Two of the top teams in the Southland Conference come to town this weekend as the Bears host Stephen F. Austin and McNeese State in their first home weekend of Southland Conference play.

Friday's match against SFA will begin at 4 p.m., with Sunday's contest against McNeese at 1 p.m.

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The Bears enter the weekend 0-1-1 in Southland play after battling Northwestern State to a scoreless tie and dropping a 2-1 decision at Sam Houston State to begin the conference season.

SFA is one of two teams, along with Sam Houston, undefeated in league play at 2-0 with consecutive 5-0 wins over Southeastern Louisiana and Oral Roberts. The Ladyjacks are 9-3 overall, with nine shutouts to their credit. Their losses have been to Texas Tech (1-0), LSU (2-1) and No. 25 Baylor (4-0), and have a league-best RPI of 78. They feature the two-time Southland Conference Player of the Year in senior Kylie Louw, who had five goals and eight assists thus far this season. McNeese is 6-5-2 overall and 1-1 in conference play following a 1-0 win over Lamar and a 3-2 loss against Southeastern Louisiana last weekend.

The Bears have struggled against both teams, going a combined 2-10-1 all-time. After beating both teams in 2006, the Bears have yet to come up with a positive result against either – having lost five straight to SFA and tallying four losses and a tie against McNeese.