September is winding down, and LSU is still chasing something it hasn’t found yet in SEC play: a conference win.
That search stretches across two programs this week. LSU soccer and LSU football both enter the weekend with league losses already on the ledger, and each gets another shot at breaking through against ranked opposition.
On the soccer side, LSU (2-7-1, 0-2 SEC) heads to Norman on Thursday for a 7 p.m. CT meeting with No.
21 Oklahoma. Sian Hudson’s group is carrying a two-game losing streak into the road trip, and the Sooners present a steep early-season challenge.
This will be the seventh matchup in program history between LSU and Oklahoma, and the Sooners arrive riding a five-game winning streak.
Oklahoma’s Kayla Keefer looms as a problem for an LSU back line that has had trouble handling SEC attackers over the past two conference games. Offensively, the Tigers have put up 14 goals so far, with Ava Galligan and Sariyah Bailey leading the charge as LSU’s most dangerous pairing up top.
Then it’s over to the football field, where LSU (3-1, 0-1 SEC) hosts No. 23 Texas A&M on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. The Tigers are coming off a painful trip to Oxford, Mississippi, where Lane Kiffin’s return didn’t lack drama but did end in heartbreak for LSU.
The injury situation has only made the margin for error thinner. With Trey’Dez Green and Dashawn Spears out with torn ACLs, the Tigers are trying to steady themselves against an Aggies team led by dual-threat quarterback Marcel Reed.
That matchup has been rough on LSU’s defense before. Blake Baker’s unit has allowed 87 points over the last two games against Texas A&M, and Reed’s running ability has been a major part of that damage. Saturday also carries a notable stat line of its own: it will be the first time since 2011 that LSU has faced a Top 25 team three times in its first four games of a season.
The pressure isn’t limited to the defense, either. Quarterback Sam Leavitt has thrown at least one interception in each of his first three games as a Tiger, and LSU will need cleaner play from him against a Texas A&M defense that ranks No. 6 in the SEC.
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