No. 13/13 Vanderbilt vs LSU
Friday, September 12 • 7 p.m. • SEC Network+
Vanderbilt Soccer Complex • Nashville, Tenn.
Series History
• Vanderbilt leads the all time 13-8-3 overall, in a series that began in 1996 with a 6-0 Commodore win.
• The programs last met in Music City during 2022, resulting in the Tigers earning a 2-1 victory. Last year, the two squads tied 0-0 in Baton Rouge
• Vandy has only given up three goals to LSU under head coach Darren Ambrose
The Opponent
• LSU enters the match 5-3 overall this year, coming off a 2-0 win over Utah on Sunday
• The Tigers took down No. 21 Wisconsin in a 1-0 decision to end August
• The Tigers are 2-3 on the road this season and 3-0 at home
Scouting Report
• Ava Galligan leads the Tigers with five goals on the year off 10 shots on goals. Galligan posted a brace against Florida Gulf Coast earlier this season
• Ida Hermannsdottir has the second-most goals on the team with three and ties for team-high in assists also with three. Last year Hermannsdottir led the pack with eight goals and 16 points
• Sophie Kevorkian has earned all seven starts in goal for the Tigers, making 17 saves and registering a 4-3 record. Last season Kevorkian posted a clean sheet against the Commodores, to help secure LSU’s spot in the SEC Tournament
Last Time Out
• No. 25 Vanderbilt soccer tallied its second consecutive shutout and fourth of nonconference play on Sunday night with a 1-0 victory over Middle Tennessee at the Dean A. Hayes Track & Soccer Stadium
• Junior forward Sydney Watts netted the game-winner in the 77th minute, finishing a pass from Reagan Pentz for her team-leading fourth goal of the season
• Keeper Sara Wojdelko earned her third shutout of the season and improved to 6-1 on the year, while the Commodore defense did not allow a single shot on target
• Vandy dominated possession, owning 59 percent and held a 10–0 advantage in total shots, including five on frame. Vanderbilt also earned five corner kicks while holding Middle Tennessee (4-3-1) without a shot attempt
Player of the Week Sweep
• Vanderbilt soccer had two players tabbed for SEC honors this week highlighted by Ally Bollig, who was named offensive player for the first time of her career
• Bollig, a senior from Aiken, South Carolina, delivered one of the biggest moments of the season so far for Vanderbilt, scoring the decisive goal in a 1-0 win over No. 16 Georgetown on Thursday night. After being sidelined for three years due to injury, her first career goal came when she buried the game-winner just before halftime to give the Commodores their first top-25 victory of the season
• On the defensive end, Sara Wojdelko was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week as she anchored the Commodores’ back line in a pair of shutout victories over 16th-ranked Georgetown and at Middle Tennessee. Against the Hoyas, Wojdelko recorded nine saves in a 1-0 victory. Time and again she denied quality chances, including multiple stops in the second half that preserved the Commodores’ lead and sealed the program’s first top-25 win of the fall. She followed that performance with another shutout on the road at Middle Tennessee, playing all 90 minutes in a 1-0 victory
