@RaginCajunsSOC Match 10 Preview: at Arkansas State

LAFAYETTE – Coming off a scoreless draw in its Sun Belt Conference opener last week against South Alabama, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's soccer team heads north for a pair of league matches beginning on Friday against Arkansas State at the A-State Soccer Complex.

Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. Live results will be available at CajunStats.com.

After facing Arkansas State, Louisiana (4-3-2, 0-0-1 Sun Belt) will cap off the weekend when it visits Little Rock (3-5-3, 0-1-1 Sun Belt) on Sunday at 1 p.m.

MATCH INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (4-3-2, 0-0-1 Sun Belt) at ARKANSAS STATE (5-3, 1-0 Sun Belt)
Date/Time: September 22, 2019 / 1 p.m.
Site: Jonesboro, Ark.
Facility (Surface): A-State Soccer Complex (grass)

LIVE STATS/SOCIAL MEDIA
Live Stats: CajunStats.com
Live Video: None
Twitter Updates: @RaginCajunsSOC | #GeauxCajuns

WEATHER FORECAST (via Weather.com)
Sunday: Sunny | High: 90° | Winds: NE 9 mph | Rain: 10%
At kickoff: Sunny | 89° | Wind: SSW 17 mph | Rain: 0%

SERIES HISTORY
Series Record: Louisiana leads 12-8
At Lafayette: Louisiana leads, 6-3
At Mobile: Louisiana leads, 6-4
At Neutral: A-State leads, 1-0
Last Meeting: Louisiana, 1-0 (9/29/2018 at Lafayette)

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Lance Key (Trinity, 2000)
Record at Louisiana: 4-3-2 (first season), Career Record: 214-24-18 (13th season)

ARKANSAS STATE
Head Coach: Brian Dooley (Nova Southeastern, 1987)
Record at A-State: 23-31-6 (fourth season), Career Record: 215-55-27 (22^nd season)

JUST FOR KICKS ...
• Louisiana, playing its 20th season of intercollegiate soccer, heads north to face Arkansas State (Sept. 27) and Little Rock (Sept. 29) in Sun Belt Conference matches.
• Louisiana ranks second in the Sun Belt Conference in shots (119), fourth in assists (15) and fifth in goals scored (15).
• The Ragin' Cajuns are tied for second in the league in shutouts (4) and rank third in the Sun Belt in corner kicks (50).
• Louisiana's four wins during the month of September are one off the school record that was set four times (2012, 2015, 2016, 2017).
• The meeting with Arkansas State will be the 21st between the schools, tying for the most matches against an opponent (South Alabama) in Ragin' Cajuns history.
• Sunday's match against Little Rock will be the 20th meeting and third-most among Ragin' Cajuns opponents.

THROW-INS ...
• Louisiana's four-match win streak earlier this 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 has opened the 2019 season with three consecutive shutouts at home for the first time since 2004 (defeated Louisiana Tech, Mississippi Valley and Nicholls State).
• Louisiana's 2-1 win at Sam Houston State was its first double overtime road victory since a 3-2 victory at Troy on Sept. 25, 2016.
• Gwen Mummert has started in all 27 career matches she has played in.
• Mummert was named the Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday - 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 two game-winning goals in 2019 are one off the school record, set eight times previously (last Annika Schmidt and Whitney Taggart in 2016).
• Freshman Karleen Bedre's four assists in 2019 is tied for the 10th-most in a single-season in school history.
• The two assists by freshman Rachel Sutter against Northern Illinois on Aug. 30 is tied for second-most by a Sun Belt Conference player in 2019.
• Rainey Niles' goal against Northwestern State was the first of her career.

SAVES AND CLEAN SHEETS ...
• 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 12 career victories between the posts, Lee moved into a tie with Morche for fourth place on the Ragin' Cajuns all-time list.
• Lee is three saves shy of tying Anne Corbello (144 saves - 2000) for sixth place in school history.

AWAY FROM THE FRIENDLY CONFINES
• Eleven of Louisiana's 18 regular-season matches are being played away from the Ragin' Cajuns Soccer/Track Complex, including six of the first seven matches.
• The opening stretch of matches in 2019 marks the first time since 2008 that Louisiana will play one home match in its first seven contests of the season.
• The 2008 squad opened the season at home against Southeastern Louisiana before playing its next seven on the road.

THE KEY TO WINNING
• In 12 seasons as head coach at Trinity University (Texas), Lance Key won 88.3 percent of his matches, compiling a 210-21-16 in the process.
• His .883 winning percentage is third-best all-time among NCAA Division I, II or III head coaches and ranking behind Scott Frey (Messiah) and Anson Dorrance (North Carolina).

Name (School) - Pct. (Record)
Scott Frey (Messiah) - .920 (399-23-260
Anson Dorrance (North Carolina) - .902 (847-74-40)
Lance Key (Louisiana) - .883 (210-21-16)
Marcus Wood (Hardin-Simmons) - .877 (348-37-28)
Joe Russo (TCNJ) - .863 (518-64-43)

CAJUNS IN THE SUN BELT
• As a team, Louisiana is ranked second in the Sun Belt Conference in shots (119) and corner kicks (50).
• The Ragin' Cajuns are fifth in points (44), goals scored (15) and goals per game (1.67).
• Freshman Karleen Bedre is tied for eighth in the league in goals scored (3) and tied for fifth in assists (4).
• Freshman Rachel Sutter is tied for eighth in the league in assists (3).
• Skyla Sykes is tied for third in the SBC in game-winning goals (2).
• Mackenzie Lee enters the week fourth in the Sun Belt in saves (33), eighth in saves per game (3.67) and tied for second in shutouts (2).

CAJUNS TO BE SEEN ON CST/ESPN+
• Three of Louisiana's six home matches during the 2019 season will be available to nearly five millions homes with live coverage on New Orleans-based Cox Sports Television (CST).
• Matches against South Alabama (LIVE - Sept. 22), Georgia Southern (tape-delayed - Oct. 25) and Troy (LIVE - Oct. 27) will be televised and will be also available on ESPN+.
• Louisiana's other home matches - Southern (Sept. 5), Appalachian State (Oct. 4) and Coastal Carolina (Oct. 6) will be streamed live on the Ragin' Cajuns Digital Network.

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@RaginCajunsSOC Match 10 Preview: at Arkansas State

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Karleen Bedre

Grace Howell-Harries

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Rainey Niles

Annika Schmidt

Rachel Sutter

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