Ragin' Cajuns Travel To Face Troy In SBC Soccer

TROY, Ala. – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Soccer team looks to continue its momentum of reaching the Sun Belt Conference postseason for the first time in two years when it travels to face Troy on Sunday at the Troy Soccer Complex.

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

Louisiana (6-7-2, 3-5-0 SBC) moved into a tie for 10^th place in the league standings with a come-from-behind 3-1 win over Arkansas State on Thursday. The Ragin' Cajuns, with nine points (3 points for a SBC win) in league matches this season claimed the tie-breaker and No. 10 seed over the Red Wolves by virtue of the win.

The top 10 teams in the SBC regular-season standings will advance to the SBC Championships, scheduled for Oct. 30-Nov. 5 in Foley, Ala.

Emma Bates, Megan Bradley and Karleen Bedre each scored goals in the win for Louisiana with Natalie Mayes – in her second career start in goal – stopping four shots and keeping A-State off the board in the final 86 minutes of the match.

Bradley (4 goals, 9 points) leads Louisiana in scoring during the 2023 season with Bates, Sisley Stephens and Briana Henry following with five points each (2 goals, 1 assist). Alyssa Abbott, Mariella Stephens and Mary Mueth each lead the team with two assists while Lauren Bennett (1,272 minutes), Hailly Waterhouse (1,124) and Mariella Stephens (1,009) are the top players in minutes played.

The meeting with Troy (5-9-2, 0-6-2 SBC) is the 20^th on the pitch between the schools with the Trojans holding an 11-7-1 lead. Louisiana has won the last three meetings, including a 3-1 victory in last year's match in Lafayette.

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MATCH INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (6-7-2, 3-5-0 SBC) at TROY (5-9-2, 0-6-2 SBC)
Date / Time: October 22, 2023/ 1 p.m. CT
Site: Troy, Ala.
Stadium: Troy Soccer Complex (Grass)

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Chris McBride
Record at Louisiana: 9-16-7 (second season); Overall Record: 40-58-22 (seventh season)

TROY
Head Coach: Stuart Gore
Record at Troy: 5-9-2 (first season); Overall Record: 28-19-8 (third season)

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

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Troy leads, 11-7-1
In Lafayette: Troy leads, 4-3-1
In Troy: Troy leads, 6-3-0
Neutral Sites: Tied, 1-1-0
Streak: Louisiana +3

SET PIECES
• Louisiana hits the road for the final time during the regular season when it faces Troy at the Troy Soccer Complex.
• The Ragin' Cajuns trail the all-time series, 11-7-1, but have won the last three meetings.
• Louisiana's 3-1 win over Arkansas State on Thursday moved the Ragin' Cajuns into the No. 10 seed if the Sun Belt Conference Championships started today.
• Louisiana's RPI (106) as of Oct. 16 is the best in school history and ranks seventh among the SBC's 14 teams.
• Thirteen of Louisiana's 17 goals in 2023 have been scored by either freshmen or sophomore with 11 scored by reserves.
• Eleven players on the roster have scored at least one goal in 2023.
• Super Senior Karleen Bedre scored her first goal of the season against A-State and became the fifth player in school history to reach the 20-goal mark in her career.
• Bedre enters the match ranked as the school all-time leader in matches played (91) and matches started (84).
• Bedre is third in points (58), tied for fourth in goals scored (20), second in assists (18), tied for second in match-winning goals (6) and tied for fifth in penalty kicks made (2).
• Bedre is second among active SBC players in goals (20), assists (18) and points (58).
• Louisiana's three wins in the month of August tied the school record which was previously set in 2010 (3-1-0).
• The Ragin' Cajuns opened with five of their first six regular-season matches on the road.
• Six position players - Lauren Bennett (1,272), Hailly Waterhouse (1,124), Mariella Stephens (1,009), Tatum Beck (843), Sisley Stephens (803) and Karleen Bedre (802) - have logged more than 800 minutes on the pitch through the first 15 matches.
• Megan Bradley's two goals at Florida International on Sept. 3 was the first multi-goal match of her career.

CAJUNS, TROJANS MEET FOR 20^TH TIME
• Sunday's meeting against Troy will be the 20th between the schools, making the Trojans one of five schools to have faced the Ragin' Cajuns in school history.
• Below are the 11 most common opponents for Louisiana in school history:

School – Meetings
Arkansas State – 27
South Alabama – 26
Little Rock – 24
ULM – 23
Troy – 19
Northwestern State – 17
North Texas – 16
Denver – 15
Florida International – 15
McNeese – 15
Southeastern Louisiana – 15

BY THE NUMBERS
1 – Goals needed by Karleen Bedre to move into a tie for third in school history.
2 - Points needed by Karleen Bedre to move into second place in school history.
2 – Sets of sisters on the 2022 squad - Mariella and Sisley Stephens; Gabi and Sophie Placke.
5 – Total of Hat Tricks recorded in Ragin' Cajuns history.
5 – Players in school history (Yazmin Montoya, Annika Schmidt, Kelli Jestes, Karleen Bedre, Courtney Hofland) who have scored 20+ goals in a career.
7 – Goals allowed in the first half by Louisiana on the season (out of 25 total).
11 – Players who have scored at least one goal in 2023.
11 – Goals scored by reserves in the 2023 season.
13 – Goals scored for Louisiana in 2023 by either freshmen or sophomores.
21 – Number of players who have logged over 200-plus minutes during the 2023 season.

UP NEXT
• Louisiana wraps up the regular season with Senior Night on Thursday (Oct. 26) against Marshall in a 7 p.m. match at the Home Bank Soccer and Track Complex.
• The Ragin' Cajuns will honor Alyssa Abbott, Karleen Bedre, Gabby Felix and Mya Smith in a pre-match ceremony.

Ragin' Cajuns Travel To Face Troy In SBC Soccer

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Players Mentioned

Alyssa Abbott

Emma Bates

Tatum Beck

Karleen Bedre

Lauren Bennett

Megan Bradley

Gabby Felix

Briana Henry

Natalie Mayes

Mary Mueth

Sophie Placke

Mya Smith

Mariella Stephens

Sisley Stephens

Hailly Waterhouse

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