Louisiana Soccer 2020 Post Season

[KludgeMash]

I can't find the score anywhere.

[Esqueleto]

They play tomorrow at 1100 against Coastal.

[Turbine]

I can't find the score anywhere.

Soccer earned a bye.

Crazy I know.

[moorecajun]

Soccer earned a bye.

Crazy I know.

Hopefully they win tomorrow so the don't get a bye bye.

[NewsCopy]

The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Soccer team opens play in the 2020 Sun Belt Conference Championships on Wednesday when it faces Coastal Carolina in a quarterfinal matchup at the Foley Sports Complex.

Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. The match will be available on ESPN+ with live stats for the match available at CajunStats.com.

Louisiana (8-4-1) earned the No. 2 seed in the West Division and a first-round bye in the postseason for the first time ever. The Ragin' Cajuns earned their first-ever victory in the 2019 SBC Championships and reached the semifinals for the first time.

Coastal Carolina (6-4-0) earned the No. 3 seed in the East Division behind South Alabama and Georgia State. The Chanticleers snapped a two-match losing streak with a 1-0 win over Georgia Southern in their regular-season finale on Sept. 28.

The meeting between Louisiana and Coastal Carolina is the first between the schools in the postseason. Louisiana earned its first victory in the all-time series last season in a 3-1 victory in Lafayette.

MATCH INFORMATION
LOUISIANA (8-4-1) vs. COASTAL CAROLINA (6-4-0)
Date / Time: November 4, 2020 / 11 a.m.
Site: Foley, Ala.
Stadium: Foley Sports Complex (Grass)

THE COACHES
LOUISIANA
Head Coach: Lance Key (Trinity, 2000)
Record at Louisiana: 17-12-4 (second season); Overall Record: 226-33-21 (14th season)

COASTAL CAROLINA
Head Coach: Paul Hogan (Charleston [W.V.], 2005)
Record at CCU: 89-82-14 (10th season); Overall Record: Same

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

SERIES HISTORY
Series Record: Coastal Carolina leads, 3-1-1
At Lafayette: Series tied, 1-1-0
At Conway: Coastal Carolina leads, 1-0-1
Neutral Sites: Coastal Carolina leads, 1-0-0
Streak: Louisiana +1
Last Meeting: Louisiana, 3-1 (10/6/19 at Lafayette)

MATCH NOTES
JUST FOR KICKS ...
• Louisiana enters the Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Championships with the best two-year record (17-12-4) in school history.
• The No. 2 seed in the West Division is Louisiana's best-ever seed eclipsing the No. 3 seed in the 2013 tournament.
• Louisiana's 3-0 victory over Troy in the 2019 Sun Belt Conference Championships was the first post-season win in school history and its first ever in the month of November.
• The Ragin' Cajuns 54 points scored (18 goals, 18 assists) during the 2020 season is sixth nationally.
• Louisiana ranks fifth nationally in total assists, is ninth in total goals and goals against average (0.67).
• Louisiana had its school-record streak of 724 minutes without allowing a goal snapped in the 12th minute of the regular-season finale at Arkansas State on Sept. 25. Louisiana's last goal allowed prior to the re-match at A-State came in the 28th minute against the Red Wolves on Sept. 24.
• Lizzie Mayfield ranks No. 3 nationally in total points (15) and total assists (5).
• The Ragin' Cajuns return 15 letterwinners from a squad that posted a 9-8-3 record in 2019 and reached the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference Championships for the first time in school history.
• Karleen Bedre's five-point performance against ULM on Sept. 27 (2G, 1A) is tied for the most by a Sun Belt Conference player during the 2020 season.
• Alex Augustyn's two-assist match against Louisiana Tech was the first for a Ragin' Cajuns player since Kobi McNutt against Georgia Southern on Oct. 25, 2019.

BENDING THE BALL ...
• Louisiana's Lizzie Mayfield has been credited with a goal and assist in four matches in 2020 (Abilene Christian, South Alabama, Little Rock, ULM).
• Louisiana's two goals scored against Abilene Christian equaled the most by the Ragin' Cajuns in a season-opener since a 2-1 win at McNeese State on Aug. 21, 2012.
• Mayfield's three points (goal, assist) against Abilene Christian equaled the most by a Ragin' Cajun in a season-opener since Courtney Hofland's three points at Houston in 2006.
• Two of Mayfield's team-high five assists have come on corner kicks.
• Louisiana leads the Sun Belt Conference in corner kicks (77).
• Louisiana claimed a 2-1 double overtime win over South Alabama in its last visit to the Foley Sports Complex on Sept. 6.

THROW-INS ...
• Gwen Mummert has started in all 51 career matches she has played in.
• Mummert and freshman Hailey Hoffman are tied with Mayfield for the Sun Belt Conference lead in game-winning goals (2).
• Mummert joins Una Einarsdottir, Julianne DeBlieux and Ashley Newland as team captains for the 2020 season.
• The assists at Texas State by Kiana Leger and freshman Demi McCalliog – in her collegiate debut – were the first points of their Louisiana career.
• Freshman Caitlyn Ferguson made her Louisiana debut at Texas State and scored an equalizer in the 76th minute off an assist from Leger.
• The announcement of Lizzie Mayfield (offense) and Jordan Higgins (defense) as Sun Belt Conference Players of the Week on Sept. 9 marked the first time in school history Louisiana swept the weekly honors.
• Louisiana earned its second sweep of the Sun Belt Player of the Week awards on Oct. 21 with the announcement of Una Einarsdottir (offense) and Lauryn Starwood (defense).

SAVES AND CLEAN SHEETS ...
• Louisiana's eight shutouts in 2020 are tied with Arkansas State for the most in the Sun Belt Conference.
• Goalkeeper Jordan Higgins posted the first shutout in her Ragin' Cajuns debut since Alexias Stricklin stopped seven shots in a 1-0 win over Sam Houston State in 2014.
• Higgins became just the second goalkeeper in school history to earn SBC Player of the Week honors and the first since Liza Preseault on Oct. 1, 2002.
• Lauryn Starwood's 0.45 goals against average and .882 save percentage (4 GAA, 30 Svs.) are second in the Sun Belt Conference.
• Starwood earned her first career start in against Arkansas State on Sept. 24 after Higgins was a late scratch.
• Starwood earned her first collegiate win on Sept. 27 against ULM and combined with fellow true freshman Carly Dean on a shutout.

UP NEXT
• The winner of Wednesday's quarterfinal matchup will advance to face the winner of South Alabama and Little Rock in the semifinals.
• Opening kick is scheduled for 4 p.m. and will be streamed live on ESPN+.

LOUISIANA HONORED WITH USC TEAM ACADEMIC AWARD
• The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Soccer team was one of 941 college teams recognized by the United Soccer Coaches as the Team Academic Award winners were recently announced by the organization.
• College Team Academic Award recipients are active members of the United Soccer Coaches College Services Program with a composite grade point average of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale for all players on the roster for the 2019-20 academic year.
• The award for Louisiana was its 11th overall since the program's inception in 2000. The Ragin' Cajuns earned the Team Academic Award in the following years: 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2019.

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[RaginDave]

Cajuns move on to play in the semifinals vs the winner of 1E USA vs 4W Little Rock with a 3-0 win over Coastal. The Cajuns next play at 4PM on Friday.

[RaginDave]

They beat Coastal 3-0 to move onto the SemiFinals and will play the winner of USA and LR on Friday.

[Turbine]

Cajuns move on to play in the semifinals vs the winner of 1E USA vs 4W Little Rock with a 3-0 win over Coastal. The Cajuns next play at 4PM on Friday.

Thanks for the good news

[Jacob81]

Sweet

[31Ragin97]

Soccer earned a bye.

Crazy I know.

Thats one way to social distance!

[NewsCopy]

The freshman trio of Hailey Hoffmann, Mya Smith and Alyssa Abbott each accounted for goals while the freshman duo of Lauryn Starwood and Carly Dean combined to post a school-record ninth shutout of the season as the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Soccer team recorded a 3-0 victory over Coastal Carolina in the Sun Belt Conference Championships on Wednesday at the Foley Sports Complex.

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[CajunEXPRESS]

If I remember correctly the soccer team pulled an upset win vs S Alabama early in the season at S Alabama. Geaux Cajuns