BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU soccer (2-6-1, 0-1-0 SEC) suffered its first conference loss of the season to No. 8 Tennessee (6-0-1, 1-0-0 SEC) by a score of 3-1 on Friday night at the LSU Soccer Stadium.
The Volunteers got on the board early with a goal from Shae O’Rourke in the 11th minute.
LSU found an equalizer in the 39th minute when Linka Ono dispossessed a Volunteer near the box and found the feet of Senai Rogers, who fired a rocket into the top right corner of the goal. The goal was Rogers’ second career goal and first this season. The teams took the 1-1 score into the half.
Tennessee retook the lead in the 55th minute on a corner kick to the head of Taylor Cheatham. After being awarded a penalty kick in the 72nd minute, Ines Derrien converted, extending the lead to 3-1.
The Volunteers held off the Tigers for the remainder of the game to secure the 3-1 victory.
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