ULM ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS • 308 WARHAWK WAY • MALONE STADIUM • MONROE, LA. 71209 OFFICE PHONE: (318) 342-3569 • WEBSITE: ULMWARHAWKS.COM • TWITTER: @ULMWARHAWKS • YOUTUBE: ULM WARHAWKS VIDEO 2020-21 ULM Schedule (2-11) MATCH 14 • 4 P.M. SUNDAY, FEB. 21 • BROWN STADIUM • MONROE, LA. SEPTEMBER (0-3) 20 at Arkansas State* L, 1-6 24 at Central Arkansas L, 0-3 27 at Ragin’ Cajuns* L, 0-3 OCTOBER (0-6) 2 Texas State* L, 1-2 ULM GRAMBLING STATE 2-11 Overall 10-11-1 Overall (2019) 4 Arkansas State* L, 0-3 0-8 Sun Belt 6-4 SWAC (2019) 11 Little Rock* L, 0-2 Head Coach: Sean Fraser Head Coach: TBA 18 Ragin’ Cajuns* L, 0-2 Overall (4th season): 40-31-2 25 at Texas State* L, 1-3 At ULM (1st season): 2-11 29 at Little Rock* L, 1-2 (OT) LIVE STATS: ULMWarhawks.com TWITTER UPDATES: @ULM_Soccer NOVEMBER (0-1) STATISTICAL COMPARISON 2 vs. Appalachian State (1) L, 1-2 (2 OT) Team Goals/Game Shots/Game Shots On Goal % Assists Saves ULM 0.85 11.1 .458 0.62 4.2 FEBRUARY (2-1) GRAM (2019) 1.50 13.9 .500 1.05 4.0 3 UT Tyler W, 3-0 6 Northwestern State L, 0-3 WARHAWK NOTES 13 Southern W, 3-0 KICKOFF 18 at Texas A&M^ PPD (weather) ULM wraps up a four-game home stand to open the spring half of the 2020-21 season at 4 p.m. Sunday 21 Grambling State 4 p.m. when they host Grambling State at Brown Stadium. The Warhawks are 2-1 on the homestand and in the spring portion of the season after defeating Southern, MARCH (0-0) 3-0, on Saturday, Feb. 13, at Brown Stadium. McKenzie Rizqi scored a first-half goal for ULM, while Janet 6 at Nicholls State 2 p.m. Stopka added two goals late in the second half to put the match away. For Stopka, it marked her sixth and 13 LSU-Alexandria 3 p.m. seventh goals of the season, which moves her into a tie for sixth place in program history for goals in a season. 21 at Louisiana Tech 1 p.m. 26 at Alcorn State 5 p.m. Grambling State is scheduled to open the 2020-21 season at 3 p.m. Friday against North Texas at the GSU Soccer Complex. The Tigers finished the 2019 season with a 10-11-1 overall record, reaching the SWAC APRIL (0-0) tournament semifinals before losing to top-seed Howard. Kailey Pena is the top returning goal scorer for the Tigers, netting six goals while also adding four assists in 2019. Miranda Urbizu also returns after scoring 1 at Delta State 2 p.m. four times and adding three assists in 2019. (1) Sun Belt Conference Championships, Foley, Ala. FOLLOW THE WARHAWKS Home matches in bold, played at Brown Stadium You can follow the match on live stats at ULMWarhawks.com. A direct link to the live stats is available on the soccer schedule page at ULMWarhawks.com. Twitter updates will be available on the official Twitter * denotes Sun Belt Conference match page of the Warhawks, @ULM_Soccer. ^ denotes exhibition match All times Central and subject to change A LOOK AHEAD The Warhawks are off for nearly two weeks before returning to the pitch on March 6 at Nicholls State. ULM does not return to Brown Stadium until March 13 when they play their final home match of the season against LSU-Alexandria. ULM ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Senior Assoc. AD/Communications & Marketing ... John Lewandowski SERIES HISTORY Office Phone ...................................................(318) 342-5378 • Sunday’s match is the 11th all-time meeting between ULM and Grambling State. Cell Phone ......................................................(517) 896-3537 • Grambling won the last meeting, defeating ULM 3-2 on Aug. 23, 2019 at the GSU Soccer Complex. E-mail ...............................................lewandowski@ulm.edu • ULM is 5-0 all-time at home against Grambling, winning the last meeting in Monroe, 6-0, on Sept. 13, 2015. Assoc. Director of Athletic Communications (primary)...Mike Hammett • The Warhawks have scored in all 10 matches against Grambling, outscoring the Tigers 37-6 in series history. Office Phone ...................................................(318) 342-7925 Cell Phone ......................................................(785) 713-2048 RECAP E-mail ...................................................mhammett@ulm.edu MONROE, La. – Sophomore McKenzie Rizqi scored her second-career goal in the first half while fresh- Mailing/Overnight Address: man Janet Stopka moved into a six-way tie for sixth place on the single season goals list with her sixth ULM Athletics and seventh goals of the season as ULM topped Southern, 3-0, Saturday afternoon at Brown Stadium. 308 Warhawk Way Monroe, LA 71209 On a day where temperatures hovered around freezing with a north breeze, ULM outshot Southern, 23-5, Twitter: @ULM_Soccer with 12 shots on goal. Facebook: Facebook.com/ULMSoccer Instagram: @ULM_Soccer The Warhawks struck first in the 17th minute as Rizqi scored off an assist byVictoria Altieri for the 1-0 ULMWARHAWKS.COM @ULM_SOCCER • #DEFENDTHENEST 1 lead. For Rizqi, it is her first goal since Oct. 20, 2019 at Georgia Southern, while Altieri notched her first ULM QUICK FACTS assist since her first career game at Grambling State on Aug. 23, 2019. Rizqi’s goal held to halftime for the GENERAL 1-0 advantage. Name of School: ULM In the second half, Southern used the north breeze to its advantage early, controlling possession in its City/State: Monroe, La. offensive end of the field. Three of the Jaguars five shots on the match came in the first 15 minutes of the Population: 47,877 second half. Founded: 1931 Enrollment: 8,676 ULM shifted possession to its offensive end later in the half. In the 78th minute, Stopka took a ball of a Nickname: Warhawks deflection and scored in front of the net for the 2-0 lead. Colors: Maroon and Gold Stadium: Brown Stadium (3,000) In the 85th minute, Stopka struck again, taking a feed from Ashley Johnson on the right side in front of the net and fired it into the goal to push the lead to 3-0. Affiliation: NCAA I Conference: Sun Belt Stopka and Rizqi had five shots each with three on goal.Madi Garza had four shots with three on frame. President: Dr. Ron Berry Athletic Director: Scott McDonald Hailey Hillock and Mickaela Leal combined on their second shutout of the spring in net. Hillock played Senior Woman’s Administrator: Ashleigh Simmons the first half while Leal played the second half as the pair had two saves each. Athletic Dept. Phone: 318-342-5360 Ticket Office Phone: 318-342-4295 RECAP OF THE LAST MATCH WITH GRAMBLING STATE GRAMBLING, La. – The ULM Warhawks (0-1) netted two goals against Grambling State (2-0) in a frenzy Website: ULMWarhawks.com toward the end of the match, but it wasn't enough as they fell to the Tigers, 3-2, in the season opener Friday, Aug. 23, 2019. HISTORY Grambling started the game off strong, attacking hard and fast. Johanna Behrens was able to get a First year of soccer: 1999 header shot off, but it was wide of the goal. ULM's Erika Wiest took the first shot of the game for the All-Time Record/Yrs: 122-272-30 (.323)/22 years Warhawks, but it was saved by Hannah Johnson. Kailey Pena raced down the field and scored the first All-Time Sun Belt Record/Yrs: 20-124-6 (.153)/15 years goal for Grambling at the 12-minute mark. All-Time All-Conference: 22 athletes earning 31 honors With 18 minutes left in the first half, the Warhawks attacked down the field and had several opportunities at a shot, but a foul on ULM stopped the momentum. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Soccer SID: Mike Hammett McKenzie Rizqi subbed in for ULM shortly after the foul and with eight minutes left, took a shot, but it Office Phone: 318-342-7925 went wide. Cell Phone: 785-713-2048 Email: [email protected] ULM went into halftime down 1-0. Mailing/Overnight Address: The Warhawks came out in the second half fighting and saw their first goal of the game five minutes into ULM Athletics the half. A beautiful assist from Victoria Altieri gave Camryn Ciaramella the perfect opportunity to 308 Warhawk Way score. Monroe, LA 71209 Twitter: @ULM_Soccer Two minutes later, Melissa Taft scored another goal to give the Warhawks a 2-1 lead. Facebook: Facebook.com/ULMSoccer Instagram: @ULM_Soccer Grambling went back on the offensive minutes later. Laila Loring capitalized on three ULM fouls to score the game-tying goal 66 minutes into the game. COACHING STAFF The two teams went right back at it. Grambling moved toward the goal several times, but a great effort by Head Coach: Sean Fraser Alexiss Trudeau and the rest of the ULM defense stopped the Tigers in their tracks. Alma Mater, Year: Bethel (Tenn.), 2008, 2011 The last five minutes created the fastest pace either team had seen. ULM looked like it had scored, but a Southwestern College foul took the point away. With two minutes left, Grambling's Pena scored the winning goal for the Tigers. Charleston (W. Va.), 2016 Overall Record: 40-31-2 (4th season) WARHAWKS AT BROWN STADIUM ULM Record: 2-11 (1st season) Sunday’s match with Grambling is ULM’s eighth home match of the 2020-21 season. ULM is 2-6 at home Soccer Phone: 318-342-3598 this season after defeating UT Tyler, 3-0 on Feb. 3, and Southern, 3-0 on Feb. 13. ULM was 2-6 at home in Best Time to Reach Coach: Contact SID 2019, picking up non-conference victories over Southern Miss and Northwestern State.