PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Christian University women's soccer program powered through a 1-0 halftime deficit, multiple spurts of rainfall, a 14-2 corner kick disadvantage, and a very physical Saints squad to advance to the Conference Semifinals for just the second time in school history during a 3-1 home triumph Friday afternoon.
 
In a year of overcoming the odds, LCU had been 0-4 in matches where the opposition scored first and had lost both times when trailing at the break, but the ladies prevailed on the back of three unanswered second half scores.
 
The Basics:
 

• Score
  • #2 Louisiana Christian – 3
  • #7 Our Lady of the Lake – 1

 

• Records
  • #2 Louisiana Christian (13-4-2, 11-1-1 Red River)
  • #7 Our Lady of the Lake (8-7-2, 7-5-1 Red River)

 

• Location
  • Pineville, Louisiana – Wildcat Field

 

• Series History
  • Wildcats Lead 4-2-1 (64.3%)

 

• Winning Streak
  • Wildcats (W2) | Saints' Last Win: November 5, 2022 (RRAC Quarterfinals, 2-0)

 
Wildcats Top Performers: 
 

• Emma Monnet shined brightest on the biggest stage to date, scoring the first (48th minute) and third (79th minute) goals of the day while assisting Zoi Arkirvaki on the game-winner at the 55:19 benchmark for five massive points.

 
                  * Monnet's multi-score outing was the 11th of her illustrious career and third of 2024.  
 

• Arkirvaki's go-ahead goal was arguably the biggest of her collegiate tenure as it was the first of its kind in game #45 as a Wildcat.

 

• Jaycee Woods had a perfect success rate on non-penalty kick attempts, stopping all four of OLLU's normal shots while allowing a PK.

 

• Maria Alonso put together two shots, landing one of those on-goal while Allie Kyle and Tanika Rother booted one wide each.

 
Record Book Watch:
 
Career
 

• Barriga Casallas' assist was her seventh all-time, putting the Colombian seventh on the career list.

 
Team 
 

• The Orange and Blue are now winners of seven straight, tied for the second-longest in team history and the 288 shots taken are the second-most.

 
Season
 

• Monnet leapt from sixth to fourth on the single-season points ladder against the Saints alone as she is now sporting 29 for the campaign in addition to jumping a spot to fourth regarding goals at 12 and her fifth assist places her in tenth.

 
Next:
  

• For the second time in three games, the second-seeded Wildcats will tangle with the third-seeded Gold Nuggets from Xavier (Louisiana), but this time it is on a neutral site in Texarkana, Texas on Tuesday at 1 p.m. with an RRAC Championship berth on the line.

 

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