Cajuns Open Sun Belt Conference Play at Georgia Southern, Georgia State

Complete Match Notes

Match 11 - Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (6-3-1, 0-0 SBC) at Georgia Southern Eagles (3-5-1, 0-0 SBC)
Date – Friday, September 25
Time - 6 p.m. (7 p.m. ET)
Location – Eagle Field – Erk Park – Statesboro, Ga.
Streaming - ESPN3
Series Record/Last Meeting – Georgia Southern leads 1-0 / Sept. 28, 2014 (2-1 final)

Match 12 - Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (6-3-1, 0-0 SBC) at Georgia State Panthers (6-1-2, 0-0 SBC)
Date – Sunday, September 27
Time – Noon (1 p.m. ET)
Location – GSU Soccer Complex – Atlanta, Ga.
Series Record/Last Meeting – Tied 1-1 / Sept. 26, 2014 (Georgia State won 2-1).

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LAFAYETTE -- The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns soccer team (6-3-1) will look to bounce back after a 2-0 loss at Houston last Sunday when they open Sun Belt Conference play this weekend in the state of Georgia.
The Cajuns will face Georgia Southern at Eagle Field – Erk Park at 6 p.m. (7 p.m. ET) on Friday, Sept. 25. They end the weekend at Georgia State for a noon (1 p.m. ET) kickoff with the Panthers who enter the week in second place in the Sun Belt Conference standings.
Louisiana is off to its best start since the 2003 season when they had the same record through 10 matches.
The remainder of the 2015 season features Sun Belt contests only. The Cajuns closed out non-conference action last week splitting a pair of matches against Grambling State (5-0 win) and the University of Houston (2-0 loss). Junior forward Annika Schmidt paced the offense with three goals and an assist for seven points in the 5-0 victory against Grambling State.

Scouting the Georgia Southern Eagles
* Georgia Southern has lost their past two matches, being shut out both times.

* Senior forward Nora El-Shami leads the offense with nine assists and 19 points to go along with five goals.

* Junior forward Jennifer Wittick leads Georgia Southern with seven goals to go with an assist for 15 points.

* Three goalkeepers have seen action this season for the Eagles. Sophomore Emily Egan has played in seven matches, starting six and is first in minutes (405) with a 2-2-0 record. She has saved 19 shots and owns a 1.56 GAA.

* Georgia Southern is 2-0-1 at home this season.

Scouting the Georgia State Panthers
* The Panthers split a pair of non-conference matches last week at home (2-1 win vs. Beltmont; 3-1 loss vs. Davidson)

* Junior midfielder Suzanne Arafa leads Georgia State with five goals and 11 points to go with an assist.

* Senior goalkeeper Christa Fox has played in seven matches, starting six this season. She owns a 3-0-2 record with three shutouts. She has allowed six goals this season for a 0.77 GAA.

* Georgia State has outscored opponents 9-3 in the first half and yielded just eight goals in nine matches this season.

Series History with the Georgia Southern Eagles
* The Cajuns trail in the all-time series, 0-1. The first meeting was on Sept. 28, 2014, a 2-1 loss in Lafayette.

Series History with the Georgia State Panthers
* The all-time series is knotted at 1-1. The previous meeting was last season on Sept. 26 with the Panthers prevailing, 2-1.

Cajuns Notes
* Last Friday vs. Grambling State, junior forward Annika Schmidt became the first Cajun to score at least three goals in a match since Yazmin Montoya back on Oct. 18, 2013 vs. Texas State.

* Schmidt is currently fourth in the Sun Belt Conference with 14 points this season (six goals, two assists). Her six goals are third-most in the conference.

* Junior forward Yazmin Montoya sits in sole possession of second place in points (51) and assists (11) in Ragin' Cajuns history. She needs two points and two assists to pass Courtney Hofland as the program's all-time leader in both categories, and two scores to pass Kelli Jestes as the all-time leader in goals.

* Entering the week, Ragin' Cajuns goalkeepers have combined to lead the Sun Belt Conference in saves with 64.

* The Cajuns will look to open Sun Belt play at 1-0 for the first time since 2013. Louisiana is 3-9-3 all-time in Sun Belt Conference match openers.

Next Up For The Cajuns
The Ragin' Cajuns will return home to host Sun Belt Conference opponents South Alabama and Troy. The Jaguars of South Alabama will visit the Cajuns on Friday, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. while the Trojans of Troy will play Louisiana on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 1 p.m.

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