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2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS September LOUISVILLE 2020 WOMEN’S SOCCER 17 at Miami * (ACCNX) 7 p.m. Louisville Cardinals at Miami Hurricanes 20 at Florida State * (ACCN) 1 p.m. Game 1 • Thur., Sept. 17 • 7 p.m. ET • Coral Gables, Fla. October LOUISVILLE MIAMI 1 SYRACUSE * (ACCNX) 7 p.m. Record: 13-5-2 (5-3-2) Record: 0-1 (0-1) 4 BOSTON COLLEGE * (RSN) 12 p.m. Head Coach: Karen Ferguson-Dayes Head Coach: Sarah Barnes Record at UL: 182-161-37 (21st year) Record at UM: 12-19-5 (2nd year) 15 at Virginia * (ACCN) 8 p.m. Career Record: Same Career Record: 72-60-19 (9th year) 18 at Virginia Tech * (RSN) 3 p.m. Goals Leader: Ekic (8 goals/0.4 pg)* Goals Leader: None Assists Leader: Ekic (8 goals/0.4 pg)* Assists Leader: None 25 NOTRE DAME * (ACCN) 1:30 p.m. Points Leader: Ekic (24 points/1.2 pg)* Points Leader: None 29 vs Syracuse * (ACCN) 8 p.m. Goalie: Kouzelos (51 saves, .750 SV%)* Goalie: Speaks (5 saves, .556 SV%) *2019 stats November GETTING STARTED 3 ACC Tournament TBA Ekic, Kouzelos Named Preseason All-ACC 8 ACC Tournament TBA Senior midfielder Emina Ekic and redshirt senior goalkeeper Gabby Kouzelos have been selected 10 ACC Tournament TBA to the 2020 Women’s Soccer Preseason All-ACC Team. Ekic was named All-ACC first team the last two seasons. She started all 20 matches a year ago *ACC Game and led the team with eight goals and eight assists. She recorded five game-winning goals, which ranked first on the team, third in the ACC, and 27th in the nation. She has 16 career assists, which QUICK FACTS ranks second all-time in Louisville program history. Kouzelos was named All-ACC second team a season ago after starting all 20 matches. She Location Louisville, Ky. concluded the year with a 13-5-2 record and led the team to 10 shutouts, ranking second in team Founded / Enrollment 1798 / 22,298 Nickname / Colors Cardinals / Red and Black history. She finished the season with a career-high 51 saves on the year and her 0.87 goals against Conference Atlantic Coast average ranked second all-time in program history. Home Field Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium President Dr. Neeli Bendapudi Louisville Picked 7th in ACC Preseason Poll Vice President for Athletics Vince Tyra Louisville is picked seventh in the ACC preseason poll with 77 points, just two points shy of sixth- Asst. AD/Student Development Amy Calabrese Head Coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes (UConn, ‘93) place Notre Dame (79) and nine points shy of fifth-place Clemson (86). North Carolina was voted Assistant Coach Andy Stoots the preseason favorite with eight first place votes, while Florida State was picked second and Assistant Coach Hunter Norton Virginia was picked third. Assistant Coach Tim Nowak Performance Analyst Declan Doherty Lucky Number 13 Director of Operations Jing Hughley All-Time Record 267-331-47 (36th yr.) The Cardinals went 13-5-2 last season, which tied the second most wins in single season history. All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 3-6, Six Appearances They also won 13 games in 2006 (13-4-3) and 2007 (13-6-2). They won a program-best 14 matches (14-7-3) in 2011. That season they also reached the third Important Phone Numbers round of the NCAA Tournament with wins over Dayton (W, 2-0, at UofL) and No. 5 Memphis (W, Athletics Department (502) 852-5732 2-0, at Memphis). They fell 2-0 vs. No. 9 Florida State in the Round of 16 in Memphis, Tenn. Women’s Soccer Office (502) 852-7547 Sports Information Office (502) 852-6581 SID - Nick Evans c: (502) 807-9345 email: [email protected] Sports Information Office // University of Louisville // Louisville, KY 40292 // GoCards.com Phone: (502) 852-3085 // Fax: (502) 852-7401 // email: [email protected] // Twitter: @ULWomensSoccer LOUISVILLE’S STATISTICAL LEADERS 10 24 19 2 1 Sarah Maisie EKIC Emina Gabby Delaney SNYDER WHITSETT KOUZELOS HERNANDEZ G SH A PTS G SH A PTS G SH A PTS G SH A PTS GAPG SVPG SV% W-L 8 55 8 24 4 16 1 9 3 26 1 7 2 6 0 4 0.9 2.7 .750 12-5-2 2020 LOUISVILLE CARDINALS WOMEN’S SOCCER LOUISVILLE at MIAMI | SEPT. 17, 2020 Reaching the 2nd Round of the NCAA Tournament With a 1-0 win over Lipscomb in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Louisville, Ky., last GAMEDAY INFO season, the Cardinals reached the second round for just the second time in program history. It Date: Thursday, Sept. 17 marked the third NCAA Tourney win in program history. Time: 7:00 p.m. ET In 2011, they defeated Dayton 2-0 in Louisville to advance to the second round. That season, they Site: Coral Gables, Fla. Video: also won 2-0 at No. 5 Memphis in the second round before falling 2-0 to No. 9 Florida State. ACCNX Last Meeting: W, 1-0 (Oct. 27, 2019 at Miami) Series History: 4-1-1 (3-0 Home, 1-1-1 Away) Back-to-Back NCAA Tournaments UofL National Ranking: -- UofL is coming off of back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament. In 2018, they fell at Tennessee in the first round and last year they reached the second round with a win over Lipscomb. Team Statistics CARDS Miami It marked the second time in program history that they have reached two straight NCAA Goals/Shot attempts 30/230 22/140 Tournaments. They also reached back-to-back in 2006 and 2007. Goals per game 1.50 1.47 Shot pct. .130 .157 L’Esperance Named FTF All-Canada Third Team Shots on goal/Attempts 114-230 71-140 Nadege L’Esperance was named First Touch Football (FTF) All-Canada Third Team. SOG pct. .491 .507 L’Esperance, a native of Candiac, Quebec, started all 19 games last season, recording an assist Shots per game 11.5 9.3 against Boston College. As a sophomore, she had three assists and a goal. Assists 22 18 Penalty Goals 5 Overtime 1 1 Ekic, Kouzelos Named Top Drawer Soccer Top 10 Goals scored average 1.5 1.93 University of Louisville senior midfielder Emina Ekic and redshirt senior goalkeeper Gabby Corner Kicks 95 48 Kouzelos were both named to Top Drawer Soccer’s Top 10 Lists. Penalty Kicks 5-6 3-3 ”One of the best midfielders in the ACC and all of college soccer, Ekic goes overlooked at times Offsides 29 for players at more prominent programs. But her ability to unlock a defense is matched by few, Fouls 159 107 and she’s a good passer that can create chances. She scored eight and setup eight more last fall Yellow Cards 3 5 (three of her goals coming from the penalty spot) and will eye up finishing with 10 goals and Red Cards 1 0 assists should a season go forward.” - Top Drawer Soccer ”She may not have the stereotypical goalkeeper frame, but she makes up for any concerns there with good positioning and sharp shot-stopping reflexes. Unafraid to come off her line and stand up strong, she’s one of the more underrated goalkeepers in DI women’s soccer. After the KAREN FERGUSON-DAYES 2019 season she earned All-ACC Second Team honors. In her three seasons with the Cardinal, With 182 wins (182-161-37), Karen Ferguson- she’s played every single game when healthy.” - Top Drawer Soccer Dayes is the winningest coach in Louisville history. She took a struggling soccer program at the University of Louisville and molded it into a top-25 Ekic Earns All-American Honors program. Last season, Emina Ekic was named a second team All-American by the United Soccer Coaches In 2000 when she was named the eighth Association for the second straight year. She was one of 50 players named to the 2019 NCAA head coach in program history, the situation that Ferguson-Dayes inherited with the Cardinals was Division I Women’s All-America Teams. the challenge of her career. The program has just She became the seventh All-American in school history as a sophomore. She is the first Cardinal one winning season in the previous 15 years. to earn back-to-back All-American honors since Joanna Haig in 2006 and 2007. She is the first Nobody believed the process of turning the Louisville women’s soccer program into a winner is Louisville player to earn second team honors, with the previous six selections earning third and one that would occur overnight, but after three seasons at the helm, Ferguson- fourth team honors. Dayes guided the Cardinals to their first winning season in 11 years with a 12-4 record in 2004. Ferguson-Dayes’ appointment and success here at Louisville has not gone 2019 National/ACC Rankings unnoticed, she has guided the Cardinals to not only their first NCAA Tournament Team berth, but multiple trips and her teams continue to rewrite the record book year .901 Goals Against Average - 55/5 after year. She has also seen the Cardinals through the transition into the nation’s toughest soccer conference in the ACC and into their new state-of-the- .491 Shot Accuracy - 92/3 art facility at Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn Stadium. Emina Ekic Last season the Cardinals finished fourth in the ACC with a record of 5-3-2, 0.4 Assists Per Game - 75/6 and made their sixth NCAA Championship appearance with an overall record of 13-5-2.