Louisiana Soccer Match 9 Preview: at Alcorn State

LAFAYETTE – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Soccer team returns to action on Sunday when it travels to Lorman, Miss., to face Alcorn State in a 3 p.m. contest at Spinks-Casem Stadium.

Louisiana (2-6-0) opens a three-match roadswing by making its first-ever trip to Alcorn (1-6-0), which earned a 2-1 win over Nicholls on Friday. The Ragin' Cajuns wrap up their non-conference schedule against the Braves before resuming Sun Belt Conference play next week with matches at Troy and South Alabama.

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MATCH INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (2-6-0) at ALCORN STATE (1-6-0)
Date / Time: September 19, 2021 / 3 p.m.
Site: Lorman, Miss.
Stadium: Spinks-Casem Stadium (grass)

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Lance Key (Trinity, 2000)
Record at Louisiana: 21-23-4 (Third season); Overall Record: 230-44-21 (15th season)

ALCORN STATE
Head Coach: Kevin Larry (Shaw, 2015)
Record at ASU: 2-16-0 (second season); Overall Record: Same

VIDEO/LIVE STATS/SOCIAL UPDATES
Streaming Video: None
Live Stats: None
Twitter Updates: @RaginCajunsSOC
Hashtag: #GeauxCajuns

WEATHER FORECAST (via Weather.com)
Sunday: Thunderstorms | High: 84° | Winds: ESE 5 mph | Rain: 70%
At kickoff: Thunderstorms | 83° | Wind: ESE 5 mph | Rain: 70%

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Louisiana leads, 2-0-0
At Lafayette: Louisiana leads, 2-0-0
At Lorman: First meeting
Last Meeting: Louisiana, 10-0 (August 21, 2016 at Lafayette)

SET PIECES
• Louisiana closes out its non-conference schedule facing Alcorn State for the first time in Lorman.
• In the previous two meetings against Alcorn, Louisiana scored a school-record 10 goals and have outscored the Lady Braves, 20-1.
• Louisiana is 17-0-1 all-time in matches against schools from the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
• Louisiana has faced its most grueling non-conference schedule in school history during the 2021 season highlighted by four teams from the SEC (Mississippi State, Kentucky, Tennessee and LSU) and American Athletic Conference (Houston).
• Sixteen of the 31 members on the 2021 squad are in their first year with the Ragin' Cajuns.
• Twenty-one of Louisiana's 31 players on the 2021 roster are underclassmen (12 freshmen, 9 sophomores).
• Third-year head coach Lance Key entered the 2021 season third among active NCAA Division I coaches in winning percentage (.831), trailing North Carolina's Anson Dorrance (.902) and second-year coach Kristin Jones of UC San Diego (.849).
• Louisiana's crowd of 2,373 on Sept. 9 against No. 7-ranked LSU shattered the previous school record (663) set in 2002 and was the 13th-largest crowd for a NCAA Division I Women's Soccer match in 2021.
• With 11 career goals, Karleen Bedre is currently tied for ninth in school history and needs one to tie Ashley Delahoussaye (2000-03) for eighth.
• With an assist against Georgia State, Bedre moved past Sara Vienberg (2001-02) for fourth in school history with 11.

UP NEXT
• Louisiana continues its three-match road trip next week with matches at Troy (Sept. 24) and South Alabama (Sept. 26).
• The Ragin' Cajuns will then return home to face Arkansas State on Oct. 3.

Louisiana Soccer Match 9 Preview: at Alcorn State

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