Louisiana Christian University Athletics

 
PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Christian University women's soccer program had gone 0-for-22 against teams with either a number or a (RV) next to their name until Thursday evening when clutch defense, superb goalkeeper play, and a pair of Monnet specials grounded the high-scoring (RV) Texarkana Eagles during a 2-0 shutout.
 
TAMUT came into the match averaging 5.30 goals per game, the fifth-highest rate throughout the NAIA, but have now gone scoreless in back-to-back outings opposite (RV) Xavier (Louisiana) and LCU.
 
Overall, the ladies are now 1-22 (4.3%) in those situations and improved to 1-7 (12.5%) at the NAIA level.
 
The Basics: 
 

• Score
  • Louisiana Christian – 2
  • (RV) Texas A&M-Texarkana – 0

 
 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (6-3-2, 5-0-1 Red River)
  • (RV) Texas A&M-Texarkana (9-2, 5-2 Red River)

 

• Location
  • Pineville, Louisiana – Wildcat Field

  

• Series History
  • Eagles Lead 3-2 (40%)

 

• Winning Streak
  • Wildcats (W1) | Wildcats' Last Win: October 5, 2023 (2-0)

 
Wildcats Top Performers: 
 

• Emma Monnet parked a pair of shots into the back of the net, her tenth career multi-goal performance as well as her tenth game-winner on top of the match's only scores while placing all three of her attempts on-goal. She sits one point shy of the century mark with 99, courtesy of 41 goals in addition to 17 assists.

 

• Zoi Arkirvaki served up the assist on the go-ahead goal just five seconds into the 28th minute in addition to two shots.

 

• Maria Alonso logged the second assist of the evening and the only shot-on-goal to come from someone other than #12.

 

• Jaycee Woods is on a run of perfection that is borderline unprecedented at LCU, having not allowed a single goal in her past four contests, having been over 400 minutes since she's let one slip past her grasp back on September 26 when Southwest (New Mexico) scored in the 57th minute. It was her best outing of the year, saving six balls and facing a dozen shots for her 13th career shutout.

 

• Elisa Lopez and Maryane Mafra each sent a shot towards the Texarkana keeper, Ivana Robinson, but neither found its way between the pipes.

 
Record Book Watch:
 
Career 
 

• Woods lowered her second-best goals against average by four points down to 1.21 and raised her save percentage to 74.2%, tying her with Jennifer Pridemore for the third-highest.

 

• Alonso moved into third place alone on the career assists leaderboard by contributing the tenth helper of her tenure and joined Valeria Barriga Casallas on the eighth rung of the points ladder at 28.

 
Team 
 

• The Wildcats' current seven-match unbeaten streak is the second-longest ever, tied with last year's squad, their win/tie total of seven is the fourth-most, and their five-game winning string is the third-best.

 

• In the 11th match of 2024, the ladies have already secured 23 assists (third), six shutouts (second), 183 shots (fifth), and 36 corner kicks (tenth).

 
Season 
 

• Monnet's four points against the Eagles gives her 18 for the campaign, ninth-best all-time, her two goals put the tally at eight which is good enough for sixth, her match-winning score is her third of the year (third-best for a single-season), and her three SOGs put her tally at 22 (eighth-highest).

 

• Alonso put together her seventh assist of the season, fourth-most for a campaign in the LCU records.

 
Next:
  

• The gauntlet keeps throwing high-profile matchups at the ladies and they will try to keep delivering dubs as the Pilots cruise down the Red River and into Pineville for a 1 p.m. Saturday showdown.

 

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