Louisiana Soccer Match 5 Preview: vs. Southeastern Louisiana

LAFAYETTE – After playing three matches on the road against SEC competition, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Soccer team returns home on Friday when it plays host to in-state foe Southeastern Louisiana at the Ragin' Cajuns Track/Soccer Facility.

Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. Admission to the match is free. The game will be streamed live on ESPN+ with live results available at CajunStats.com.

The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Black Student-Athlete Association are accepting donations during Friday's match which will directly benefit the Lady Lions' program. Fans attending Friday's match are asked to bring non-perishable snacks, bottled water and sports drinks which will be collected by members of both organizations and delivered to the SLU Women's Soccer program at the conclusion of the match.

Sodexo is donating all proceeds from Friday's soccer concession sales to SLU.

Louisiana (1-3-0), which dropped contests to Mississippi State, Kentucky and Tennessee, will play three of its next four matches at home beginning with SLU (1-2-0) before hosting nationally-ranked LSU on Sept. 9 and Georgia State on Sept. 16. The Ragin' Cajuns announced their upcoming home match on Sunday against the University of Houston was moved to Houston with kickoff scheduled for 1 p.m., due to travel caused by the impact from Hurricane Ida.

The Lady Lions, currently displaced from its Hammond campus due to the direct impact of Ida last Sunday, have temporarily set up operations in Beaumont, Texas. SLU opened the season with losses at Grand Canyon and Arizona State before posting an 11-0 win over Alcorn State in its home opener.

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MATCH INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (1-3-0) vs. SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (1-2-0)
Date / Time: September 3, 2021 / 6 p.m.
Site: Lafayette, La.
Stadium: Ragin' Cajuns Track/Soccer Facility (grass)

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Lance Key (Trinity, 2000)
Record at Louisiana: 20-20-4 (Third season); Overall Record: 229-41-21 (15th season)

SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Christopher McBride (Martin Methodist, 2011)
Record at SLU: 25-35-12 (Fifth season); Overall Record: Same

VIDEO/LIVE STATS/SOCIAL UPDATES
Streaming Video: ESPN +
Talent: Dan McDonald (pxp), Blake Purser (pxp), Jordan Ponzio (analyst)
Live Stats: CajunStats.com
Twitter Updates: @RaginCajunsSOC
Hashtag: #GeauxCajuns

WEATHER FORECAST (via Weather.com)
Friday: Partly cloudy | High: 93° | Winds: N 4 mph | Rain: 22%
At kickoff: Mostly cloudy | 87° | Wind: SSW 2 mph | Rain: 16%

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: SLU leads 7-4-3
At Lafayette: SLU leads, 3-2-2
At Hammond: SLU leads, 4-2-1
Last Meeting: Tied, 1-1 (August 31, 2018 at Lafayette)

SET PIECES
• After a grueling three-match road trip against SEC competition, Louisiana returns to play three of its next four matches on its home pitch beginning Friday against 2021 NCAA participant Southeastern Louisiana.
• Louisiana, which will now travel to face Houston on Sunday, will also host LSU (Sept. 9) and Georgia State (Sept. 16) during the four-match span.
• Louisiana and SLU meet officially on the pitch for the 15th time overall and the first since a 1-1 tie in 2018.
• Louisiana's win to open the 2021 season came on an own goal in the final 30 seconds.
• The victory was the Ragin' Cajuns second consecutive opening day win with both coming by shutout (2-0 vs. Abilene Christian on Sept. 4, 2020).
• 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).
• Libby Harper leads the Sun Belt Conference in saves (23) and saves per game (5.75).
• The Ragin' Cajuns lead the Sun Belt Conference in total saves (24) and saves per game (6.00) through matches played of Aug. 29.
• Goalkeeper Jordan Higgins played the final 12 minutes at No. 17 Tennessee - the first appearance for the senior since suffering a season-ending injury prior to the Arkansas State match on Sept. 24, 2020.
• Five players - Julieta Limardo, Hailey Lander, Libby Harper, Hailey Hoffmann and Karleen Bedre - have accumulated over 300 minutes on the pitch in Louisiana's first four matches.

Louisiana Soccer Match 5 Preview: vs. Southeastern Louisiana

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Players Mentioned

Karleen Bedre

Libby Harper

Jordan Higgins

Hailey Hoffmann

Hailey Lander

Julieta Limardo

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