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LOUISVILLE CARDINALS FIELD HOCKEY MEDIA INFORMATION: Website: GoCards.com | Team Twitter: @ULFieldHockey |SID: Lori Korte - [email protected] No. 7 Cards open four-game road stretch at Wake Forest, Appalachian State 2018 Schedule and Results Aug. 24 @ Indiana W, 2--1 Aug. 26 #24 Ohio State L, 2-3/OT Sept. 1 vs. UMass Lowell W, 2-1 Sept. 3 @ #9 Delaware W, 2-1 Sept. 7 #2 North Carolina L, 1-3 Sept. 9 California W, 2-1/OT Sept. 14 #9 Boston College W, 1-0 Sept. 16 #11 Northwestern W, 1-0 Sept. 21 @ Wake Forest 7:00pm Louisville Wake Forest Appalachian State Sept. 23 Appalachian State 11:00am Record .......................................... 6-2 Record .......................................... 2-4 Record .......................................... 4-4 Sept. 29 @ Virginia 1:00pm Conference ..................................ACC Conference ..................................ACC Conference .................................MAC Oct. 3 @ Ball State 3:00pm Conf. Record ................................. 1-1 Conf. Record ................................. 0-1 Conf. Record ................................. 0-1 Oct. 7 Michigan State 12:00pm Home ............................................ 3-2 Home ............................................ 0-0 Home ............................................ 3-1 Oct. 12 Duke 6:00pm Away ............................................. 2-0 Away ............................................. 1-2 Away ............................................. 1-3 Oct. 14 Miami (Ohio) 12:00pm Oct. 19 @ Syracuse 7:00pm Neutral.......................................... 1-0 Neutral.......................................... 1-2 Neutral.......................................... 0-0 Oct. 21 @ Albany 1:00pm Streak ...........................................W3 Streak ...........................................W1 Streak .............................................L3 Oct. 28 @ Kent State 12:00pm National Ranking ............................. 8 National Ranking ......................... N/A National Ranking ......................... N/A Nov. 1-4 ACC Tournament TBA Coach ............................Justine Sowry Coach .................................. Jen Averil Coach ...................... Meghan Dawson Nov. 10-11 NCAA Tournament, 2018 LOUISVILLE CARDINALS ROSTER Nov. 16 & 18 NCAA Championships 1 Ayeisha McFerran GK Sr. 5-6 Larne, Northern Ireland/Larne Grammar School Cardinal Quick Hits 2 Taylor Stone M/B Sr. 5-3 Herndon, Va./Herndon • The Cardinals bring a three-game win 3 Bethany Russ M R/So. 6-0 Melbourne, Australia/Wesley College streak along with a 6-2 overall record 4 Biz Allgeier F/M R/Fr. 5-4 Louisville, Ky./Assumption and a 1-1 mark in ACC play into the 5 Meghan Schneider B/M So. 5-6 San Diego, Calif./Serra weekend. 7 Carter Ayars B Jr. 5-7 Wilmington, Del./Sanford • Redshirt sophomore Bethany Russ leads the team with three goals and 8 Mackenzie Karl M Fr. 5-1 Centreville, Va./Westfield six points. 9 Taylor Orsi M Fr. 5-6 Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West • Senior Katie Walsh has dished out a 10 Camryn Pichea M Fr. 5-6 Louisville, Ky./Assumption team-best four assists and stands tied 11 Mercedes Pastor M/F So. 5-1 Buenos Aires, Argentina/Colegio Emaus for fourth in the ACC in that category. 12 Whena Munn F Jr. 5-9 Wellington, New Zealand/Wellington East Girls College • Senior goalkeeper Ayeisha McFerran is 13 AnnMarie Habelow B So. 5-9 Belmont, Mass./Belmont the reigning ACC and NFHCA Defensive 14 Alli Bitting B/M So. 5-5 Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin Player of the Week after posting back- 15 Katie Walsh M Sr. 5-3 Louisville, Ky./Ballard to-back shutouts against a pair of ranked 16 Caitlin Cunningham M Fr. 5-2 Whitehall, Pa./Whitehall opponents last weekend. 19 Isabella Leeker B Jr. 5-7 St. Louis, Mo./Villa Duchesne • The Cards stand at No 7 in the NFHCA 20 Katie Schneider F Fr. 5-9 San Diego, Calif./Sierra rankings released on Sept. 18. This 21 Erica Cooper M Fr. 5-4 Louisville, Ky./Assumption marks the 58th straight week Louisville has appeared in the top 20 rankings 23 Maria Gomez B Sr. 5-6 Madrid, Spain/San Pablo Valdeluz dating back to the 2013 season. 24 Madison Walsh F So. 5-8 St. Louis, Mo./Whitfield • Louisville’s 1-0 win over then-No. 11 34 Sarah Sabaluski B/M So. 5-7 Lehman, Pa./Lake-Lehman Northwestern on Sept. 16 marked head 90 Hollyn Barr GK Jr. 5-5 Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield coach Justine Sowry’s 100th win at UofL. 97 Sam Minrath GK Fr. 5-9 Louisville, Ky./Christian Academy Head Coach: Justine Sowry (Eighth season) Assoc. Head Coach: Lucas Piccioli (Seventh season) |Asst. Coach: Erin Schneidtmiller (First season) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE FOLLOW THE CARDS Carter Ayars (A-yers) <- Airs with two Like us on Facebook The Weekend Ahead syllables ULFieldHockey Sept. 21 at Wake Forest, 7 p.m. Biz Allgeier – ALL-guy-er Television: ACC Network Extra Alli Bitting – Bit-ing (rhymes with hitting) Follow us on Twitter: Location: Winston-Salem, N.C. Ayeisha McFerran (Eye-EESH-uh) @ULFieldHockey Venue: Kentner Stadium Whena Munn (FEN-uh) @CoachSowry Live Scoring: WakeForestSports.com Lucas Piccioli (Peach-ee-oh-lee) Twitter Updates: ULFieldHockey Sarah Sabaluski (SAY-buh-LESS-kee) Follow us on Instagram Sept. 23 vs. Appalachian State, 11 a.m. @ULFieldHockey Television: TBD Location: Boone, N.C. Venue: Brandon & Erica M. Adock Field Visit the website Live Scoring: AppStateSports.com GoCards.com Twitter Updates: ULFieldHockey 2018 Field Hockey Game Notes More Cardinal Quick Hits 2018 Penn Monto/NFHCA • Sowry is in her eighth season at the helm and has compiled a 100-51 record at Louisville with an overall 158-82 mark while in her 12th season as a head coach. Coaches Poll • UofL was picked to finish third in the 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Field Hockey Cham- Sept. 18, 2018 pionship, according to a vote of the league’s seven head coaches. Seniors Ayeisha McFerran Rank Team Record LR and Taylor Stone were also named to the Preseason All-ACC Team. 1 North Carolina 7-0 1 • UofL finished the 2017 season with a 14-8 overall record and made its fourth straight and 2 Connecticut 7-0 2 3 Maryland 8-0 3 seventh overall NCAA appearance. The Cardinals reached the finals of the ACC championship 4 Duke 6-2 4 after defeating No. 11 Syracuse 3-2 in the program’s first ACC quarterfinal victory and follow- 5 Princeton 5-2 5 ing with a thrilling 3-2 shootout win over No. 2 Duke in the semifinals. 6 Penn State 5-2 6 7 Louisville 6-2 8 Cards Against the Field 8 Michigan 5-3 10 Wake Forest 9 Boston College 3-3 9 Series History: Wake leads 11-5 10 Virginia 3-3 7 11 Old Dominion 7-0 15 Last Meeting:Sept. 22, 2017 - UL won 3-2 in a shootout at Trager Stadium. 12 Syracuse 4-3 12 Then 15th-ranked Louisville prevailed in a shootout to beat No. 11 Wake Forest 3-2. 13 Iowa 7- 16 • Minout Mink scored a goal in the second half and sealed the win by converting her shootout 14 Northwestern 5-4 11 attempt. Ayeisha McFerran collected five saves and stopped three Wake Forest shootout 15 Delaware 4-4 13 attempts to earn the win. 16 Saint Joseph’s 4-2 14 Scouting the Demon Deacons: Wake Forest brings a 3-4 overall record and a 0-1 ACC mark 17 Rutgers 6-1 17 into Friday’s matchup. The Demon Deacons have won their last two games with a 4-3 victory 18 Maine 7-0 18 19 Liberty 4-2 20 at Northeastern and a 4-1 showing against William & Mary on Wednesday. Anne van Hoof 20 Harvard 5-1 18 leads the team with four goals. 21 Boston University 5-3 21 22 Stanford 5-3 23 Appalachian State 23 Ohio State 4-4 22 Series History: Appalachian State leads 9-5-1 24 Albany 4-2 25 Last Meeting:Sept. 25, 2016 - UL won 4-1 at Appalachian State 25 California 3-3 NE RECAP: Then-seventh-ranked Louisville team got goals from four different players en route Cards in the 2018 Penn Monto/ to a 4-1 win over host Appalachian State. NFHCA Coaches Poll • Taylor Stone, Bethany Russ, Nicole Woods and Shannon Sloss scored for the Cardinals who Preseason ....................................................8 outshot the Mountaineers 27-6 and held a 12-1 advantage in corners. Ayeisha McFerran had Sept. 4 .......................................................11 two saves while Elina Pereira had one stop for the Cardinals. Rachel Gaines tallied 11 saves Sept. 11 .......................................................8 for App State. Sept. 18 .......................................................7 Scouting the Mountaineers:Appalachian State enters the weekend with a 4-4 overall record prior to a Thursday matchup against Longwood. Most recently, the Mountaineers fell 1-0 to Ohio University in their Mid-American Conference opener. Veerle Van Heertum (3G, 2A) and Chloe Bell (2G, 4A) lead the team offensively. Rachel Gaines carries a 1.87 goals against UofL Field Hockey average with one shutout on the season. Quick Facts Recapping Last Week GENERAL INFORMATION Location: ..........................Louisville, KY 40292 Sophomore Bethany Russ accounted for all of the scoring and senior Ayeisha McFerran col- Founded: .................................................. 1798 lected two shutouts in the Cardinals’ 2-0 performance against a pair of ranked teams on the Enrollment: ............................................ 22,293 weekend. On Friday, Russ connected on a penalty corner goal with no time left on the clock to Nickname: ..........................................Cardinals mark her first career game-winning goal. She followed with her second career game-winner Colors: ........................... Red, Black and White after connected on a first-half penalty corner goal against No. 11 Northwestern. President: ....................... Dr. Neeli Bendapudi Louisville 1 - Boston College 0 Faculty Rep.: .................................Elaine Wise Sophomore Bethany Russ delivered a penalty corner goal with no time remaining on the clock Athletic Director: .............................Vince Tyra tie to lift the eighth-ranked University of Louisville field hockey team to a 1-0 win over No. 9 Sr Woman Administrator ....... Christine Herring FIELD HOCKEY INFORMATION Boston College in an ACC matchup Friday evening at Trager Stadium. Conference: ..............................................ACC • The contest was evenly played with each team tallying 11 shots.