Lady Techster Soccer Field

Beginning this season, the Louisiana Tech women's soccer team will have a field they can call their own.

Located across the street from their previous home, Joe Aillet Stadium on Alabama Ave., the new Lady Techster Soccer Field will feature a press box, permanent bleachers, fencing and a sound system once completed.

A scoreboard and temporary bleachers are in place in time for the home opener, while permanent bleachers, press box and fencing are scheduled to be added during the upcoming year.

The Lady Techsters' posted an 11-9-3 record over a four-year span at Joe Aillet Stadium, home to the Bulldog football team. The facility will forever be remembered as the place where the soccer program earned its inaugural victory, a 2-0 shutout of Mississippi Valley State on Aug. 28, 2005. Tech's Katy Garrison scored the first goal in the stadium on an assist by Sarah Chovanec at the 45:45 mark of the game.

Tech will have the opportunity to write their own history on their new field as they have 12 home games scheduled for the upcoming season with the inaugural match set for Aug. 21 against Lamar. Western Athletic Conference foe Idaho will travel to Ruston for the first ever league match Oct. 2.

Tech head coach Kevin Sherry said he is thrilled about the program's new pitch.

"To have a field we can call our own gives our team a great amount of joy," Sherry said. "It also gives us a sense of ownership and pride and that is very important."