BATON ROUGE – The LSU Soccer team has to time to rest following Sunday’s 2-0 victory over Houston as the Tigers continue their 10-game homestand on Tuesday evening with match against Stephen F. Austin that is scheduled to kick off at 5:30 p.m. CT at the LSU Soccer Stadium.
The Tigers (2-1-1) and Ladyjacks (4-1) were slated to face one another in Baton Rouge on Friday evening before Hurricane Isaac forced their match to be postponed to Tuesday.
Fans have the opportunity to “Geaux Free!” to Tuesday’s match as admission is free for each of LSU’s 10 remaining home fixtures, compliments of The Advocate. Gates will open to the public one hour before the opening kickoff at 4:30 p.m. in a match featuring two NCAA Tournament hopefuls in 2012.
Fans who are unable to attend the match are reminded that live streaming video of the contest is slated for a 4:25 p.m. start at www.LSUsports.net/live for those with a subscription to the Geaux Zone.
Fans can also follow the action through LSU’s social media networks as live updates and coverage for the match is available by liking LSU Soccer on Facebook and following @LSUSoccer on Twitter. In addition to that, fans are welcome to join in the live in-game chat on the team’s official Facebook page.
Stephen F. Austin is off to a flying start in 2012 as it has posted a 4-1 mark that includes a 2-0 blanking of Big 12 Conference opponent TCU. The Ladyjacks are the reigning Southland Conference champions after a 15-3-1 campaign a season ago, and have been selected as the preseason pick to repeat as conference title holders again this fall by the league’s coaches and sports information directors.
In addition, five members in the Stephen F. Austin squad are preseason First-Team All-SLC selections for 2012, led by reigning SLC Player of the Year Kylie Louw in the midfield. It also features strikers Chelsea Raymond and Laura Sadler, defender Breanne Vernon and goalkeeper Lacey Lee.
Raymond and Sadler are the team’s leading goal scorers with four goals and three goals, respectively, and Louw already ranks among the national leaders with a team-leading six assists this fall.
The Tigers will counter with a diverse attack of its own featuring five different goal scorers on the season, including senior striker Carlie Banks, sophomore midfielders Alex Arlitt and Kaley Blades, and freshmen standouts Jade Kovacevic and Heather Magee. In addition, six Tigers have accounted for the team’s seven assists on the season, led by the two assists recorded by freshman midfielder Fernanda Pina.
Junior Megan Kinneman has been steady in goal while allowing just three goals in nearly 400 minutes for an impressive 0.68 goals against average. She has pitched two shutouts in four matches in 2012.
After playing host to the Ladyjacks on Tuesday, the Tigers will wrap up their non-conference season over the weekend with a pair of matches against NCAA Tournament qualifiers from a year ago as they face the likes of Florida International on Friday at 7 p.m. and Memphis on Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. in Baton Rouge.