LSU Tigers women's soccer

The LSU Tigers^{[n 1]} women's soccer team represents Louisiana State University in the sport of soccer. The Tigers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Tigers play their home games at the LSU Soccer Stadium on the university's Baton Rouge, Louisiana campus.^[3]

LSU Tigers women's soccer
Founded	1995; 30 years ago (1995)
University	Louisiana State University
Head coach	Sian Hudson
Conference	SEC Western Division
Location	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Stadium	LSU Soccer Stadium (Capacity: 2,197)
Nickname	Tigers
Colors	Purple and gold[1]
Home Away
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
2007, 2009, 2018
NCAA Tournament appearances
2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2022
Conference Tournament championships
2018

History

The LSU Tigers soccer team's first season was in 1995. The Tigers' first coach was Miriam Hickey who compiled a record of 22–17–1 (.563) at LSU from 1995 to 1996. The second coach in LSU soccer history was Gregg Boggs who coached the Tigers from 1997 to 1999.^[4][5] He had a record of 12–44–3 (.229). In 2000, George Fotopoulos was hired as head coach of the LSU soccer team and amassed a record of 52–39–8 (.566) during his 5 years at LSU. During George Fotopoulos' final season in 2004, his wife Danielle Fotopoulos was hired as co-head coach of the LSU soccer team. During her only season at LSU, she along with her husband compiled a record of 8–11–1 (.425) in 2004.

In 2005, Brian Lee was named head soccer coach at LSU. He coached LSU for fourteen seasons until he left following the 2018 season. During his tenure the Tigers compiled a record of 143–100–45 (.575) and won 4 SEC West Division titles in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011. The Tigers won their first SEC Tournament in program history in 2018.

Players

Main page: Category:LSU Tigers women's soccer players

Current roster

As of 11 Oct 2024^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 00 GK  USA Sophine Kevorkian 0 GK  USA Katelyn Holt 1 GK  USA Audur Scheving 2 DF  USA Jocelyn Ollivierre 4 DF  USA Jazmin Ferguson 6 MF  USA Riley MacDonald 8 MF  USA Danielle Shannon 9 FW  USA Amy Smith 10 MF  ISL Ida Hermannsdottir 11 FW  SWE Angelina Thoreson 12 DF  USA Sydney Cheesman 14 DF  USA Annaleigh Bruser 16 DF  USA Emerson DeLuca

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  USA Caley Swierenga 18 FW  USA Kelsey Major 19 FW  USA Andrea Iljkic 20 MF  USA Ava Galligan 21 MF  USA Tori Gillis 22 MF  USA Ava Amsden 23 MF  USA Gabbi Ceballos 24 FW  USA Aurora Gaines 25 FW  USA Senai Rogers 26 DF  USA Sarah Stadler 28 MF  USA Brielyn Knowles 29 MF  USA Jaden Humbyrd 30 DF  USA Natalie Dvorakova

All-Americans

United Soccer Coaches (previously National Soccer Coaches Association of America)

Player	Year team
Malorie Rutledge	2008–3rd Team[7]
Lucy Parker	2018–3rd Team[7][8]

Year-by-year results

• East and West Divisions were removed in 2013.

Year	Head Coach	Overall Record	Conference Record	Standing	Division	Postseason
LSU Tigers (Southeastern Conference) (1995–present)
1995	Miriam Hickey	11–9–1	5–3	2nd	West
1996	Miriam Hickey	11–8	2–6	5th	West
1997	Gregg Boggs	0–18	0–8	6th	West
1998	Gregg Boggs	8–11–2	3–5	2nd	West
1999	Gregg Boggs	4–15–1	2–7	6th	West
2000	George Fotopoulos	15–6	5–4	2nd	West
2001	George Fotopoulos	7–8–3	1–6–2	6th	West
2002	George Fotopoulos	12–5–3	2–3–3	3rd	West
2003	George Fotopoulos	10–9–1	2–7	6th	West
2004	George Fotopoulos [n 2]	8–11–1	2–8–1	6th	West
2005	Brian Lee	8–10–2	3–7–1	3rd	West
2006	Brian Lee	9–8–3	4–4–3	3rd	West
2007	Brian Lee	12–5–7	5–2–4	1st	West	NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
2008	Brian Lee	14–4–2	7–3–1	1st	West	NCAA Tournament 1st Round
2009	Brian Lee	15–4–5	8–2–1	1st	West	NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
2010	Brian Lee	8–8–5	4–4–3	2nd	West
2011	Brian Lee	13–8–1	8–3	1st	West	NCAA Tournament 1st Round
2012	Brian Lee	9–8–4	5–6–2	4th	West
2013	Brian Lee	9–9–2	5–5–1	7th
2014	Brian Lee	5–13–2	1–9–1	13th
2015	Brian Lee	13–6–4	5–4–2	7th		NCAA Tournament 1st Round
2016	Brian Lee	7–11–1	2–8–1	12th
2017	Brian Lee	8–7–3	1–6–3	13th
2018	Brian Lee	13–7–4	5–4–1	7th		NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
2019	Debbie Hensley [9]	3–12–3	1–7–2	7th	West
2020 [n 3]	Sian Hudson [10]	4–7–3	0–6–2	7th	West
2021	Sian Hudson	11–8–1	4–6–0	6th	West	NCAA Tournament 1st Round
2022	Sian Hudson	10–4–7	1–2–4	5th	West	NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
Total		257–239–71	93–145–38

Notes

1. LSU uses the nickname of "Lady Tigers" only in sports that have both men's and women's teams. Since LSU only sponsors soccer for women, that team uses "Tigers" instead.^[2]
2. Along with Danielle Fotopoulos.
3. Incomplete season due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Stadium

LSU Soccer Stadium

Main article: LSU Soccer Stadium

LSU Soccer Stadium, venue of the Tigers

The "LSU Soccer Stadium" is a soccer-specific stadium facility located on the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. The stadium, built in 1996, serves as the home of the LSU Tigers soccer team. The two-level stadium has a seating capacity of 2,197.^[11]

Practice and Training facilities

LSU Indoor Practice facility

The LSU Indoor Practice Facility, built in 1991, is a climate-controlled 8,250 square feet facility. It is used when inclement weather prevents the soccer team from practicing at the LSU Soccer Stadium. It holds the 100-yd Anderson-Feazel LSU Indoor field. The playing surface is Momentum Field Turf by SportExe.

Strength and Conditioning facility

The LSU Tigers soccer team weight room is over 10,000 square feet^[12] and includes multi-purpose flat surface platform, bench, incline, squat and Olympic lifting stations along with dumbbell bench stations.^[13] It is also equipped with medicine balls, hurdles, plyometric boxes, assorted speed and agility equipment, treadmills, stationary bikes and elliptical cross trainers. The weight room features multiple high-definition TV's for multimedia presentations. It is located in the LSU Football Operations Center.

Training room

The training room located in the LSU Football Operations Center features hydrotherapy which includes hot/cold Jacuzzis and an underwater treadmill and multiple stations to treat the players.^[14]

Head coaches

Name	Tenure	Record at LSU
Miriam Hickey	1995–1996	22–17–1 Overall, 7–9 SEC
Gregg Boggs	1997–1999	12–44–3 Overall, 5–20 SEC
George Fotopoulos	2000–2004	52–39–8 Overall, 12–28–6 SEC
Danielle Fotopoulos	2004	8–11–1 Overall, 2–8–1 SEC
Brian Lee	2005–2018	143–100–45 Overall, 65–68–27 SEC

See also

• LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers

Footnotes