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NCAA TOURNAMENT 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2011 #WeGeauxUnited @LSUSoccer SEC RUNNERS-UP @LSUBrianLee 2008 • 2009 • 2011 /LSUSoccer @LSUSoccer SEC WEST CHAMPIONS LSU 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2011 2015 SOCCER MATCH Marquette BREAKDOWN Sept. 20, 2015 Noon CT • SEC Network+ LSU Marquette Record 6-1-2, 1-1-0 SEC Record 3-3-2 10 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Ranking Not Ranked Ranking Not Ranked LSU Soccer Stadium (2,197) Last Game Sept. 13 in Baton Rouge, La., Last Game Sept. 17 in Mobile, Ala. 2015 SCHEDULES def. No. 15 Duke, 1-0 tied South Alabama, 1-1 Head Coach Brian Lee Head Coach Markus Roeders LSU (6-1-2, 1-1-0 SEC) Career Record 252-158-45/22nd year Career Record 285-106-42/20th year DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME (CT) LSU Record 108-78-35/11th year Marquette Record 285-106-42/20th year AUGUST (3-0-1) LSU vs. MU 0-1 MU vs. LSU 1-0 21 at Oregon W, 2-1 25 Northwestern State T, 1-1 28 Western Kentucky W, 4-1 30 Minnesota W, 1-0 SEPTEMBER (3-1-1) 4 Ball State T, 1-1 NEXT UP 6 Indiana# W, 4-0 11 at Alabama*# L, 2-3 (2OT) Tigers Look to Continue Their Momentum vs. Marquette 13 #15 Duke W, 1-0 The Tigers (6-1-2, 1-1 SEC) picked up their first win in Southeastern Conference play this season with a thrilling 4-3 17 Georgia*^# W, 4-3 comeback win over Georgia on Thursday night as senior midfielder Natalia Gomez-Junco scored twice in the final 20 20 Marquette# Noon minutes with her first two goals of the season to highlight the victory. Gomez-Junco’s game-tying 25-yard free kick in the 25 at Auburn*# 7 p.m. 69th minute to make it 3-3 was the No. 8 play of the day on ESPN SportsCenter’s Top Plays segment on Thursday night, 27 at Ole Miss*# 7 p.m. while her game-winning volley from the top of the box in the 79th minute was just as stunning to hand the Tigers their OCTOBER first SEC win of the season. Junior striker Summer Clarke opened the scoring for the Tigers in the seventh minute with her 2 Vanderbilt*# 7 p.m. fifth goal of the season, while sophomore midfielder Debbie Hahn also found the scoresheet with her second goal of 2015 9 Missouri*# 7 p.m. to cut Georgia’s lead to 3-2 in the 37th minute of the first half. It was LSU’s second-straight win after picking up a 1-0 win 11 at Florida*# Noon over No. 15-ranked Duke last Sunday afternoon for perhaps the Tigers’ biggest win of the campaign to date. The Tigers are 15 at Arkansas*^# 6 p.m. now unbeaten in their seven home matches this season with a 5-0-2 mark in games played at the LSU Soccer Stadium. 23 Mississippi State* 7 p.m. That includes a perfect 3-0 record in games played on Sunday afternoons as the Tigers have outscored their opponents 25 South Carolina* 7 p.m. by a combined 6-0 margin on Sundays, including a 1-0 shutout of Minnesota on Aug. 30 and a 4-0 shutout of Indiana 29 at Kentucky*# 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 6 along with their defeat of Duke a week ago. While the Tigers enter Sunday’s match with a two-game winning NOVEMBER 2-8 at SEC Tournament TBA streak on their side, Marquette (3-3-2) is unbeaten in its last three while coming off a 1-1 draw at South Alabama in Mobile on Thursday night. The Golden Eagles have also defeated Northern Arizona by a score of 2-1 on Sept. 11 and drawn South * - Denotes SEC match Dakota State by a score of 1-1 on Sept. 13 in their current three-game unbeaten streak. Both teams will have an extra day ^ - Denotes SEC Network Broadcast to prepare after playing on Thursday instead of the normal Friday match day to kick off the weekend, and they will need # - Denotes SEC Network+ Broadcast to prepare well with high temperatures expected to reach 96 degrees in the afternoon with humidity hovering around 70 percent to set the stage on another scorching Sunday afternoon in Baton Rouge. Marquette (3-3-2, 0-0-0 Big East) STORYLINES DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME (CT) • The Tigers look to extend their • LSU and Marquette have met only • The Tigers have been unstoppable AUGUST (2-2) winning streak to three-straight once in their history on the soccer on Sunday afternoons this season, 21 Utah L, 0-1 (OT) matches on Sunday afternoon when pitch as the Golden Eagles defended winning all three matches while 23 at Michigan W, 2-1 they face Marquette at Noon CT on their home turf at Valley Fields a year outscoring their opponents by a 28 Portland L, 3-4 the SEC Network+. LSU is coming off ago with a 2-1 win on Sept. 21 during combined 6-0 on Sundays this year. 30 Boston University W, 3-0 a 4-3 win over Georgia on Thursday the 2014 season. SEPTEMBER (1-1-2) for its first SEC win of 2015. • The Tigers have featured a potent 4 Minnesota L, 1-2 (OT) 11 Northern Arizona W, 2-1 • The Tigers feature an experiened offensive attack in the early stages 13 South Dakota State T, 1-1 • The Tigers were off to their fourth- squad in 2015 with nine seniors of the 2015 campaign as they boast 17 at South Alabama T, 1-1 best unbeaten start to a season leading the way, including five fifth- one of the NCAA’s leading goal 20 at LSU Noon in the 21 years of the program’s year seniors on the roster. Among scorers in sophomore striker Jorian 23 at UW-Milwaukee 7 p.m. existence at 4-0-2 before suffering LSU’s fifth-year seniors are Alex Baucom, who entered the weekend 27 Creighton 1 p.m. their first defeat with a 3-2 loss in Arlitt, Lexi Gibbs, Natalia Gomez- tied as the No. 2-ranked goal scorer OCTOBER double overtime at Alabama last Junco, Emma Meckfessel and nationally with eight goals in her nine 1 at Seton Hall 6 p.m. Friday night. They hope to run their Catalina Rubiano. appearances. Baucom has already 4 at St. John’s Noon record to 7-1-2 against Marquette on matched her eight-goal output from 8 Xavier 7 p.m. Sunday. • Gomez-Junco was the catalyst in her freshman season in 2014 when 11 Providence 1 p.m. the Tigers picking up their first SEC she scored eight goals in a total of 18 at Georgetown Noon • LSU earned its biggest win of the win of 2015 when she scored two 20 appearances on the year. Baucom 22 Villanova 7 p.m. 2015 season just one week ago with goals in the final 20 minutes to lead and junior All-SEC teammate 25 at Butler Noon Summer 30 at DePaul 2 p.m. a 1-0 shutout of 15th-ranked Duke LSU to a 4-3 comeback victory over Clarke have accounted for 13 of the NOVEMBER last Sunday afternoon thanks to a Georgia. Her game-tying free kick in team’s 20 goals in 2015 as Clarke has 3-8 at Big East Tournament TBA winning penalty kick from Jorian the 69th minute even featured on the scored five goals of her own. Baucom in the 74th minute. SportsCenter Top 10 Plays at No. 8. NSCAA NCAA DIVISION I POLL GAMECENTER RK. TEAM RECORD POINTS Date/Time: Sunday, September 10 at 12:05 p.m. CT 1. Virginia (30) 6-0-1 1 Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana – LSU Soccer Stadium (2,197) 2. Florida State (1) 6-2-0 3 TV/Online: SEC Network+/ESPN3.com/WatchESPN 3. North Carolina 7-0-1 4 Series: Marquette leads, 1-0 4. Penn State 5-1-1 7 Series Notes: 5. Texas A&M 7-1-0 6 The Tigers and Golden Eagles have enjoyed a brief history together on the soccer field as the Golden Eagles scored a 6. Stanford 5-1-0 2 2-1 win on their home turf at Valley Fields in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in their only meeting on Sept. 21, 2014. Marquette 7. West Virginia 7-1-0 8 held a 2-0 advantage in the game before Summer Clarke scored the only goal for the Tigers in the 74th minute to pull 8. BYU 6-1-0 5 it back to 2-1, but that was not enough as the Tigers went down to defeat in last season’s non-conference finale. LSU 9. Virginia Tech 7-0-1 12 and Marquette meet once again in their 2015 non-conference finale with kickoff set for just after Noon CT on the SEC Network+. The Tigers are looking for their first win against the Big East as they are 0-4 all-time against current members 10. Notre Dame 7-0-1 13 of the Big East Conference, which also includes an 0-2 mark against Creighton and an 0-1 mark against Villanova. 11. Clemson 5-0-1 11 12. Florida 6-2-0 10 NOTEBOOK 13. California 5-1-1 16 Tigers Strong on Sundays During 2015 Season 14. Auburn 7-1-0 9 The Tigers have proven to be unbeatable on their home field on Sunday afternoons this season as they have defeated 15.