LAFAYETTE, La. – After 110 minutes between the two teams, neither the University of South Alabama soccer team nor Louisiana was able to hit the back of the net as the sides settled for a 0-0 draw Sunday afternoon at the Ragin' Cajuns Track/Soccer Facility.
The Jags move to 6-2-2 overall and 1-0-1 in the Sun Belt Conference. The Cajuns go to 4-3-2 and 0-0-1.
GAME FACTS
- Action was limited in the first half, with just five shots total, and the only shot on goal of the period came with 33 seconds left before intermission
- USA's best chance early in the second half came when a cross rolled through the 18-yard box but junior Deanna Green was able to get a foot on it
- The Jaguars started piling on pressure in the final 10 minutes, gaining several corner kicks and a shot from graduate Chloe McGlade was saved off the line at 83:08
- Louisiana picked off a pass deep in the South Alabama defensive third, but Skyla Sykes' breakaway was stymied by senior Justice Stanford at 85:36
- McGlade went close again in the final minute, but her shot from 16 yards out went straight to Louisiana goalkeeper Mackenzie Lee
- Sykes managed to get a shot off four minutes into the first OT but it was easily saved by Stanford
- Telly Vunipola tested Stanford in the 103rd minute in the upper right corner with a shot but it was tipped over
- Sophomore Brenna McPartlan's attempt off a set piece was drilled low through a crowd, but saved by Lee at 105:37
- Stanford made another leaping save in the final minute of double overtime to deny Vunipola again
- Stanford finished the contest with four saves for her third clean sheet of the season; Lee made five stops
NOTES
- South Alabama has played in back-to-back double overtime games for the first time since September 2017
- USA has recorded two draws in a season for the first time since 2015
- The last two games vs.