Women's Soccer | 8/29/2022 5:12:00 PM
LORMAN, Miss. – Alcorn State Soccer welcomes Louisiana-Monroe to Jack Spinks – Marino Casem Stadium on Tuesday, Aug. 30, in a nonconference matchup rescheduled from a week prior in which inclement weather hovered over the Lorman, Mississippi area well over a week. Kickoff for the game is slated for 6 p.m.
THE GAME: Alcorn State Braves (0-2-0) vs. ULM Warhawks (2-0-0)
WHEN: Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 6 p.m. CT
WHERE: Jack Spinks – Marino Casem Stadium (Lorman, Miss.)
IN THE RANKINGS
Alcorn is not ranked in this week's United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll. ULM is not ranked in this week's United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll.
SOCIAL MEDIA
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SERIES vs. ULM
ULM leads the all-time series against Alcorn State by a 3-0 count. The two teams met last year in Monroe, Louisiana, with the Warhawks coming away with a 7-0 decision over the Braves. ULM also claimed a 4-0 victory against Alcorn during the COVID-rearranged 2020/21 season, in which the teams faced off in Lorman on March 27, 2021. In all, the Warhawks have scored 20 goals against the Braves throughout the three meetings, and have kept clean sheets in all contests, respectfully.
LAST TIME vs. ULM
Louisiana-Monroe forward Courtney Marten completed a hat-trick, while teammate Theoni Zerva toed home two goals, as ULM cruised to a 7-0 victory over visiting Alcorn State in Monroe, Louisiana in nonconference action played Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. Alcorn goalkeeper
Vivian Lugo amassed a game-high 13 saves on the night for the Purple and Gold.
A TRUE HOME OPENER
After playing the first two games of the 2022 campaign at Sports Force Parks on the Mississippi in Vicksburg, the Braves of Alcorn State will enjoy their first TRUE "home opening" game Tuesday evening when ULM visits The Reservation. In fact, the Braves have not enjoyed a game inside the friendly confines of Jack Spinks – Marino Casem Stadium since October 24, 2021.
LAST TIME OUT
Beatriz Kretteis' second-half goal served as the match-winner in allowing visiting Grambling State to escape Sports Force Parks on the Mississippi with a 2-1 victory over Alcorn State on Sunday, Aug. 21, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The game was played as a nonconference affair for both sides. Grambling State (2-0-0) used a corner delivery from Samantha Diaz, as the ball bounced in front of goal, allowing Tigers defender Beatriz Kretteis to pounce on it and place it into the lower-left corner past Alcorn keeper
Mikayla Shaughnessy. The goal proved to be the match-winner for the Tigers in the 67th-minute of play. Alcorn (0-2-0) equalized at 1-1 just on the stroke of halftime when sophomore midfielder
Jaidyn Matheu was able to find the back of the net for the first time this season – off an assist from freshman forward
Samara Nunn – with the Ontario, Canada native breaking away from a pack of Grambling defenders to fire a shot under keeper Madison Covey-Taylor literally with the last kick of the half.
ABOUT JACK SPINKS – MARINO CASEM STADIUM
Jack Spinks – Marino Casem Stadium is a 22,500-seat multi-purpose stadium in Lorman, Mississippi, which is the home field of the Alcorn State University Braves football team, as well as the women's soccer team. The stadium is surrounded by the campus of Alcorn State University and is adjacent to the Davey Whitney Complex. Opened in 1992, Jack Spinks – Marino Casem Stadium replaced Henderson Stadium. Its name is derived from former Alcorn State Braves football player Jack Spinks. The name was changed to the Jack Spinks – Marino Casem Memorial Stadium in 2011, after then Alcorn State President M. Christopher Brown II stated "Coach Casem helped Alcorn State University Athletics increase both in stature and in reputation to become a nationally recognized university".
ALCORN PREDICTED TO FINISH 8TH IN SWAC
Alcorn Soccer was predicted to finish eighth in the 2022 SWAC Predicted Order of Finish, released by the league office Friday, Aug. 12, from the conference headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama.
UP NEXT
The Purple and Gold are set to embark upon a four-game road swing, beginning with a pair of games in Texas, this upcoming weekend. The Braves take on Tarleton State (Sept. 2 | 6 p.m.) in Stephenville, before facing off against East Texas Baptist (Sept. 4 | 2 p.m.) in Marshall two days later.
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