Louisiana Soccer Match 11 Preview: at ULM

MONROE – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Soccer team looks to extend its school-record win and shutout streak to six matches on Sunday when it travels to face in-state foe ULM in a Sun Belt Conference contest at Brown Stadium.

Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. Live stats for the match is available at RaginCajuns.com.

Louisiana (7-3-0, 3-2-0 SBC) returns to action after a 2-0 victory last Sunday at Central Arkansas – extending the Ragin' Cajuns win streak to five and extending its shutout streak to 512 minutes. Hailey Hoffman and Una Einarsdottir each scored goals for the Ragin' Cajuns with Lizzie Mayfield and Alex Augustyn providing assists.

Freshman goalkeeper Lauryn Starwood stopped one shot and lowered her goals against average to 0.17 on the season for Louisiana, which last allowed a goal in the 28^th minute against Arkansas State on Sept. 24.

ULM (0-6-0, 0-5-0 SBC) closes out its home schedule looking for its first win of the season while snapping a three-match losing skid to Louisiana. The Ragin' Cajuns are 13-4-2 all-time against the Warhawks and have won nine of the last 11 meetings in the series.

Should disruptions or modifications to the 2020 season occur due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Athletics will quickly communicate the adjustments through its social media channels and RaginCajuns.com. Additionally, the department will communicate any changes to specific entry and attendance protocols for home matches.

In the interest of public safety and following the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) Best Practices Guide, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Athletics Department is implementing a clear bag policy at all venues that host ticketed events effective with the 2020-21 competition season. Information about the clear bag policy can be found by visiting www.RaginCajuns.com/clearbag.

MATCH INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (7-3-0, 3-2-0 Sun Belt) at ULM (0-6-0, 0-5-0 Sun Belt)
Date / Time: October 18, 2020 / 1 p.m.
Site: Monroe, La.
Stadium: Brown Stadium (Grass)

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Lance Key (Trinity, 2000)
Record at Louisiana: 16-11-3 (second season); Overall Record: 225-32-20 (14th season)

ULM
Head Coach: Sean Fraser (Bethel [Tenn.], 2000)
Record at ULM: 0-6-0 (first season); Overall Record: 38-26-2 (fourth season)

VIDEO/LIVE STATS/SOCIAL UPDATES
Live Stats: RaginCajuns.com
Twitter Updates: @RaginCajunsSOC
Hashtag: #GeauxCajuns / #LAvsULM

SERIES HISTORY
Series Record: Louisiana leads, 13-4-2
At Lafayette: Louisiana leads, 9-0-1
At Monroe: ULM leads, 4-3-1
At Neutral Sites: Louisiana leads, 1-0
Streak: Louisiana +3
Last Meeting: Louisiana 2-0 (9/27/20 at Lafayette)

MATCH NOTES
JUST FOR KICKS ...
• Louisiana extended its school-record win and shutout streak to five matches after a 2-0 win at Central Arkansas on Oct. 11.
• Louisiana's 2-0 win over Little Rock on Oct. 9 marked its school-record fourth consecutive victory - all by shutout. The Ragin' Cajuns won three straight matches by shutout in 2004 (Louisiana Tech, Mississippi Valley State and Nicholls State) and were 2-0-1 later in the 2004 season and 2001.
• Louisiana's seven wins are tied with Arkansas State and Georgia State for the most among Sun Belt Conference teams. The Ragin' Cajuns 21 points are one behind A-State and GSU (22) for the league lead.
• The Ragin' Cajuns 47 points scored (16 goals, 15 assists) is second nationally behind Pittsburgh.
• Louisiana's 15 assists are second nationally and its 16 goals scored during the season are tied for third among Division I programs.
• Louisiana has held its opponents scoreless for the last 512 minutes with its last goal allowed coming in the 28th minute against Arkansas State on Sept. 24.
• The Ragin' Cajuns return 15 letterwinners from a squad that posted a 9-8-3 record in 2019 and reached the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference Championships for the first time in school history.
• Karleen Bedre's five-point performance against ULM on Sept. 27 (2G, 1A) was the most by a Sun Belt Conference player during the 2020 season.
• Alex Augustyn's two-assist match against Louisiana Tech was the first for a Ragin' Cajuns player since Kobi McNutt against Georgia Southern on Oct. 25, 2019.

BENDING THE BALL ...
• In all matches played through Oct. 4, Louisiana is tied for third nationally in assists (11), tied for fourth in total goals (12) and fifth in total points scored (35).
• Louisiana's Lizzie Mayfield has been credited with a goal and assist in three matches in 2020 (Abilene Christian, South Alabama, Little Rock).
• Louisiana's two goals scored against Abilene Christian equaled the most by the Ragin' Cajuns in a season-opener since a 2-1 win at McNeese State on Aug. 21, 2012.
• Mayfield's three points (goal, assist) against Abilene Christian equaled the most by a Ragin' Cajun in a season-opener since Courtney Hofland's three points at Houston in 2006.
• Mayfield is third the Sun Belt Conference in shot attempts (29), shots per game (2.90) and goals scored (4). The West Virginia transfer is second overall in points (12) and is tied for the league lead in assists (4).
• Two of Mayfield's team-high four assists have come on corner kicks.
• Louisiana leads the Sun Belt Conference in corner kicks (57).

THROW-INS ...
• Gwen Mummert has started in all 48 career matches she has played in.
• Mummert and freshman Hailey Hoffman are tied for the Sun Belt Conference lead in game-winning goals (2).
• Mummert joins Una Einarsdottir, Julianne DeBlieux and Ashley Newland as team captains for the 2020 season.
• The assists at Texas State by Kiana Leger and freshman Demi McCalliog – in her collegiate debut – were the first points of their Louisiana career.
• Freshman Caitlyn Ferguson made her Louisiana debut at Texas State and scored an equalizer in the 76th minute off an assist from Leger.
• The announcement of Lizzie Mayfield (offense) and Jordan Higgins (defense) as Sun Belt Conference Players of the Week on Sept. 9 marked the first time in school history Louisiana swept the weekly honors.
• After missing the 2019 season due to injury, redshirt junior Grace Champagne played seven minutes against ACU as she returned to the field for the time since Oct. 21, 2018 against Georgia State.

SAVES AND CLEAN SHEETS ...
• Louisiana's six shutouts in 2020 are tied with Arkansas State for the most in the Sun Belt Conference.
• Goalkeeper Jordan Higgins posted the first shutout in her Ragin' Cajuns debut since Alexias Stricklin stopped seven shots in a 1-0 win over Sam Houston State in 2014.
• Higgins became just the second goalkeeper in school history to earn SBC Player of the Week honors and the first since Liza Preseault on Oct. 1, 2002.
• Lauryn Starwood's 0.17 goals against average and .947 save percentage (1 GAA, 18 Svs.) is second in the Sun Belt Conference.
• Starwood earned her first career start in against Arkansas State on Sept. 24 after Higgins was a late scratch.
• Starwood earned her first collegiate win on Sept. 27 against ULM and combined with fellow true freshman Carly Dean on a shutout.
• In matches played through Oct. 4, Starwood is ninth nationally in both goals againsst average (0.26) and save percentage (.900)

UP NEXT
• Louisiana returns home to open the final week of the regular-season to face Little Rock on Thursday (Oct. 22) at 7 p.m. The Ragin' Cajuns will wrap up the regular-season on Oct. 25 at league-leader Arkansas State.

THE NEW NORMAL ... FOR NOW
• Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sun Belt Conference has split the teams split into East and West Divisions with teams playing home-and-home against divisional opponents.
• Louisiana and the rest of the West Division programs (Arkansas State, Little Rock, ULM, Texas State) will play eight conference contests while the teams in the East (Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, South Alabama, Troy) will play 10.

LOUISIANA HONORED WITH USC TEAM ACADEMIC AWARD
• The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Soccer team was one of 941 college teams recognized by the United Soccer Coaches as the Team Academic Award winners were recently announced by the organization.
• College Team Academic Award recipients are active members of the United Soccer Coaches College Services Program with a composite grade point average of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale for all players on the roster for the 2019-20 academic year.
• The award for Louisiana was its 11th overall since the program's inception in 1996. The Ragin' Cajuns earned the Team Academic Award in the following years: 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2019.

Louisiana Soccer Match 11 Preview: at ULM

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Players Mentioned

Alex Augustyn

Karleen Bedre

Grace Champagne

Carly Dean

Julianne DeBlieux

Una Einarsdottir

Caitlyn Ferguson

Jordan Higgins

Kiana Leger

Lizzie Mayfield

Demi McCalliog

Kobi McNutt

Gwen Mummert

Ashley Newland

Lauryn Starwood

Alexias Stricklin

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