RUSTON, La. – Trailing by two goals with less than 20 minutes to play, the ULM soccer team rallied with a pair of goals to force a 3-3 draw against Louisiana Tech Thursday night at Robert Mack Caruthers Field.
 
Louisiana Tech led 3-1 at halftime and the lead carried to the 72nd minute. Janet Stopka was able to find space on the right side of the box off a pass from Inge Konst and fired a shot with her right foot to the back left of the net to bring the Warhawks within a goal, 3-2. Stopka's 17th career goal moved her into a tie for third place on ULM's all-time goals list.
 
ULM tied the match up 13 minutes later, as senior Lucia Lobato knocked home a pass from freshman Libby Holmes to level the match at 3 in the 85th minute.
 
Seconds later, Louisiana Tech's Sophie Fijneman hit the crossbar with a shot attempt, which deflected out of play.
 
ULM had another chance to steal the win. In the 87th minute, a through ball from Konst found Stopka on the right side of the box again. This time, Stopka's hard line-drive shot with her right foot ricocheted off the right post and out of bounds.
 
The Warhawks took the lead quickly in the first half before falling behind. Inge Konst found the back of the net in the second minute off a pass from Holmes to put ULM up 1-0 91 seconds into the match.
 
Louisiana Tech equalized in the 13th minute as Emma Jones scored off an assist by Avery Kyle to make it 1-1.
 
The Bulldogs took the lead and expanded on it within a span of 27 seconds. First, Flavie Dube scored off of Kalli Matlock's assist at the 16:24 mark for the 2-1 lead. Moments later, LA Tech's Lauren Egbuloniu had a shot stopped by ULM senior goalkeeper Alexa Castro, but the rebound came out to the top of the box, where Jones fired the ball into the right side of the goal for the 3-1 lead at the 16:51 mark.
 
ULM outshot LA Tech, 17-12. The Warhawks had 11 shots on goal to 10 for the Bulldogs. ULM also had six corner kicks to two for LA Tech.
 
Konst tallied three points for ULM in the draw and had three shots, including one on goal. Holmes had a pair of assists for her first two career points while adding three shots and putting two on net. Junior Mara Grutkamp attempted four shots, all on goal, for ULM.
 
Jones scored twice on her three shot attempts to lead LA Tech.
 
Castro played the first half in goal for ULM, allowing all three goals while making five saves. Junior Mickaela Leal played the second half and did not allow a goal with two saves. Laerke Holst played all 90 minutes in goal for the Bulldogs, allowing three goals and making eight saves.
 
ULM is off until 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, when the Warhawks play the home opener against Texas A&M-Commerce at Brown Stadium.