ALEXANDRIA, La. – The Louisiana State University of Alexandria women's soccer closes the regular season with a pair of pivotal road matches against RV Xavier (La.) and North American University.
 
"We have two massive games on the road to finish the regular season," LSUA Head Coach Mark Hammond said. "We're looking to continue to build off the momentum of our last away trip and continue to climb the table. We know we have two battles ahead and the squad will be ready for Thursday and Saturday."
 
The Generals (8-5-2, 7-2-2 RRAC) are coming off a pair of 1-0 wins last week against Our Lady of the Lake and Texas A&M-San Antonio. Victoria Weber posted a pair of clean sheets and 11 saves on the way to earning her first RRAC Defensive Player of the Week selection.
 
RRAC TABLE UPDATE
LSUA currently sits fourth in the RRAC table. The Generals have clinched a berth to the RRAC Tournament, though their final seeding is yet to be decided.
 
With just two games left on the regular season, there are a total of six points possible remaining. The top four teams in the RRAC table will host the opening round of the RRAC Tournament.
 
Ahead of LSUA is Louisiana Christian with 28 points. If LSUA were to go 2-0-0 and LC finished 0-2-0, the Generals could move into third place. The Wildcats play at North American on Thursday, October 31, before finishing the season at RV Xavier (La.).
 
Behind the Generals are Texas A&M-Texarkana (22), the University of Houston-Victoria (21), Our Lady of the Lake (19), and tied with 13 points are Texas A&M-San Antonio and Jarvis Christian.
 
SCOUTING RV XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
The Gold Nuggets are 11-3-1 on the season with a 10-0-1 mark in RRAC play. They recorded a pair of victories last week over Huston-Tillotson and the University of Houston-Victoria. They captured a 1-0 win over UHV before taking down HTU 4-1, both games were on the road.
 
Luci Schroeder leads the Gold Nuggets with 38 points. She is second the roster with 12 goals and leads XULA with 14 assists. Samira Roper leads the Gold Nugget with 115 goals. XULA has 10 multi-goal scorers on the season. They have tallied 63 goals on 244 shots.
 
Theresa Wiesiolek has handled the majority of time in goal for XULA. She has appeared in 12 games, allowed 10 goals, and made 31 saves. Wiesiolek has recorded eight clean sheets.
 
The Generals are 1-1-0 against the Gold Nuggets all-time. They fell to XULA 1-0 at home in October of last season, before recording a 2-0 win in the RRAC Tournament in November.
 
Kick-off is scheduled for 11:00 AM on Thursday, October 31.
 
LIVE STATS
 
SCOUTING NORTH AMERICAN
The Stallions are 3-11-2 on the season and 1-9-1 in RRAC play. They have lost their last four matches but are 3-3-1 at home.
 
Genevieve Colon leads the Stallions with seven goals and two assists for 16 points. Maria Alejan Acosta has recorded six goals for 12 points. They are the only two North American players to record more than one goal on the season. The Stallions have scored 19 goals on the year and are averaging 1.19 goals per game. Ava Wilson has handled all 16 games in goal for the Stallions. She has made 86 saves and allowed 62 goals. The Stallions have posted a goals against average of 3.88.
 
The Generals are 1-0-0 against the Stallions all-time. They recorded a 2-0 win in October of last year.
 
Kick-off is scheduled for 5:00 PM on Saturday, November 2.
 
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FAN INFO
Admission to XULA soccer matches at Lafreniere Park is free. The venue is located at 3000 Downs Blvd., Metairie, LA 10003.
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