FRISCO, Texas –McNeese defender Alexi Pitt has been named First Team All-Southland Conference, the league office announced Monday morning, just one day before the start of the conference tournament.
 
A cornerstone of the Cowgirl defense, Pitt appeared in all 19 matches during the 2025 season, earning 16 starts and logging 1,191 minutes on the pitch. She made her mark on both ends of the field, scoring two goals including the game winner at Nicholls and finishing the year with four points. Alexi took 12 shots, placing eight on target, and was named Southland Conference Player of the Week following her standout two-goal performance.

Defensively, Pitt anchored a young McNeese back line that recorded shutouts against Southern and UTRGV, providing leadership and consistency throughout the campaign.

The McNeese Cowgirls (4-11-4, 3-5-2) will face the top-seeded Northwestern State Demons (12-4-3, 7-2-1) on Tuesday afternoon in the opening round of the Southland Conference Tournament.
 
Kickoff is schedule for 1:00 pm and will be live streamed on ESPN+.
 
vs Northwestern State

• Date: Tuesday, November 4
• Time: 1 p.m.
• Location: Beaumont, TX
• Venue: LU Soccer Complex
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Match Notes 

• 44^th overall meeting between the Demons and Cowgirls
• Cowgirls hold a 18-19-6 overall record when playing the Demons
• McNeese has lost two straight against Northwestern State
• Last time against the Demons, the Cowgirls lost 3-0 and was outshot 20-8
• Dom Ducal scored her first goal of the season and fourth of her career against SLU
• Sydney O'Shea was credited with her first career assist against the SLU Lions
• Alexis Theiler and Dom Ducal made their first starts of the season against SLU
• 19 Cowgirls saw action on the pitch against HCU
• Four Cowgirls played all 90 minutes on the pitch against the Huskies (Anouk Linders, Avery Baker, Rebecca Romero and Celeste Marijnissen).
• Twelfth consecutive match that Marijnissen has seen all 90 minutes on the pitch.
• Second consecutive match that Romero has seen all 90 minutes on the pitch.
• Marijnissen tallied 8 saves in the net for the Cowgirls against the Huskies.
• Southeastern outshot McNeese 17-13 last time out.
• 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