Anouk Linders
Raymond Stewart

Cowgirls Face Huskies in Final Stretch of Season

| By: Morgan Guidroz
Houston, Texas – The McNeese Cowgirl soccer team (4-9-4, 3-3-2) take to the road to battle Houston Christian (7-8-2, 2-4-2) in a crucial matchup heading into the final week of regular season in Southland Conference.
 
Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. and the match will be live streamed on ESPN+.
 
at Houston Christian
  • Date: Sunday, October 25
  • Time: 1 p.m.
  • Location: Houston, Texas
  • Venue: Sorrels Field
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Match Notes 
  • 17 Cowgirls saw action on the pitch against TAMU-CC
  • Rhiannon Maynes-Tourond scored her sixth goal of the season for the Cowgirls
  • Jaimaris Diaz was credited with her second assist of the season for the Cowgirls
  • Seven Cowgirls played all 90 minutes on the pitch against the Islanders (Alexi Pitt, Alexandra Arvanitis, Vitoria Mitre, Rebecca Romero, Anouk Linders, Rhiannon Maynes-Tourond and Celeste Marijnissen).
  • Tenth consecutive match that Marijnissen has seen all 90 minutes on the pitch.
  • Ninth consecutive match Arvanitis has seen all 90 minutes on the pitch.
  • Marijnissen tallied 1 save in the net for the Cowgirls against the Islanders.
  • Texas A&M-Corpus Christi outshot McNeese 13-9 last time out.
  • Current Head Coach for the Huskies, Nick Whiting, was on staff at McNeese for 6 seasons and served as Associate Head Coach for 4 of them.
  • Alexi Pitt was named Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week (9/29)
  • Celeste Marijnissen was awarded SLC Goalkeeper of the Week (10/14)
  • The Cowgirls have scored 17 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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