2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS September LOUISVILLE 2020 WOMEN’S SOCCER 17 at Miami * (ACCNX) W, 3-0 Louisville Cardinals vs No. 1 North Carolina Tar Heels 20 at Florida State * (ACCN) L, 1-0 Game 8 • Thur., Oct. 29 • 8 p.m. ET • ACC Network • Louisville, Ky. October LOUISVILLE NORTH CAROLINA 1 SYRACUSE * (ACCNX) W, 3-0 Record: 4-3 (4-3) Record: 7-0 (6-0) 4 BOSTON COLLEGE * (RSN) W, 2-0 Head Coach: Karen Ferguson-Dayes Head Coach: Anson Dorrance Record at UL: 186-164-37 (21st year) Record at UNC: 878-76-41 (42nd year) 15 at Virginia * (ACCN) L, 2-0 Career Record: Same Career Record: Same 18 at Virginia Tech * (RSN) W, 1-0 Goals Leader: Ekic (5/0.71 pg) Goals Leader: Jones, Pinto (3/0.43 pg) Assists Leader: Snyder (4/0.57 pg) Assists Leader: Jones (3/0.43 pg) 25 NOTRE DAME * (ACCN) L, 1-0 Points Leader: Ekic (13/1.86 pg) Points Leader: Jones (9/1.29 pg) 29 NORTH CAROLINA * (ACCN) 8 p.m. Goalie: Kouzelos (37 saves, .902 SV%) Goalie: Dickey (15 saves, .882 SV%) November GETTING STARTED Saved By Gabby 10 ACC Tournament TBA Senior goalkeeper Gabby Kouzelos ranks second in the ACC and seventh in the country with a .902 save percentage. She is averaging 5.29 saves per game (3rd ACC, 12th NCAA) and 0.571 goals per 13 ACC Tournament TBA game allowed (4th ACC, 11th NCAA). Her four shutouts rank second in ACC and ninth in country. She recorded a career-high 10 saves in the Cardinals’ 2-0 loss at No. 10 Virginia on Oct. 15. It 15 ACC Tournament TBA marked the second time she recoreded at least nine saves in a game this season, a benchmark that previously hadn’t been met by a Louisville goalkeeper since Taylor Bucklin had 10 in a 0-0 tie *ACC Game vs. Duke at Lynn Stadium on Oct. 11, 2015. Kouzelos’ career-high coming into the season was six saves, which she had accomplished three times. Emina On The Move QUICK FACTS Despite, not recording a point in the last three matches, senior Emina Ekic ranks second in the league and sixth in the NCAA with 1.86 points per game. She ranks third in the ACC and 10th in Location Louisville, Ky. the country with 0.71 goals per game. Her 0.43 assists per game rank sixth in the league and 16th Founded / Enrollment 1798 / 22,298 in the nation. She had two goals at Miami and against Syracuse, for the third and fourth two-goal Nickname / Colors Cardinals / Red and Black games of her career. Her 19 career assists are tied for second all-time at Louisville with Kim Marshall (1991-94), while her 27 career goals are tied for fourth all-time with Stephanie Contole Conference Atlantic Coast (1994-97). Her next assist will give her 20 and will tie her with Monique Gjini (2004-07) for the Home Field Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium program’s all-time lead. President Dr. Neeli Bendapudi Playing No. 1 Vice President for Athletics Vince Tyra The last time Louisville played a No. 1 team was last year at Virginia on Oct. 24 when they fell Asst. AD/Student Development Amy Calabrese 1-0. The last time they hosted the No. 1 team was a 3-1 loss to Florida State on Oct. 17, 2015. Head Coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes (UConn, ‘93) Louisville hosted No. 1 North Carolina on Oct. 8, 2015, defeating the Tar Heels 2-1 in overtime. That win over North Carolina is UofL’s lone win over a No. 1 team. The Cardinals are 1-3 all-time Assistant Coach Andy Stoots against No. 1 teams. Assistant Coach Hunter Norton Assistant Coach Tim Nowak Avoiding Two Straight Losses Following a 1-0 loss to Notre Dame on Sunday, the Cardinals are looking to avoid two straight Performance Analyst Declan Doherty losses. They have not lost consecutive games this season and the last time they lost two in a row is Director of Operations Jing Hughley the end of last season when they lost two straight to NC State. They lost 1-0 to the Wolf Pack in the All-Time Record 271-334-47 (36th yr.) regular season finale at Lynn Stadium on Oct. 31 and they lost 2-1 in the ACC Tournament on Nov. 3. All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 3-6, Six Appearances Important Phone Numbers LOUISVILLE’S PROJECTED FORMATION (5-3-2) Athletics Department (502) 852-5732 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 2020 LOUISVILLE CARDINALS WOMEN’S SOCCER LOUISVILLE vs NORTH CAROLINA | OCT. 29, 2020 About the Tar Heels North Carolina enters Thursday’s matchup with a perfect 7-0 record and ranked No. 1 in the coun- GAMEDAY INFO try by the United Soccer Coaches Poll. Five of their seven wins have been by at least a two-goal Date: margin and they have allowed just two goals this season. Maycee Bell, Emily Fox and Brianna Pinto Thursday, Oct. 29 were all named to the Preseason All-ACC team. Pinto has three goals on the year, which is tied for Time: 8 p.m. ET the team-lead with Rachel Jones. Jones also leads the team three assists and nine points. Claudia Site: Louisville, Ky. Dickey has started all seven games in goal and has 15 saves with a .882 save percentage. Video: ACC Network (Jonathan Yardley, play-by-play; Lori - Louisville is 1-2-1 all-time against the Tar Heels. They won the first ever matchup Series History Lindsey, analyst) between the two teams in overtime at Lynn Stadium on Oct. 8, 2015 (W, 2-1-OT). North Carolina has won the last two meetings, including last year at Lynn Stadium (L, 3-0). Last Meeting: L, 3-0 (Sept. 21, 2019 at Lynn Stadium) Last Meeting (Sept. 21, 2019) - The 20th-ranked Cardinals could not overcome a three-goal Series History: 1-2-1 (1-1 home, 0-1-1 away) deficit at Lynn Stadium, falling to No. 4 North Carolina 3-0 in the conference opener. Louisville was UofL National Ranking: NR awarded a penalty kick in the 19th minute of play, but Emina Ekic’s kick bounced off the cross bar down on the line and then bounced out. Seconds later Brooklynn Rivers collected the ball inside Team Statistics CARDS UNC the box and her shot hit the cross bar. The lone goal of the first half was scored by Alessia Russo, Goals/Shot attempts 9-65 15-121 giving the Tar Heels an early lead in the 21st minute. North Carolina doubled their advantage in Goals per game 1.29 2.14 the 66th minute after a goal from Alexis Strickland, and Russo scored her second of the night in the 80th minute to extended the Tar Heels’ lead to 3-0. Shot pct. .138 .124 Shots on goal/Attempts 27-65 63-121 All Shutouts SOG pct. .415 .521 All seven matches this season have been shutouts. The last time Louisville played in a match Shots per game 9.3 17.3 where both teams scored was a 2-1 loss to NC State in the ACC Tournament on Nov. 3, 2019. Assists 7 9 Delaney Dishing Dimes Penalty Goals/Kicks 0-0 2-2 Junior Delaney Snyder’s 0.86 points per game ranks 18th in the league, and she ranks second Overtime Goals - - in the ACC and sixth in the country with 0.57 assists per game. Prior to this season, she had just Corner Kicks 32 51 two career assists. In the season opener at Miami, she scored the first goal of the season, which Fouls 40 63 marked her 8th career goal. Yellow Cards 4 2 Nationally Ranked Red Cards 0 0 Louisville lept into the United Soccer Coaches Top 15 on Oct. 6, debuting at No. 13 after a pair of shutout victories against Syracuse and Boston College. The Cardinals held steady at No. 13 the past three weeks before falling out following their loss to Notre Dame. KAREN FERGUSON-DAYES When UofL found itself at No. 13 in week 3, it marked the first time the Cardinals have been ranked this season. Its their first ranking since finishing last season No. 23. With 186 wins (186-164-37), Karen The ACC currently boasts four of the top five teams and six teams teams currently in the Top Ferguson-Dayes is the winningest coach 15, including No. 1 North Carolina, No. 2 Florida State, No. 3 Clemson, No. 5 Duke, No. 10 Virgin- in Louisville history. She took a struggling ia, No. 13 Notre Dame. Notre Dame reentered the Top 15 following its win over UofL. soccer program at the University of Louisville and molded it into a top-25 program. That’s A Lot of Shots In 2000 when she was named the UofL finished with 25 shots against Syracuse, which marked the most shots in a game since they had 27 eighth head coach in program history, in a 5-0 win over Eastern Michigan on Sept. 1, 2019. It marked their most shots ever in an ACC game. the situation that Ferguson-Dayes inherited with the Cardinals was the Ekic, Kouzelos Named Preseason All-ACC challenge of her career.