Louisiana Travels To Face Warhawks In SBC Soccer

MONROE – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Soccer team opens a stretch where it will play three of its final four regular-season matches on the road when it faces ULM in a Sun Belt Conference match on Sunday at Brown Stadium.

Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. The match will be streamed live on ESPN+ with live stats available at CajunStats.com.

Louisiana (1-7-5, 0-4-2 SBC) looks to snap a two-match losing skid as it faces ULM (10-3-2, 2-3-1 SBC) for the 22^nd time in school history. The Ragin' Cajuns conclude their home schedule on Thursday when it faces Troy before traveling to face App State (Oct. 23) and Southern Miss (Oct. 27) to conclude the regular season.

Karleen Bedre leads Louisiana in assists (4) and points (8) with Hailly Waterhouse leading the team with three goals on the season.

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MATCH INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (1-7-5, 0-4-2 SBC) at ULM (10-3-2, 2-3-1 SBC)
Date / Time: October 16, 2022 / 1 p.m. CT
Site: Monroe, La.
Stadium: Brown Stadium (Grass)

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Chris McBride (Tennessee Southern, 2011)
Record at Louisiana: 1-7-5 (first season); Overall Record: 32-49-20 (sixth season)

ULM
Head Coach: Sean Fraser (Bethel, 2008)
Record at ULM: 29-21-3 (third season); Overall Record: 67-41-5(sixth season)

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

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Louisiana leads, 14-5-2
At Lafayette: Louisiana leads, 9-1-1
At Monroe: Tied, 4-4-1
At Neutral Sites: Louisiana leads, 1-0-0
Streak: ULM +1

SET PIECES
• Louisiana opens a stretch of playing three of its final four regular-season matches on the road on Sunday when it faces ULM in Monroe.
• Sunday's match is the 22nd all-time meeting between the in-state foes and the fourth-longest series in Louisiana's soccer history.
• ULM claimed a 3-1 victory in last year's contest - its first-ever victory in Lafayette in 11 matches.
• Louisiana has won seven of the last 10 matches in the series, including the last two in Monroe.
• Louisiana looks to stop a 12-match winless streak (0-7-5) since a 2-1 victory over Florida International on Opening Night.
• Louisiana's 14 corner kicks at Lamar on Sept. 1 were a single-match school record.
• Karleen Bedre's penalty kick goal at Arkansas State on Oct. 6 was her 18th career goal moving her into sole possession of fifth place in school history and fourth overall in career points (51).
• Bedre's PK goal at the 6:21 mark was the fastest goal scored by Louisiana since Ashley Newland's left-footed blast at the 5:34 mark against South Alabama in the 2020 Sun Belt Conference Championships.
• Bedre's assist on Mariella Stephens' goal against Texas State was her 52nd career point, tying her with Courtney Hofland (2006-09) for third in school history.
• The assist was Bedre's 16th, moving her past Yazmin Montoya into sole possession of second place in the school record books.
• Ruthny Mathurin's three-point performance (1 goal, 1 assist) against FIU in the season-opener was the first three-point match of her collegiate career.
• Hailly Waterhouse's two goals scored against SFA was her first multi-goal collegiate performance and the Ragin' Cajuns 27th individual multi-goal match in school history.
• The next victory for Libby Harper (6-16-7) will move her into a ninth-place tie with Alexis Stricklin (2013-14) in program history.

UPCOMING MILESTONES: BY THE NUMBERS
1 - Appearances needed for Alyssa Abbott to reach the 50-match mark in her career.
1 - Shutouts needed by Libby Harper to tie Leslie Beckman (4 - 2001) for seventh-most in school history.
1 - Shots needed for midfielder Mariella Stephens to reach the 50-shot mark in her career.
2 - Goals needed by Karleen Bedre to become the fifth player in school history with 20+ goals in a career.
21 - Minutes needed to surpass the 5,000-mark in a career for Karleen Bedre.
94 - Minutes needed for Alyssa Abbott to reach the 3,000-mark in her career.
178 - Minutes needed by Libby Harper to move past Corsette Morche (2,789 from 2015-16) into fifth place in school history.

UP NEXT
Louisiana will close out its home schedule on Thursday, Oct. 20 vs. Troy in a 7 p.m. contest at the Home Bank Track/Soccer Complex. The Ragin' Cajuns will honor Perri Belzer, Anna Grassinger and Libby Harper prior to the match.

Louisiana will travel to face App State (Oct. 23) and Southern Miss (Oct. 27) to close out the regular season.

Louisiana Travels To Face Warhawks In SBC Soccer

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Players Mentioned

Alyssa Abbott

Karleen Bedre

Perri Belzer

Anna Grassinger

Libby Harper

Ruthny Mathurin

Mariella Stephens

Hailly Waterhouse

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