Soccer:Bedre, Mathurin Named To All-SBC Women’s Soccer Team
Team leader in scoring, stellar defender earn spots on 22-member squad
Matt Sullivan | Associate Director of Athletics Communications
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NEW ORLEANS – The duo of Karleen Bedre and Ruthny Mathurin each earned postseason honors for the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Women’s Soccer team as they were part of the 2021 All-Sun Belt Conference team released by the league office on Thursday.
The 22-member squad was nominated by the league’s women’s soccer sports information directors and selected by the league’s 11 head coaches.
Bedre, a junior from Norco, Calif., was a second-team selection at midfielder after finishing the regular season as Louisiana’s team leader in points (15), assists (5) and game-winning goals (2). The midfielder tied for team-lead in goals scored (5) and scored seven points (2G, 3A) in SBC play.
She scored the game-winning goal and added an assist in Louisiana’s 2-1 victory over eventual SBC regular-season champion Arkansas State and added a goal in regular-season finale against ULM
Bedre added assists in SBC contests against Georgia State and Little Rock and posted a shots on-goal percentage of .588 during the regular season.
Mathurin, a second-team selection at defender, finished as the third-leading scorer (2G, 4A) for the Ragin’ Cajuns as a freshman from the defender position. The Gressier, Haiti native and member of the Haitian National Team scored both goals and dished out two of her four assists in SBC play.
Her assists in SBC play each came on corner kicks (vs. Little Rock and Texas State) while she scored goals in SBC matches against Georgia State and Georgia Southern.
Mathurin was named SBC Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 19 and finished second overall behind Bedre in assists.
Louisiana (6-10-2) will open play in the Sun Belt Conference Championships on Monday, Nov. 1, in Foley, Ala., against either Little Rock or Coastal Carolina.
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2021 Sun Belt Conference Soccer Awards
Coach of the Year: Brian Dooley, Arkansas State
Player of the Year: Gracie Wilson, South Alabama
Offensive Player of the Year: Gracie Wilson, South Alabama
Defensive Player of the Year: Hailey Cloud, Arkansas State
Goalkeeper of the Year: Megan McClure, Arkansas State
Newcomer of the Year: Sydney Ham, South Alabama
Freshman of the Year: Aliyah Williamson, Arkansas State
First-Team All-Conference
F – Sarah Sodoma, Arkansas State
F – Elis Nemtsov, Georgia Southern
F – Brooklynn Fugel, Georgia State
F – Morgan Cross, South Alabama
MF – Gracie Wilson, South Alabama
MF – Marcela Montoya, Georgia Southern
MF – Bree Barley, Georgia State
D – Hailey Cloud, Arkansas State
D – Lexie Knox, Georgia State
D – Gabrielle Gayle, South Alabama
GK – Megan McClure, Arkansas State
Second-Team All-Conference
F – Aliyah Williamson, Arkansas State
F – Megan Brouse, Coastal Carolina
F – Courtney Marten, ULM
MF – Emma Riley, Arkansas State
MF – Karleen Bedre, Louisiana
MF – Theoni Zerva, ULM
D – Mackenzie Cherry, Coastal Carolina
D – Sade Heinrichs, Georgia Southern
D – Ruthny Mathurin, Louisiana
GK – Jaidy Campos, South Alabama
GK – Lindsey LaRoche, Troy
