@RaginCajunsSOC Match 18 Preview: vs. Troy

LAFAYETTE – With a berth in next month's Sun Belt Conference Championships secured, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Soccer team wraps up the regular-season on Sunday when it battles league rival Troy in a televised match at the Ragin' Cajuns Soccer/Track Complex.

Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. The contest will be streamed live on ESPN+ and televised live on Cox Sports Television. Admission is free and live stats will be available at CajunStats.com.

Fans are encouraged to donate for a Volunteers of America homeless outreach "Pack a Pack" program by bringing donated items – back packs, socks, t-shirts, hats, ponchos, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, etc. – that will be collected at the entrance to the stadium.

The match is also Louisiana Salutes Day, which honors all veterans, active military and first responders in attendance. Prior to the match, Louisiana's senior class, along with graduating support staff personnel, will be recognized.

Louisiana (8-6-3, 4-3-2 Sun Belt) received a pair of first-half goals from freshman Karleen Bedre to earn a 2-0 victory over Georgia Southern on Friday to earn its first berth to the Sun Belt Conference Championships since 2016. Kobi McNutt added a pair of assists for the Ragin' Cajuns with Mackenzie Lee earning her fifth shutout of the season.

MATCH INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (8-6-3, 4-3-2 Sun Belt) vs. TROY (11-2-4, 6-1-2 Sun Belt)
Date/Time: October 27, 2019 / 3 p.m.
Site: Lafayette, La.
Facility (Surface): Ragin' Cajuns Soccer/Track Complex (grass)

LIVE VIDEO / LIVE STATS
Video: ESPN+, Cox Sports Television
Talent: Cody Junot (pxp), Rebecca Foley (color)
Live Stats: CajunStats.com
Twitter Updates: @RaginCajunsSOC | #GeauxCajuns

WEATHER FORECAST (via Weather.com)
Sunday: Mostly sunny | High: 72° | Winds: E 2 mph | Rain: 10%
At kickoff: Mostly sunny | 70° | Wind: NE 2 mph | Rain: 0%

SERIES HISTORY
Series Record: Troy leads, 10-4-1
At Lafayette: Troy leads, 3-2-1
At Troy: Troy leads, 6-2
Neutral Sites: Troy leads, 1-0
Last Meeting: Troy, 1-0 (9/14/18 at Troy)

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Lance Key (Trinity, 2000)
Record at Louisiana: 8-6-3 (first season), Career Record: 218-27-19 (13th season)

TROY
Head Coach: Ged O'Connor (St. Leo, 2004)
Record at Troy: 24-26-7 (third season), Career Record: 147-92-19 (14th season)

JUST FOR KICKS ...
• Louisiana, playing its 20th season of intercollegiate soccer, closes out the regular-season at home against Troy.
• Louisiana will honor members of its senior class and support staff prior to the match – student manager Michel Fleurant, redshirt junior Franziska Riepl and seniors Mackenzie Lee, Victoria Mendes, Kaylie Powell and Katherine Whitman.
• The eight wins by Louisiana under Lance Key are the most by a first-year coach in Ragin' Cajuns history.
• Louisiana's 2-0 victory at ULM on Oct. 13 was its first in Monroe since a 4-0 win on Oct. 28, 2011.
• Louisiana's seven shutouts during the 2019 season are tied for the single-season school-record (first set in 2010).
• Louisiana's four wins in October are one more than the total by the Ragin' Cajuns from 2015-18.
• Louisiana's 2-0 victory over Georgia Southern on Friday secured the first non-losing season since 2014.
• Karleen Bedre recorded the first multi-goal game by a Ragin' Cajun since Ashleigh Cade against Georgia Southern on Sept. 24, 2017.
• The Ragin' Cajuns are 5-0-1 at home in 2019 and have allowed one goal this season.
• The five shutouts by Louisiana at home in 2019 tied the single-season record that was previously set by the 2010 squad.
• Louisiana's 1-0 win over Appalachian State on Oct. 4 was its first over the Mountaineers in the last six matches and marked its first shutout in the seven-match series.
• The win was Louisiana's first in the month of October since a 1-0 victory over ULM on Oct. 16, 2016. The Ragin' Cajuns were a combined 0-11-3 since.
• The win for Louisiana was its first in double overtime against a Sun Belt Conference opponent since a 2-1 win at Little Rock on Oct. 17, 2004.
• Louisiana has allowed three first-half goals in its last 15 matches.
• Louisiana's four wins during the month of September were one off the school record that was set four times (2012, 2015, 2016, 2017).

THROW-INS ...
• Louisiana's four-match win streak last month was its longest since victories against ULM (2-0), Little Rock (2-1), Arkansas State (1-0) and Texas State (5-2) from Oct. 6-18, 2013.
• Louisiana's 2-1 win at Sam Houston State on Sept. 8 was its first double overtime road victory since a 3-2 victory at Troy on Sept. 25, 2016.
• Gwen Mummert has started in all 35 career matches she has played in.
• Mummert was named the Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 24 - the first Ragin' Cajun to earn SBC weekly honors since 2017 and the first to claim Defensive Player of the Week honors since Grace Howell-Harries in 2013.
• Skyla Sykes three game-winning goals in 2019 have tied a single-season school record, set eight times previously (last Annika Schmidt and Whitney Taggart in 2016).
• Kobi McNutt posted the first multi-assist game of her career against Georgia Southern.
• True freshman Olivia Gelpi recorded her first career goal (and game-winning goal) in Louisiana's 2-0 win at ULM on Oct. 13.
• Rainey Niles' goal against Northwestern State on Sept. 15 was the first of her career.
• Senior Kaylie Powell recorded the first point of her career with an assist in Louisiana's 3-1 win over Coastal Carolina on Oct. 6.

SAVES AND CLEAN SHEETS ...
• Senior Mackenzie Lee recorded four saves against Little Rock on Sept. 29 to increase her career total to 146 and move past Anne Corbello (144) into sixth place on the school's all-time list
• The shutout of South Alabama on Sept. 22 was the seventh for Mackenzie Lee in her career, moving her past Cosette Morche (2015-16) into sole possession of fourth-place on the all-time list.
• With 16 career victories between the posts, Lee moved past Morche into fourth place on the Ragin' Cajuns all-time list.
• Louisiana's seven shutouts in 2019 are tied for the school record previously set in 2010.
• The Ragin' Cajuns current 1.16 goals against average is on pace to be the lowest in school history.

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
• In six matches at home, Louisiana has outshot its opponents, 89-36, and has allowed one goal in over 565 minutes of play.
• Two of the top largest crowds in school history have occurred during the 2019 season.
• Against Southern on Sept. 5, the crowd of 486 was the fourth-largest for the Ragin' Cajuns with Friday's announced attendance of 411 ranking eighth.
• With an average attendance of 303 through six matches, Louisiana is on pace to set the highest average in school history.

CAJUNS ADD SURPRIS TO COACHING STAFF
• Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Soccer head coach Lance Key announced on Thursday the addition of Chelsea Surpris (pronounced soo-PREE) to the coaching staff.
• Surpris played in 60 matches with 42 starts during a four-year career at the University of Texas, helping the Longhorns to 43 wins and a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. The Crowley, Texas native logged over 4,500 minutes as a defender for the Longhorns, including 2,004 of a possible 2,005 minutes in the defensive backline in helping Texas to the Sweet 16 in 2017.

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@RaginCajunsSOC Match 18 Preview: vs. Troy

Players Mentioned

Karleen Bedre

Rebecca Foley

Olivia Gelpi

Grace Howell-Harries

Mackenzie Lee

Kobi McNutt

Victoria Mendes

Gwen Mummert

Rainey Niles

Kaylie Powell

Franziska Riepl

Annika Schmidt

Skyla Sykes

Katherine Whitman

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