ABILENE – McMurry Women's Soccer is home for the final time this season when the team hosts the University of Dallas at 7:30 on Friday and Austin College at noon on Sunday.
 
The War Hawks enter at 8-5-1 overall and 4-1-1 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
 
McMurry Storylines
 
Senior Moment: The War Hawks will honor its five seniors this weekend: Emily Holland, Jaelynn Portillo, McKenna Standifer, Haylie Blakley and Grace Singleton.
 
Postseason Possibilities: The War Hawks enter the weekend tied for third place in the SCAC standings and the top four advance to the postseason. Their position is far from locked up. Texas Lutheran is one point behind McM and Austin College is four points off the pace. A win equals three points and a tie is worth one. There are four games remaining in the season.
 
Player of the Week: The SCAC on Monday named Emily Holland its Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week. Holland lifted McMurry to a pair of key SCAC wins last weekend, securing six points in the league table, vaulting the War Hawks into a tie for third place going into the final two weeks of the regular season. On Friday, Holland scored the game-winning goal in McMurry's 4-1 win at Ozarks and then returned on Sunday to record a brace, including her second game-winning goal of the weekend in a 3-0 win at Centenary. Holland finished the week with three goals and now has nine on the year to lead the SCAC. Her two-goal effort against the Ladies was the third multigoal performance of the season for Holland and pushed her season points total to 21, currently best in the SCAC.
 
SCAC Leader: Emily Holland leads the SCAC and is seventh nationally with five game-winning goals. She also leads the conference with 0.64 goals per game, nine total goals, 21 points, 4.64 shots per game, 2.21 shots on goal per game and 1.50 points per game.
 
Goals: Along with Emily Holland's nine goals, the War Hawks have goals this season from 14 players. Laila Brown and Cate Tempelmeyer have three each and Jaelynn Portillo has two. Scoring one goal each this season are Haylie Blakley, Emery Kirby, McKenna Standifer, Hailey Donaldson, Hailey Graham, Brooklyn Grove, Cienna Rodriguez, Grace Singleton and Kaylee Worth.
 
Assists: Jaelynn Portillo is fourth in the SCAC and leads McMurry with four assists this season. Emily Holland has three, Laila Brown, Haylie Blakley and Cate Tempelmeyer have two each and five other player have one each.
 
Shooters: Emily Holland has taken 65 of McMurry's 186 shots this season. Laila Brown is second on the team with 15. Holland has 31 shots on goal and Brown follows with eight.
 
Keepers: Avery Anders and Kaitlyn Gustafson have split time in goal this season. Anders leads with a 0.36 goals allowed average and Gustafson has a team-leading 23 saves.
 
About Dallas: The Crusaders are 3-8-1 overall and 1-4-1 in the SCAC after losing at home to Schreiner on Sunday. Claire Reed leads the team with five goals and Semya Chancellor has four.
 
About Austin College: The Kangaroos are 9-3-2 overall and 3-3 in the SCAC after a 2-1 home loss to Trinity on Sunday. Jetta Broquard leads AC with five goals and four assists.