Louisiana, Southern Miss Meet In Regular-Season Finale

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Soccer team wraps up the regular season on Thursday when it faces new Sun Belt Conference rival Southern Miss at the USM Soccer Complex.

Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m., and admission is free. The match will be streamed live on ESPN+ with live stats available at CajunStats.com.

Louisiana (3-8-5, 2-5-2 SBC) looks to reach the SBC Championships for the fourth consecutive season as it faces USM (1-9-4, 1-5-3 SBC) for the first time as league members. The Ragin' Cajuns, currently tied for 10^th place in the league standings, earned a 2-1 win over the Golden Eagles in their last visit to Hattiesburg in 2015.

Ruthny Mathurin (5 goals, 3 assists, 13 points) and Karleen Bedre (3 goals, 5 assists, 11 points) lead Louisiana in scoring on the season.

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MATCH INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (3-8-5, 2-5-2 SBC) at SOUTHERN MISS (1-9-4, 1-5-3 SBC)
Date / Time: October 27, 2022 / 2 p.m. CT
Site: Hattiesburg, Miss.
Stadium: USM Soccer Complex (Grass)

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Chris McBride (Tennessee Southern, 2011)
Record at Louisiana: 3-8-5 (first season); Overall Record: 34-50-20 (sixth season)

SOUTHERN MISS
Head Coach: Mohammed El-Zare (Lincoln Memorial, 1992)
Record at USM: 69-79-25 (10^th season); Overall Record: Same

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

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Series tied, 3-3-1
At Lafayette: USM leads, 2-1-1
At Hattiesburg: Louisiana leads, 2-1-0
Streak: USM +1

SET PIECES
• Louisiana travels to Hattiesburg to face Southern Miss in the regular-season finale at the USM Soccer Complex.
• The match is the eighth all-time between the schools and the first as conference members.
• The Ragin' Cajuns make their first trip to USM since a 2-1 win in 2015.
• Louisiana has won two of the three matches played in Hattiesburg.
• Louisiana currently sits in a tie with ULM for 10th place in the SBC standings and looks to make its fourth straight appearance in the postseason with a victory.
• Ruthny Mathurin has scored four of her five goals and scored 10 of her 13 points in Sun Belt Conference play.
• Louisiana snapped a 12-match winless streak (0-7-5) in a 3-0 win at ULM on Oct. 16.
• 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).
• Libby Harper is the only player on the 2022 roster to play every minute during the season.
• Hailey Hoffmann missed the final 23 minutes of Sunday's match at App State - the first minutes of the season she has been off the field.
• Mathurin's three-point performance (1 goal, 1 assist) against FIU in the season-opener on Aug. 18 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.

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.
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.
12 - Number of players who have scored at least one goal this season for Louisiana.
38 - Minutes needed by Hailey Hoffmann to reach the 4,000-mark in her career.

Louisiana, Southern Miss Meet In Regular-Season Finale

Players Mentioned

Karleen Bedre

Libby Harper

Hailey Hoffmann

Ruthny Mathurin

Hailly Waterhouse

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