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NCAA TOURNAMENT 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2011 #AAA @LSUSoccer SEC RUNNERS-UP @LSUBrianLee 2008 • 2009 • 2011 /LSUSoccer @LSUSoccer SEC WEST CHAMPIONS LSU 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2011 2014 SOCCER GAME Auburn BREAKDOWN Oct. 30, 2014 7 p.m. CT • SEC Network+ LSU Auburn Record 5-12-2, 1-8-1 SEC Record 10-5-3, 4-3-3 SEC 20 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Ranking Not Ranked Ranking Not Ranked LSU Soccer Stadium (2,197) Last Game Oct. 26 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Last Game Oct. 26 in Auburn, Alabama, 2014 SCHEDULES lost to No. 8 Florida, 3-0 def. Alabama, 1-0 (OT) Head Coach Brian Lee Head Coach Karen Hoppa LSU (5-12-2, 1-8-1 SEC) Career Record 246-156-43/21st year Career Record 245-168-40/22nd year DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME (CT) LSU Record 102-76-33/10th year Auburn Record 182-125-31/16th year AUGUST (2-1) LSU vs. Auburn 8-14-1 Auburn vs. LSU 14-8-1 22 Troy W, 2-0 29 Northwestern State W, 6-2 31 Rice L, 0-1 SEPTEMBER (2-5-2) 2 Nicholls State W, 3-0 5 at TCU L, 0-2 NEXT UP 8 Stephen F. Austin T, 0-0 11 at BYU W, 4-3 Tigers To Wrap Up 2014 Season vs. Auburn on Thursday Night 14 at #25 Duke L, 0-1 Members of the LSU Soccer program will look to wrap up their 2014 season on a high note on Thursday night when they 19 at Missouri* L, 1-3 welcome the red-hot Auburn Tigers to Baton Rouge for a match that is set to kick off at 7:05 p.m. CT at the LSU Soccer 21 at Marquette L, 1-2 Stadium. The match will be featured online on the SEC Network+ with coverage beginning at 7 p.m. The Tigers (5-12-2, 26 #6 Texas A&M* L, 1-4 1-8-1 SEC) will be looking to snap a six-game losing skid in Southeastern Conference play when they face streaking Auburn 28 Arkansas* T, 3-3 (10-5-3, 4-3-3) as the visitors fight for SEC Tournament seeding. Auburn will kick off Thursday on 15 points in a tie for OCTOBER (1-6) seventh place on the SEC table, but currently holding down the No. 9 seed in the 10-team SEC Tournament to be held next 3 at Mississippi State* W, 2-0 week in Orange Beach, Alabama. Having already clinched its SEC Tournament berth, Auburn could be seeded anywhere from 5 at #20 South Carolina* L, 0-1 No. 4 to No. 10 in the tournament, pending results from Baton Rouge and around the rest of the league on Thursday night. 9 Alabama* L, 2-3 (OT) LSU is also looking to snap a four-game skid in its series with Auburn when they meet in Baton Rouge while dropping each 17 at Tennessee* L, 1-2 of their last four meetings dating back to the 2011 regular season. Auburn emerged as winners in extra time in their last 19 at #16 Georgia* L, 0-2 meeting on the soccer pitch while advancing with a 1-0 win over LSU on Nov. 4 of last season in the first round of the 2013 24 Kentucky* L, 0-2 SEC Women’s Soccer Tournament at the Orange Beach Sportsplex. It has certainly been a series of streaks in recent years as 26 #8 Florida* L, 0-3 30 Auburn* 7 p.m. Auburn’s current four-game winning run has come on the back of a four-game winning streak for LSU between the 2008 NOVEMBER (0-0) regular season and the semifinals from the 2010 SEC Tournament. Auburn leads the all-time series by a 14-8-1 margin in 3-9 at SEC Tournament TBA 23 previous meetings dating back to LSU’s inaugural season of 1995. Auburn are winners of three-straight matches and are unbeaten in six of their last seven matches in SEC play while making the trip to Baton Rouge. Karen Hoppa’s side followed * - Denotes SEC match a 2-1 extra-time win at Arkansas on Oct. 19 with a 2-0 shutout of Mississippi State on Oct. 23 and a 1-0 extra-time win over Alabama on Sunday on its home field. Auburn’s junior defender Kala Faulkner was rewarded for her performance in leading the team to a pair of shutout victories last weekend with her selection as the SEC Defensive Player of the Week. Auburn (10-5-3, 4-3-3 SEC) DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME (CT) STORYLINES AUGUST (3-1) • The 2014 season will come to an • There have also been 13 different • LSU’s youthful core is built on a 22 at Clemson L, 1-2 end for the LSU Tigers on Thursday Tigers credited with an assist with pair of recruiting classes that ranked 24 at Furman W, 2-1 night when they play host to the Natalia Gomez-Junco, Jorian Baucom among the Top 15 nationally in 2013 29 UC-Irvine W, 3-0 Auburn Tigers at the LSU Soccer and Summer Clarke leading the team and 2014. LSU’s sophomore class 31 Georgia Southern W, 3-0 Stadium in Baton Rouge. Their streak with four assists apiece in 2014. was the nation’s No. 14-ranked SEPTEMBER (3-3-1) of seven-straight seasons qualifying recruiting class for the Class of 2013 5 vs. Memphis W, 3-0 for the SEC Tournament will come to • The Tigers feature a youthful squad by the editorial staff at AllWhiteKit. 7 vs. Minnesota W, 3-1 12 Samford L, 1-2 an end as the Tigers will miss out on in 2014. At least five freshmen have com. The Tigers’ rookie class this fall 14 UW-Milwaukee W, 2-0 the event for the first time since the started 15 of the last 16 matches with earned a No. 7 national ranking in 21 #14 South Carolina^ L, 1-2 (OT) 2006 season. a season-high six rookies cracking the Class of 2014 from the staff at 26 at Vanderbilt^ T, 0-0 the 11 three times against Stephen F. TopDrawerSoccer.com in the wake of 28 at Kentucky^ L, 1-2 • Auburn’s current four-game winning Austin on Sept. 8, Duke on Sept. 14 National Signing Day in February. OCTOBER (4-2) streak in the series since 2011 has and Marquette on Sept. 21. 3 Ole Miss^ T, 2-2 come on the back of a four-game • Houston native Alex Arlitt is 5 Tennessee^ T, 0-0 winning streak by LSU as the Tigers • Leading the way for the Tigers are the lone senior and perhaps the 10 Missouri^ W, 3-2 won four straight over their former a trio of returning All-SEC standouts most versatile member of LSU’s 17 at #8 Texas A&M^ L, 1-3 SEC West rivals from 2008-10. as striker Summer Clarke, midfielder 23-player squad this season as she 19 at Arkansas^ W, 2-1 (2OT) Emma Fletcher and defender Megan had started each of the previous 65 23 Mississippi State^ W, 2-0 • The Tigers feature a diverse attack Lee each earned Second-Team All- games in her collegiate career prior 26 Alabama^ W, 1-0 (OT) with seven different scorers scoring SEC honors in their debut seasons to suffering an ankle injury against 30 at LSU^ 7 p.m. the team’s 26 goals in 2014. Jorian with the Tigers a year ago. It marked Northwestern State on Aug. 29. She is ^ - Denotes SEC match Baucom leads the way with eight the first time in SEC history for three contemplating a redshirt as it is not goals, while Summer Clarke has freshmen from the same school to be certain if she will return for the rest of scored seven goals during the season. named All-SEC selections in a season. the 2014 season. NSCAA/CONTINENTAL TIRE POLL GAMECENTER RK. TEAM RECORD POINTS Date/Time: Thursday, October 30 at 7:05 p.m. CT 1. UCLA (31) 15-0-2 823 Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana – LSU Soccer Stadium (2,197) 2. Florida State (2) 15-1-1 784 TV/Online: SEC Network+ (ESPN3.com/Watch ESPN app) 3. Virginia 16-1-0 741 Series: Auburn leads, 14-8-1 4. Stanford 14-1-2 732 Series Notes: 5. North Carolina 11-2-2 701 In a series defined by streaks in recent years, Auburn enters Thursday’s match riding a four-game winning streak over 6. Penn State 16-2-0 648 LSU since the 2011 regular season, including a 1-0 extra time victory in the first round of the 2013 SEC Women’s Soccer 7. Texas A&M 14-2-2 630 Tournament on Nov. 4 of last season. Auburn’s current four-game winning streak has come on the back of a four-game 8. Florida 13-4-0 584 winning streak by LSU as the Tigers claimed four games on the bounce between 2008-10. While Auburn has nearly dou- 9. Notre Dame 12-4-1 549 bled up the Tigers with a 14-8-1 edge in the all-time series, LSU is 4-7-1 in 12 meetings with Auburn in the nine previous seasons under head coach Brian Lee. Auburn took home a 3-1 victory in the last meeting between the two sides at the 10. West Virginia 13-2-2 536 LSU Soccer Stadium in Baton Rouge on Sept.