University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Arkansas State
Ragin' Cajuns Top Red Wolves
10/3/2008 5:00:00 AM | Soccer
JONESBORO, Ark. - Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns started off their weekend in Arkansas with a 3-2 win against the Red Wolves of Arkansas State (3-7). The win improves the Cajuns' record to 3-7-1 on the season and 1-2 in the Sun Belt Conference.
Three separate Cajuns scored on the afternoon, with assists from three different Cajuns.
The Cajuns opened up the scoring in the 15th minute when Jordan Blevins connected with Chelsea Balestra who scored a shot from the left side of the box. It was Balestra's fourth goal of the season. The goal also put Balestra on top of the points list on the season. It was Blevins' second assist on the year.
The Red Wolves' Kara Nitti tied the game in the 34th minute on a cross to the top of the box.
UL came roaring back ten minutes later when Heather Ulliman scored her second goal of the year on a scorcher from the top of the box. Chelsi McHenry assisted on the Ulliman goal, her second assist of the year. The score remained 2-1 for the remainder of the first half.
In the 80th minute, senior Taunya Geelhoed found teammate Callie Oliver, who netted a shot from 18 yards out to put the Cajuns up 3-1. Oliver now has two goals on the year, and Geelhoed got her first point of the season on the assist.
The Red Wolves brought the match within one goal in the 87th minute, but that was the closest they would get as goalkeeper Stephanie Weston and the Cajuns picked up the win.
Weston now has 15 wins in her career, one behind Kristen Malen for the school career record. She will look to tie that mark on Sunday when the team faces UALR in Little Rock, Ark., at 1 p.m.
