BATON ROUGE — For the first time in two seasons, the LSU women’s soccer team will take part in the eight-team Southeastern Conference Tournament in Athens, Ga., from Nov. 2-5. LSU, the fifth seed, will take on fourth-seeded Kentucky in the first round on Thursday.
In head coach George Fotopoulos‘ first season at LSU, the Tigers finished a remarkable 15-5 record, a 10 1/2 game improvement from 1999’s 4-15-1 finish.
With Georgia falling to Tennessee on Friday, LSU moved ahead of the Bulldogs and into the No. 5 slot. Georgia fell behind Vanderbilt to the No. 7 position after LSU won the head-to-head tiebreaker with the Commodores, 1-0.
Just 13 days after squaring off in Lexington, the Tigers (15-5, 5-4) and Wildcats (14-4, 6-3 SEC) will meet again in the first round of the SEC Tournament at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2. Should the Tigers win, they will face the winner of top-seeded Florida and No. 8 seed Arkansas on Friday at 3 p.m.
On Oct. 20, the Tigers lost to Kentucky, 3-1, after the Wildcats scored two second-half goals including one in the last second which was protested unsuccessfully.
LSU came back to score two goals in 2:17 to beat Tulane on Wednesday night, 2-1, and finish the regular season.
SEC Tournament Schedule:
Athens, Ga.
Nov. 2, 2000
(all times Central and subject to change without notice)
#1 Florida vs. #8 Arkansas, 11 a.m.
#4 Kentucky vs. #5 LSU, 1:30 p.m.
#2 Ole Miss vs. #7 Georgia, 4 p.m.
#3 Tennessee vs. #6 Vanderbilt, 6 p.m.
Nov. 3, 2000
Match 1 winner vs. Match 2 winner, 3 p.m.
Match 3 winner vs. Match 4 winner, 6 p.m.
Nov. 5, 2000
Match 5 vs. Match 6 winner, 2:30 p.m.