BEAUMONT, Texas – The Lamar University women's soccer team returns to the LU Soccer Complex this Friday and Sunday when they host Texas Southern and Oral Roberts. The Cardinals are looking to snap a four-game losing skid.

Friday night at the LU Soccer Complex is International Student Night and the first 100 fans will receive a schedule poster. Sunday is 90's Night. Come and enjoy the game while listening to some of the greatest hits from the 90's.
  
THIS WEEK – Friday, Sept. 13 vs. Texas Southern, 7 p.m. (Beaumont, Texas/LU Soccer Complex)
Texas Southern enters the contest against the Cardinals with a record of 1-5 on the season. Lamar will be the fourth straight Southland Conference opponent for the Tigers. The Tigers opened the run against SLC opponents with a 2-1 victory over UIW. They have dropped its last two matches, 5-0 to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and 4-0 to Stephen F. Austin.

On the season, Texas Southern as scored two goals, both coming in the victory over UIW. Kayla Smith and Mia Marshall each have one goal scored this season. Crisely Pavon has the lone assists on the team.

In goal, the Tigers have played two goalies, Salma Ghazal and Oriana Palacios. For the season, Ghazai has played 450 minutes in net and has allowed 27 goals well making 39 saves. She is allowing 5.40 goals per game.

This will be the Cards seventh matchup with the Tigers of Texas Southern. Lamar is a perfect 6-0 in those contests. The last matchup came on Sept. 7, 2017 when LU traveled to Houston, Texas and came away with a 3-0 victory.
 
Sunday, Sept. 15 vs. Oral Roberts, 1 p.m. (Beaumont, Texas/LU Soccer Complex)
On Sunday, the Cards face Oral Roberts. Before playing LU, Oral Roberts plays at UTSA on Friday night. Oral Roberts enters the week with a record of 2-4. On Sunday Sept. 8, the Golden Eagles defeated Grambling State, 5-0, snapping a three-game losing streak.

This season, the Golden Eagles have scored 13 goals. Leading the way for Oral Roberts is Martha Helsee and Drishana Pillay, who have scored three goals apiece. Six different Golden Eagles have scored a goal. Shayla Padilla leads the team with three assists.

In goal this season, the Golden Eagles are led by Allison Austin who has started all six games. The freshman has played in 487 minutes and has allowed 12 goals. She has 22 saves on the season, including a season-high nine at Texas Tech on Aug. 29.

This will be the fifth all-time meeting between these two programs. Oral Roberts leads the series, 3-1. These two teams met last season in Tulsa, Okla. and Oral Roberts came away with a 3-2 win. Last years meeting was the first since 2013. The lone win for LU in the series came during the 2012 season.
 
LAST TIME OUT – Tulsa (Sept. 8)
Lucy Ashworth scored the lone goal for the Lamar University women's soccer team in a 3-1 loss to Tulsa on Sunday afternoon. The goal for Ashworth is her third goal of the season.
 
"I thought we played well for 70 minutes," remarked head coach Steve Holeman. "Unfortunately, the heat and lack of depth took its toll on us and Tulsa capitalized. With nine shots on goal to their six, we should have come away with a better result. Once we get back to full strength, I feel confident we will be ready for conference play. We chose to play one of the toughest non-conference schedules in our league so hopefully, it pays dividends here in a few weeks."
 
The loss for LU is it's fourth straight. Lamar outshot Tulsa in the contest 16-13 and outshot the Golden Hurricane 9-6 on shots on goal. Ashworth led the way with eight shots, including four being on goal for LU.
 
Scoring Against TSU
Lamar is averaging 5.5 goals per game against TSU over the six games the teams have played. LU has scored five or more goals in three of the matchups. In 2011, LU scored 11 goals against the Tigers. Besides scoring, LU keeps the Tigers off the scoreboard. Texas Southern has only scored on goal in the six matchups against the Cardinals. The goal the Tigers have scored came in the first ever matchup in 2009.
 
LU Game Highs
In the Cardinals second game of the season, the Cardinals tallied 14 points against Louisiana-Lafayette. Against the Ragin' Cajuns, LU scored five goals and had four assists in the match. The five goals were scored by five different players.

UP NEXT
Following the contest against Oral Roberts on Sunday, Sept. 15, the Cards return to action on Friday, Sept. 20 when they open SLC play against Nicholls. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. from the LU Soccer Complex.