Friday, October 10
Baton Rouge, La.
7:00 PM
Texas A&M
at
LSU
Photo by: Bailee Wagner/Texas A&M Athletics
Aggies Battle Bayou Bengals Friday in Baton Rouge
Oct 09, 2025 | Soccer
BATON ROUGE – The Texas A&M soccer team remains on the road for Friday's match against the LSU Tigers. First kick against the Bayou Bengals is 7 p.m. at LSU Soccer Stadium.
Texas A&M (4-5-4, 1-4-1 SEC) is unbeaten in its last two matches with a 1-0 victory over Texas and a 0-0 draw at Oklahoma. The Aggies' defense held the Longhorns and Sooners to just five shots-on-goal combined. Maysen Veronda earned both shutouts in goal.
Trinity Buchanan leads the Aggies with four goals, and she has added two assists for a total of 10 points. Leah Diaz also has 10 points with three goals and four assists. Kaylee Noble has nine points on three goals and three assists.
Bella Yakel has played all 1,170 minutes to lead the Aggies. The center back entered the campaign as the most seasoned Texas A&M player, having accumulated 4,132 minutes during her three seasons at Portland. The senior defender has 70 Division I camps on her résumé, including 62 starts. She earned a spot on the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week for her efforts last against Texas and Oklahoma.
Freshman Riley Crooks is not far behind, starting all 13 matches on the A&M backline. The Huntington Beach, California, native ranks second on the squad with 1,145 minutes played and she has logged one assist.
The Aggies own a 12-0-4 edge in a series bookended by ties. The initial meeting came at the NCAA Tournament second round in 2009. The teams played to a 1-1 draw with the Maroon & White advancing on penalty kicks, 4-2. The Aggies won the next 12 meetings by a combined tally of 29-5. The teams have played to draws each of the last three seasons, including 2-2 at Ellis Field in both 2022 and 2024 and 0-0 at LSU in 2023.
In their 2024 meeting at Ellis Field, the match was scoreless through 53 minutes before a flurry of goals, including LSU benefiting from a penalty kick opportunity. The Aggies outshot the Tigers 24-9, including 15-4 in the second half. They also owned a 9-3 advantage in shots-on-goal, but LSU netminder Audur Scheving made seven saves. In a match saturated with roughhousing, LSU escaped a booking despite a 16-11 edge in fouls.
LSU is 7-5-2 on the season with a 2-2-2 mark in league action. In non-conference play, the Tigers ripped off victories against South Alabama (2-0), FGCU (6-1), Wisconsin (1-0), UC Davis (3-2) and Utah (2-0). They dropped matches against Wake Forest (1-0), UCF (2-1) and Utah Valley (3-2). In SEC play, LSU dispatched of the other Tigers with wins against Auburn (3-1) and Missouri (1-0). The Bayou Bengals have draws against Vanderbilt (0-0) and Georgia (1-1). The league losses came at the hands of Alabama (2-1) and Tennessee (2-1).
The Tigers have three players with double digits in the points column, led by Ava Galligan with 12 points on six goals. Ida Hermannsdottir (4 goals, 2 assists) and Sariyah Bailey (3 goals and 4 assists) each have 10 points.
The match streams on SEC Network+. Aggie fans can also listen worldwide on the 12th Man Mobile app with David Ellis (play-by-play) and Thomas Dick (analyst) on the call.
Texas A&M (4-5-4, 1-4-1 SEC) is unbeaten in its last two matches with a 1-0 victory over Texas and a 0-0 draw at Oklahoma. The Aggies' defense held the Longhorns and Sooners to just five shots-on-goal combined. Maysen Veronda earned both shutouts in goal.
Trinity Buchanan leads the Aggies with four goals, and she has added two assists for a total of 10 points. Leah Diaz also has 10 points with three goals and four assists. Kaylee Noble has nine points on three goals and three assists.
Bella Yakel has played all 1,170 minutes to lead the Aggies. The center back entered the campaign as the most seasoned Texas A&M player, having accumulated 4,132 minutes during her three seasons at Portland. The senior defender has 70 Division I camps on her résumé, including 62 starts. She earned a spot on the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week for her efforts last against Texas and Oklahoma.
Freshman Riley Crooks is not far behind, starting all 13 matches on the A&M backline. The Huntington Beach, California, native ranks second on the squad with 1,145 minutes played and she has logged one assist.
The Aggies own a 12-0-4 edge in a series bookended by ties. The initial meeting came at the NCAA Tournament second round in 2009. The teams played to a 1-1 draw with the Maroon & White advancing on penalty kicks, 4-2. The Aggies won the next 12 meetings by a combined tally of 29-5. The teams have played to draws each of the last three seasons, including 2-2 at Ellis Field in both 2022 and 2024 and 0-0 at LSU in 2023.
In their 2024 meeting at Ellis Field, the match was scoreless through 53 minutes before a flurry of goals, including LSU benefiting from a penalty kick opportunity. The Aggies outshot the Tigers 24-9, including 15-4 in the second half. They also owned a 9-3 advantage in shots-on-goal, but LSU netminder Audur Scheving made seven saves. In a match saturated with roughhousing, LSU escaped a booking despite a 16-11 edge in fouls.
LSU is 7-5-2 on the season with a 2-2-2 mark in league action. In non-conference play, the Tigers ripped off victories against South Alabama (2-0), FGCU (6-1), Wisconsin (1-0), UC Davis (3-2) and Utah (2-0). They dropped matches against Wake Forest (1-0), UCF (2-1) and Utah Valley (3-2). In SEC play, LSU dispatched of the other Tigers with wins against Auburn (3-1) and Missouri (1-0). The Bayou Bengals have draws against Vanderbilt (0-0) and Georgia (1-1). The league losses came at the hands of Alabama (2-1) and Tennessee (2-1).
The Tigers have three players with double digits in the points column, led by Ava Galligan with 12 points on six goals. Ida Hermannsdottir (4 goals, 2 assists) and Sariyah Bailey (3 goals and 4 assists) each have 10 points.
The match streams on SEC Network+. Aggie fans can also listen worldwide on the 12th Man Mobile app with David Ellis (play-by-play) and Thomas Dick (analyst) on the call.
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