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Cowgirls Aim to Keep Momentum Alive in Road Battle With Cardinals

| By: Morgan Guidroz
San Antonio, Texas – The McNeese Cowgirl soccer team (2-7-3, 1-1-1) heads to the Lone Star State for a conference matchup against the UIW Cardinals (3-3-3, 1-0-2) on Thursday night.
 
Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be broadcasted live on ESPN+.
 
at UIW
  • Date: Thursday, October 2
  • Time: 7 p.m.
  • Location: San Antonio, Texas
  • Venue: Gayle & Tom Benson Stadium
  • Live Stats
  • TV: ESPN+
Match Notes 
  • Alexi Pitt was named Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week (9/29)
  • Rhiannon Maynes-Tourond scored her fourth goal of the season against the Colonels.
  • Alexi Pitt scored her second goal of the season against Nicholls
  • Second consecutive match Pitt scores the equalizer or game winner in the final minutes of the match
  • Elizabeth Edomwonyi recorded her first career assist against the Colonels
  • 20 Cowgirls saw action on the pitch at Nicholls
  • Florencia Saavedra made her return to the pitch against Nicholls after missing the last 5 matches
  • Four Cowgirls played all 90 minutes on the pitch against the Colonels (Ava Dubois, Alexandra Arvanitis, Alexi Pitt and Celeste Marijnissen).
  • Fifth consecutive match that Marijnissen has seen all 90 minutes in the net for the Cowgirls.
  • Fourth consecutive match Arvanitis has seen all 90 minutes on the pitch for the Cowgirls.
  • Marijnissen tallied 4 saves in the net against Nicholls.
  • McNeese outshot Nicholls 13-10.
  • Ava Dubois has now started and played in all 12 matches for the Cowgirls this season.
  • The Cowgirls have scored 13 goals this season, with contributions courtesy of 9 different players.
  • 6 of the 9 goal scorers recorded their first collegiate goals of their careers (Rebecca Romero at LA Tech, Tuana Demirbas vs Southern, Riley Hicock vs Southern, Rhiannon Maynes-Tourond vs Southern, Elizabeth Edomwonyi vs Sam Houston, and Ava Dubois vs East Texas A&M)
  • Coach Juan Yepes is in his first season as interim head coach after serving two seasons as an assistant coach for the Cowgirls.
  • Cowgirls return 21 players, and welcome 10 newcomers consisting of eight freshmen and two transfers.
  • Six of the returners started in at least 10 matches last season
  • Cowgirls return two goalkeepers (#99 Celeste Marijnissen and #0 Shannon Dempsey), along with the addition of freshman #1 Elizabeth Meisner.
  • Cowgirl soccer is composed of 9 international players from 8 different countries (Canada, Chile, Turkey, Italy, Germany, Poland, Sweden, and Netherlands)
  • Only 6 Cowgirls are from the state of Louisiana
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