LSU Tigers women's soccer


The LSU Tigers 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 and the Southeastern Conference. The Tigers play their home games at the LSU Soccer Stadium on the university's Baton Rouge, Louisiana campus.

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 at LSU from 1995 to 1996. The second coach in LSU soccer history was Gregg Boggs who coached the Tigers from 1997 to 1999. He had a record of 12–44–3. In 2000, George Fotopoulos was hired as head coach of the LSU soccer team and amassed a record of 52–39–8 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 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 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.

Year-by-year results

YearHead CoachOverall
Record		Conference
Record		StandingDivisionPostseason
1995Miriam Hickey11–9–15–32ndWest
1996Miriam Hickey11–82–65thWest
1997Gregg Boggs0–180–86thWest
1998Gregg Boggs8–11–23–52ndWest
1999Gregg Boggs4–15–12–76thWest
2000George Fotopoulos15–65–42ndWest
2001George Fotopoulos7–8–31–6–26thWest
2002George Fotopoulos12–5–32–3–33rdWest
2003George Fotopoulos10–9–12–76thWest
2004George Fotopoulos and Danielle Fotopoulos8–11–12–8–16thWest
2005Brian Lee8–10–23–7–13rdWest
2006Brian Lee9–8–34–4–33rdWest
2007Brian Lee12–5–75–2–41stWestNCAA Tournament 2nd Round
2008Brian Lee14–4–27–3–11stWestNCAA Tournament 1st Round
2009Brian Lee15–4–58–2–11stWestNCAA Tournament 2nd Round
2010Brian Lee8–8–54–4–32ndWest
2011Brian Lee13–8–18–31stWestNCAA Tournament 1st Round
2012Brian Lee9–8–45–6–24thWest
2013Brian Lee9–9–25–5–17th
2014Brian Lee5–13–21–9–113th
2015Brian Lee13–6–45–4–27thNCAA Tournament 1st Round
2016Brian Lee7–11–12–8–112th
2017Brian Lee8–7–31–6–313th
2018Brian Lee13–7–45–4–17thNCAA Tournament 2nd Round
Total229–208–5787–124–30

Prominent players

All-Americans

National Soccer Coaches Association of America
PlayerYear-Team
Malorie Rutledge2008–3rd Team, 2009–3rd Team

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.

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 and includes multi-purpose flat surface platform, bench, incline, squat and Olympic lifting stations along with dumbbell bench stations. 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.

Current roster

as of 2018

Head coaches

Footnotes