BEAUMONT, Texas – Wrapping up a busy home slate with a two-game weekend, Lamar University's women's soccer team returns to the pitch Friday against the Roadrunners of the University of Texas-San Antonio and will close its four-game homestand on Sunday with Colorado College.

THE LAST TIME OUT – LSU

Lamar University was unable to overcome two first-half goals falling to LSU, 3-0, Tuesday evening at the LU Soccer Complex. It was a game where the score was not indicative of how close the action was on the field.  
 
The Cardinals were outshot on the night but only by two, 13-11. The Red and White finished the night with one more save than the Tigers, 4-3.
 
"I think anyone who watched this game would tell you it was closer than the 3-0 score would indicate," said LU head coach Steve Holeman. "LSU is a very direct team and they played a lot of balls in behind us. I thought we handled it well. We held our line well because they were offsides seven times in the first half but the one time they got in behind us they finished – good teams will do that.
 
"We made a couple mistakes tonight and they capitalized on each one. That is what good teams do," added Holeman.

Lamar vs. UTSA - September 7 at 7 p.m.

Holding a 3-2 record on the year that includes a 1-0 mark at home and 2-2 away from San Antonio, UTSA has had a bit of an up and down season. The Roadrunners have wins over Northwestern State in Natchitoches, La., and over Oral Roberts in Tulsa, Okla., but also lost 4-0 at Colorado and 1-0 at Texas State. In its exhibition season UTSA played three Southland Conference teams and seemed to be neck-and-neck with the opposition, tying with Sam Houston and A&M-Corpus Christi and winning narrowly over HBU.
 
Derek Pittman is in his first season with UTSA after stints at the University of Idaho and Arkansas State. He holds a 54-69-18 record in eight seasons as a head coach and has been coaching in collegiate soccer for 17 years.
 
UTSA has just five goals on the year split among three student-athletes; Lexi Bolton and Katieann Lochte each have two goals on the year with Bolton also recording an assist, and Ellis Patterson has one goal and one assist. Michelle Cole is the only Roadrunner keeper to have appeared between the posts in 2018. She's allowed six goals in over 450 minutes of playing time and has 16 saves.
 
Lamar vs. Colorado College - September 9 at Noon
The Tigers of Colorado College are 3-1 this year with several notable results including an exhibition tie with the University of Arizona, a 2-0 shutout of Denver, and a 2-0 shutout of A&M-Corpus Christi.
 
With 199 career wins under his belt at the time of this writing, Geoff Bennett has had a lot of success in his career, especially at Colorado College where the Hartwick College graduate has over 150 wins.
 
Lauren Milliet is the points leader for Colorado College with six on the year; she's got two goals and two assists in four matches. Lucia Costanza is just behind in points with five off a goal and three assists.
 
Jade Odom is the keeper for the Tigers with two shutouts in 360 minutes of play. She's allowed just three goals and has 14 saves on the year for a .824 save percentage.