South Alabama at Texas State • Sept. 19, 2019 • 7 p.m. •  Bobcat Soccer Complex (500) • San Marcos, Texas
South Alabama at Louisiana • Sept. 22, 2019 • 1 p.m. • Ragin' Cajuns Track/Soccer Facility (5,000) • Lafayette, La.

THE COACHES
South Alabama
Richard Moodie (Carson-Newman, 2006)
Record at USA: 26-16-4 (3rd year)
Overall Record: 74-55-11 (8th year)

Texas State
Kat Conner (Pacific Lutheran, 1992)
Record at TXST: 209-168-32 (20th year)
Overall Record: Same

Louisiana
Lance Key (Trinity, 2000)
Record at LA: 4-3-1 (1st year)
Overall Record: 214-24-17 (14th year)

SERIES INFORMATION
TXST: South Alabama leads 5-1-2.

Current winning streak: N/A
USA's last win in series: 2-0 (10/22/17) in San Marcos
TXST's last win in series: 1-0 (9/23/18) in Mobile
Last meeting: Texas State 1, South Alabama 1 (11/2/18)
USA's record in San Marcos: 2-0
USA's longest winning / losing streak in series: 4 / 1
Notes: South Alabama has scored two goals in each of its last three wins… The two schools met as non-conference opponents once in 1999, a 1-0 Jaguar victory… Four of the five South Alabama wins in the series have been by one goal… TXST snapped a four-game losing streak last year with a 1-0 victory in Mobile, then advanced to the Sun Belt final on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

LA: South Alabama leads 10-4-6.

Current winning streak: N/A
USA's last win in series: 2-1 (10/20/17) in Lafayette
LA's last win in series: 3-2 (10/9/16) in Mobile
Last meeting: South Alabama 1, Louisiana 1 (10/19/18)
USA's record on the road: 6-1-2
USA's longest winning / losing streak in series: 2 / 2
Notes: South Alabama's lone road defeat came in 2010… The Jaguars' 7-1 win in the 2015 Sun Belt Tournament is the program's largest postseason victory… The 4-4 tie in 2014 was USA's lone conference blemish… Louisiana's 3-2 victory in 2016 ended South Alabama's seven-match unbeaten streak (4-0-2) in the series.

THIS WEEKEND'S GAMES
South Alabama's 24 goals in 2019 matches its total from all of 2018. The 24 goals last year were the program's fewest since 2009.

The Jags rank 11th in the nation in points per game (10.33), 10th in goals per game (3.00) and 19th in assists per game (2.50).

Briana Morris still leads the conference in both goals (8) and points (17) despite going without a point last weekend. She recorded three shots in the loss at Mississippi State.

Morris is ninth in Division I in goals per game (1.00) and 18th in points per game (2.13).

Morris has recorded two goals three times this season. She had zero multi-goal games  in her first three years.

Athanasia Moraitou and Gracie Wilson are tied for second in the conference in total assists (4).

Justice Stanford recorded her first shutout of the season and 25th of her career at Southeastern Louisiana. She currently ranks fifth in Sun Belt history in career clean sheets, five away from Danielle Wiley of Denver fourth.

Brenna McPartlan is 3 for 5 from the penalty spot in her career, including 2 for 3 this season. She accounted for the game-winning goal Sunday from the spot.

USA allowed 21 goals in 2018, but just five came during league play. The team was second in the conference in goals against average in Sun Belt games at 0.57.

Since a 4-0 start, Texas State is 0-3-1 in its last 4 games, with just two goals scored.

Last season, Texas State became the first Sun Belt school to earn points off South Alabama twice in the same season since Middle Tennessee in 2012. The Bobcats won the regular-season meeting 1-0 in Mobile and advanced on penalties in the Sun Belt Tournament after a 1-1 draw.

Texas State was picked first in the Sun Belt preseason poll, boasted the preseason offensive (Kaylee Davis) and defensive (Heather Martin) players of the year, and five members of the all-Sun Belt team.

The Jags are 6-1-2 all time in Lafayette, compared to just 3-3-4 in Mobile.

MOODIE'S QUOTES ON THIS WEEKEND'S GAMES
On starting conference play: "I'm really happy with things right now. We had two really good performances last weekend. The result against Ole Miss is great but it was just an amazing performance. In the Mississippi State game, although we were unfortunate to not come out with a win there, I think we learned a lot – what we did well and what we did wrong as a coaching staff and a team. We're coming off a big win, but we understand we have to work even harder. It's not like now that we beat Ole Miss, we can beat anybody. It was a good result and performance; now we need to find a way to put all of the good things that we've done in the season and put together a complete 90-minute performance."

On the team coming out of last weekend: "We have got a group of warriors. We have girls that are fearless. Going to Mississippi State and Ole Miss is hard enough, but to do what they've done in those two games is phenomenal. The Texas State trip is a tough one for us in terms of the demands of it, so we've put them to the test the last couple of weeks and they've answered. Coach Sam (Thomsit) has done a great job with the travel and getting the girls prepared, and I don't give them enough credit. This will be our first flight of the season, plus it's a conference game, so it's the most demanding. "

On taking on Texas State: "They beat us twice last year, they're a great team and fully equipped with good players – Kaylee Davis obviously being the best – and they have some young players that are really good. They're the reigning champions and they're the ones under pressure. They're the champs and they have to defend it."

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