Ragin' Cajuns Cap Opening Weekend Hosting SFA

LAFAYETTE – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Soccer team closes out the opening week of the 2022 season on Sunday when it plays host to Western Athletic Conference member Stephen F. Austin at the Home Bank Track/Soccer Facility.

Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. Admission is free.

The match will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Graham Doty (pxp) and Scott Brazda (color) providing the commentary. Live stats will be available at CajunStats.com.

Louisiana (1-0-0) opened its season with a come-from-behind 2-1 win on Thursday over former Sun Belt Conference rival FIU. The Ragin' Cajuns got second-half goals from Ruthny Mathurin and Jacie Crochet to erase a 1-0 halftime deficit and give first-year head coach Chris McBride his first victory on the Louisiana sideline.

Mathurin, Tatum Beck and Sisley Stephens each added assists for Louisiana in the win with goalkeeper Libby Harper earning her second straight opening-night victory.

SFA (0-1-0), which finished 10-8-1 last season, opened its 2022 slate with a 5-0 loss at LSU on Thursday. The Lumberjacks, who have won all three matchups against Louisiana in the all-time series, were held to one shot in the contest. Lydia Sattler and Koral Hughes combined to stop seven shots for SFA.

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MATCH INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (1-0-0) vs. SFA (0-1-0)
Date / Time: August 21, 2022 / 1 p.m.
Site: Lafayette, La.
Stadium: Home Bank Track/Soccer Facility (grass)

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Chris McBride (Tennessee Southern, 2011)
Record at Louisiana: 1-0-0 (first season); Overall Record: 32-42-15 (sixth season)

SFA
Head Coach: Tony Minatta (UNLV, 2003)
Record at SFA: 20-15-4 (third season); Career Record: 53-87-10 (ninth season)

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

WEATHER FORECAST (via Weather.com)
Thursday: Thunderstorms | High: 86° | Winds: S 7 mph | Rain: 60%
At kickoff: Scattered Thunderstorms | 84° | Wind: SSW 7 mph | Rain: 55%

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: SFA leads, 3-0-0
at Lafayette: SFA leads, 2-0-0
at Nacogdoches: SFA leads, 1-0-0
Streak: SFA +3

SET PIECES
• Louisiana hosts Western Athletic Conference member Stephen F. Austin to cap the first weekend of NCAA Soccer action.

• The Ragin' Cajuns look for their first-ever victory over the Lumberjacks in four meetings.
Louisiana's 2-1 win over FIU in the season opener on Thursday improved its season-opening record to 8-14-1.

• Chris McBride became the first Ragin' Cajuns soccer coach to win in his debut in program history.

• Hometown product Jacie Crochet (Lafayette High) scored the game-winner against FIU in her Ragin' Cajuns debut.

• Ruthny Mathurin's three-point performance (1 goal, 1 assist) was the first three-point match of her collegiate career.

• Three of four members on Louisiana's starting back line (Anna Grassinger, Hailey Hoffmann and Lucy Ortiz) played the full 90 minutes against FIU.

• Freshman Liberty Plasek earned her first career start vs. FIU in her collegiate debut.
The next victory for Libby Harper (6-9-2) will move her into a ninth-place tie with Alexis Stricklin (2013-14) in program history.

• Harper moved past Lauren Berlingo (2009-10) and teammate Lauryn Starwood into seventh-place in school history in goalie minutes played (1,542).

• Karleen Bedre and Ruthny Mathurin represent Louisiana on the 2022 Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference team.

• The duo earned All-Sun Belt Conference honors in 2021 with Bedre named a second-team midfielder and Mathurin a third-team defender.

• Mariella and Sisley Stephens are one of 50 sets of sisters on NCAA Division I rosters this season.

• Louisiana has 10 international players on its 2022 roster hailing from seven countries.

RULE CHANGES FOR 2022
• Major changes to the overtime rules in men's and women's college soccer have been announced following a meeting by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel.

• Changes are set to go into effect during the 2022 season, and will be implemented for both the regular season and postseason.

• For the regular season, overtime has been eliminated, meaning if a game is tied after the regulation 90 minutes, it will end in a tie. Previously, teams played two 10-minute overtime periods in a sudden-victory (golden goal) format, and if neither team scored, the game ended in a tie.

• In conference tournaments and NCAA postseason games, the sudden-victory component has been eliminated, and teams will play two 10-minute overtime periods instead. Also, when a substitution is made by the winning team in the last five minutes of the second overtime, the game clock will stop.

• If the game remains tied, a penalty-kick shootout will be held to determine the winner.

UP NEXT
• Louisiana will close out its three-match homestand on Thursday when it entertains the University of Houston in a 7 p.m. contest.

• The Ragin' Cajuns will then hit the road for the first time in 2022 when it travels to face in-state rival Louisiana Tech on Sunday, Aug. 28 at 1 p.m.

Ragin' Cajuns Cap Opening Weekend Hosting SFA

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Players Mentioned

Tatum Beck

Karleen Bedre

Jacie Crochet

Anna Grassinger

Libby Harper

Hailey Hoffmann

Ruthny Mathurin

Lucy Ortiz

Liberty Plasek

Lauryn Starwood

Sisley Stephens

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