| Game 9: Little Rock vs. Louisiana |
| Date |
Sunday, September 17 |
| Time |
1 p.m. |
| Location |
Little Rock, Ark. |
| Stadium |
Coleman Sports & Recreation Complex |
| Stats |
Statbroadcast |
| Video |
Little Rock All-Access |
Little Rock Trojans vs. Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
Sunday, Sept. 17 | 1 p.m.
Coleman Sports Complex | Little Rock, Ark.
Records: LR (4-4, 0-0 Sun Belt); UL (4-4, 1-0 Sun Belt)
Opening Kick
Little Rock begins its 2017 Sun Belt Conference schedule hosting Louisiana on Sunday, September 17. Opening kick is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the Coleman Sports and Recreation Complex.
Trojan Report
Little Rock enters this weekend's tilt against the Ragin' Cajuns with a 4-4 mark on the year, getting set for its first Sun Belt Conference game of the 2017 season. The Trojans are 4-0 at Coleman on the year, improving to 9-1-2 in home matches over the past two seasons.
Trojan Leaders
Through eight games of the 2017 season, a number of Trojans have stepped up with impressive early season performances.
Doro Greulich leads Little Rock and ranks second in the Sun Belt Conference in both goals (five) and points (11) while ranking third on the team with 18 shots.
Quin Wilkes leads the Trojans with 24 total shots and is second on the team with six points (two goals, two assists), one point better than
Jaclyn Purvine's five points (two goals, one assist).
Camilla Olsson has also notched a pair of goals for Little Rock while Wilkes,
Arola Aparicio Gili and
Sairra Tucker have each registered a pair of assists. In goal,
Megan Swanson leads the team with 34 saves, posting a 3-4 record in 2017.
Last Time Out
The Trojans kept their perfect home record in tact Tuesday night, defeating Arkansas Pine Bluff 3-0 at Coleman Sports Complex. Junior
Camilla Olsson paced the scoring for Little Rock with a pair of goals while senior
Quin Wilkes added a goal and an assist with junior
Sairra Tucker tallying a pair of assists. After a nearly evenly-matched first half, which saw Olsson register her first goal of the season in the 16th minute, Little Rock turned on the intensity in the second half, outshooting the Golden Lions 16-0 but just missed on numerous scoring opportunities. That fate changed in the final four minutes as the goals from Wilkes and Olssson gave the Trojans the 3-0 victory, improving to 9-1 all-time against UAPB.
Scouting the Ragin' Cajuns
Lafayette enters Sunday's match with an identical 4-4 overall mark but the Ragin' Cajuns are 1-0 in Sun Belt Conference play, defeating Arkansas State 2-1 in overtime Friday in Jonesboro. Five different Cajuns have registered five points in 2017 as Una Einarsdottir and Denice Emokpae have each tallied a pair of goals and an assist with Kimberly Grasso adding a goal and a team-best three assists. Haley Boroch also has two assists for Louisiana with goalkeeper Mackenzie Lee posting a 4-1 record with 20 saves and a 0.59 goals against average.
Series History
Sunday's game marks the 18th all-time meeting between Little Rock and Louisiana with the Ragin' Cajuns holding an 11-5-1 edge in the all-time series. The Trojans had the upper hand in the last meeting between the two schools, earning a 1-0 win in Lafayette in 2016, following a 1-1 tie in Little Rock in 2015. Head coach
Adrian Blewitt is 1-2-1 against the Ragin' Cajuns during his tenure with the Trojans.
Greulich Earns Sun Belt Weekly Honors
Sophomore
Doro Greulich picked up her first Sun Belt Conference accolade earlier this week, being named the conference's Offensive Player of the Week. Gruelich registered a hat trick at Murray State last Friday, including scoring a pair of goals within a four minute span in the second half to tie the game at 1-1 against the Racers. Gruelich leads the Trojans with five goals and 11 points on the season, ranking second in the Sun Belt Conference in both categories.
Blewitt Aiming For 40
Head coach
Adrian Blewitt's impact on the Little Rock program has already etched him among the Trojan record book. In his fifth season, Blewitt is already Little Rock's all-time winningest coach with 39 wins, four better than Greg Hess' 35 from 2001-07, while his .489 winning percentage is second only to Logan Fleck's .540 tally from 1987-88. Blewitt, who boasts an overall career coaching record of 240-161-19, also ranks second in program history in conference victories, tallying 12 in his first four seasons in Little Rock.
Looking Ahead
Following Sunday's tilt against Louisiana, Little Rock will make the short trip to Jonesboro to resume its rivalry with Arkansas State, facing the Red Wolves at 4 p.m. Friday, September 22. The Trojans will then return to Little Rock to begin a three-game home stand, giving Little Rock five home matches in a six-game span.
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