Louisiana Soccer Opens SBC Action at Texas State

SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Soccer team opens its 10-match Sun Belt Conference slate on Sunday when it faces Texas State at the Bobcat 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 (3-2-2) opens SBC play with a pair of matches on the road beginning with Texas State (5-3-0) before facing Old Dominion on Thursday.

Megan Bradley, who earned her first official start in last Sunday's contest against Lamar, leads Louisiana in scoring (3 goals, 1 assist, 7 points) with Sisley Stephens (2 goals, 1 assist, 5 points) next in points.

Sophie Placke (1 goal, 1 assist, 3 points) has one goal and an assist for the Ragin' Cajuns while Emma Bates, Bailey Giddings, Briana Henry, and Anneliese Switzer have scored once each.

Makenna Garcia has six starts in net for Louisiana, making 31 saves and posting three shutouts.

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MATCH INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (3-2-2) at TEXAS STATE (5-3-0)
Date / Time: September 17, 2023/ 1 p.m. CT
Site: San Marcos, Texas
Stadium: Bobcat Soccer Complex (Grass)

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Chris McBride
Record at Louisiana: 6-11-7 (second season); Overall Record: 37-53-22 (seventh season)

TEXAS STATE
Head Coach: Steve Holeman
Record at TXST: 17-8-2 (second season); Overall Record: 301-215-52 (29^th season)

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

SERIES HISTORY
Overall: Texas State leads, 9-2-1
At Lafayette: Texas State leads, 4-2-1
At San Marcos: Texas State leads, 5-0-0
Streak: Texas State +1

SET PIECES
• Louisiana opens Sun Belt Conference play when it faces Texas State in a Sunday contest at the Bobcat Soccer Complex.
• Texas State leads the all-time series, 9-2-1, and is 5-0-0 in matches played in San Marcos.
• Sixteen players on the 2023 Louisiana roster hail from the Lone Star State.
• Louisiana's three wins in the month of August tied the school record that was previously set in 2010 (3-1-0).
• Nine of Louisiana's 10 goals in 2023 have been scored by reserves.
• The Ragin' Cajuns opened with five of their first six regular-season matches on the road.
Louisiana returns 17 players from the 2022 roster and eight starters for second-year coach Chris McBride.
• Before being named the fourth head coach in school history in February of 2022, McBride spent five seasons at in-state program Southeastern Louisiana where he guided the Lady Lions to an NCAA Regional berth.
• Super Senior Karleen Bedre enters the season ranked in the top five in school history in matches played (83), matches started (77), points (56), goals (19), assists (18), match-winning goals (6) and penalty kicks made (2).
• Bedre's next appearance will be her 84th career contest, tying her with Courtney Hofland for the school's all-time lead.
• Bedre's 78 career starts is two shy of tying Hofland's school-record.
• Megan Bradley's two goals at Florida International on Sept. 3 was the first multi-goal match of her career.
• Makenna Garcia's 31 saves in 2023 is third overall in the Sun Belt Conference and 82nd nationally.
• Six players - Tatum Beck, Mariella Stephens, Hailly Waterhouse, Alyssa Abbott, Lauren Bennett and Makenna Garcia - have started in all seven matches for Louisiana.
• Only two position players - Hailly Waterhouse (589) and Lauren Bennett (581) - have played more than 500 minutes on the pitch through the first seven matches.

BY THE NUMBERS
1 - Goals needed by Karleen Bedre to become the fifth player in school history with 20+ goals in a career.
2 - Sets of sisters on the 2022 squad - Mariella and Sisley Stephens; Gabi and Sophie Placke.
3 - Points by Karleen Bedre to tie Annika Schmidt (59, 2013-16) for second in school history.
5 - Assists needed by Karleen Bedre to tie Ashleigh Cade (23, 2014-17) for the most in school history.
7 - Players who have scored at least one goal in 2023.
9 - Goals scored by reserves in the 2023 season.
12 - Points by Karleen Bedre to pass Yazmin Montoya (67, 2013-16) for first place.
83 - Career matches played by Karleen Bedre, one shy of tying the school record.

UP NEXT
• Louisiana remains on the road as it travels to Norfolk, Va., to face Old Dominion in a 6 p.m. CT contest.
• The Ragin' Cajuns return home to host ULM on Sunday, September 24, before hosting James Madison on September 30.

Louisiana Soccer Opens SBC Action at Texas State

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Players Mentioned

Alyssa Abbott

Emma Bates

Tatum Beck

Karleen Bedre

Lauren Bennett

Megan Bradley

Makenna Garcia

Bailey Giddings

Briana Henry

Sophie Placke

Mariella Stephens

Sisley Stephens

Anneliese Switzer

Hailly Waterhouse

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