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2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time/Result LOUISVILLE 2021 WOMEN’S LACROSSE FEBRUARY No. 18 Louisville Cardinals at Virginia Tech Hokies Sat. 13 No. 8 FLORIDA L, 14-7 Game 11 • Sat, Apr. 3 • 12 p.m. ET • Blacksburg, Va. Thur. 18 No. 24 COLORADO W, 12-9 LOUISVILLE VIRGINIA TECH Record: 4-6, 0-5 Record: 3-6, 0-4 MARCH Last Game: L, 18-3 vs. No. 5 Boston College Last Game: L, 17-10 at No. 2 Syracuse Current Streak: L3 Current Streak: W1 Mon. 1 CINCINNATI W, 13-5 Head Coach: Scott Teeter Head Coach: John Sung Sat. 6 at No. 8 Virginia * L, 13-12 Record at UL: 20-34 (4th year) Record at Virginia Tech: 43-34 (5th year) Career Record: 165-154 (19th year) Career Record: 143-79 Fri. 12 at Central Michigan W, 11-8 Goals Leader: Hall (22/2.2 pg) Goals Leader: Paige Petty (23/2.6 pg) Sun. 14 at Marquette W, 14-10 Assists Leader: C. Blalock (8/1.0 pg) Assists Leader: Sarah Lubnow (17/1.9 pg) Points Leader: Hall (27/2.7 pg) Points Leader: Sarah Lubnow (29/3.2 pg) Thur. 18 No. 1 NORTH CAROLINA * L, 19-7 Ground Balls Leader: C. Blalock (21/2.1 pg) Ground Balls Leader: Benson & Welch (15/1.7 pg) Sun. 21 No. 4 NOTRE DAME * L, 15-10 Draw Controls Leader: McNicholas (25/2.5 pg) Draw Controls Leader: Paige Petty (44/2.8 pg) Goalie: Florek (93 saves/.445 SV%) Goalie: Angie Benson (55/.417 SV%) Fri. 26 at No. 5 Boston College * L, 14-13 (OT) Next Game: Thur., April 8 vs. No. 8 Duke Next Game: Sat., April 10 vs. No. 4 Boston College Sun. 28 at No. 5 Boston College * L, 18-3 GETTING STARTED STAYING IN THE TOP 25 APRIL The Cardinals remain in the IWLCA top-25 for the sixth straight week at No. 16. They are ranked 18th in IL Women and 19th in US Lacrosse Magazine. Sat. 3 at Virginia Tech * 12 p.m. <After a 12-9 victory over No. 24 Colorado on Feb. 18, the Cardinals moved into the Intercollegiate Thur. 8 DUKE * 7 p.m. 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. Fri. 16 SYRACUSE * 3 p.m. Sun. 18 SYRACUSE * 12 p.m. SEEKING AN ACC WIN Louisville has lost 23 straight games against ACC teams, which includes ACC Tournament games. Sat. 24 at Notre Dame TBD UofL’s last ACC win was a 9-8 win over Syracuse at home on April 22, 2017. Their last ACC road win was a 13-12 overtime win at Virginia Tech on April 1, 2017. *ACC Game TOP FIVE TEAMS Louisville’s last four games were against Top 5 teams and they went 0-4 in those contests. The Car- dinals are 1-25 all-time against Top 5 teams. Their lone win was a 10-9 victory against No. 4 Notre QUICK FACTS Dame on March 5, 2016. Location Louisville, Ky. RANKED VS. UNRANKED Founded / Enrollment 1798 / 22,298 UofL is 1-6 against ranked teams and 3-0 against unranked teams this year. Last season, UofL went Nickname / Colors Cardinals / Red and Black Conference Atlantic Coast 5-0 against unranked teams and 0-4 against ranked teams. In 2019, they went 5-4 against unranked Home Field UofL Lacrosse Stadium teams and 0-9 against ranked teams. UofL had lost 24 straight games against ranked teams until President Dr. Neeli Bendapudi their 12-9 win over No. 24 Colorado on Feb. 18, 2021. Vice President for Athletics Vince Tyra Asst. AD/Student Development Matt Banker SNAPPING ONE STREAK... Head Coach Scott Teeter (Canisius, ‘02) The Cardinals snapped a 24-game losing streak against ranked opponents with a win over No. 24 Assistant Coach Kaylin Morissette Director of Operations Debbie Bell Colorado at home on Feb. 18. Their previous win over a ranked team was a 9-8 victory against No. 7 All-Time Record 126-102 (14th yr.) Syracuse on April 22, 2017. All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 1-4, Four Appearances GETTING ON THE BOARD FIRST Important Phone Numbers The Cardinals are 4-1 when scoring first and 0-5 when not. Over the last three seasons, UofL is 10-4 Athletics Department (502) 852-5732 when scoring first and 4-19 when their opponent scores first. Lacrosse Office (502) 852-0100 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: @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 19 2 21 2 17 8 25 21 8 6 14 14 22 5 27 10 12.5 9.3 .445 4-6 2021 LOUISVILLE CARDINALS WOMEN’S LACROSSE LOUISVILLE at VIRGINIA TECH | APRIL 3, 2021 ABOUT THE HOKIES Virginia Tech enters Saturday’s game with a 3-6 record and 0-3 in conference action. The Hokies, who were GAMEDAY INFO ranked No. 16 in the initial Inside Lacrosse poll this year, concluded the shortened 2020 campaign with a 7-3 record. Preseason All-ACC selection Paige Petty leads the team with 23 goals and 25 draw controls after nine Date: Saturday, April 3 games. She ranks second in the ACC with seven shots per game. Sarah Lubnow paves the way for the Hokies Time: 12 p.m. ET with 17 assists and 29 points, and ranks second in the league in both assists and assists per game (2.43). Site: Blacksburg, Va. | Thompson Field Goalkeeper Angie Benson has registered 55 saves for a .417 save percentage, while Benson and Kendall Welch have both tallied 15 ground balls. Head coach John Sung owns a 43-34 record in his fifth year at Virginia Video: ACC Network Extra Tech. He led the Hokies to the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2018. Last Meeting: L, 8-7 (Feb. 29, 2020 at Louisville) <Series History - Louisville has lost three straight to Virginia Tech, but owns a 5-3 all-time series Series History: 5-3 (L3, 2-2 Home, 3-1 Away, 0-0 Neutral) record. The Cardinals are 2-2 at home and 3-1 away. Louisville’s last win over the Hokies was a 13-12 UofL National Ranking: overtime victory in Blacksburg, Va. on April 1, 2017. 16th IWLCA, 18th IL Women, 19th US <The Last Meeting (Feb. 29, 2020) - Louisville suffered a narrow 8-7 loss at UofL Lacrosse Stadium Lacrosse Magazine in last season’s ACC opener. Ally Hall recorded two goals and an assist, while Allegra Catalano and Hannah Morris had two goals apiece. Rachel Florek finished with 17 saves. Team Statistics CARDS (4-6) VT (3-6) PUTTING A STOP TO THE LOSING STREAK Goals/Shot attempts 102-296 96-265 UofL has lost four straight games for the first time since they lost four straight from March 17 to April 6, 2019. Goals per game 10.20 10.67 They have not lost five straight since they lost eight straight to end the 2018 season. Shot pct. .345 .362 Shots on goal/Attempts 205-296 203-265 FLOREK IN THE NET Goalkeeper Rachel Florek has recorded 93 saves throughout the 2021 campaign, which ranks first in the SOG pct. .693 .766 ACC and fifth in the NCAA. Her 9.2 saves per game rank second in the league, while her .445 save percent- Shots per game 29.6 29.4 age ranks sixth. In nine games last season, Florek had 95 saves, which led the ACC and ranked fourth in Assists 33 41 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 10.56 saves per game. She set the program record for saves in a game with 17 twice Free position Made-Att 31-71 29-68 last season (Virginia Tech and Michigan). Free position pct. .437 .426 Ground balls 151 169 CAROLINE BLALOCK NAMED TO TEWAARATON WATCH LIST Draw Controls 104 105 Caroline Blalock has been named to the 2021 Tewaaraton Award watch list, which honors the top male and female college lacrosse player in the U.S. Blalock leads the Cards in assists (8) and ground balls (21), and Turnovers 125 111 is second in points (25) and draw controls (25). Caused Turnovers 72 77 Clears 146-168 143-152 MORRIS’ MOJO Hannah Morris has tallied 19 goals this season and her 21 points rank third on the team. Her 13-game Clear pct. .869 .941 scoring streak came to a close against North Carolina on March 18. She has scored in eight of 10 games this season. HEAD COACH SCOTT TEETER <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. Scott Teeter is in his fourth year as head coach of the University of Louisville women’s REACHING MILESTONES lacrosse team. He is in his 19th year as head <Caroline Blalock has 93 career goals and is seven shy of 100.