2020 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team

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2020 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer
Louisville Cardinals wordmark.svg
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record5–7–0 (4–4–0 ACC)
Head coach
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
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 Florida State  y800 1.0001303 .906
No. 3 North Carolina  y800 1.0001820 .900
No. 4 Virginia  y521 .6881443 .738
No. 6 Clemson  y530 .6251252 .684
No. 7 Duke  y422 .6251254 .667
Louisville  440 .500570 .417
Virginia Tech  440 .500890 .471
Notre Dame  440 .500670 .462
Wake Forest  341 .438572 .429
Pittsburgh  350 .3751150 .688
Boston College  170 .1253101 .250
Syracuse  170 .125170 .125
Miami  080 .0001111 .115
NC State  000 531 .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.

Contents

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Hanna Wise
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Gabby Kouzelos
2 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sarah Hernandez
3 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Nadege L'Esperance
4 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emma Hiscock
5 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ravin Alexander
6 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Riley Mullady
8 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Caitlin Elam
9 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lily Yordy
10 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emina Ekic
11 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Taylor Kerwin
12 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Corinne Dente
13 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jessica Camken
14 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Shay Hampton
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Hayley Howard
17 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kiana Klein
18 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lana Batson
19 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Maisie Whitsett
20 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Savina Zamborini
22 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jolene Ballard
23 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Morgan Bentley
24 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Delaney Snyder
25 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Holly Stalls
26 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Cassie Amshoff
27 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kiley Polk
30 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Olivia Pratapas
36 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sydney Cradle

Team management

PositionStaff
Head Coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes
Assistant CoachAndy Stoots
Assistant CoachHunter Norton
Assistant CoachTim Nowak
Performance AnalystDeclan Doherty
Director of OperationsJing Hughley

Source: [4]

Schedule

Source: [5] [6]

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (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. 13at 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. 13at  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  2OT5–6–0
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

PlayerTeamRoundPick #Position
Emina Ekic Racing Louisville FC 15MF

Source: [8]

Rankings

Fall 2020

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Spring 2021

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TopDrawer Soccer [10]

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