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Cowgirls Ride Win Streak into Showdown with Demons

| By: Morgan Guidroz
Natchitoches – The McNeese Cowgirl soccer team (4-8-3, 3-2-1) hits the road Thursday night to face off against in-state rival Northwestern State (9-3-3, 4-1-1) in a key match up between two of the top teams in the conference standings.
 
Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the match will be live streamed on ESPN+.
 
at Northwestern State
  • Date: Thursday, October 16
  • Time: 7 p.m.
  • Location: Natchitoches, La
  • Venue: Lady Demon Soccer Field
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Match Notes 
  • Celeste Marijnissen was awarded SLC Goalkeeper of the Week (10/14)
  • Rhiannon Maynes-Tourond scored her 5th goal of the season against Lamar to lead in scoring for all players.
  • Morgan Fiedler scored her first goal of the season against Lamar.
  • Rebecca Romero was credited with her first career assist against the Cardinals.
  • Vitoria Mitre was credited with her second assist of the season against the Cardinals.
  • 21 Cowgirls saw action against Lamar.
  • Four Cowgirls played all 90 minutes on the pitch tonight (Vitoria Mitre, Alexandra Arvanitis, RebeccaRomero and Celeste Marijnissen).
  • Eighth consecutive match that Marijnissen has seen all 90 minutes on the pitch.
  • Seventh consecutive match Arvanitis has seen all 90 minutes on the pitch.
  • Marijnissen tallied 9 saves in the net for the Cowgirls against the Cardinals.
  • Lamar outshot McNeese 16-7.
  • Alexi Pitt was named Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week (9/29)
  • The Cowgirls have scored 16 goals this season, with contributions courtesy of 11 different players.
  • 6 of the 11 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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