2020-21 TEXAS A&M SOCCER MATCH #12 | LOUISIANA | 3/20/2021 GAME TIME: 7:00 P.M. CT | SITE: ELLIS FIELD, BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS Texas A&M Media Relations * www.12thMan.com Soccer Contact: Thomas Dick / E-Mail: [email protected] / C: (512) 784-2153 RESULTS/SCHEDULE LOUISIANA #12 TEXAS A&M 9/19 * at Ole Miss W, 3-0 10/4 * at #9 Arkansas L, 1-2 RAGIN' CAJUNS AGGIES 10/11 * #15 FLORIDA W, 2-1 10/16 * MISSISSIPPI STATE W, 3-0 10/23 * at Tennessee W, 3-1 2020-21 Record 10-7-1, 4-3-1 Sun Belt 2020-21 Record 8-3-0, 7-1-0 SEC Ranking Ranking 10/30 * at Alabama W, 2-0 none 12 - USC; 6 - TDS; 7 - CS360 Streak Won 1 Streak Lost 2 11/6 * LSU W, 2-1 Last 5 / Last 10 2-3-0 / 5-4-1 Last 5 / Last 10 3-2-0 / 7-3-0 11/9 * #15 AUBURN W, 2-0 Last Game March 18 Last Game March 15 11/17 $ vs. LSU W, 1-0 NICHOLLS - W, 3-0 at Rice - L, 2-3 (0T) 11/19 $ vs. Vanderbilt L, 1-3 Head Coach Lance Key (Trinity, ‘00) Head Coach G Guerrieri (Tulsa, ‘85) 3/15 at Rice ot L, 2-3 Overall 228-36-21 (24th season) Overall 480-151-39 (30th season) at Louisiana at Texas A&M 3/20 LOUISIANA 7:00 p.m. 19-15-4 (2nd season) 464-139-39 (28th season) 3/27 TEXAS STATE 7:00 p.m. 4/10 TCU 7:00 p.m. The Aggies look to rebound from Monday’s stunning 3-2 overtime loss at Rice when they welcom the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns to Ellis Field. The Maroon & White take the pitch with SEC Coach of the Year G Guerrieri, SEC Co-Defender of the Year Karlina Sample and SEC * - SEC Game Freshman of the Year Barbara Olivieri. In the regular season, the Aggies led the SEC in $ - SEC Tournament (Orange Beach, Alabama) both goals per game (2.25) and goals-against average (0.63). SCOUTING LOUISIANA The Ragin’ Cajuns are 10-7-1 on the year, including a 4-3-1 mark in Sun Belt action. Lou- siana’s ledger is highlighted be a six-match win streak in the fall that included two wins over ULM, as well as victories against Louisiana Tech, Texas State, Little Rock and Central Arkansas. Since starting back up in the spring, the Ragin’ Cajuns lost to a pair of SEC schools, Alabama (1-0) and Mississippi State (3-1), before topping Nicholls State, 3-0, in their most recent match. Lizzie Mayfield leads Louisiana with 18 points on six goals and six assists. Karleen Bedre and Una Einarsdottir each have 10 points with Bedre notching three goals and four assists and Einarsdottir tallying four goals and two assists. Lauren Starwood has seen a majority of action in goal, posting a 0.70 goals-against average, 0.836 save percentage and six shutouts. 2020 SEC STANDINGS Louisiana is in their second season under 14-year veteran head coach Lance Key. In his DIV PTS SEC PTS first season with the Ragin’ Cajuns, they recorded a 10-8-1 mark. Key helped carry on the EASTERN DIVISION storied soccer tradition at Division III Trinity in San Antonio from 2004-15. In his 12 seasons, Tennessee 4-1-1 13 4-3-1 13 he amassed a 209-21-7 record leading the Tigers to 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, #9 South Carolina 4-2-0 12 6-2-0 18 including four quarterfinal appearances and the Trinity finished as national runner-up in Missouri 3-2-0 9 3-2-2 11 2013. #13 Vanderbilt 3-3-0 9 4-4-0 12 Georgia 2-1-2 8 2-3-2 8 Kentucky 1-3-2 5 1-4-3 6 SERIES VS. LOUISIANA The Aggies have never played the Ragin’ Cajuns on the soccer pitch. Florida 0-5-1 1 1-6-1 4 Texas A&M reaped the rewards when goalkeeper Cosette Morché transferred to Texas WESTERN DIVISION A&M from Louisiana following her first two collegiate seasons. Now playing for OL Reign #7 Arkansas 6-0-0 18 7-1-0 21 in the NWSL, Morché was a two-year starter for the Aggies. In her two seasons in Ag- #8 Texas A&M 5-1-0 15 7-1-0 21 gieland, Morché played all 4,168 minutes in goal, racking up a 35-7-3 record and 0.80 Mississippi State 2-2-2 8 2-3-3 9 goals-against average with 20 shutouts. #15 Auburn 2-3-1 7 3-3-2 11 Ole Miss 2-4-0 6 4-4-0 12 Alabama 1-3-2 5 2-4-2 8 CONSISTENT SUCCESS LSU 0-5-1 1 0-6-2 2 G Guerrieri and North Carolina’s Anson Dorrance are the only two coaches to appear in every NCAA Championship since 1995. WINNING QUICK FACTS Texas A&M has logged a winning record in all of its previous 27 seasons. The closest the Aggies have finished to the .500 mark is the 12-8-2 (.591) record they posted in 2016. The 27-season string ranks sixth all-time among NCAA Division I schools and it’s the fourth-lon- GENERAL INFORMATION gest active streak, trailing just North Carolina (38), Virginia (33) and Stanford (32). LOCATION College Station, Texas FOUNDED 1872 INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE Texas A&M entered the 2020-21 campaign with three players who have seen action on ENROLLMENT 69,465 (54,476 undergrad) - Fall 2019 foreign national teams in recent years, including Jimena Lopez, Barbara Olivieri and An- NICKNAME Aggies dersen Williams. MASCOT Reveille VIII, American Collie COLORS Maroon & White Lopez has several years of experience with Team Mexico. The senior from Mexico City CONFERENCE Southeastern (SEC) has played over 30 international matches for Mexico National Teams since 2016. Most re- INTERIM PRESIDENT John Junkins cently, Lopez took part in the 2019 Pan American Games in Peru along with 2020 Olympic qualifying matches in Edinburg, Texas and Carson, California. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Ross Bjork HOME FIELD Ellis Field (3,500) Olivieri played two matches with Venezuela’s U17 squad in 2018 and she scored two goals OPENED/RENOVATED 1994/2011 & 2013 in three matches with the U20 team in 2020. She has also trained with the senior national SURFACE Natural Grace (Tifway Burmuda) team in 2019 and 2020. Williams has logged 15 matches with Canada’s squads, including three appearances at COACHING STAFF the CONCACAF U20 Championship in 2020. She scored three goals in four matches at the HEAD COACH G Guerrieri (Tulsa, ‘85) CONCACAF U17 Championship in 2018. She helped Canada to a fourth-place finish at the RECORD AT A&M 464-139-39 (.754) / 28th year FIFA Women’s U17 World Cup in 208. OVERALL RECORD 480-151-39 (.747) / 30th year ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Phil Stephenson (Lock Haven, ‘87) GOING PRO The Aggies lost the services of two All-SEC performers during the break of this unique ASSISTANT COACH Lori Stephenson (Methodist, ‘88) elongated 2020-21 campaign. Jimena Lopez and Addie McCain both elected to turn pro- VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH fessional in January. The duo were selected in the 2021 NWSL Draft with McCain picked Nathan Kogut (Colorado State, ‘09) by Kansas City NWSL in the second round and OL Reign picked Lopez in the fourth round. DIRECTOR OF SOCCER OPERATIONS Lopez elected to sign with Spanish club SD Eibar and she made her professional debut on Curt Magnuson (Texas A&M, ‘99) February 7. The versatile Lopez was 2019 SEC Midfielder of the Year and 2020 SEC Co-De- fender of the Year. McCain earned distinction as 2020 SEC Midfielder of the Year. TEAM INFORMATION WINNERS WIN 2019 RECORD 14-5-3 (.704) The Aggies cracked the top 10 among NCAA Division I programs in all-time victories for the 2019 SEC RECORD (FINISH) 7-2-1 (3rd SEC) first time on November 6. Now with 464 wins in the 28 years of the program, the Maroon & FINAL NATIONAL RANKING No. 22 USC, No. 25 RPI White are tied with Dayton for 11th place, one game behind Penn State (465). Texas A&M SEC POSTSEASON quarterfinal - L, 0-1 vs. Florida and Penn State are the only schools in the top 12 that have been in existence less than 30 NCAA POSTSEASON 1st round - W, 4-1 TEXAS years. 2nd round - L, 1-2 at #9 USC STARTERS RETURNING / LOST 6/7* STRONG FINISHES * - started at least 50 percent of team’s matches The last four seasons, the Maroon & White have outscored opponents 89-40 in the second half, including 9-6 in 2020-21. In 2019, Texas A&M bested opponents, 29-13, in the second LETTERWINNERS RETURNING / LOST 13 / 10 stanza. It continues a trend with the Aggies, who also outscored opponents 26-13 in the NEWCOMERS 10 second half in 2018 and 25-8 in 2017. TEAM INFORMATION YOUTH MOVEMENT ALL-TIME RECORD 464-139-39 (.754) / 28th season Texas A&M’s freshmen have accounted for a whopping 11 of the team’s 22 goals through 10 matches. Two-time SEC Freshman of the Week Barbara Olivieri shares the team lead ALL-TIME HOME RECORD 265-37-12 (.863) with five goals. Lauren Geczik and Laney Carroll have added two goals apiece. Taylor ALL-TIME ELLIS FIELD RECORD 258-37-12 (.859) Pounds added to the ledger with her first career goal in the Aggies’ win against Alabama.