2020 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team

2020 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	5–7–0 (4–4–0 ACC)
Head coach	Karen Ferguson-Dayes (21st season)
Assistant coaches	Andy Stoots (5th season) Hunter Norton (5th season) Tim Nowak (2nd season)
Home stadium	Lynn Stadium
Seasons ←  2019 2021  →

2020 ACC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 2 Florida State  ‍†‍‡‍y	8	–	0	–	0		1.000			13	–	0	–	3		.906
No. 3 North Carolina  ‍†‍‍y	8	–	0	–	0		1.000			18	–	2	–	0		.900
No. 4 Virginia  ‍‍‍y	5	–	2	–	1		.688			14	–	4	–	3		.738
No. 6 Clemson  ‍‍‍y	5	–	3	–	0		.625			12	–	5	–	2		.684
No. 7 Duke  ‍‍‍y	4	–	2	–	2		.625			12	–	5	–	4		.667
Louisville  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0		.500			5	–	7	–	0		.417
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0		.500			8	–	9	–	0		.471
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0		.500			6	–	7	–	0		.462
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	3	–	4	–	1		.438			5	–	7	–	2		.429
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	0		.375			11	–	5	–	0		.688
Boston College  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	0		.125			3	–	10	–	1		.250
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	1	–	7	–	0		.125			1	–	7	–	0		.125
Miami  ‍‍‍	0	–	8	–	0		.000			1	–	11	–	1		.115
NC State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0	–	0		–			5	–	3	–	1		.611
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 18, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC Note: † Due to COVID-19, NC State suspended the 2020 women's fall soccer season. They did participate in the spring season.

The 2020 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team represented University of Louisville during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes, in her twenty-first season. They played home games at Lynn Stadium. This was the team's 36th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 7th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

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.

Previous season

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 January 28, 2021 ^[4]

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 4 FW   USA Emma Hiscock 5 FW   USA Ravin Alexander 6 MF   USA Riley Mullady 8 DF   USA Caitlin Elam 9 DF   USA Lily Yordy 10 MF   USA Emina Ekic 11 MF   USA Taylor Kerwin 12 FW   USA Corinne Dente 13 FW   USA Jessica Camken 14 FW   USA Shay Hampton

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF   USA Hayley Howard 17 MF   USA Kiana Klein 18 GK   USA Lana Batson 19 MF   USA Maisie Whitsett 20 FW   USA Savina Zamborini 22 MF   USA Jolene Ballard 23 MF   USA Morgan Bentley 24 FW   USA Delaney Snyder 25 FW   USA Holly Stalls 26 FW   USA Cassie Amshoff 27 MF   USA Kiley Polk 30 GK   USA Olivia Pratapas 36 DF   USA Sydney Cradle

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: ^[4]

Schedule

Source: ^{[5] [6]}

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Fall Regular Season
September 17, 2020 7:00 p.m.,  ACCNX		at  Miami (FL)	W  3–0	1–0–0 (1–0–0)	Cobb Stadium (30) Coral Gables, FL
September 20, 2020 1:00 p.m., ACCN		at  Florida State	L  0–1	1–1–0 (1–1–0)	Seminole Soccer Complex (331) Tallahassee, FL
October 1, 2020 4:00 p.m., ACCN		Syracuse	W  3–0	2–1–0 (2–1–0)	Lynn Stadium (325) Louisville, KY
October 4, 2020 Noon,  ACCRSN		Boston College	W  2–0	3–1–0 (3–1–0)	Lynn Stadium (237) Louisville, KY
October 15, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 13	at No. 11  Virginia	L  0–2	3–2–0 (3–2–0)	Klöckner Stadium (161) Charlottesville, VA
October 18, 2020 2:00 p.m.,  Fox Sports Go	No. 13	at  Virginia Tech	W  1–0	4–2–0 (4–2–0)	Thompson Field (161) Blacksburg, VA
October 25, 2020 1:30 p.m., ACCN	No. 13	Notre Dame	L  0–1	4–3–0 (4–3–0)	Lynn Stadium (145) Louisville, KY
October 29, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 1  North Carolina	L  1–3	4–4–0 (4–4–0)	Lynn Stadium (112) Louisville, KY
ACC Tournament
November 10, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCN	(6)	vs. (3) No. 9 Virginia Quarterfinals	L  1–4	4–5–0	Sahlen's Stadium (217) Cary, NC
Spring Regular Season
March 6, 2021* 2:00 p.m.		at  Dayton	W  1–0	5–5–0	Baujan Field (122) Dayton, OH
March 20, 2021* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX		Auburn	L  0–1  2OT	5–6–0	Lynn Stadium (459) Louisville, KY
March 27, 2021* 7:00 p.m.		at  Western Kentucky	L  0–1	5–7–0	WKU Soccer Complex (145) Bowling Green, KY
April 10, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Tennessee	Canceled [7]		Lynn Stadium Louisville, KY
April 17, 2021* Noon		vs.  Wake Forest	Canceled		Summers-Taylor Stadium Johnson City, TN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

2021 NWSL College Draft

Main article: 2021 NWSL College Draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Emina Ekic	Racing Louisville FC	1	5	MF

Source: ^[8]

Rankings

Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

Fall 2020

Ranking movement
Legend:██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Final
United Soccer [9]			13	13	13

Spring 2021

Ranking movement
Legend:██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Final
United Soccer [9]	None Released												None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [10]

References

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. "2019 Women's Soccer Roster". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
5. "2020 Women's Soccer - Schedule". gocards.com. University of Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
6. "Louisville Releases Women's Soccer Spring Schedule". gocards.com. University of Louisville Cardinals. February 3, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
7. "Louisville Women's Soccer vs. Tennessee Canceled". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletic Department. April 8, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
8. Yang, Stephanie (January 13, 2021). "All the picks from the 2021 NWSL College Draft". allforxi.com. Vox Media. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
9. "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
10. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.