MATCH #5
WHO: ODU (3-1-0) vs. LSU (2-1-0)
WHEN: Sept. 1 – 7 p.m.
WHERE: ODU Soccer Stadium
SERIES RECORD: first meeting
STREAM: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: here
NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion women’s soccer team will return to the home pitch on Sunday, Sept. 1 with a first-ever meeting against the LSU Tigers at the ODU Soccer Stadium on Battle of the Roar night.
The game will have live stats and be streamed on ESPN+.
ODU comes into the match after a 2-0 win on August 25 against UNC Wilmington. Gry Boe Thrysoe scored the first goal for the Monarchs on a rocket of a free kick from 30+ yards out that found the upper left corner of the net with 6:40 left in the first half.
The second half saw the Monarchs keep the pressure on the Seahawks as Riley Mullen forced a turnover just at the 18-yard box and ripped a screamer into the back of the net as ODU took a 2-0 lead with just under 21 minutes remaining.
Emily Bredek and Erin Jones combined on the clean sheet as the Monarchs outshot UNCW 18-3.
LSU has faced South Alabama (W, 3-0), Arizona State (L 5-2) and defeated UMass-Lowell (3-0) on Thursday night. Angelina Thoreson scored in the 19th minute for the Tigers, while Amy Smith scored in the 55th minute and Andrea Iljkic wrapped up the scoring in the 82nd minute.
ABOUT ODU
ODU’s season-opening win over VCU was its first against the Rams in Norfolk since 2008.
Following the win at W&M, Emily Bredek was named Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week. She had nine saves in the two ODU wins against W&M and UNCW. The nine saves against W&M were a career high for her and the clean sheet was her first of the season and 15th of her career.
Bredek and Ashlynn Kulha were named to the preseason All-Sun Belt Conference team, while the Monarchs were picked to finish first by the league coaches. Click here for that release.
Through four matches, Rhea Kijowski, Brooke Edwards, Andrea Balcazar Algarin, Yuliia Khrystiuk, Thrysoe and Mullen have scored goals for the Monarchs while Laura Klebek, Algarin and Kijowski have assists. Kijowski has taken 13 shots and eight on goal to lead the team.
In goal, Bredek has recorded 14 saves in three games with a save percentage of .824 and a goals against average of 0.78.
ABOUT LSU
LSU had five players picked on the SEC preseason watchlist: Mollie Baker, Jazmin Ferguson, Ida Hermannsdóttir, Ava Galligan and Sydney Cheesman.
In the SEC preseason coaches poll, LSU was picked 10th out of 16 teams.
Hermannsdóttir and Ferguson lead the Tigers with two goals apiece through three matches. Cheeseman has four assists to pace LSU in the early part of the season. Audur Scheving recorded her second clean sheet of the season with the win over UMass-Lowell.
NEXT UP
The Monarchs will continue their homestand on Thursday, Sept. 5 when they host George Mason at 6 p.m.