of Bacone College (4-0-1 in RRAC).

“They’re a good team, no doubt about it,” said Wesleyan coach Steve Jones. “They’ve already beaten us once this season [3-1 on October 15th in Muskogee], and we’ll be without Jessica Elder. But we’ve played extremely well the past couple of weeks, so I like our chances.”

Indeed, Wesleyan has played well of late, defeating the University of the Ozarks at home on Friday, 3-2, then embarrassing Texas A&M-International on their own campus, 7-2 on Sunday. Recently named RRAC Player of the Week, Jessica Carrion scored 7 of Wesleyan’s 10 goals and assisted on two of the remaining three. The Lady Rams also expect the return of junior defender Jolene Ratliff, the team’s second-leading scorer, who has been sidelined with a leg injury for two weeks.

Bacone, who has been idle since a season-ending loss to John Brown College on October 31, did not finish the season nearly as strong. Since October 20th, the Lady Warriors have posted a record of 1-2-1, though the victory was against a good College of the Southwest team. Bacone finished the season with an overall record of 12-7-1.

Said Jones, “I really think we’ve got a good chance to pull this one out. Jessica [Elder]’s loss in the middle will change our game plan a little, but the timing just seems right for us. It’s going to be a great game, that’s for sure.”

The Lady Rams will depart early Tuesday morning for the four-hour drive to Muskogee. The game begins at 2:00 PM. For more information about the team line-ups and statistics, click here.