Louisiana Hosts Texas State in Annual Pink Game

LAFAYETTE – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Soccer team returns home on Sunday as it plays host to Sun Belt Conference rival Texas State in the annual Pink Game at the Home Bank Track/Soccer Complex.

Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m., and admission is free. The match will be streamed live on ESPN+ with live stats available at CajunStats.com. The Ragin' Cajuns will honor Breast Cancer survivors prior to kickoff while Louisiana will wear special pink uniforms.

Louisiana (1-6-5, 0-3-2 SBC) dropped a 3-1 decision at Arkansas State in its last match on Thursday despite the 18^th career goal from midfielder Karleen Bedre. The senior moved into sole possession of fourth place on the school's all-time scoring list (51) and fifth-place in career goals.

Bedre has scored six of her team-high seven points in SBC play with Hailly Waterhouse (6) and Ruthny Mathurin (5) next in points. Waterhouse leads Louisiana with three goals on the season with Bedre (3) and Sisley Stephens (2) the top two players in assists.

Texas State (9-2-2, 3-1-1 SBC), ranked No. 10 in the United Soccer Coaches Southeast Region rankings, dropped a 3-1 decision to SBC newcomer James Madison at home on Thursday. The Bobcats, off to their best 13-match start in school history, are 2-0-2 in their last four SBC matches on the road and drew a 1-1 decision in last year's meeting against the Ragin' Cajuns in Lafayette.

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MATCH INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (1-6-5, 0-3-2 SBC) vs. TEXAS STATE (9-2-2, 3-1-1 SBC)
Date / Time: October 9, 2022 / 1 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: 1-6-5 (first season); Overall Record: 32-49-20 (sixth season)

TEXAS STATE
Head Coach: Steve Holeman (Wake Forest, 1991)
Record at Texas State: 9-2-2 (first season); Overall Record: 293-209-52 (28^th season)

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

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Texas State leads, 8-2-1
At Lafayette: Texas State leads, 3-2-1
At San Marcos: Texas State leads, 5-0-0
Streak: Tied +1

SET PIECES
• Louisiana plays in its annual Pink Game on Sunday when it hosts SBC West Division rival Texas State at the Home Bank Track/Soccer Complex.
• Last season's 1-1 draw was the first in the 11-match series between Louisiana and Texas State.
• Louisiana looks to stop an 11-match winless streak (0-6-5) since a 2-1 victory over Florida International on Opening Night.
• Louisiana's 14 shots against Arkansas State equaled its output against Coastal Carolina and marked the first time this season with back-to-back double-digit numbers in attempts.
• 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 Thursday 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 two assists against Coastal Carolina on Oct. 2 were a career-high and increased her career total to 15, tying her with Yazmin Montoya for second in Ragin' Cajuns Soccer history.
• 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 (6-15-7) will move her into a ninth-place tie with Alexis Stricklin (2013-14) in program history.
• Defender Anna Grassinger sat out last Sunday's match against Coastal Carolina due to injury, the first of her Louisiana career and snapping a string of 29 consecutive starts.

UPCOMING MILESTONES: BY THE NUMBERS
1 - Shutouts needed by Libby Harper to tie Leslie Beckman (4 - 2001) for seventh-most in school history.
1 – Assists needed by Karleen Bedre to move past Yazmin Montoya (2013-16) into sole possession of second place in school history with 16.
2 – Points needed by Karleen Bedre to move past Courtney Hofland (2006-09) into third place on the Ragin' Cajuns career points list with 53.
3 - Corner kicks needed to equal the 2004 season total (74) and tie for the ninth-most in school history.
3 - Shots needed for midfielder Mariella Stephens to reach the 50-shot mark in her career.
12 - Minutes needed by Libby Harper to move past Liza Preseault (2,531 from 2002-03) into sixth place in school history.
90 - Minutes need to surpass the 5,000-mark in a career for Karleen Bedre.
149 - Minutes needed for Alyssa Abbott to reach the 3,000-mark in her career.

UP NEXT
• Louisiana begins a stretch where it will play three of its final four matches on the road beginning with an in-state battle next Sunday (Oct. 16) at ULM in a 1 p.m.
• The Ragin' Cajuns will close out the home schedule on Thursday, Oct. 20 vs. Troy before traveling to face App State (Oct. 23) and Southern Miss (Oct. 27) to close out the regular season.

Louisiana Hosts Texas State in Annual Pink Game

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Players Mentioned

Alyssa Abbott

Karleen Bedre

Anna Grassinger

Libby Harper

Ruthny Mathurin

Mariella Stephens

Sisley Stephens

Hailly Waterhouse

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