Bulldogs Suffer First Loss Of 2026 To Lions

Sunday, August 16

Ruston, La.

5 p.m.

Louisiana Tech University

0-1-1, 0-0-0

Southeastern Louisiana

1-1-0, 0-0-0

Team	1	2	Final F
Southeastern La.	1	4	5
Louisiana Tech	0	1	1

Photo by: Darrell James

Bulldogs Suffer First Loss Of 2026 To Lions

8/16/2026 8:19:00 PM | Women's Soccer

Box Score

Louisiana Tech falls to 4-4 all time against Southeastern Louisiana.

By: Drew Parsley

RUSTON – Louisiana Tech suffered a 5-1 loss to Southeastern Louisiana Sunday evening at Robert Mack Caruthers Field. The Lions held just a 1-0 lead at halftime before scoring three second-half goals to put the contest out of reach.

SLU (1-1-0) opened the scoring affair in the early moments of the 29th minute despite being held to just six attempts in the first half of play. After posting 12 first-half shots in their season opener, the 'Dogs (0-1-1) were held to just three shots in the first 45 minutes and six total shots over the course of Sunday's match.

The Lions wasted no time building a lead coming out of the break, scoring a swift pair of goals in the opening three minutes of the second half before extending to a four-score advantage in the 60th minute.

Later on in the 74th minute, Madison Pensom knocked a header in the back of the net on a cross from Reagan Roberts to cut SLU's advantage to three scores, but the Lions immediately responded less than a minute later with their fifth goal of the evening.

The Bulldogs conclude their season-opening three-match homestand on Thursday, August 20 when they host the Lamar Cardinals. First touch of the contest is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT. Live stream will be available on ESPN+ and live stats can be found at LATechSports.com/stats.

Notables

Freshman keeper Mackenzie Lorkowski made her first career start in net against the Lions, notching 11 saves
Lorkowski's 11 saves were the most in a single game by a LA Tech keeper since Cadence Rutledge registered 11 saves in the CUSA Tournament against Liberty on November 2, 2025 and the most in a home game since Sydnee Korchak saved 11 shots vs. UTSA on October 6, 2022
The four goals were the most allowed when facing SLU since 2004 (L, 0-5), as well as the worst loss suffered in series history when facing the Lions on LA Tech's home pitch
Freshman Juliette Starck took a career-high three shots (one on goal) to lead the team after both of her attempts on target in Thursday's season opener
Madison Pensom's goal was her first of the season and second of her career; Reagan Roberts' assist was the first of her career
The last time a LA Tech opponent had at least 16 shots on goal dates back to September 4, 2025 at Mississippi State (L, 0-4)
The last time a Tech opponent put at least 16 shots on goal on Tech's home pitch dates back to October 22, 2006, when Nevada put 21 of their 36 shots on target

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