Louisiana Soccer Match 18 Preview: vs. ULM

LAFAYETTE – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Soccer team wraps up the regular season on Sunday when it plays host to ULM in a Sun Belt Conference match at the Ragin' Cajuns Track/Soccer Facility.

Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m., with the match being streamed live on ESPN+. Live results will be available at CajunStats.com.

Louisiana (6-9-2, 3-4-2 Sun Belt), which will honor its senior class in a pre-match ceremony, returns to play after dropping a 2-0 decision at Appalachian State on Thursday. The Ragin' Cajuns, who will compete at the Sun Belt Conference Championships scheduled for Nov. 1-7 in Foley, Ala., face a ULM (11-3-1, 4-3-1 Sun Belt) squad which has won its last four matches.

The Ragin' Cajuns have controlled the all-time series against the Warhawks with a 14-4-2 record and 11-4-1 mark in league matches. Louisiana has won the previous four meetings in the series – all by shutout – with the Ragin' Cajuns claiming a 3-0 win in last year's matchup in Lafayette.

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MATCH INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (6-9-2, 3-4-2 Sun Belt) vs. ULM (11-3-1, 4-3-1 Sun Belt)
Date / Time: October 24, 2021 / 3 p.m.
Site: Lafayette, La.
Stadium: Ragin' Cajuns Track/Soccer Facility (grass)

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Lance Key (Trinity, 2000)
Record at Louisiana: 25-26-6 (third season); Overall Record: 234-47-23 (15th season)

ULM
Head Coach: Sean Fraser (Bethel, 2008)
Record at ULM: 16-16-1 (second season); Career Record: 54-36-3 (fifth season)

VIDEO/LIVE STATS/SOCIAL UPDATES
Streaming Video: ESPN+
Talent: Cody Junot (pbp); Ian Auzenne (color)
Live Stats: CajunStats.com
Twitter Updates: @RaginCajunsSOC
Hashtag: #GeauxCajuns

WEATHER FORECAST (via Weather.com)
Sunday: Scattered thunderstorms | High: 84° | Winds: SSE 13 mph | Rain: 60%
At kickoff: Scattered thunderstorms | 82° | Wind: SSE 11 mph | Rain: 50%

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Louisiana leads, 14-4-2
at Lafayette: Louisiana leads, 9-0-1
at Monroe: Louisiana leads, 4-4-1
Neutral Sites: Louisiana leads, 1-0-0
Streak: Louisiana +4

SET PIECES
• Louisiana wraps up the regular-season as it faces ULM for the 21st time on the Soccer pitch.
• Louisiana will honor its senior class (Hailey Daigle, Jordan Higgins, Izzy Wheeler and Savanna Young) in a pre-match ceremony.
• Louisiana's 14 wins in the series against the Warhawks are the most by the Ragin' Cajuns against an opponent in school history.
• Louisiana is the lone Sun Belt Conference team to hand league champion Arkansas State a loss (2-1 on Oct. 3).
• Louisiana is ranked 23rd nationally in shot accuracy (.545).
• Karleen Bedre and Anna Grassinger are the only players to start in all 17 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 17 matches during the 2021 season.
• Louisiana is 57-86-19 all-time during the month of October and 11-6-3 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).
• Bedre is 45 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 heads to Foley, Ala., to begin play in the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Championships, which is scheduled for Nov. 1-7.
• The top five seeds receive a first-round bye and would start play on Wednesday, Nov. 3.

Louisiana Soccer Match 18 Preview: vs. ULM

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Players Mentioned

Alyssa Abbott

Tatum Beck

Karleen Bedre

Hailey Daigle

Anna Grassinger

Jordan Higgins

Hailey Hoffmann

Ruthny Mathurin

Carol Rodriguez

Izzy Wheeler

Savanna Young

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