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2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time/Result LOUISVILLE 2021 WOMEN’S LACROSSE FEBRUARY No. 15 Louisville Cardinals vs. No. 8 Duke Blue Devils Sat. 13 No. 8 FLORIDA L, 14-7 Game 12 • Thur., Apr. 8 • 7 p.m. ET • Louisville, Ky. • Cardinal Stadium Thur. 18 No. 24 COLORADO W, 12-9 LOUISVILLE DUKE Record: 5-6, 1-5 Record: 6-5, 2-5 MARCH Last Game: W, 13-9 vs. Virginia Tech Last Game: L, 17-15 at No. 4 Boston College Current Streak: W1 Current Streak: L3 Mon. 1 CINCINNATI W, 13-5 Head Coach: Scott Teeter Head Coach: Kerstin Kimel Sat. 6 at No. 8 Virginia * L, 13-12 Record at UL: 21-34 (4th year) Record at Duke: 307-166 (25th year) Career Record: 166-154 (19th year) Career Record: 311-174 (26th year) Fri. 12 at Central Michigan W, 11-8 Goals Leader: Hall (27/2.5 pg) Goals Leader: Katie Cronin (23/2.1 pg) Sun. 14 at Marquette W, 14-10 Assists Leader: C. Blalock (10/0.9 pg) Assists Leader: Gabby Rosenzweig (18/1.6 pg) Points Leader: Hall (33/3.0 pg) Points Leader: Gabby Rosenzweig (35/3.2 pg) Thur. 18 No. 1 NORTH CAROLINA * L, 19-7 Ground Balls Leader: C. Blalock (24/2.2 pg) Ground Balls Leader: Humphrey & LeRose (19/1.7 pg) Sun. 21 No. 4 NOTRE DAME * L, 15-10 Draw Controls Leader: McNicholas (29/2.6 pg) Draw Controls Leader: Maddie Jenner (104/9.5 pg) Goalie: Florek (103 saves/.452 SV%) Goalie: Sophia LeRose (58/.426 SV%) Fri. 26 at No. 5 Boston College * L, 14-13 (OT) Next Game: Fri., April 16 vs. No. 3 Syracuse Next Game: Tues., April 13 vs. Liberty Sun. 28 at No. 5 Boston College * L, 18-3 GETTING STARTED GETTING AN ACC WIN APRIL Louisville’s 13-9 win over Virginia Tech on Saturday ended a 23-game losing streak against ACC op- ponents and marked the first ACC win of Coach Teeter’s tenure. UofL’s previous ACC win was a 9-8 Sat. 3 at Virginia Tech * W, 13-9 win versus Syracuse at home on April 22, 2017. Their previous ACC road win was a 13-12 overtime Thur. 8 No. 8 DUKE * 7 p.m. win at Virginia Tech on April 1, 2017. Fri. 16 SYRACUSE * 3 p.m. STAYING IN THE TOP 25 Sun. 18 SYRACUSE * 12 p.m. The Cardinals remain in the IWLCA top-25 for the seventh straight week at No. 16. They are ranked 15th in IL Women and 18th in US Lacrosse Magazine. Sat. 24 at Notre Dame TBD <After a 12-9 victory over No. 24 Colorado on Feb. 18, the Cardinals moved into the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association Top 25 poll at No. 23, marking the first time that Louisville has been ranked in the IWLCA poll since they concluded the 2017 season at No. 20. *ACC Game RANKED VS. UNRANKED UofL is 1-6 against ranked teams and 4-0 against unranked teams this year. Over the last three sea- QUICK FACTS sons, UofL is 14-4 against unranked teams and 1-19 against ranked teams. UofL had lost 24 straight games against ranked teams until their 12-9 win over No. 24 Colorado on Feb. 18, 2021. Location Louisville, Ky. Founded / Enrollment 1798 / 22,298 “HALL” OF FAME Nickname / Colors Cardinals / Red and Black Conference Atlantic Coast Ally Hall leads the team and ranks fifth in the ACC with 27 goals. Her 2.45 goals per game rank 10th Home Field UofL Lacrosse Stadium and her 58 shots rank fourth. She did not score in the season opener against Florida, but has a 10- President Dr. Neeli Bendapudi game scoring streak since then. During that 10-game stretch, she has eight multi-goal games. The Vice President for Athletics Vince Tyra longest goal scoring streak of her career is 13 games from 2019 to 2020. Asst. AD/Student Development Matt Banker <Hall tied her career-high with five goals in the win over Virginia Tech. She had her five goals on Head Coach Scott Teeter (Canisius, ‘02) just seven shots. She also had five goals in the win over Marquette on 3/14/21. The five goals are the Assistant Coach Kaylin Morissette Director of Operations Debbie Bell most by a Louisville player this season. All-Time Record 127-102 (14th yr.) <Hall has 92 career goals and is eight shy of becoming just the 10th player in Louisville history to All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 1-4, Four Appearances reach 100 career goals. Important Phone Numbers SARAH WILL GUARD YOU Athletics Department (502) 852-5732 Senior Midfielder Sarah Blalock is one of the best lockdown defenders in the country and often is Lacrosse Office (502) 852-0100 Sports Information Office (502) 852-6581 responsible for face guarding the opposition’s best offensive threat. She limited BC’s Charlotte North SID - Nick Evans c: (502) 807-9345 to one goal in game 1 and scoreless in game 2, Marquette’s Megan Menzuber to one goal and email: [email protected] Cincinnati’s Monica Borzillo to one assist. Sports Information Office // University of Louisville // Louisville, KY 40292 // GoCards.com Phone: (502) 852-3085 // Fax: (502) 852-7401 // email: [email protected] // Twitter: @LouisvilleLAX LOUISVILLE’S STATISTICAL LEADERS 4 6 17 21 19 Ally Alex HALL Rachel Hannah Caroline FLOREK MORRIS BLALOCK MCNICHOLAS G A P GB G A P GB G A P GB G A P GB GAPG SVPG SV% W-L 21 2 23 2 20 10 30 24 8 8 16 14 27 6 33 12 11.36 9.4 .452 5-6 2021 LOUISVILLE CARDINALS WOMEN’S LACROSSE LOUISVILLE vs. DUKE | APRIL 8, 2021 ABOUT THE BLUE DEVILS Duke enters Thursday’s game with a 6-5 record and 2-5 in conference action. The Blue Devils were ranked No. 15 in GAMEDAY INFO the initial Inside Lacrosse poll this year. They concluded the shortened 2020 campaign with a 6-3 record. Katie Cronin leads Duke with 23 goals, while preseason All-ACC selection Gabby Rosenzweig has a team-high 18 assists and Date: Thursday, April 8 35 points. Maddie Jenner has registered 104 draw controls after 11 games, ranking first in both the ACC and NCAA. Time: Goalkeeper Sophia LeRose has tallied 58 saves for a .426 save percentage, and LeRose and Callie Humphrey have 7 p.m. ET both recorded 19 ground balls. Jenner, Rosenzweig, and Humphrey were all tabbed Preseason All-America by Inside Site: Louisville, Ky. | Cardinal Stadium Lacrosse. Head coach Kerstin Kimel owns a 307-166 in her 25th year at Duke. She has guided the Blue Devils to sev- Video: ACC Network (Mike Monaco, play-by-play; Rachel en NCAA semifinals, four ACC regular season titles, an ACC Championship, and 19 NCAA Tournament appearances. <Series History - Louisville looks to get its second win in program history against Duke. The Cards have a 1-6 DeCecco, analyst) all-time series record. The Cardinals are 1-2 at home and 0-3 away. Louisville’s only win over the Blue Devils was an Last Meeting: L, 11-10 (2OT) (March 10, 2019 in Louisville) 11-8 victory at UofL Lacrosse Stadium on March 11, 2017. <The Last Meeting (March. 10, 2019) - UofL forced double overtime against Duke at home, but ultimately fell Series History: 1-6 (L2, 1-2 Home, 0-3 Away, 0-1 Neutral) 11-10. Tessa Chad led the team with four goals, while Alex McNicholas, Caroline Blalock, and Paige Richbourg tallied UofL National Ranking: 16th IWLCA, 15th IL Women, 18th US two apiece. Rachel Florek finished with seven saves. Lacrosse Magazine FLOREK IN THE NET Team Statistics CARDS (5-6) DUKE (6-5) Goalkeeper Rachel Florek has recorded 103 saves throughout the 2021 campaign, which ranks first in theACC and Goals/Shot attempts 115-326 150-327 tied for seventh in the NCAA. Her 9.4 saves per game rank third in the league, while her .452 save percentage ranks Goals per game 10.45 13.64 fourth. In nine games last season, Florek had 95 saves, which led the ACC and ranked fourth in the country, and a .503 save percentage, which ranked fourth in the ACC. She ranked first in the league and 20th in the nation with Shot pct. .353 .459 10.56 saves per game. She set the program record for saves in a game with 17 twice last season (Virginia Tech and Shots on goal/Attempts 224-326 257-327 Michigan). SOG pct. .687 .786 CAROLINE BLALOCK NAMED TO TEWAARATON WATCH LIST Shots per game 29.6 29.7 Caroline Blalock has been named to the 2021 Tewaaraton Award watch list, which honors the top male and female Assists 39 55 college lacrosse player in the U.S. Blalock leads the Cards in assists (10) and ground balls (24), and is second in points (30) and draw controls (27). Free position Made-Att 32-74 41-82 Free position pct. .432 .500 MORRIS’ MOJO Hannah Morris has tallied 21 goals this season and her 23 points rank third on the team. Her 13-game scoring streak Ground balls 168 183 came to a close against North Carolina on March 18. She has scored in nine of 11 games this season. Draw Controls 116 179 <Last season, she led the Cardinals and ranked ninth in the ACC with 21 goals. She had at least one goal in eight of nine games. She had 13 goals in the last five games a season ago.