TULSA, Okla. – The Bulldogs carry on their road stretch and close out the month of August facing the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles on Sunday, August 31 at 1 p.m. CT at Case Soccer Complex.
Game Information
Date: Sunday, Aug. 31
Time: 1 p.m. CT
Where: Tulsa, Okla.
Opponent: Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
Venue: Case Soccer Complex
Watch: Summit League Network
Stats: LATechSports.com
Series Info
Record: First meeting
Last time: First meeting
Louisiana Tech has suffered shutouts in their previous two road matches and have not scored since the 85th minute of their 2-0 home victory over UL-Lafayette on August 21. Despite falling to No. 20 Oklahoma, 3-0, Thursday evening the Bulldogs held the Sooners to their lowest single-match goal total of the season thus far.
Alexe Drolet and Mary Helen Burford are the only two Bulldogs outside of keeper
Cadence Rutledge to play at least 400 minutes this year.
Reagan Roberts,
Madison Pensom and
Ashley Leonhart each lead the team with seven shots taken, with Roberts leading the team with five on frame.
Rutledge's 30 saves and 6.00 saves per game leads Conference USA while Roberts' five shots on goal ranks among the top 15 in with Pensom's two assists ranking as the eighth-most in the league. Rutledge is also one of six keepers in CUSA that have recorded a clean sheet this year.
Previewing the Golden Eagles
Oral Roberts enters Sunday's contest with a 3-2-0 record under head coach Austin Risenhoover. Native of Owasso, Oklahoma, Risenhoover began his fourth season at the helm of ORU's women's soccer program ahead of 2025.
In his first season as the gaffer, Risenhoover led the Golden Eagles to a 10-win campaign and advanced to the Summit League Championship match for the first time since 2016 before falling short in PKs to Omaha.
Risenhoover has led ORU to at least eight wins through each of his first three seasons, currently holding a career 30-26-12 record.
Oral Roberts is coming off their third-straight shutout victory following a 2-0 decision against Abilene Christian at a neutral site in Broken Arrow, Okla. The Golden Eagles opened the season getting shut out by Kansas State, 2-0, and Northern Colorado, 3-0, before beginning their three-match winning streak with clean sheets over Friends University and East Texas A&M.
Genesis Helsley is the only player for ORU with multiple scores this season and ties Brianna Castleberry for the most total points on the team. Castleberry is the only player with multiple assists, leading the squad with four and sitting at the second-most in the Summit League.
Eirini Manoukaraki has been the primary keeper in goal for Oral Roberts, clocking over 400 minutes thus far with three goals allowed in five starts. The freshman has etched a pair of outright shutouts with seven saves on 31 total shots faced.
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