The LSU soccer team extended its unbeaten streak to seven games this weekend with wins over Mississippi State and Ole Miss.
The Tigers (7-3-1, 2-0-0 Southeastern Conference) defeated the Bulldogs, 5-1, on Friday and the Rebels, 3-2, on Sunday.
Senior midfielder Taryne Boudreau scored four goals over the weekend, netting two in each contest, including the game-winner against Ole Miss.
“It was late [in the game], and I knew that one of us had to step up and score for the team,” Boudreau said. “I got the ball, and I felt the defender turn, and I just took a shot. I knew it was going in right when it left my through.”
Lee also praised his team’s second half performance Sunday.
“Sundays in the SEC are really hard,” Lee said. “I thought we played great in the second half. The character the team showed was really championship-type character.”
Ole Miss struck first when Rebels senior Dylan Jordan kicked in a loose ball in front of the net with only one second to play in the first half.
“It was a big disappointment,” Lee said. “We could have been a little more composed to get through the end of the half.”
LSU responded immediately in the second half, with Boudreau tying the game less than four minutes into the second half, with assists from senior midfielder Natalie Martineau and junior forward Carlie Banks.
LSU went up 2-1 five minutes later when senior midfielder Allysha Chapman sped down the left side of the field past the Rebel defenders and scored on a strike into the upper-left corner of the net. The goal was the first of Chapman’s LSU career.
Ole Miss didn’t give up, and the Rebels scored the tying goal with 10 minutes to play. Rebels’ senior midfielder Jenna Strother put the ball past LSU senior goalkeeper Mo Isom to tie the game 2-2.
But the Lady Tigers rebounded and took the lead with less than five minutes remaining in the game. Boudreau drilled in the go-ahead goal, her second of the match and her seventh of the season.
 
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