RUSTON, La. – Louisiana Tech women's soccer team continued their winning ways with a 2-1 win over previously unbeaten UAB at The Mack Sunday afternoon to wrap up their home regular season schedule.
LA Tech (7-7-3, 5-2-2 C-USA) got another multi-goal performance, their third of the season and second in as many matches, this time from
Lauren Egbuloniu.
The sophomore forward put Tech on the board in the 39' off assists from
Flavie Dube and
Kalli Matlock. Tech would hold the 1-0 lead into the halftime locker room.
UAB (9-3-4, 6-1-2 C-USA) evened things off Carlyn Presley's goal in the 67', but Egbuloniu's second of the match came 12 minutes later and proved to be the game-winner.
Tech snapped UAB's 10-match unbeaten streak and handed the Blazers their first loss of the 2022 conference slate. UAB had only given up two goals in C-USA play before today.
Tech has scored first in 10 of their 17 matches this season and improved to 7-3 when striking first.
The LA Tech offense has scored in six straight matches, scoring 12 goals in that span. Tech has scored multiple goals in each of the matches over their four-game win streak. The four-regular season C-USA wins matches their best mark since the 2016 season.
Tech was out shot 9-8 in the match but held a 5-4 advantage in shots on goal. Tech also earned five corners to UAB's one.
QUOTABLES
Head Coach
Steve Voltz…
"Trust the process, we've been saying it all year, and that trust has been paying off in a big way this last month. We have gone from a very uncertain future to now not only being in the tournament but playing for a top seed.
UAB is an incredibly talented side, their record speaks for itself, and we knew we would have to be great today. It is always great to play at home in front of our fans, and they made a big impact on our women today.
We know that we are not going to sneak up on anyone now, the expectations are changing, and it will be up to our staff to manage those expectations. We will enjoy this one for 24 hours, we deserve that, especially with what we have faced, but then it will be time to continue moving forward."
NOTABLES
• LA Tech leads the all-time series 5-4-0 and Tech improves to 3-2-0 in matches played in Ruston.
• Tech has now won or tied seven of their last nine matches.
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Lauren Egbuloniu scored her first and second goals of the season, she has five for her career.
• This is the second multi-goal game of Egbuloniu's career, the last was against ETBU in 2021.
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Flavie Dube and
Kalli Matlock picked up their third assists of the season.
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Emma Jones got her first assist of the season.
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Sophie Fijneman played the full 90 minutes again, the 15th time in 17 matches this season. She has played all but 33 minutes this season.
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Laura Ogando,
Josie Studer, and
Kalli Matlock also played the full 90. Ogando's 13th time of the season (eighth in a row), Studer's eighth time in ten matches; it was Matlock's second time this season.
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Laura Ogando made her 50th career appearance.
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Emma Jones played in her 40th career match.
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Laura Ogando and
Lauren Egbuloniu were booked with yellow cards.
UP NEXT
LA Tech will head to Denton, Texas to face off against North Texas for the 2022 regular-season finale, Saturday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. The game can be seen on ESPN+.
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