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2021 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team

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2021 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record7–7–2 (3–6–1 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Hunter Norton (6th season)
  • Nick Stirrett (1st season)
Home stadiumLynn Stadium
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 8 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 8 0 2   .900 18 3 2   .826
No. 1 Florida State  ‍‍y 7 1 2   .800 21 1 3   .900
No. 5 Duke  ‍‍‍y 7 2 1   .750 16 4 1   .786
No. 16 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 7 3 0   .700 14 6 2   .682
Clemson  ‍‍‍y 6 3 1   .650 12 7 1   .625
No. 14 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 5 2 3   .650 12 3 3   .750
No. 25 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 6 4 0   .600 16 6 0   .727
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 5 3 2   .600 12 6 2   .650
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 4 6 0   .400 11 7 0   .611
NC State  ‍‍‍y 4 6 0   .400 9 9 2   .500
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 3 6 1   .350 7 7 2   .500
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 9 0   .100 7 10 1   .417
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 1 9 0   .100 4 12 0   .250
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 0 10 0   .000 4 12 1   .265
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2021 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of December 7, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll
Source: The ACC

The 2021 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team represented University of Louisville during the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes, in her twenty-second season. They played home games at Lynn Stadium. This was the team's 37th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 8th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Cardinals finished the season 7–7–2 overall and 3–6–1 in ACC play to finish in eleventh place. The team did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Previous season

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.[1][2] The ACC did not play a spring league schedule, but did allow teams to play non-conference games that would count toward their 2020 record in the lead up to the NCAA Tournament.[3]

The Cardinals finished the fall season 4–5–0, 4–4–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They were awarded the sixth seed in the ACC Tournament based on tiebreakers. In the tournament they lost to Virginia in the Quarterfinals. The Cardinals finished the spring season 1–2–0 and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Squad

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Roster

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As of January 6, 2022 [4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United States USA Gabby Kouzelos
2 MF United States USA Sarah Hernandez
4 FW United States USA Emma Hiscock
5 FW United States USA Ravin Alexander
6 MF United States USA Riley Mullady
7 MF United States USA Abigail Baldridge
8 DF United States USA Caitlin Elam
9 DF United States USA Lilly Yordy
11 MF United States USA Taylor Kerwin
12 FW United States USA Corinne Dente
14 MF United States USA Mikayla Hampton
15 MF United States USA Hayley Howard
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW United States USA Julia Simon
17 MF United States USA Kiana Klein
18 DF England ENG Anouk Denton
19 MF United States USA Maisie Whitsett
20 FW United States USA Savina Zamborini
21 DF United States USA Sophia Zinn
23 MF United States USA Morgan Bentley
24 MF United States USA Delaney Snyder
26 MF United States USA Cassie Amshoff
28 MF United States USA Brooke Dardano
29 MF United States USA Ava Nielson
30 GK United States USA Olivia Pratapas

Team management

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Position Staff
Karen Ferguson-Dayes Head Coach
Nick Stirrett Assistant Coach
Hunter Norton Assistant Coach
Declan Doherty Performance Analyst
Jing Hughley Director of Operations

Source:[4]

Schedule

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Source:[5]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 14*
7:30 p.m.
Ball State W 2–0 
Lynn Stadium
Louisville, KY
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 19*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
Western Michigan W 6–2  1–0–0
Lynn Stadium (503)
Louisville, KY
August 27*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
James Madison W 4–3  2–0–0
Lynn Stadium (357)
Louisville, KY
August 29*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
Northern Kentucky W 3–0  3–0–0
Lynn Stadium (536)
Louisville, KY
September 2*
8:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Saint Louis W 1–0  4–0–0
Hermann Stadium (1,552)
St. Louis, MO
September 5*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
Western Kentucky L 0–1  4–1–0
Lynn Stadium (623)
Louisville, KY
September 10*
5:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 16 Michigan T 1–1 2OT 4–1–1
Lynn Stadium (600)
Louisville, KY
ACC Regular Season
September 17
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Miami (FL) W 3–2 2OT 5–1–1
(1–0–0)
Cobb Stadium (154)
Coral Gables, FL
September 23
6:00 p.m., ACCN
at Syracuse W 2–1  6–1–1
(2–0–0)
SU Soccer Stadium (23)
Syracuse, NY
September 26
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 1 Florida State L 0–3  6–2–1
(2–1–0)
Lynn Stadium (376)
Louisville, KY
October 2
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Wake Forest W 2–1 OT 7–2–1
(3–1–0)
Lynn Stadium (397)
Louisville, KY
October 7
8:00 p.m., ACCRSN
at No. 24 Notre Dame L 0–3  7–3–1
(3–2–0)
Alumni Stadium (289)
Notre Dame, IN
October 10
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
NC State L 1–2  7–4–1
(3–3–0)
Lynn Stadium (483)
Louisville, KY
October 15
4:00 p.m., ACCNX
Boston College L 1–2  7–5–1
(3–4–0)
Lynn Stadium (385)
Louisville, KY
October 21
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 2 Virginia L 1–4  7–6–1
(3–5–0)
Klöckner Stadium (1,564)
Charlottesville, VA
October 24
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Clemson T 1–1 2OT 7–6–2
(3–5–1)
Riggs Field (284)
Clemson, SC
October 28
5:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2 Duke L 0–1  7–7–2
(3–6–1)
Lynn Stadium (304)
Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked
Week
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United Soccer[6]Not released
TopDrawer Soccer[7]

References

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  1. ^ "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "2021 Women's Soccer Roster". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  5. ^ "2021 Women's Soccer - Schedule". gocards.com. University of Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
  6. ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  7. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.