Courtesy of LA Tech Athletic Communications
The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs will face South Alabama in the first home match of the 2024 season. The Bulldogs are coming off two road ties against Nicholls and UL-Lafayette.
DATE/TIME: Thursday, August 22, 7 p.m. CT
LOCATION: Ruston, La.
ESPN+: https://www.espn.com/watch/
STATS: LATechSports.com/Stats
SERIES RECORD: South Alabama, 3-1-1
LAST MEETING: Lost, 0-1 | 08/28/2015 | Troy, Ala.
Tech (0-0-2) ended their two-game road trip with back-to-back ties against Nicholls and ULL. In the game against ULL, goalkeeper Sarah Melén had eight saves and faced 20 shots from ULL. Melén’s eight saves earned her first CUSA Goalkeeper of the Week honors.
LA Tech, in the last two matches, has totaled 23 shots with eight shots on goal but hasn’t been able to score. Against Nicholls, LA Tech had 16 shots against Nicholls and seven shots against ULL.
South Alabama (0-1-0) opened up their season with a loss at home to the LSU Tigers. The Jaguars fell 3-0 after the Tigers put three first-half goals in the match on Thursday, August 15. South Alabama collected nine shots, with six on goal, to LSU’s 13 shots, with seven being on goal.
The series between these two programs dates back to October 10, 2004, when Tech lost 12-0 to South Alabama in Mobile, Ala. Tech’s lone win against came in 2011, where the Bulldogs beat the Jaguars 4-0 in Ruston. In 2015, Louisiana Tech traveled to Troy, Ala. to face South Alabama in the Trojan Classic, where Tech fell to the Jaguars 1-0 and haven’t faced each other since.
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