Lamar Lady Cardinals soccer

Lamar Lady Cardinals soccer
Founded	2007
University	Lamar University
Athletic director	Jeff O'Malley
Head coach	Nathan Kogut (3rd season)
Conference	Southland
Location	Beaumont, Texas
Stadium	Lamar Soccer Complex (Capacity: 500[1])
Nickname	Lady Cardinals
Colors	Red and white[2]
NCAA Tournament appearances
2017, 2019, 2022, 2023
Conference Tournament championships
2017, 2019, 2022, 2023
Conference Regular Season championships
2017, 2019, 2022, 2023

The Lamar Lady Cardinals soccer team represents Lamar University in NCAA Division I college soccer. The team, currently led by head coach Nathan Kogut, competes in the Southland Conference. The team's initial season was 2007. The Lady Cardinals' home stadium is the Lamar Soccer Complex located on the university's campus. The team began playing home games there starting with the 2009 season. The Lady Cardinals home stadium for the first two seasons was Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium.

Lamar University first sponsored soccer in 2007. The team has had five head coaches since its beginning.

• P. Matthew "Mat" Dillon, the first head coach, led the Lady Cardinals in their initial season, 2007.
• Dewi Hardman served as head coach from 2008 to 2011. Under Hardman, the Lady Cardinals improved from eighth place in 2008 to a third place conference finish and second conference tournament appearance in 2011.
• Orlando Cervantes led the Lady Cardinals from 2012 to 2015. The team finished 2012 with a second-place finish in conference and runner-up in the conference tournament.
• Steve Holeman was head coach for six seasons (2016-2021). While at Lamar, Holeman completed his second season with the Lady Cardinals in 2017 with three firsts for the team. The Lady Cardinals won the Southland Conference regular season championship, the Southland Conference tournament championship, and participated in the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament for the first time in program history. The Lady Cardinals lost their first NCAA Division I tournament match 0–1 in an on goal play.^[3] In 2019, the Lady Cardinals repeated winning the Southland Conference regular season championship, the Southland Conference tournament, and participated in the NCAA tournament losing to 14th ranked UCLA 1–4.^[4] Holeman was named Southland Conference women's soccer coach of the year in 2017 and 2019.
• Nathan Kogut, was named head coach on April 20, 2022, replacing Steve Holeman who resigned in February, 2022 to become head coach for the Texas State team. Kogut was named Southland Conference coach of the year in 2022. He was named Southland Conference coach of the year again in 2023.^[5] In Kogut's first year with the Cardinals, the Lady Cardinals won the Southland Conference regular season and the 2022 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament championship. They returned to the NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament for the third time losing to LSU 1–3.^[6] In Kogut's second year with the Cardinals, the Lady Cardinals won the Southland Conference regular season, and repeated as 2023 SLC tournament champions, the first back to back tournament championship in Southland Conference women's soccer tournament history. The team earned the conference automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament losing to 5th seeded Texas Longhorns 0–2 in Austin, Texas.

Construction on the Lamar Soccer Complex began in June, 2009. The first match at the stadium was against the New Mexico State Aggies on September 25, 2009. Approximate field dimensions are 115 yards x 70 yards. The stadium has permanent bleacher seating for 500. Covered benches are available for both teams. The stadium is equipped with lighting, an electronic score board, programmable irrigation, and a fertilization system. The Lamar Soccer and Softball Complex building, approximately 10,000 sq ft in size, is located between the soccer stadium and the Lamar Softball Complex. It has locker rooms for home and visitors, training facilities, and coaches' offices for both sports. It also has ticketing and concessions. The 2014 and 2018 Southland Conference Women's Soccer Tournaments were held at the stadium.

Cardinal Stadium, now named Provost Umphrey Stadium following a major renovation, was the home field for the team's initial 2 seasons (2007 and 2008).

as of 2024

Source:^[7] as of August 2, 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK  USA Taylor Howard 1 GK  USA Maddie Rich 2 DF/FW  USA Acacia Weis 3 MF/FW  USA Mariana Cardenas 4 DF/FW  USA Annika Kassenbrock 5 DF  USA Reagan Adair 6 MF  USA Kaitlyn Niemeyer 7 MF/FW  USA Alana Clark 8 DF  USA Kaya Williams 9 FW  USA Isela Ramirez 10 MF  USA Mia Ferrell 11 FW  USA Aaliyah Pena 12 MF  USA Trinity Clark 13 MF  USA Viviana Duarte 14 DF  USA Elena Carmody 15 MF/FW  USA Payton Joost 16 DW  USA Olivia Smith 17 DF  USA Ansley Beer

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  USA Arely Alaniz 19 FW  GHA Rafiatu Alhassan 20 DF  USA Maria Poljak 21 FW  USA Taylor Conway 22 MF  USA Kacey Beer 23 FW/DF  USA Anneliese Switzer 24 DF  USA Lauryn Woodard 25 MF  USA Erin Dull 26 DF  USA Ayvah Angala 28 DF  USA Riley Wilson 30 GK  USA Jaliyah Clark 31 DF  USA Reese Carmody 32 DF/FW  USA Caragan Childs 34 DF  USA Olivia Manibo 44 FW/MF  USA Cena Carlson 88 FW  USA Ronke Abudu 99 FW  USA Kamryn Harvey

Source:^[8][9]

Position	Staff
Athletic director	Jeff O'Malley
Head coach	Nathan Kogut
Assistant coach	Kurt Albrecht
Assistant coach	Colton Bryant
Graduate Assistant Coach	Kelsey Brann

Source:^[10][11][12]

Season	Conference	Coach	Overall				Conference				Notes
			Games	Win	Loss	Tie	Games	Win	Loss	Tie
NCAA Year-by-Year Results
2007	Southland	P. Matthew "Matt" Dillon	18	0	18	0	9	0	9	0	10th
2008	Southland	Dewi Hardman	16	4	11	1	9	2	6	1	8th
2009	Southland	Dewi Hardman	18	4	13	1	9	3	6	0	8th
2010	Southland	Dewi Hardman	19	5	11	3	10	3	5	2	6th, conference tournament appearance
2011	Southland	Dewi Hardman	19	9	8	2	10	6	3	1	3rd, conference tournament appearance
		Dewi Hardman	72	22	43	7	38	14	20	4
2012	Southland	Orlando Cervantes	21	11	9	1	9	6	3	0	2nd, conference tournament runner-up
2013	Southland	Orlando Cervantes	19	7	10	2	10	3	6	1	10th
2014	Southland	Orlando Cervantes	18	5	11	2	11	3	6	2	8th
2015	Southland	Orlando Cervantes	20	8	11	1	11	4	6	1	7th
		Orlando Cervantes	78	31	41	6	41	16	21	4
2016	Southland	Steve Holeman	19	2	14	3	11	1	7	3	12th
2017	Southland	Steve Holeman	23	18	4	1	11	10	1	0	1st, SLC regular season champions, SLC tournament champions, NCAA DI tournament appearance
2018	Southland	Steve Holeman	20	12	6	2	11	7	2	2	3rd, SLC tournament semi-finals
2019	Southland	Steve Holeman	23	16	7	0	11	10	1	0	1st, SLC regular season champions, SLC tournament champions, NCAA DI tournament appearance
2020	Southland	Steve Holeman	12	8	4	0	10	7	3	0	2nd, SLC tournament first round
2021	WAC	Steve Holeman	20	10	8	2	10	6	2	2	2nd, Southwest Division, WAC Tournament semi-final match
		Steve Holeman	117	66	43	8	64	41	16	7
2022	Southland	Nathan Kogut	19	15	2	2	12	10	1	1	1st, SLC regular season champions, SLC tournament champions, NCAA DI tournament appearance
2023	Southland	Nathan Kogut	21	15	3	3	10	9	0	1	1st, SLC regular season champions, SLC tournament champions. NCAA DI tournament appearance
2024	Southland	Nathan Kogut
		Nathan Kogut	40	30	5	5	22	19	1	2
Team Overall			325	149	150	26	174	90	67	18

(Results reflect games through Nov 10, 2023.)

• The NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament started in 1982.
• The format of the tournament has changed through the years.

Year	Record	Pct	Notes
2017	0–1[3]	.000	College Station, TX Regional; Lost to #6 Texas A&M (0–1)
2019	0–1[4]	.000	Los Angeles, CA Regional; Lost to #14 UCLA (1–4)
2022	0–1[6]	.000	Baton Rouge, LA Regional; Lost to #8 LSU ( 1–3 )
2023	0–0	.000	Austin, Texas, FSU Bracket; Lost to #5 Texas ( 0–2 )
TOTALS	0–4[13]	.000	4 NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances

Sources:^[14]

Year	Conference	Record	%	Notes
Southland Conference Tournament Results
2010	Southland	0–1	.000
2011	Southland	0–1	.000
2012	Southland	1–1	.500	Tournament runner up
2017	Southland	3–0	1.000	Tournament Champions
2018	Southland	1–1	.500	Tournament semifinals
2019	Southland	3–0	1.000	Tournament Champions
2020	Southland	0–1	.000	First round
Western Athletic Conference Tournament Results
2021	WAC	1–1	.500	Semi-finals
Southland Conference Tournament Results
2022	Southland	2–0	1.000	Tournament champions
2023	Southland	1–0–1 (tie broken on penalty kicks LU 5–4)	.750	Tournament champions
Total		12–6–1	.658	10 Appearances

Sources:^{[15][16][17][18][19]}

• Esther Okoronkwo 2020 (3rd)

• Lucy Ashworth 2017 (3rd), 2019 (1st)
• Kelso Peskin 2018 (3rd)
• Juana Plata 2019 (3rd)
• Esther Okoronkwo 2019 (1st), 2020 (1st)
• Madison Ledet 2020 (2nd)
• Sophia Manibo 2020 (2nd)
• Christine Kitaru 2021 (3rd)
• Cariel Ellis 2022, 2023 (2nd)
• Hollie Massey 2023 (2nd)
• Arely Alaniz 2023 (3rd)
• Nicole Panis 2023 (3rd)

• Jordan Mulnix 2015
• Marie Lund 2017
• M. J. Ekart 2017
• Kelso Peskin 2017, 2018
• Lucy Ashworth 2017, 2019
• Juliana Ocampo 2018
• Juana Plata 2019
• Anna Loftus 2019
• Esther Okoronkwo 2019
• Madison Ledet 2020
• Arely Alaniz 2022, 2023
• Cariel Ellis 2022, 2023
• Kaisa Juvonen 2022, 2023
• Kristine Kitaru 2022
• Hollie Massey 2022, 2023
• Nicole Panis 2022, 2023
• Isela Ramirez 2022, 2023
• Alana Clark 2023

• Lucy Ashworth 2019
• Esther Okoronkwo 2020
• Hollie Massey 2023

• Kelso Peskin 2017
• Esther Okoronkwo 2019

• Arely Alaniz 2022, 2023

• Lucy Ashworth 2019
• Esther Okoronkwo 2020

• Nicole Panis 2022, 2023

• Juliana Ocampo 2018
• Madison Ledet 2020
• Alana Clark 2023

• Steve Holeman 2017, 2019
• Nathan Kogut 2022, 2023

Below is the Lady Cardinals' yearly home attendance since program inception.

Season	Average	High
Soccer Complex Attendance
2023[11]	506	636
2022[11]	438	702
2021[11]	172	263*
2020[11]	75	189*
2019[11]	245	505
2018[11]	333	588
2017[11]	299	695
2016[11]	250	433
2015[11]	326	602
2014[11]	237	323
2013[11]	321	493
2012[11]	261	362
2011[11]	353	527
2010[11]	400	562
2009[11]	321	513
Cardinal Stadium Attendance
2008[11]	310	421
2007[11]	260	335

The attendance record of 702 was set vs Incarnate Word on September 30, 2022.

• Stadium capacity limited due to COVID19 restrictions.^[20]

2021 Lamar Lady Cardinals soccer
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Division	Southwest Division
Record	10–8–2 (6–2–2 WAC)
Head coach	Steve Holeman (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Nathan Stockie (4th season) Hannah Smith (1st season)
Home stadium	Lamar Soccer Complex
Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

2021 WAC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Southwest
Stephen F. Austin  ‍†‍‍	8	–	2	–	0		.800			10	–	8	–	1		.553
Lamar  ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	2		.700			10	–	8	–	2		.550
Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍	6	–	4	–	0		.600			8	–	10	–	0		.444
Abilene Christian  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	1		.450			6	–	9	–	1		.406
Texas–Rio Grande Valley  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1		.250			6	–	12	–	2		.350
Chicago State  ‍‍‍	2	–	8	–	0		.200			2	–	14	–	1		.147
West
Grand Canyon  ‍†‍‡‍y	7	–	1	–	2		.800			16	–	4	–	2		.773
Utah Valley  ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	2		.700			13	–	7	–	2		.636
New Mexico State  ‍‍‍	5	–	5	–	0		.500			9	–	11	–	0		.450
California Baptist*  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	2		.500			6	–	8	–	3		.441
Dixie State*  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	1		.250			6	–	13	–	1		.325
Seattle  ‍‍‍	1	–	6	–	3		.250			7	–	8	–	4		.474
* ineligible for the 2021 NCAA Tournament due to transition from Division II
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 WAC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:WAC

The 2021 Lamar Lady Cardinals soccer team represented Lamar University during the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Lady Cardinals were led by head coach Steve Holeman, in his sixth season. They played home games at Lamar Soccer Complex. This was the team's 15th season playing organized women's college soccer, and their 1st playing in the Western Athletic Conference. The Lady Cardinals finished the season in second place in the WAC Southwest division, 10–8–2 overall, and 5–2–2 in divisional play. The team won its first round match against New Mexico State 1–0 in the Western Athletic Conference women's soccer tournament. The team's season ended with a loss to Grand Canyon 0–1 in the tournament semi–final round.

Note: Stadium capacity restrictions continued during the season due to COVID-19 precautions.^[21]

The Lady Cardinals finished 8–4–0 overall and 7–3–0 in 2020 Southland Conference play to finish second in the conference. Their season ended with a first round loss in the 2020 Southland Conference Women's Soccer Tournament.

2021 Roster
Source:^[22]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK  USA Vivienne Carr 1 GK  NED Nicole Panis 2 MF  USA Sabrina Lopez 3 MF/FW  USA Isabel Bassa 4 DF  ESP Marina Mielgo 5 DF  USA Meg Sheppard 7 DF  USA Abby Gemza 8 MF  ENG Hollie Massey 9 FW  USA Isela Ramirez 10 MF  USA Mackenzie Harvey

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 DF  USA Juana Plata 14 DF  USA Anessa Byerman 17 MF/FW  USA Paloma Martinez 18 FW  USA Arely Alaniz 19 FW  KEN Christine Kitaru 21 MF  ESP Laura Linares 22 MF  FIN Kaisa Juvonen 23 MF  ISL Eva Karen 24 MF/FW  USA Grace Richard 28 FW  USA Carina Leal

Source:^[8][9]

Position	Staff
Athletic director	Marco Born
Head coach	Steve Holeman
Assistant coach	Nathan Stockie
Assistant coach	Hannah Smith
Strength and conditioning Coach	Jacob Economou

Source:^[23][24][25]

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 11* 7:30 p.m.		Houston Baptist	2–0	-	Lamar Soccer Complex Beaumont, TX
August 14* 6:00 p.m.		at Rice	1–2	-	Holloway Field Houston, TX
Non-Conference Regular season
August 19* 5:00 p.m.		Grambling	W 3–1	1–0–0	Lamar Soccer Complex (136) Beaumont, TX
August 22* 7:30 p.m.		Oklahoma	L 0–4	1–1–0	Lamar Soccer Complex (161) Beaumont, TX
August 27* 7:00 p.m.		at Alabama	L 1–3	1–2–0	Alabama Soccer Stadium (528) Tuscaloosa, AL
August 29* 1:00 p.m.		Jackson State Canceled		1–2–0	JSU Soccer Field Jackson, MS
September 2* 7:00 p.m.		at Houston	L 0–3	1–3–0	Carl Lewis International Complex (157) Houston, TX
September 5* 1:00 p.m.		Alcorn State	W 9–0	2–3–0	Lamar Soccer Complex (163) Beaumont, TX
September 10* 7:30 p.m.		at UTSA	L 1–2	2–4–0	Park West Athletics Complex (478) San Antonio, TX
September 12* 11:00 a.m.		vs. Arkansas	L 0–6	2–5–0	Park West Athletics Complex (112) San Antonio, TX
September 16* 6:00 p.m.		at Louisiana College	W 2–0	3–5–0	Wildcat Field (119) Pineville, LA
Western Athletic Conference Regular season
September 24 7:00 p.m.		at Abilene Christian	T 0–0	3–5–1 (0–0–1)	Elmer Gray Stadium (233) Abilene, TX
September 26 12:00 p.m.		at Chicago State	W 3–1	4–5–1 (1–0–1)	Seatgeek Stadium (100) Bridgeview, IL
September 30 7:00 p.m.		Stephen F. Austin	L 1–2	4–6–1 (1–1–1)	Lamar Soccer Complex (165) Beaumont, TX
October 3 7:00 p.m.		Sam Houston	W 2–1	5–6–1 (2–1–1)	Lamar Soccer Complex (186) Beaumont, TX
October 9 7:00 p.m.		UTRGV	W 2–0	6–6–1 (3–1–1)	Lamar Soccer Complex (146) Beaumont, TX
October 15 7:00 p.m.		at Sam Houston	W 2–1	7–6–1 (4–1–1)	Pritchett Field (345) Huntsville, TX
October 17 1:00 p.m.		at Stephen F. Austin	L 0–1	7–7–1 (4–2–1)	SFA Soccer Field (200) Nacogdoches, TX
October 23 7:00 p.m.		at UTRGV	T 0–0	7–7–2 (4–2–2)	UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex (237) Edinburg, TX
October 28 7:00 p.m.		Chicago State	W 2–0	8–7–2 (5–2–2)	Lamar Soccer Complex (153) Beaumont, TX
October 30 1:00 p.m.		Abilene Christian	W 1–0	9–7–2 (5–2–2)	Lamar Soccer Complex (263) Beaumont, TX
Western Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
November 3 4:00 p.m.		vs. New Mexico State 1st round	W 1–0	10–7–2	Elmer Gray Stadium (31) Abilene, TX
November 5 4:00 p.m.		vs. Grand Canyon Semi-finals	L 1–2	10–8–2	Elmer Gray Stadium (118) Abilene, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

2022 Lamar Lady Cardinals soccer
SLC regular season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	15–2–2 (10–1–1 SLC)
Head coach	Nathan Kogut (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Kurt Albrecht (1st season) Colton Bryant (1st season)
Home stadium	Lamar Soccer Complex
Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 Southland Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Lamar  ‍†‍‡‍y	10	–	1	–	1		.875			15	–	2	–	2		.842
Northwestern St  ‍‍‍	8	–	2	–	2		.750			12	–	4	–	3		.711
Texas A&M-Commerce*  ‍‍‍	7	–	4	–	1		.625			9	–	9	–	2		.500
Houston Christian  ‍‍‍	6	–	5	–	1		.542			7	–	10	–	3		.425
SE Louisiana  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	3		.542			7	–	7	–	3		.500
Texas A&M-CC  ‍‍‍	5	–	6	–	1		.458			8	–	9	–	1		.472
McNeese  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	4		.417			5	–	9	–	4		.389
Incarnate Word  ‍‍‍	2	–	7	–	3		.292			3	–	10	–	3		.281
Nicholls  ‍‍‍	0	–	11	–	0		.000			2	–	15	–	1		.139
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2022 Southland Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Texas A&M–Commerce ineligible for postseason NCAA Championship play due to transition from NCAA Division II[26] As of December 6, 2022 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Southland Conference

The 2022 Lamar Lady Cardinals soccer team represents Lamar University during the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Lady Cardinals are led by head coach Nathan Kogut, in his first season. They play home games at Lamar Soccer Complex. This is the team's 16th season playing organized women's college soccer, and their 15th playing in the Southland Conference following a brief one year membership in the Western Athletic Conference in 2021–22. The Lady Cardinals won the Southland Conference regular season championship with a 10-1-1 conference record as well as the 2022 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament for the third time in program history. They received the conference auto-bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament. The Lady Cardinals' season ended with a 1–3 first round loss to the 8th seeded LSU. The Lady Cardinals overall record was 15–2–2.

The Lady Cardinals finished 10–8–2 overall and 6–2–2 in 2021 Western Athletic Conference play to finish second in the Southwest Division. Their season ended losing in the 2021 Western Athletic Conference Women's Soccer Tournament semi-finals.

The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on August 11, 2022. The Cardinals were picked to finish third in the conference.^[27]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Northwestern State	128 (16)
2	McNeese	113 (1)
3	Lamar	77
4	UIW	74
5	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	72
6	Southeastern	70
7	HCU	56
8	Texas A&M–Commerce	36
9	Nicholls	22

Source:^[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK  USA Vivienne Carr 1 GK  NED Nicole Panis 2 MF  USA Sabrina Lopez 3 MF/FW  USA Isabel Bassa 4 DF/FW  USA Annika Kassenbrock 5 DF  USA Meg Sheppard 6 MF  USA Alana Clark 7 DF  USA Abby Gemza 8 MF  ENG Hollie Massey 9 FW  USA Isela Ramirez 10 MF  ESP Laura Linares 11 FW  USA Miranda Urbizu 12 MF  USA Trinity Clark 13 MF  USA Crisely Pavon 14 FW  USA Cariel Ellis

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF/FW  USA Payton Joost 16 DF  USA Sarah Zimmer 17 MF/FW  USA Paloma Martinez 18 FW  USA Arely Alaniz 19 FW  KEN Christine Kitaru 20 DF  USA Landry Worsham 21 MF/FW  USA Dahjah Lewis 22 MF  FIN Kaisa Juvonen 23 MF  ISL Eva Karen 24 MF/FW  USA Grace Richard 25 FW  USA Kolbi Coleman 27 DF  USA Madison Rabideau 28 FW  USA Yainn Zuniga 30 GK  USA Morgan McBride 44 DF  USA Maddie Janolo

Source:^[8][9]

Position	Staff
Athletic director	Jeff O'Malley
Head coach	Nathan Kogut
Assistant coach	Kurt Albrecht
Assistant coach	Colton Bryant
Graduate Assistant Coach	Kelsey Brann

Source:^[28][29][30]

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 11* 7:30 p.m.		at Houston Baptist	–	-	Husky Field Houston, TX
Non-Conference Regular season
August 21* 7:00 p.m.		Houston	W 3–0	1–0–0	Lamar Soccer Complex (665) Beaumont, TX
August 26* 5:30 p.m.		Texas Southern Canceled		1–0–0	Lamar Soccer Complex Beaumont, TX
August 28* 1:00 p.m.		Tarleton	W 5–1	2–0–0	Lamar Soccer Complex (295) Beaumont, TX
September 1* 7:00 p.m.		Louisiana	W 4–1	3–0–0	Lamar Soccer Complex (304) Beaumont, TX
September 8* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at South Alabama	T 0–0	3–0–1	The Cage (75) Mobile, AL
Southland Conference Regular season
September 11 1:00 p.m.		Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 1–0	4–0–1 (1–0–0)	Lamar Soccer Complex (314) Beaumont, TX
September 16 7:00 p.m., DemonTV		at Northwestern State	W 2–0	5–0–1 (2–0–0)	Lady Demon Soccer Complex (200) Natchitoches, LA
September 18 1:00 p.m.		Texas A&M–Commerce	W 3–1	6–0–1 (3–0–0)	Lamar Soccer Complex (271) Beaumont, TX
September 25 1:00 p.m.		at Nicholls	W 4–0	7–0–1 (4–0–0)	Nicholls Soccer Complex (143) Thibodaux, LA
September 30 7:00 p.m.		UIW	W 2–0	8–0–1 (5–0–0)	Lamar Soccer Complex (702) Beaumont, TX
October 2 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Southeastern	W 1–0	9–0–1 (6–0–0)	Strawberry Stadium (111) Hammond, LA
October 7 7:00 p.m.		Northwestern State	L 0–2	9–1–1 (6–1–0)	Lamar Soccer Complex (574) Beaumont, TX
October 9 1:00 p.m.		McNeese	T 1–1	9–1–2 (6–1–1)	Lamar Soccer Complex (545) Beaumont, TX
October 14 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Texas A&M–Commerce	W 2–1	10–1–2 (7–1–1)	Lion Soccer Field (388) Commerce, TX
October 21 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at HCU	W 3–0	11–1–2 (8–1–1)	Husky Field (189) Houston, TX
October 23 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 2–1	12–1–2 (9–1–1)	Dr. Jack Dugan Soccer & Track Stadium (268) Corpus Christi, TX
October 28 1:00 p.m.		Nicholls	W 1–0	13–1–2 (10–1–1)	Lamar Soccer Complex (274) Beaumont, TX
SLC Tournament
November 4 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	(1)	vs. (4) Houston Christian Semifinal	W 1–0	14–1–2	Lady Demon Soccer Complex (100) Natchitoches, LA
November 6 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1)	vs. (3) Texas A&M–Commerce Final	W 4–1	15–1–2	Lady Demon Soccer Complex (130) Natchitoches, LA
NCAA Division I Tournament
November 11 5:30 pm		at (8) LSU First round	L 1–3	15–2–2	LSU Soccer Stadium (1,524) Baton Rouge, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

2023 Lamar Lady Cardinals soccer
SLC regular season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Southland Conference
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 24
Record	15–3–3 (9–0–1 SLC)
Head coach	Nathan Kogut (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Kurt Albrecht (2nd season) Colton Bryant (2nd season)
Home stadium	Lamar Soccer Complex
Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

2023 Southland Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Lamar  ‍†‍‡‍y	9	–	0	–	1		.950			15	–	3	–	3		.786
Texas A&M–Commerce*  ‍‍‍	7	–	1	–	2		.800			9	–	7	–	3		.553
McNeese  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	2		.600			9	–	8	–	4		.524
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	1		.450			6	–	10	–	3		.395
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	1		.450			7	–	8	–	4		.474
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍	4	–	5	–	1		.450			6	–	10	–	2		.389
Houston Christian  ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	0		.400			7	–	11	–	0		.389
Incarnate Word  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	1		.350			6	–	8	–	2		.438
Nicholls  ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	1		.050			1	–	17	–	1		.079
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2023 Southland Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Texas A&M–Commerce ineligible for postseason NCAA Championship play due to transition from NCAA Division II[31] As of December 5, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: Southland Conference

The 2023 Lamar Lady Cardinals soccer team represented Lamar University during the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Lady Cardinals were led by head coach Nathan Kogut, in his second season. They played home games at Lamar Soccer Complex. This was the team's 17th season playing organized women's college soccer including their 16th playing in the Southland Conference and a brief one year membership in the Western Athletic Conference in 2021–22. The Lady Cardinals clinched a tie for their fourth Southland Conference regular season championship with a win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on October 20. A tie match with Texas A&M-Commerce and Incarnate Word on October 22 gave the Lady Cardinals the outright conference regular season championship.^[32] The Lady Cardinals were ranked in the top 25 in a national poll for the first time in program history when they were ranked #24 in the Top Drawer Soccer Week 12 (October 30 to November 5) poll.^[33] The season ended with a 2023 NCAA DI tournament 0-2 loss to #5 seeded Texas.

The Lady Cardinals won the 2022 Southland Conference regular season championship with a 10-1-1 conference record as well as the 2022 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament for the third time in program history. They received the conference auto-bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament. The Lady Cardinals' season ended with a 1–3 first round loss to the 8th seeded LSU. The Lady Cardinals overall record was 15–2–2.

The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on August 11, 2023. The Cardinals were picked to finish first in the conference.^[34]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Lamar	126 (14)
2	Texas A&M–Commerce	97
3	Southeastern	84
4	Houston Christian	82 (2)
5	Northwestern State	81 (2)
6	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	68
7	McNeese	53
8	Incarnate Word	33
9	Nicholls	23

Source:^[35]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK  USA Maddie Rich 1 GK  NED Nicole Panis 2 MF  USA Sabrina Lopez 3 MF/FW  USA Mariana Cardenas 4 DF/FW  USA Annika Kassenbrock 5 DF/FW  USA Emmi Sullivan 6 MF  USA Kaitlyn Niemeyer 7 MF/FW  USA Alana Clark 8 DF  USA Kaya Williams 9 FW  USA Isela Ramirez 10 MF  ESP Laura Linares 11 FW  BRA Kauany Sousa 12 MF  USA Trinity Clark 13 MF  USA Viviana Duarte 14 FW  USA Cariel Ellis 15 MF/FW  USA Payton Joost 16 FW  USA Caragan Childs

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF/FW  USA Ayvah Angala 18 FW  USA Arely Alaniz 19 FW  KEN Rafiatu Alhassan 20 DF  USA Emmy Wood 21 FW  USA Taylor Conway 22 MF  FIN Kaisa Juvonen 23 MF  ISL Eva Karen 24 MF/FW  USA Grace Richard 25 FW  USA Kolbi Coleman 26 MF/FW  USA Addison Russu 27 DF  USA Madison Rabideau 28 DF  USA Riley Wilson 29 GK  USA Anne Marie Cabello 30 GK  ENG Hollie Massey 44 DF  USA Maddie Janolo 99 FW  USA Kamryn Harvey

Source:^[8][9]

Position	Staff
Athletic director	Jeff O'Malley
Head coach	Nathan Kogut
Assistant coach	Kurt Albrecht
Assistant coach	Colton Bryant
Graduate Assistant Coach	Kelsey Brann

Source:^{[36][37][38][39]}

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 6* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		LSU-Eunice	6–0	-	Lamar Soccer Complex Beaumont, TX
Non-Conference Regular season
August 18* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Abilene Chrisitian	L 0–1	0–1–0	Lamar Soccer Complex (636) Beaumont, TX
August 24* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Sam Houston	W 1–0	1–1–0	Pritchett Field (175) Huntsville, TX
August 27* 5:00 p.m.		at Grambling	T 0–0	1–1–1	GSU Soccer Complex (85) Grambling, LA
September 1* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		South Alabama	L 0–3	1–2–1	Lamar Soccer Complex (433) Beaumont, TX
September 3* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Tarleton State	W 3–0	2–2–1	Tarleton Soccer Complex (327) Stephenville, TX
September 7* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Southern	W 3–0	3–2–1	Lamar Soccer Complex (301) Beaumont, TX
September 10* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Louisiana	W 2–0	4–2–1	Ragin' Cajuns Soccer/Track Facility (115) Lafayette, LA
September 14* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		No. 17 Xavier	W 1–0	5–2–1	Lamar Soccer Complex (502) Beaumont, TX
Southland Conference Regular season
September 17 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Incarnate Word	W 2–0	6–2–1 (1–0–0)	Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium (126) San Antonio, TX
September 22 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Houston Christian	W 4–1	7–2–1 (2–0–0)	Lamar Soccer Complex (528) Beaumont, TX
September 29 7:00 p.m.		at Nicholls	W 5–1	8–2–1 (3–0–0)	Thibodaux Regional Sports Complex (213) Thibodaux, LA
October 1 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Southeastern Louisiana	W 1–0	9–2–1 (4–0–0)	Southeastern Soccer Complex (182) Hammond, LA
October 6 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Northwestern State	W 1–0	10–2–1 (5–0–0)	Lamar Soccer Complex (622) Beaumont, TX
October 8 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at McNeese	W 2–1	11–2–1 (6–0–0)	Cowgirl Field (193) Lake Charles, LA
October 13 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Incarnate Word	W 1–0	12–2–1 (7–0–0)	Lamar Soccer Complex (500) Beaumont, TX
October 15 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Texas A&M–Commerce	T 2–2	12–2–2 (7–0–1)	Lamar Soccer Complex (506) Beaumont, TX
October 20 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 1–0	13–2–2 (8–0–1)	Dr. Jack Dugan Family Soccer & Track Stadium (319) Corpus Christi, TX
October 27 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Southeastern Louisiana	W 4–1	14–2–2 (9–0–1)	Lamar Soccer Complex (526) Beaumont, TX
SLC Tournament
November 3 7:00 pm, ESPN+	(1) No. 24 (TDS)	vs. (4) Northwestern State Second round	T 1–1 (LU PKs 5–4)	14–2–3	Dr. Jack Dugan Family Soccer & Track Stadium (141) Corpus Christi, TX
November 5 1:00 pm, ESPN+	(1) No. 24 (TDS)	vs. (3) McNeese Championship	W 3–1	15–2–3	Dr. Jack Dugan Family Soccer & Track Stadium (177) Corpus Christi, TX
NCAA Tournament
November 10 6:00 pm, LHN	No. 24 (TDS)	at (5) No. 13 (TDS) Texas First round	L 0–2	15–3–3	Mike A. Myers Stadium (1,203) Austin, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

2024 Lamar Lady Cardinals soccer
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	2–5–2 (0–1–0 SLC)
Head coach	Nathan Kogut (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Kurt Albrecht (3rd season) Colton Bryant (3rd season)
Home stadium	Lamar Soccer Complex
Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

2024 Southland Conference women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍	7	–	2	–	0		.778			10	–	3	–	2		.733
Northwestern St  ‍‍‍	6	–	2	–	1		.722			10	–	6	–	2		.611
Texas A&M–CC  ‍‍‍	5	–	2	–	2		.667			8	–	4	–	5		.618
Texas A&M–Commerce  ‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	1		.611			6	–	9	–	3		.417
SE Louisiana  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	1		.550			6	–	8	–	2		.438
Incarnate Word  ‍‍‍	5	–	4	–	0		.556			8	–	7	–	2		.529
UT Rio Grande Valley  ‍‍‍	3	–	2	–	4		.556			7	–	5	–	5		.559
Lamar  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	3		.500			5	–	7	–	5		.441
Houston Christian  ‍‍‍	3	–	3	–	3		.500			5	–	8	–	5		.417
McNeese  ‍‍‍	0	–	8	–	1		.056			3	–	14	–	1		.194
Nicholls  ‍‍‍	0	–	9	–	0		.000			2	–	12	–	1		.167
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2024 Southland Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of October 27, 2024 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:Southland Conference

The 2024 Lamar Lady Cardinals soccer team represents Lamar University during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Lady Cardinals are led by head coach Nathan Kogut, in his third season. They play home games at Lamar Soccer Complex. This is the team's 18th season playing organized women's college soccer including their 17th playing in the Southland Conference and a brief one year membership in the Western Athletic Conference in 2021–22.

The Lady Cardinals compiled a 15-3-3 overall record winning the 2023 Southland Conference regular season championship with a 9-0-1 conference record as well as the 2023 Southland Conference women's soccer tournament for the fourth time in program history. They received the conference auto-bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament. The season ended with a 2023 NCAA DI tournament 0-2 loss to #5 seeded Texas.

The Southland Conference released their preseason poll on August 9, 2024. The Cardinals were picked to finish first in the conference.^[40]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Lamar	200 (20)
2	Texas A&M–Commerce	177 (2)
3	McNeese	147
4	Northwestern State	130
5	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	112
6	Southeastern Louisiana	105
7	Stephen F. Austin	98
8	Houston Christian	81
9	UT Rio Grande Valley	67
10	Incarnate Word	63
11	Nicholls	30

Source:^[41] as of August 2, 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK  USA Taylor Howard 1 GK  USA Maddie Rich 2 DF/FW  USA Acacia Weis 3 MF/FW  USA Mariana Cardenas 4 DF/FW  USA Annika Kassenbrock 5 DF  USA Reagan Adair 6 MF  USA Kaitlyn Niemeyer 7 MF/FW  USA Alana Clark 8 DF  USA Kaya Williams 9 FW  USA Isela Ramirez 10 MF  USA Mia Ferrell 11 FW  USA Aaliyah Pena 12 MF  USA Trinity Clark 13 MF  USA Viviana Duarte 14 DF  USA Elena Carmody 15 MF/FW  USA Payton Joost 16 DW  USA Olivia Smith 17 DF  USA Ansley Beer

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  USA Arely Alaniz 19 FW  GHA Rafiatu Alhassan 20 DF  USA Maria Poljak 21 FW  USA Taylor Conway 22 MF  USA Kacey Beer 23 FW/DF  USA Anneliese Switzer 24 DF  USA Lauryn Woodard 25 MF  USA Erin Dull 26 DF  USA Ayvah Angala 28 DF  USA Riley Wilson 30 GK  USA Jaliyah Clark 31 DF  USA Reese Carmody 32 DF/FW  USA Caragan Childs 34 DF  USA Olivia Manibo 44 FW/MF  USA Cena Carlson 88 FW  USA Ronke Abudu 99 FW  USA Kamryn Harvey

Source:^[8][9]

Position	Staff
Athletic director	Jeff O'Malley
Head coach	Nathan Kogut
Assistant coach	Kurt Albrecht
Assistant coach	Colton Bryant
Graduate Assistant Coach	Kelsey Brann

Source:^{[42][43][44][45]}

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 6* 7:00 p.m.		Blinn College	3–0	-	Lamar Soccer Complex Beaumont, TX
Non-Conference Regular season
August 15* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		#25(T) Texas A&M	L 0–5	0–1–0	Lamar Soccer Complex (994) Beaumont, TX
August 22* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Abilene Christian	T 0–0	0–1–1	Elmer Gray Stadium (264) Abilene, TX
August 25* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Denver	L 0–3	0–2–1	Lamar Socer Complex (400) Beaumont, TX
August 29* 6:05 p.m., ESPN+		at Rice	L 1–2	0–3–1	Wendel D. Ley Track and Holloway Field (444) Houston, TX
September 1* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Sam Houston	W 2–1	1–3–1	Lamar Soccer Complex (400) Beaumont, TX
September 5* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at South Alabama	L 0–2	1–4–1	The Cage (150) Mobile, AL
September 8* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Texas Southern	W 4–1	2–4–1	Lamar Soccer Complex (550) Beaumont, TX
September 12* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Louisiana	T 1–1	2–4–2	Lamar Soccer Complex (415) Beaumont, TX
Southland Conference Regular season
September 22 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Stephen F. Austin	L 0–3	2–5–2 (0–1–0)	SFA Soccer Field (387) Nacogdoches, TX
September 26 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		UT Rio Grande Valley	–	– – (– –)	Lamar Soccer Complex Beaumont, TX
September 29 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Nicholls	–	– – (– –)	Lamar Soccer Complex Beaumont, TX
October 4 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Southeastern Louisiana	–	– – (– –)	Southeastern Soccer Complex Hammond, LA
October 11 7:00 p.m.		Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	–	– – (– –)	Lamar Soccer Complex Beaumont, TX
October 13 7:00 p.m.		McNeese	–	– – (– –)	Lamar Soccer Complex Beaumont, TX
October 18 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Houston Christian	–	– – (– –)	Sorrells Field Houston, TX
October 20 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Texas A&M–Commerce	–	– – (– –)	Lion Soccer Field Commerce, TX
October 25 7:00 p.m.		at Northwestern State	–	– – (– –)	Lady Demon Soccer Complex Natchitoches, LA
November 1 7:00 p.m.		Incarnate Word	–	– – (– –)	Lamar Soccer Complex Beaumont, TX
SLC Tournament
November 5–10  ESPN+		vs. TBD	–	– –	Dr. Jack Dugan Family Soccer & Track Stadium Corpus Christi, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

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