Louisiana Soccer Match 17 Preview: at App State

BOONE, N.C. – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Soccer team plays its final regular-season road match in 2021 on Thursday when it travels to face App State in a Sun Belt Conference contest at the Ted Mackorell Soccer Complex.

Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m., CT with the match being streamed live on ESPN+. Live results will be available at CajunStats.com.

Louisiana (6-8-2, 3-3-2 Sun Belt) posted a 1-0-1 record in a pair of matches last week at home after defeating Little Rock, 3-0, last Thursday before a 1-1 draw against Texas State last Sunday. The Ragin' Cajuns, who could finish as high as a tie for second in the final league standings, looks to pick up its first win at App State (4-10-1, 0-8-0 Sun Belt) since a 2-1 victory in the first-ever meeting between the schools in 2014.

The Mountaineers have won five of the seven meetings in the all-time series with Louisiana snapping a five-match slide in 2019 with a 1-0 double-overtime victory at the Ragin' Cajuns Track/Soccer Facility.

After facing App State, Louisiana will close out the regular season at home on Sunday (Oct. 24) against ULM in a 3 p.m. match.

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MATCH INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (6-8-2, 3-3-2 Sun Belt) at APP STATE (4-10-1, 0-8-0 Sun Belt)
Date / Time: October 21, 2021 / 6 p.m. CT
Site: Boone, N.C.
Stadium: Ted Mackorell Soccer Complex (artificial)

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Lance Key (Trinity, 2000)
Record at Louisiana: 25-25-6 (third season); Overall Record: 234-46-23 (15th season)

APP STATE
Head Coach: Sarah Strickland (George Mason, 1998)
Record at APP: 85-110-28 (12^th season); Career Record: Same

VIDEO/LIVE STATS/SOCIAL UPDATES
Streaming Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: CajunStats.com
Twitter Updates: @RaginCajunsSOC
Hashtag: #GeauxCajuns

WEATHER FORECAST (via Weather.com)
Thursday: Mostly sunny | High: 68° | Winds: WSW 10 mph | Rain: 20%
At kickoff: Partly cloudy | 61° | Wind: SSW 4 mph | Rain: 20%

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: App State leads, 5-2-0
at Lafayette: App State leads, 2-1-0
at Boone: App State leads, 2-1-0
Neutral Sites: App State leads, 1-0-0
Streak: Louisiana +1

SET PIECES
• Louisiana looks for its first win in Boone since the series opener between the schools in the 2014 season.
• The Ragin' Cajuns have not scored against the Mountaineers in the last three matches played away from the Ragin' Cajuns Track/Soccer Facility.
• In matches played through Oct. 17, Louisiana ranks 40th nationally among Division I schools in shot accuracy (.529).
• Karleen Bedre and Anna Grassinger are the only players to start in all 16 matches during the 2021 season.
• Five players - Bedre, Grassinger, Savanna Young, Alyssa Abbott and Hailey Hoffmann - are the only players who have played in all 16 matches during the 2021 season.
• Louisiana is 57-85-19 all-time during the month of October and 11-5-3 overall under head coach Lance Key.
• Sixteen of the 31 members on the 2021 squad are in their first year with the Ragin' Cajuns.
• The newcomers have attributed to 12 of Louisiana's 21 goals, seven of 21 assists and 31 of 63 points during the 2021 season.
• The freshman trio of Tatum Beck, Carol Rodriguez and Ruthny Mathurin have attributed for the last five goals scored by Louisiana.
• Twenty-one of Louisiana's 31 players on the 2021 roster are underclassmen (12 freshmen, 9 sophomores).
• Young's 910 minutes played in 2021 are a career-best, surpassing the 804 recorded as a freshman in 2018.
• Bedre is 127 minutes shy of reaching the 4,000-minute mark in her career.
• Louisiana has reached the semifinals in the Sun Belt Conference Championships the past two seasons under Lance Key after going 0-15 overall in the postseason before his hiring.
• Louisiana's 10 wins in 2020-21 tied for the most in school history that was previously set in 2010.

UP NEXT
• Louisiana closes out the regular season on Sunday (Oct. 24) when it hosts in-state foe ULM for Senior Day at the Ragin' Cajuns Track/Soccer Facility.
• Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+.

Louisiana Soccer Match 17 Preview: at App State

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Players Mentioned

Alyssa Abbott

Tatum Beck

Karleen Bedre

Anna Grassinger

Hailey Hoffmann

Ruthny Mathurin

Carol Rodriguez

Savanna Young

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