Cajuns Return Home for Pair of SBC Matches

LAFAYETTE-Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns women's soccer team will host a pair of Sun Belt Conference matches over the weekend. The Cajuns will take on UALR on Friday night before concluding the weekend with Arkansas State.

Friday's match with the Trojans will kickoff at 7:00 p.m., while Sunday's match against the Indians is stated for 1:00 p.m.

The Cajuns have a 9-5-0 record against the two teams collectively. UL is 4-3-0 against Arkansas State ? winning the last three contests between the two teams. The Cajuns are 5-2-0 against UALR, collecting victories the only two times the teams have met in Lafayette.

Last season, the Cajuns had a pair of overtime victories against ASU and UALR.

The Ragin' Cajuns opened their weekend in Arkansas with a 3-2 overtime win against the Trojans. Callie Oliver had the golden goal for the Cajuns, netting a Taylor Zak pass off of a rebound in the 97^th minute of he match.

Two days later, the Cajuns experienced a bit of déjà vu. This time, Courtney Hofland netted the golden goal to give UL an overtime win over the Indians.

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PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Goalkeeper Kristen Malen won the Louisiana Sports Writer's Association's Goalie of the Week award after her performance against Denver and North Texas. Malen held the defending SBC champion Denver Pioneers scoreless for the first time in school history. The 0-0 double-overtime tie was also just the second time in school history that Denver did not get the better of the Cajuns. Two days later, Malen followed up the shutout with a career high 11 saves. Her double-digit save performance was the second time this season the senior has registered double-digit saves.

SUPER SENIOR: Stephanie Lynch enters the weekend third on the team with six points on the year. She is second on the team with three goals scored with one match winning goal. Lynch has been successful her entire career as a Cajun. She is first in the Cajuns record books for most shots, second for most shots in a season and holds the top two marks for most shots in a match. Lynch is currently tied with Tiffany Garber (2002-03) for third most goals in a career and tied for second with Stacy Smith (2002) for most points in a career. The Evansville, Ind. native is tied for fifth all-time for most career assists. She sits just five matches shy of breaking into the top five in total matches played.

CAPTAIN CONSISTENCY: Last Sunday, senior captain Bridgette Adorno played in her 67th match of her career. Sixty-seven matches moves the New Orleans native into sole possession of fifth place for most matches played in school history. Adorno is four matches shy of tying Natalie Hanks (2001-04) for fourth place and five matches back of Lindsay Webb (2003-06) and Sherryl Owens (2001-04) for second. Adorno is just seven matches shy of tying Meredith Smith (2002-05) for the most matches played in Ragin' Cajuns history with 74. The Cajuns have nine regular season matches remaining this season.

GOLDEN GOALIES: Senior Kristen Malen currently has four wins on the season giving her 11 career victories. Malen currently sits just one victory shy of tying teammate Stephanie Weston for first place with 12 career victories. Malen and Weston are both in the top-5 single season wins category. This season, Malen is presently tied with Weston's four victories in 2005 for the fifth best season in school history. Malen also holds the second best mark with seven victories in 2004 while Weston's eight wins in 2006 is the best in UL history.

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Cajuns Return Home for Pair of SBC Matches

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