Louisiana Soccer Hosts Troy In Home Finale

LAFAYETTE – With the team still in contention for a berth in the Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Championships, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns close out its regular-season home schedule on Thursday when it plays host to Troy at the Home Bank Track/Soccer Complex.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m., and admission is free. The match will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Graham Doty (pxp) and Scott Brazda (color) providing commentary. Live stats will be available at CajunStats.com.

Prior to the match, Louisiana will honor its senior class – defenders Perri Belzer and Anna Grassinger along with goalkeeper Libby Harper.

Louisiana (2-7-5, 1-4-2 SBC), which will wrap up the regular season with matches at App State (Oct. 23) and Southern Miss (Oct. 27), notched its first victory in league play last Sunday in a 3-0 win at ULM. Karleen Bedre and Ruthny Mathurin each provided a goal and assist to lead the Ragin' Cajuns with Harper recording five saves to pitch the shutout. The win helped Louisiana move into a 10th-place tie with Troy (3-7-3, 1-4-2 SBC), Southern Miss and Marshall in the league standings and remain in contention for a spot in the SBC Championships, which begin Oct. 31, in Foley, Ala.

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MATCH INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (2-7-5, 1-4-2 SBC) vs. TROY (3-7-3, 1-4-2 SBC)
Date / Time: October 20, 2022 / 7 p.m. CT
Site: Lafayette, La.
Stadium: Home Bank Track/Soccer Complex (Grass)

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Chris McBride (Tennessee Southern, 2011)
Record at Louisiana: 2-7-5 (first season); Overall Record: 33-49-20 (sixth season)

TROY
Head Coach: Robert Lane (East Carolina, 2005)
Record at Troy: 3-7-3 (first season); Overall Record: 61-50-14 (seventh season)

VIDEO/LIVE STATS/SOCIAL UPDATES
Streaming Video: ESPN+
Talent: Graham Doty (pxp), Scott Brazda (color)
Live Stats: CajunStats.com
Twitter Updates: @RaginCajunsSOC
Hashtag: #GeauxCajuns

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Troy leads, 11-6-1
At Lafayette: Troy leads, 5-2-1
At Troy: Troy leads, 5-3-0
At Neutral Sites: Tied, 1-1-0
Streak: Louisiana +2

SET PIECES
• Louisiana closes out its regular-season home schedule when it faces Troy in a Sun Belt Conference match.
• Louisiana has won the last two matches in the series, outscoring Troy, 5-0 during the span.
• The match marks the final home appearance for Perri Belzer, Anna Grassinger and Libby Harper.
• Louisiana snapped a 12-match winless streak (0-7-5) in Sunday's 3-0 win at ULM.
• Karleen Bedre and Ruthny Mathurin each scored a goal and added an assist in the win at ULM.
• Louisiana is 0-5-1 in its last six home matches against Troy.
• The Ragin' Cajuns last win over the Trojans on their home pitch was a 1-0 overtime victory on Oct. 22, 2006.
• Louisiana is 82-85-26 in all-time matches at home.
• Bedre's goal at the 6:21 mark was her second goal of the season in the seventh minute. The senior added a PK goal against Coastal Carolina at the same time.
• Bedre's game-winning goal against ULM was the sixth of her career and one shy of the school-record set by Annika Schmidt (2013-16).
• Hailey Hoffmann and Libby Harper are the lone two players on the 2022 roster to play every minute during the season.
• 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 (7-16-7) will move her past Alexis Stricklin (2013-14) into sole possession of ninth-place in goalkeeper wins in program history.

UPCOMING MILESTONES: BY THE NUMBERS
1 - Goals needed by Karleen Bedre to become the fifth player in school history with 20+ goals in a career.
1 - Starts needed by Karleen Bedre to reach 70 in her career.
4 - Points by Karleen Bedre to tie Annika Schmidt (59, 2013-16) for second in career points.
7 - Career assists for Ruthny Mathurin, one shy of tying Kelli Jestes (2007-10) and Jenny Brown (2001-03, 2005) for ninth place in school history.
21 - Minutes needed to surpass the 5,000-mark in a career for Karleen Bedre.
48 - Minutes needed by Alyssa Abbott to reach the 3,000-mark in her career.
88 - Minutes needed by Libby Harper to move past Corsette Morche (2,789 from 2015-16) into fifth place in school history.
92 - Minutes needed for Hailey Hoffmann to reach the 4,000-mark in her career.

UP NEXT
Louisiana will close out the regular season next week with matches against App State (Oct. 23) and Southern Miss (Oct. 27).

Louisiana Soccer Hosts Troy In Home Finale

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Players Mentioned

Alyssa Abbott

Karleen Bedre

Perri Belzer

Anna Grassinger

Libby Harper

Hailey Hoffmann

Ruthny Mathurin

Hailly Waterhouse

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