Cajuns Visit Southeastern Louisiana, Host Lady Demons

LAFAYETTE – Louisiana's women's soccer team heads back to the pitch this weekend with two matches first, on Friday, Sep. 1 at 7 p.m. they head to Hammond to take on the Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions followed by a return, on Sunday Sep. 3 at 6 p.m., to Ragin' Cajuns Soccer/Track Complex to host the Northwestern State Lady Demons.

Sundays match at home, against the Lady Demons, will have free admission provided and the live stream via RaginCajuns.com will be free as well for anyone who can't make the trip out to support the Cajuns.

The Cajuns enter the weekend still looking for their first win of the season and their record sits at 0-3-0 after only playing one match last weekend, a 2-0 loss to McNeese at home, due to the incoming Hurricane Harvey.

Even though Louisiana hasn't started the way they had wished, there have been some solid performances put together by Cajuns on the pitch.

Freshman Una Einarsdottir has lead the team in shots, with eight, and five of those came against McNeese with two on goal and she's started all three games so far, this season.

Fellow freshman Grace Champagne has shown her ability to get to the net and she's scored the Cajuns lone goal this season while making a great play on the ball only being denied by a great play from the McNeese keeper this past weekend.

Sophomore Erika Sierra has been extremely busy working the wing for the Cajuns and she leads the team in minutes with 220, and senior Whitney Taggart is right behind her being a pillar for the Cajuns in the middle with 215 minutes.

Southeastern enters Friday's match with a 1-2-0 record having barely being beaten by Alabama State 3-2 on Aug. 27 last weekend. All-time the Cajuns are 3-7-2 against the Lady Lions, but they took the last meeting between the two schools 3-1, last season in Lafayette on Sep. 4.

As for the Lady Demons, they enter the weekend with a 2-1-0 record having taken their last match against ULM 1-0 on Aug. 25. They'll play Texas State on Friday, Sep. 1 in Natchitoches before making the short trip south to Lafayette to take on the Cajuns.

All-time the Cajuns and Lady Demons are 7-7-0 against each other, but Louisiana has won the past four meetings with a combined score of 9-1. The last time the two schools met was on Sep. 6, 2015 and the Cajuns took the match 1-0 at home and this will be the third time in a row that the two schools will meet in Lafayette.

Louisiana's match at Southeastern will be streamed courtesy of the Lady Lions on their website, and live stats will be provided via Southeastern as well.

As for Sunday's match, the live stream on RaginCajuns.com will be provided free of charge along with live stats, both links can be found on the women's soccer schedule page.

Follow @RaginCajunsSOC on twitter for direct links to both Friday's and Sunday's match and any updates that come up.

In the interest of public safety and following the National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security (NCS4) Best Practices Guide, the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Athletics Department is implementing a clear bag policy at all venues that host ticketed events effective with the 2017-18 competition season. Information about this new policy can be found by visiting www.RaginCajuns.com/clearbag.

For more information on Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns women's soccer, as well as all of Ragin' Cajuns Athletics, visit RaginCajuns.com. Fans can also follow along with the team on Facebook (search UL Ragin' Cajuns Soccer) and Instagram (@RaginCajunsSOC).

Cajuns Visit Southeastern Louisiana, Host Lady Demons

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Grace Champagne

Una Einarsdottir

Erika Sierra

Whitney Taggart

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