LAFAYETTE – Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Women's Soccer standouts Karleen Bedre and Ruthny Mathurin each picked up their first accolades of the 2022 season when the duo was named on Monday to the Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference Team.
The duo was selected in a vote by the league's head coaches. Louisiana, which enters the first season under head coach Chris McBride, was picked to finish sixth in the SBC West Division with South Alabama (West) and newcomer Old Dominion (East) picked to win their respective divisions.
Bedre, a second-team pick as a midfielder last season, led Louisiana in six offensive categories in 2021, including points (17), goals scored (6), assists (5), shots (41), shots on goal (23) and game-winning goals (2).