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LSU Hands Cajuns 4-0 Defeat
9/19/2003 12:00:00 AM | Soccer
Friday, Sept. 19, 2003
With the win LSU (6-1-1) remained unbeaten in its last 18 matches against in-state teams. UL Lafayette had its two-match win streak snapped and fell to 4-3 suffering its first loss to an in-state team this season.
After going back-and-forth for the first six-plus minutes of the match with neither team getting a good scoring chance the Tigers broke through at the 7:32 mark when Brown received a pass from Rachel Cohen and dribbled in the box and slipped one past Cajuns goalkeeper Anna Brannon for the match-winner and a 1-0 lead.
Brown's speed would pay dividends for the Tigers 11 minutes later when she gained possession of a ball from 40 yards out and raced past the Cajun defenders into the left wing and took the ball deep inside the box sending a shot that paralleled the out-of-bounds line and found its way past Brannon and into the net for a 2-0 lead.
LSU would add two more goals in the second half to produce the final margin of 4-0. Brown fed Cohen on a two-on-one situation four minutes into the second half and Danielle Keath added a late goal at 82:46.
UL Lafayette's offense was dealt a blow midway through the first half when forward Tiffany Garber injured her right ankle as she was streaking down the sideline on a breakaway. Garber, the Cajuns leading goal scorer with four, would miss the rest of the match.
“I wasn't pleased with how we came out initially,” said UL Lafayette head coach Dave Poggi. “But, I was pleased with how we finished the match and I think this is something we can learn from and hopefully build on.”
“They (LSU) took advantage of their opportunities,” Poggi added. “We struggled to match up with their speed, but toward the end of the first half we started to put some pressure on and I thought we carried that over into the second half.
“We need to be better at putting away our chances,” Poggi stressed. “I think we had a good game plan going in and we were unlucky at times not to have it pay off for us.”
The Cajuns return to action Sunday as they conclude their current three-match homestand with a 1 p.m. match against McNeese State at Cajun Field.
MATCH SUMMARY
Louisiana State at Louisiana-Lafayette
Date: Sept. 19, 2003
Site: Lafayette, La. (Cajun Field)
Att: 561 Time: 1:53
Goals by Period
1 2 Total
LSU(6-1-1)
2 2 4
UL Lafayette (4-3) 0 0
0
SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 7:32 LSU Artie Brown (Rachel Cohen)
2. 18:35 LSU Artie Brown (unassisted)
3. 49:51 LSU Rachel Cohen (Artie Brown)
4. 82:46 LSU Danielle Keath (Christine Haman)
Shots: LSU 21, UL Lafayette 9
Shots on Goal: LSU 13, UL Lafayette 4
Saves: LSU 4 (DesOrmeaux), UL Lafayette 9 (Brannon 4,
Preseault 4, TEAM 1)
Fouls: LSU 18, UL Lafayette 10
Corner Kicks: LSU 2, UL Lafayette 3
Cautions: LSU 1 (Brown, 35:00), UL Lafayette 0
Offsides: LSU 1, UL Lafayette 1
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