Lamar Lady Cardinals soccer

Lamar Lady Cardinals soccer
Lamar Lady Cardinals soccer
Founded	2007
University	Lamar University
Athletic director	Marco Born
Head coach	Steve Holeman (6th season)
Conference	WAC
Location	Beaumont, TX
Stadium	Lamar Soccer Complex ; (Capacity: 500)
Nickname	Lady Cardinals
Colors	Red and white;
NCAA Tournament appearances
	2017, 2019
Conference Tournament championships
	2017, 2019
Conference Regular Season championships
	2017, 2019

The Lamar Lady Cardinals soccer team represents Lamar University in NCAA Division I college soccer. The team, currently led by head coach Steve Holeman, competes in the Western Athletic Conference. The Lady Cardinals team played its home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium for the first two seasons, and began playing home games at the Lamar Soccer Complex located on the university's campus starting with the 2009 season.

History[]

Lamar University first sponsored soccer in 2007. The team has had four head coaches since its beginning. Steve Holeman, the current head coach, 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]

Soccer Complex Pictures

Lamar Soccer Complex grandstands
Soccer and Softball Complex Building

Current roster[]

as of 2018

Players[]

Source:^[5]

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	DF	USA	Sophia Manibo
4	DF	ESP	Marina Mielgo
5	DF	USA	Meg Sheppard
7	FW	USA	Abby Gemza
8	MF	ENG	Hollie Massey
9	FW	USA	Isela Ramirez
10	MF	USA	Makenzie Harvey
12	DF	USA	Juana Plata


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	USA	Anessa Byerman
16	DF	USA	Sarah Zimmer
17	MF	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	USA	Grace Richard
28	FW	USA	Carina Leal

Coaching Staff[]

Source:^[5]

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Marco Born
Head Coach	Steve Holeman
Assistant Coach	Nathan Stockie
Assistant Coach	Hannah Smith
Assistant Strength & Conditioning	Jacob Economou

NCAA Year-by-year results[]

Source:^[6]^[7]^[8]

Season	Conference	Coach	Overall				Conference				Notes
Season	Conference	Coach	Games	Win	Loss	Tie	Games	Win	Loss	Tie	Notes
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 tournament champions, regular season 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 tournament champions, regular season 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

Team Overall			285	119	145	21	152	71	66	15

(Results reflect games through Nov 5, 2021.)

Post season appearances[]

Lamar Cardinals in the NCAA Tournament[]

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)
TOTALS	0–2^[9]	.000	2 NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances

Conference Tournaments[]

Sources:^[10]

Southland Conference Tournament Results
Year	Conference	Record	%	Notes
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
	Southland	0–1	.000	First round
Total		8–5	.615	7 Appearances

Awards and honors[]

Sources:^[11]^[12]^[13]

All American[]

Esther Okoronkwo 2020 (3rd)

All Region[]

Lucy Ashworth 2017 (3rd), 2019 (1st)
Madison Ledet 2020 (2nd)
Sophia Manibo 2020 (2nd)
Esther Okoronkwo 2019 (1st), 2020 (1st)
Kelso Peskin 2018 (3rd)
Juana Plata 2019 (3rd)

Southland Conference[]

All Conference First Team[]

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

Player of the Year[]

Lucy Ashworth 2019
Esther Okoronkwo 2020

Newcomer of the Year[]

Kelso Peskin 2017
Esther Okoronkwo 2019

Forward of the Year[]

Lucy Ashworth 2019
Esther Okoronkwo 2020

Midfielder of the Year[]

Juliana Ocampo 2018
Madison Ledet 2020

Coach of the Year[]

Steve Holeman 2017, 2019

Yearly attendance[]

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

Season	Average	High
Soccer Complex Attendance
2018^[7]	333	588
2017^[7]	299	695
2016^[7]	250	433
2015^[7]	326	602
2014^[7]	237	323
2013^[7]	321	493
2012^[7]	261	362
2011^[7]	353	527
2010^[7]	400	562
2009^[7]	321	513
Cardinal Stadium Attendance
2008^[7]	310	421
2007^[7]	260	335

The attendance record of 695 was set vs McNeese State on October 27, 2017.

References[]

^ "2017 Quick Facts" (PDF). Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
^ LU Visual Standards (PDF). Retrieved April 22, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Aggies advance to second round of NCAA tournament". SEC Network. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Cards' Spectacular Season Comes to an End". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "2021 Women's Soccer Roster". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
^ "2017 Soccer Information Guide". Lamar University Athletics. p. 62. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics". NCAA. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
^ "Women's Soccer" (PDF). Southland Conference. March 31, 2017. pp. 6–8. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
^ "LU Falls to No. 6 Texas A&M, 1–0". Southland Conference. November 13, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
^ "Women's Soccer" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
^ "Women's Soccer" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
^ "LaRicci Voted Soccer Player of the Year; All-Conference Teams Named". Southland Conference. October 30, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
^ "CENTRAL ARKANSAS NEARLY SWEEPS SPECIAL AWARDS, ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS NAMED". Southland Conference. October 30, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2018.

External links[]

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[1] "2017 Quick Facts" (PDF). Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved May 7, 2018.

[2] LU Visual Standards (PDF). Retrieved April 22, 2017.

[NCAA1-3] "Aggies advance to second round of NCAA tournament". SEC Network. Retrieved May 8, 2018.

[NCAA2-4] "Cards' Spectacular Season Comes to an End". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved November 15, 2019.

[roster-5] "2021 Women's Soccer Roster". Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved November 5, 2021.

[6] "2017 Soccer Information Guide". Lamar University Athletics. p. 62. Retrieved May 8, 2018.

[NCAA_Stats-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "Archived Team-By-Team Final Statistics". NCAA. Retrieved May 8, 2018.

[8] "Women's Soccer" (PDF). Southland Conference. March 31, 2017. pp. 6–8. Retrieved May 8, 2018.

[9] "LU Falls to No. 6 Texas A&M, 1–0". Southland Conference. November 13, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2018.

[10] "Women's Soccer" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved November 5, 2021.

[11] "Women's Soccer" (PDF). Southland Conference. Retrieved November 5, 2021.

[12] "LaRicci Voted Soccer Player of the Year; All-Conference Teams Named". Southland Conference. October 30, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2018.

[13] "CENTRAL ARKANSAS NEARLY SWEEPS SPECIAL AWARDS, ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS NAMED". Southland Conference. October 30, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2018.

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