Soccer: Freshmen Lead Ragin’ Cajuns Past Troy In SBC Soccer, 2-0

Louisiana with second straight clean sheet; will face South Alabama on Sunday

TROY, Ala. – Goals by the freshmen tandem of Hailly Waterhouse and Tatum Beck broke open a scoreless contest in the second half and lifted the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Women’s Soccer team to a 2-0 victory over Troy in a Sun Belt Conference match on Friday at the Troy Soccer Complex.

Libby Harper stopped a pair of shots in the second half as Louisiana (4-6-0, 1-1-0 SBC) won its second consecutive match while earning its first win in Troy since a 3-2 victory on Sept. 25, 2016.

Louisiana, which held a 5-3 advantage in shots in the first half, had an opportunity to score in the 15^th minute when Karleen Bedre’s attempt was stopped by Troy goalkeeper Lindsey LaRoche. An attempt by Ruthny Mathurin in the 42^nd minute and a shot by Waterhouse early in the 45^th minute were both stopped by LaRoche, who finished with five saves overall.

Early in the 46^th minute, Bedre was stopped on an attempt from just inside the 18-yard box before Rachel Sutter’s shot was knocked away in the 59^th minute.

Louisiana finally broke through in the 67^th minute when Waterhouse, who scored her first career goal in last Sunday’s 7-0 win at Alcorn State, took a crossing pass from Izzy Wheeler and flicked a header past LaRoche for a 1-0 lead.

Troy (3-5-1, 0-2-0 SBC) missed on an equalizer in the 71^st minute when Harper stopped an attempt by Julianne Hester. The Trojans attempted three of their eight shots during the final five-plus minutes of the match, but were off-target on a pair with Harper scooping up Riley Rojahn’s attempt in the 85^th minute.

Beck sealed the contest for Louisiana early in the 85^th minute when she collected a pass from Sutter and scored past LaRoche.

Louisiana held a 12-8 advantage in shot attempts with eight shots on-goal.

Gabrielle Chartier attempted three shots for Troy with Rojahn attempting two.

Louisiana will cap off its three-match roadtrip on Sunday when it faces defending SBC champion South Alabama in a 1 p.m., match.

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