SSeptembereptember 1188 | ##1010 LLouisvilleouisville MMen’sen’s SSocceroccer vvs.s. VVirginiairginia TTechech 1 SSportsports IInformationnformation CContact:ontact: GGarettarett WWallall | ((502)502) 8852-308852-3088 oorr ((502)502) 5553-803053-8030 | [email protected]@louisville.edu | wwww.GoCards.comww.GoCards.com | @@UofLmenssoccerUofLmenssoccer | @@GoCardsGoCards 2015 SCHEDULE / RESULTS MATCH DAY INFORMATION AUGUST #10 Louisville vs. Virginia Tech Sat. 15 LIPSCOMB (Exhibition) W, 1-0 Tues. 18 UAB (Exhibition) T, 3-3 Date: Friday, September 18 Sat. 22 at Oakland (Exhibition) T, 0-0 Time: 7 p.m. ET Fri. 28 WILLIAM & MARY W, 2-1 Location: Louisville, Ky. Mon. 31 #8 STANFORD L, 1-0 Venue: Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn Stadium (5,300) TV/Internet: ESPN3 SEPTEMBER Live Stats: GoCards.com Fri. 4 STONY BROOK W, 3-1 Twitter Updates: @UofLMensSoccer Tues. 8 # 15 KENTUCKY (ESPN3) W, 2-0 ##1010 LLouisvilleouisville VVirginiairginia TTechech Series Info: Virginia Tech leads 8-3-2 Fri. 11 at Syracuse * T, 1-1 (2ot) CCARDINALSARDINALS HHOKIESOKIES Last Meeting: LOU 2, VT 0 Tues. 15 SAINT LOUIS L, 3-2 (ot) ((3-2-13-2-1 / 00-0-1-0-1 AACC)CC) ((3-2-03-2-0 / 00-1-0-1-0 AACC)CC) 10-15-94 - Blacksburg, Va. Fri. 18 VIRGINIA TECH * (ESPN3) 7 p.m. HHeadead CCoachoach HHeadead CCoachoach • Louisville took the road and earned a 2-0 victory Tues. 22 MEMPHIS 7 p.m. KKenen LLollaolla MMichaelichael BBrizendinerizendine in Metro Conference matchup against Virginia Tech. Fri. 25 NC STATE * (ESPN3) 7 p.m. AAtt LLOU:OU: 1113-57-2713-57-27 ((10th10th SSeason)eason) It was the second straight win for the Cardinals AAtt VVT:T: 338-68-158-68-15 ((7th7th SSeason)eason) Tues. 29 at Ohio State 7 p.m. CCareer:areer: 3322-141-5522-141-55 ((26th26th SSeason)eason) against the Hokies. CCareer:areer: 338-68-158-68-15 ((7th7th SSeason)eason) OCTOBER OPENING KICK SERIES SNAPSHOT Fri. 2 at Virginia * 7 p.m. The No. 10 Louisville men’s soccer team opens Louisville has won each of the last two meetings Fri. 9 at Clemson * (ESPN3) 7 p.m. its Atlantic Coast Conference home slate against between the two programs, but Friday’s meeting Tues. 13 CONNECTICUT 7 p.m. Virginia Tech on Friday at 7 p.m., ET at Dr. Mark will be the fi rst since 1994. Overall, the Hokies hold and Cindy Lynn Stadium. Friday’s match will be an 8-3-2 advantage in the series, which started in Fri. 16 BOSTON COLLEGE * 7 p.m. televised on ESPN3 with Sean Moth and Tim 1980 and has remained dormant since 1994. Each Tues. 20 at Indiana 7 p.m. Nowak calling the action, while live stats will be of the previous 13 meetings between Louisville and Fri. 23 at North Carolina * 7 p.m. available at GoCards.com. Virginia Tech were Metro Conference matches. The Fri. 30 WAKE FOREST * (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Cardinals are 1-3-1 at home against the Hokies. ABOUT THE CARDINALS NOVEMBER Louisville, ranked 10th in this week’s TopDraw- LOUISVILLE NOTES AND TRENDS... erSoccer.com Top 25, brings a 3-2-1 overall record • The Cardinals are 3-2-0 at home this season and Wed. 4 ACC Championship - First Round TBD into Friday’s match after dropping a 3-2 overtime 10-5-3 overall at Lynn Stadium since its opening prior Sun. 8 ACC Championship - Quarterfi nals TBD decision at home to Saint Louis on Tuesday night. to the 2014 season. Wed. 11 ACC Championship - Semifi nals TBD The Cardinals earned a 1-1 draw at Syracuse last • Having already split a pair of matchups against Sun. 15 ACC Championship - Final TBD week in their only ACC match. Leading the way ranked foes (win over No. 15 Kentucky, loss to No. 8 for head coach Ken Lolla’s club through the fi rst Stanford), the Cardinals are also slated to play at No. HOME GAMES IN CAPS | All Times Eastern six matches is freshman Tate Schmitt, who has a 3/3 UNC, at No. 4/6 Virginia, at No. 7/14 Clemson, No. * Atlantic Coast Conference Match team-high three goals and two assists, while juniors 7/8 Wake Forest and at No. 22/22 Indiana. Andrew Brody and Daniel Johnson have two goals • Four freshman -- Ricardo Oliveros, Danny Reyn- Note: ACC Championship matches on campus hosted by each. The Cardinals have also received goals from olds, Tate Schmitt and Johnathon Wright -- have started higher seeded team. Tim Kubel, Danny Reynolds and Ben Strong. matches this season for Louisville. Reynolds and Wright have started all six matches on the backline. ABOUT THE HOKIES • Junior Andrew Brody and sophomore Tim Kubel A LOOK BACK: LAST OUTING FOR LOUISVILLE Virginia Tech enters the weekend at 3-2-0 after lead the Cardinals with eight career goals each. Both After connecting for the game-tying goal with just a 2-1 non-conference win over VMI on Tuesday. players tallied goals in Tuesday’s home loss to Saint 1:16 left in regulation, the 10th-ranked Louisville The Hokies are 0-1-0 in the ACC after falling 2-0 to Louis. men’s soccer team suffered a disappointing 3-2 No.3 North Carolina last Friday. Four different play- • Brody also leads the Cardinals with 48 career overtime loss to visiting Saint Louis on Tuesday ers have scored two goals this season for Virginia starts -- highlighted by 22 last season and 20 as a night at Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn Stadium. Tech. Last season, the Hokies were 7-8-2 overall freshman in 2013. With 3:38 left in the fi rst overtime period, SLU and fi nished fi fth in the ACC Coastal Division with a • Louisville team captains for 2015 are senior Ben found the clinching goal when David Graydon’s free 2-5-1 league mark. Strong, junior Romilio Hernandez and Kubel. kick into the box defl ected off a Louisville defender and caromed into the goal. The loss halted the three-game unbeaten streak for the Cardinals. LLOUISVILLEOUISVILLE LLINEUPINEUP / IIMPACTMPACT PPLAYERSLAYERS “It’s disappointing but the result is less disap- pointing than how we played. We’ve put together POS NO NAME HT WT CL GP-GS MIN GA GAA SV W-L-T SO NOTE some pretty good games so far this year, but today, GK 1 Nick Jeffs 6-2 164 SO 6-6 566.22 7 1.11 12 3-2-1 0 7 career starts; 1 shutout POS NO NAME HT WT CL GP-GS G A PTS SH NOTES we didn’t show up,” said Ken Lolla. “We didn’t have F 22 Tate Schmitt 5-11 165 FR 6-5 3 2 8 11 Newcomer leads team in goals, assists the energy. We weren’t sharp. The mentality wasn’t MF 5 Jack Gayton 5-11 153 SO 5-5 0 1 1 4 Moved into starting role for 2015 season good and we were playing a good enough team MF 7 Andrew Brody 5-10 140 JR 6-6 2 0 4 7 8 career goals; 48 career collegiate starts that made us pay for it. As I said to the guys after MF 8 Romilio Hernandez 6-0 170 JR 6-6 0 1 1 3 42 career starts in MF; team captain MF 10 Ben Strong 5-8 157 SR 5-5 1 1 3 3 2015 All-ACC 1st Team; team captain the game, we will either learn a lesson or relive MF 14 Daniel Johnson 5-9 140 JR 6-6 2 0 4 4 Scored 2 goals last week; Maryland transfer them.” D 2 M. DeGraffenreidt 5-10 155 JR 6-6 0 0 0 0 45 career starts; 2nd Team All-AAC in 2013 D 6 Johnathon Wright 5-10 153 FR 6-6 0 0 0 2 6 backline starts in 2015; Redshirted in 2014 D 18 Danny Reynolds 6-1 190 FR 6-6 1 2 4 5 Newcomer scored 1st goal vs. SBU (9/4) D 27 Tim Kubel 5-9 165 SO 6-6 1 0 2 9 ACC Frosh of the Year; All-ACC 2nd Team Other Potential Impact Players MF 4 Louie Berra 5-9 161 SR 3-1 0 0 0 0 Played in 28 gms with 21 starts in 3 years MF 11 Sawyer Edwards 6-2 179 SO 5-0 0 0 0 6 Appeared in 14 games as a freshman MF 16 Ricardo Oliveros 5-7 165 FR 6-1 0 0 0 4 Newcomer made 1st start vs. UK (9/8) D 24 Joey Kunkel 5-11 170 SO 3-1 0 0 0 0 Earned 1st career start vs. W&M (8/28) @@UofLMensSoccerUofLMensSoccer | GGoCards.comoCards.com | @@GoCardsGoCards SSeptembereptember 1188 | ##1010 LLouisvilleouisville MMen’sen’s SSocceroccer vvs.s. VVirginiairginia TTechech 2 CARDINALS CHOSEN AS ACC ATLANTIC DIVISION FAVORITES 2015 ACC STANDINGS (as of Sept. 16) The Louisville men’s soccer team was tabbed as the favorite to win the 2015 ACC Atlantic Division title by the league’s 12 head coaches prior to the season. ATLANTIC Conf Overall The Cardinals, who offi cially reported to campus on Tuesday and began preseason training on Wednes- Wake Forest 1-0-0 1.000 5-1-0 .833 day for the 2015 season, received six of a possible 12 fi rst-place votes and totaled 66 points overall. Lou- NC State 1-0-0 1.000 5-1-0 .833 isville was also among four teams receiving two votes each as the second choice in the overall champion- Syracuse 0-0-1 .500 3-1-1 .700 ship race, while reigning national champion Virginia was tabbed as the favorite with four votes.