LAKE CHARLES – McNeese fell to Stephen F. Austin 3-0 in its return to Cowgirl Field Friday night while seeing goalkeeper Jackie Kelly break a program record for goalie appearances.
 
Score: Stephen F. Austin 3, McNeese 0
Location: Lake Charles, La. • Cowgirl Field
Records: McNeese 3-13-1 (0-7-1), SFA 9-3-2 (6-2-0)
 
Coach Quote: "I thought our girls came out with some grit and some battle to them. I think we had a good gameplan in the first half and did a good job with the exception of one shot and created not a lot [of shots], but enough to give ourselves a chance. I thought they made some good adjustments at halftime and we had to play catch up to their adjustments and that's kind of what caught us."
 
The Pitch Side:
• Kelly broke the program record in goalie matches played in at 63, snapping a record held by Emma Roccaforte for three seasons.
• Kelly recorded six saves in the outing with Celeste Marijnissen tallying two.
• 22 Cowgirls saw action on the pitch while SFA saw 23 players make an appearance.
• McNeese was outshot 32-5 by SFA with two on goal for the Pokes and 11 on goal for the Lumberjacks.
• SFA tallied 10 corners as McNeese took three on the night.
• Morgan Schooley has the longest active streak of consecutive minutes for the Pokes with 810.
• Kelly played 783 straight minutes before freshman Marijnissen entered the match.
• Anna Kovats and Schooley were the lone players to play all 90 minutes versus the Lumberjacks.
 
How It Happened:
• SFA's Jayme Bailey scored the first goal of the match at 4:23 off an assist by Maddie Bowers.
• Maddie Bowers scored the second goal of the match in the second half at the 60:42 mark with Jayme Bailey on the assist.
• Caelynn January scored the third and final goal for the Lumberjacks with an assist by Alexa Alvarez with less than eight minutes left to play.
 
Up Next: McNeese remains at home to host HCU Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Cowgirl Field as Coach Fitzgerald matches up against his former assistant in Coach Whiting.