2019 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team

2019 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 25
Record13–5–2 (5–3–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Andy Stoots (4th season)
  • Hunter Norton (4th season)
  • Tim Nowak (1st season)
Home stadiumLynn Stadium
2019 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  ‍y 9 0 1   .950 24 1 2   .926
No. 7 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 8 2 0   .800 18 6 0   .750
No. 9 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 6 0 3   .833 17 2 3   .841
No. 25  ‍‍‍y 5 3 2   .600 13 5 2   .700
No. 17 NC State  ‍‍‍y 4 2 4   .600 12 7 4   .609
No. 18 Duke  ‍‍‍y 3 1 6   .600 9 4 7   .625
Clemson  ‍‍‍y 5 5 0   .500 11 7 2   .600
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 4 4 2   .500 11 8 2   .571
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 4 4 2   .500 12 5 2   .684
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 2 6 2   .300 5 10 3   .361
Miami  ‍‍‍ 2 7 1   .250 5 9 2   .375
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 1 6 3   .250 6 8 4   .444
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1 7 1   .167 3 11 2   .250
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 8 1   .150 8 8 2   .500
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 10, 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

The 2019 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team represented University of Louisville during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes, in her twentieth season. They played home games at Lynn Stadium. This was the team's 35th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 6th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Cardinals finished the season 13–5–2, 5–3–2 in ACC play to finish in fourth place. As the fourth seed in the ACC Tournament, they lost to NC State in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Lipscomb before losing to BYU in the Second Round.

Squad

Roster

Updated June 30, 2020[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK  USA Hanna Wise
1 GK  USA Gabby Kouzelos
2 MF  USA Sarah Hernandez
3 MF  CAN Nadege L'Esperance
5 FW  USA Ravin Alexander
6 MF  USA Arianna Ferraro
7 DF  USA Kendra Steele
8 DF  USA Niamh Nelson
9 MF  USA Anna Hendrson
10 MF  BIH Emina Ekic
11 MF  USA Taylor Kerwin
12 FW  USA Corinne Dente
13 FW  USA Brooklynn Rivers
14 FW  CAN Jessica De Filippo
15 MF  USA Callie McKinney
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  USA Kiana Klein
18 GK  USA Lana Batson
19 MF  USA Maisie Whitsett
20 FW  USA Emily Knepler
21 FW  USA Morgan Everett
22 MF  USA Jolene Ballard
23 FW  USA Allison Whitfield
24 FW  USA Delaney Snyder
26 FW  USA Cassie Amshoff
27 MF  USA Kiley Polk
30 FW  USA Amari Hopkins
55 GK  USA Mikayla Miller
MF  CAN Sarah Beola
DF  USA Bailey Florek
FW  USA Sanela Hodzic

Team management

Position Staff
Head Coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes
Assistant Coach Andy Stoots
Assistant Coach Hunter Norton
Assistant Coach Tim Nowak
Performance Analyst Declan Doherty
Director of Operations Jing Hughley

Source:[1]

Schedule

Source:[2]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 17, 2019*
7:30 p.m.
Butler   
(–)
Lynn Stadium
Louisville, KY
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 22, 2019*
7:00 p.m.
at Ohio State W 2–1  1–0–0
Jesse Owens Stadium (408)
Columbus, OH
August 25, 2019*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
Morehead State W 3–0  2–0–0
Lynn Stadium (843)
Louisville, KY
August 29, 2019*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
Saint Louis W 1–0  3–0–0
Lynn Stadium (787)
Louisville, KY
September 1, 2019*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
Eastern Michigan W 5–0  4–0–0
Lynn Stadium (838)
Louisville, KY
September 5, 2019*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
Indiana W 1–0  5–0–0
Lynn Stadium (696)
Louisville, KY
September 12, 2019*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
Dayton W 5–2  6–0–0
Lynn Stadium (680)
Louisville, KY
September 15, 2019*
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 9 Vanderbilt W 1–0 OT 7–0–0
Lynn Stadium (969)
Louisville, KY
ACC Regular Season
September 21, 2019
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
No. 20 No. 4 North Carolina L 0–3  7–1–0
(0–1–0)
Lynn Stadium (1,536)
Louisville, KY
September 26, 2019
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 22 at Syracuse W 3–0  8–1–0
(1–1–0)
SU Soccer Stadium (172)
Syracuse, NY
September 29, 2019
12:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 22 at Boston College W 2–1  9–1–0
(2–1–0)
Newton Campus Soccer Field (426)
Newton, MA
October 3, 2019
7:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 19 Wake Forest W 2–1  10–1–0
(3–1–0)
Lynn Stadium (843)
Louisville, KY
October 10, 2019
5:00 p.m., FS Go
No. 16 No. 9 Clemson W 1–0  11–1–0
(4–1–0)
Lynn Stadium (652)
Louisville, KY
October 13, 2019
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 16 at Notre Dame T 0–0 2OT 11–1–1
(4–1–1)
Alumni Stadium (682)
Notre Dame, IN
October 18, 2019
5:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 14 No. 9 Duke T 1–1 2OT 11–1–2
(4–1–2)
Lynn Stadium (2,643)
Louisville, KY
October 24, 2019
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 12 at No. 1 Virginia L 0–3  11–2–2
(4–2–2)
Klöckner Stadium (1,968)
Charlottesville, VA
October 27, 2019
12:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 12 at Miami (FL) W 1–0  12–2–2
(5–2–2)
Cobb Stadium (500)
Coral Gables, FL
October 31, 2019
5:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 14 NC State L 0–1  12–3–2
(5–3–2)
Lynn Stadium (615)
Louisville, KY
ACC Tournament
November 3, 2019
3:00 p.m., ACCN
(4) No. 14 (5) NC State
Quarterfinals
L 1–2 OT 12–4–2
Lynn Stadium (307)
Louisville, KY
NCAA Tournament
November 15, 2019
6:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 23 Lipscomb
First Round
W 1–0  13–4–2
Lynn Stadium (508)
Louisville, KY
November 21, 2019
8:00 p.m.
No. 23 (2) No. 4 BYU
Second Round
L 0–4  13–5–2
South Field (2,476)
Provo, UT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

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References

  1. ^ a b "2019 Women's Soccer Roster". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "2019 Women's Soccer - Schedule". gocards.com. University of Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  4. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.