LSU Tigers women's soccer

LSU Tigers women's soccer
University	Louisiana State University
Conference	SEC Western Division
Location	Baton Rouge, LA
Head coach	Brian Lee (11th year)
Stadium	LSU Soccer Stadium (Capacity: 2,197)
Nickname	Tigers
Colors	Purple and Gold[1]
NCAA Tournament Appearances
2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015

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 Athletics 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, and are currently led by head coach Brian Lee.^[3]

History

The LSU Tigers soccer team's first season was in 1995. The Tigers' first coach was Miriam Hickey (1995–1996) who compiled a record of 22-17-1 (.563) at LSU. The second coach in LSU soccer history was Gregg Boggs (1997–1999). He coached the Tigers to a record of 12-44-3 (.229). In 2000, George Fotopoulos (2000–2004) was hired as head coach of the LSU soccer team and amassed a record of 52-39-8-49 (.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. The Tigers brought in a new head coach for the 1981 season.

In 2005, Brian Lee (2005–Present) was named head soccer coach at LSU. During his tenure the Tigers have compiled a record of 102-69-33 (.581) and have won 4 SEC West Division titles in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011.

National Soccer Coaches Association of America

All-Americans

Player	Year(s)-Team
Malorie Rutledge	2008–3rd Team, 2009–3rd Team

Year-by-year results

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 & Danielle Fotopoulos	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
2008	Brian Lee	14-4-2	7-3-1	1st	West	NCAA Tournament
2009	Brian Lee	15-4-5	8-2-1	1st	West	NCAA Tournament
2010	Brian Lee	8-8-5	4-4-3	2nd	West
2011	Brian Lee	13-8-1	8-3	1st	West	NCAA Tournament
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
Total		201-183-49	79-101-25

Stadium

LSU Soccer Stadium

LSU Soccer Stadium

The LSU Soccer Stadium is a soccer facility located on the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. The facility, built in 1996, serves as the home of the LSU Tigers soccer team. The two-level stadium has a seating capacity of 2,197.^[4]

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^[5] and includes multi-purpose flat surface platform, bench, incline, squat and Olympic lifting stations along with dumbbell bench stations.^[6] 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.^[7]

Head coaches

Name	Years	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–present	115-75-37Overall, 55-49-19 SEC

See also

• LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers

Footnotes

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]

References

1. "Athletics Brand Identity Guidelines for Media Usage". LSU Athletics Department. 2015-10-29. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
2. Megargee, Steve (June 26, 2015). "Tennessee set to make move to a lone 'Lady Vols' team". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved June 26, 2015. An Associated Press survey of all 65 schools from the five major conferences found that at least 28 had separate nicknames for men's and women's teams at some point in their histories. Only seven continue that practice, and in most cases they only have separate nicknames for certain women's teams. Texas Tech uses the Lady Raiders for women's teams in sports that also have men's teams: basketball, tennis, golf, track and cross country. LSU uses a similar strategy.
3. "2012 LSU Soccer Media Guide". LSUsports.net.
4. "LSU Soccer Facilities". LSUsports.net.
5. "LSU Tigers' Weight Room". ESPN The Magazine. November 14, 2012. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
6. "LSU Strength and Conditioning". lsusports.net. September 29, 2009. Retrieved 2013-08-28.
7. "2013 LSU Football Media Guide". LSUsports.net.

External links

• LSU Tigers Soccer on LSUsports.net