OLLU Women's Soccer Opens Conference Play with Draw Against LSUS

SHREVEPORT, LA. (Sept. 22, 2022) – The Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) women's soccer team opened Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) competition with a 1-1 draw against LSU-Shreveport (LSUS) on Thursday. The Saints are now 2-2-3 overall and 0-0-1 in the RRAC. The Pilots remain undefeated at 5-0-2 overall and 0-0-1 in conference.

Head Coach Arthur Salazar commented, "Today's result is not how we had hoped to start conference play. It's dissapointing to give up a goal in the last two minutes of play and drop valuable points."

History

The Saints were 5-3 against LSUS prior to the match.

Basics

The Saints were on the brink of beginning conference play with a victory, but a late equalizer by the Pilots ended the match in a 1-1 draw. The game was scoreless in the first half and the Saints outshot LSUS by one with four total. Neither team recorded a shot on goal in the first frame and there were eight fouls called.

OLLU's offensive pressure picked up in the second half and was rewarded with a goal at the 75th minute. Kyleigh Spree-Kolos scored her team-leading fourth goal of the season with a feed from Lyndee Rheinberger to give the Saints the advantage. The Pilots responded with multiple shots and Chelsea Brown capitalized with under two minutes left to tie the match. The Saints have had three draws in seven matches this season.

Scoring overview

75' – OLLU – Kyleigh Spree-Kolos (assisted by Lyndee Rheinberger)

89' – LSUS – Chelsea Brown (assisted by Allison Clear)

Inside the box score

Leading the way for the Saints' offense was Irania Acosta with one shot on goal. Brown had two shots on goal for the Pilots.

Overall, the Saints tallied nine shots, with two on goal. LSUS recorded 10 shots with three on goal.

OLLU had one corner kick while the Pilots tallied five.

What's next

The Saints travel to face Texas A&M University-Texarkana on Sept. 24 at 1 p.m.