Louisville Cardinals women's soccer

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Louisville Cardinals
Soccerball current event.svg 2023 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team
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Founded1985;38 years ago (1985)
University University of Louisville
Head coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes (24th season)
Conference ACC
Location Louisville, Kentucky
Stadium Lynn Stadium
(Capacity: 5,300)
Nickname Cardinals
ColorsRed and black [1]
   
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NCAA Tournament Round of 16
2011
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
2011, 2019
NCAA Tournament appearances
2006, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019
Conference Regular Season championships
2011

The Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team represent University of Louisville in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) of NCAA Division I women's college soccer. The team has never won the ACC regular season championship, but has won both the Big East and Conference USA regular season championship once. The team has advanced to the NCAA Women's soccer tournament 5 times, never making it past the second round. [2]

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History

1980s

The Louisville women's soccer program began in 1985, under the direction of head coach Chip Wilkinson. Wilkinson stayed on staff for three years, until 1987. Under his direction, the team never had a winning season, coming the closest in their inaugural season. In 1985 the team finished 8–9–0. Sandy Davis was hired as the head coach for one year, 1988, and lead the team to a 6–11 record. In 1989, Jeff Yan and Melissa Mattingly were co-head coaches and the team saw no improvement finishing 6–10–0.

1990s

Jeff Yan was retained as head coach for 1990 and 1991, but the team regressed. Finishing a combined 7–27–1 in his two years as sole head coach. To start the 1992 season, Sam Asamoah was hired as head coach. His first season was a struggle, seeing the team improve slightly to finish at 5–12–1. The team saw a big jump in 1993, when they finished with their first winning season in program history at 11–7–0. In 1995, the team joined Conference USA and won a share of the regular season title that year, finishing 4–1–0 in the conference. [3] This success proved fleeting as Asamoah left as head coach after the season. Tony Colavecchia took over in 1996 and the team finished 9–9–2. The downturn continued in 1997 with a 7–13–0 season as Karla Thompson took over as head coach after a 5–1 start and saw out the decade. The 1998 and 1999 seasons, were the two worst in program history. The Cardinals won only one game in the two-year span.

2000s

To start the decade Karen Ferguson (later Karen Ferguson-Dayes) was hired as the new head coach. [4] Her first season was difficult, with the team going 1–18–1 in her first season. However, the team continued to improve, increasing their win totals each year until 2005. 2004 was a bit of a breakthrough with the team finishing tied for fourth in Conference USA, and qualifying for the conference tournament for the first time since 1997. Following that solid season, the Cardinals moved to the Big East Conference in 2005. [5] Their new venture proved successful, as the Cardinals finished no lower than fourth in their division and qualified for the Big East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament their first four years in the conference. The team finished as runners up in the conference tournament in 2006 and 2007. Along with the runner up finishes, the Cardinals qualified for their first two NCAA Tournaments. However, the team lost in the first round in both tournaments. 2009 proved to be a bump in the road, as the team finished 5–11–1, seventh in the division, and did not qualify for the conference tournament.

2010s

The 2010s began well, with the Cardinals winning double digit games in the first four years of the decade. They also qualified for the Big East Tournament in 2010 and 2012, including another runner up finish in 2011. In 2013, the Cardinals moved to the American Athletic Conference. [5] Their only season there would prove a successful one. The team finished 12–5–2 and qualified for both the AAC Tournament and the NCAA Tournament. However, the team would lose in the first round of both. Their membership in the AAC would last only one year, and the team moved to the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2014. [6] Life in the ACC would prove difficult at first with the Cardinals finishing with no more than 9 wins in a season between 2014 and 2017. The team did not qualify for the ACC Women's Soccer Tournament nor the NCAA Tournament in any of those years. Their best conference finish during this period was eighth in 2014. 2018 proved to be a turnaround year, with the Cardinals finishing 12–7–0 and qualifying for both the ACC and NCAA tournaments. The season ended with first round losses in both those tournaments. The Cardinals closed the decade with another successful season, finishing 13–5–2 with their best ever ACC finish of fourth place. They made the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history.

2020s

The decade started with a season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The team played only four non-conference games and played a shortened eight game ACC schedule. The team finished in sixth place, but lost in the first round of the ACC Tournament. The team returned to a more normal schedule in 2021 and posted a 7–7–2 overall record along with a 3–6–1 ACC record to finish in 11th place, their lowest conference finish since joining the ACC. 2022 did not bring much improvement as the team finished 6–8–2 overall and 3–7–0 in ACC play to finish in tenth place. In 2023, the Cardinals finished 4–9–5 overall and 3–5–2 in the ACC. The four wins was the program's lowest overall total since 2001. This marked the third straight year with three ACC wins.

Personnel

Current roster

As of November 21, 2023 [7]

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 Denmark.svg  DEN Malene Nielsen
1 GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Alyssa Zalac
2 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Betsy Huckaby
3 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mackenzie Geigle
4 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emma Hiscock
5 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ravin Alexander
6 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Lucy Roberts
7 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Amber Jackson
8 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Maya Maxwell
9 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Molly Cochran
10 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Autumn Weeks
11 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Addie Chester
13 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ava Nielson
14 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Lizzie Sexton
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Hayley Howard
18 MF Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Wiktoria Wik
19 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Fiona Gaißer
20 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Savina Zamborini
21 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sophia Zinn
22 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Karsyn Cherry
23 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Morgan Bentley
25 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Hadley Snyder
26 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emma Kate Schroll
27 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Emersen Jennings
28 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brooke Dardano
30 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Erynn Floyd
32 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Madison Ellsworth

Team management

PositionStaff
Karen Ferguson-Dayes Head coach
Hunter NortonAssociate head coach
Nick StirrettAssistant coach
Declan DohertyPerformance analyst
Jing HughleyDirector of Operations

Source: [7]

Seasons

SeasonHead coach [8] Season result [9] Tournament results
OverallConferenceConferenceNCAA
WinsLossesTiesWinsLossesTiesFinish
1985Chip Wilkinson890No Conference—
19866101No Conference—
1987391No Conference—
1988Sandy Davis6110No Conference—
1989Jeff Yan & Melissa Mattingly6100No Conference—
1990Jeff Yan4150No Conference—
19913121No Conference—
1992Sam Asamoah5121No Conference—
19931170No Conference—
19947103No Conference—
1995†990410T-1stSecond round—
1996Tony Colavecchia9925314thFirst round—
19975102008thSecond round—
1997Karla Thompson21201608thSecond round—
19980171011012th—
19991170011012th——
2000 Karen Ferguson-Dayes 1181011012th——
2001413028012th——
2002512118114th——
200379227112th——
20041253523T-4thSecond round—
2005^11806503rd-BSecond round—
200613437404th - NationalRunner up First round
200713627312nd - NationalRunner up First round
20089736324th - NationalSecond round—
200951112817th - National——
201010904705th - NationalFirst round—
201114738121st - NationalRunner up Third round
201210445333rd - NationalFirst round—
2013‡12527102ndFirst round First round
2014‡7923528th——
20158824519th——
201677425310th——
201797235210th——
20181270640T-5th First round First round
2019 13525324th First round Second round
2020 5704406th First round —
2021 77236111th——
2022 68237010th——
2023 4953529th——

†In 1995, Louisville began play in Conference USA.
^In 2005, Louisville began play in the Big East Conference.
‡In 2013, Louisville played one season in the American Athletic Conference before moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2014.

Notable alumni

Current professional players

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References

  1. ↑ Louisville Athletics Brand Guidelines (PDF). August 8, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2016 Women's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  3. ↑ "C-USA Women's soccer Record Book" (PDF). conferenceusa.com. Conference USA. p. 8. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Karen Ferguson-Dayes". gocards.com. Louisville Athletics. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  5. 1 2 Gall, Braden (July 3, 2013). "Conference realignment isn't a new phenomenon and Athlon Sports will prove it to you". athlonsports.com. Athlon Sports. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  6. ↑ "ACC Extends Formal Invitation for Membership to the University of Louisville - the Official Athletic Site of the Atlantic Coast Conference". Archived from the original on December 12, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
  7. 1 2 "2023 Women's Soccer Roster". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
  8. ↑ 2016 Record Book , pp. 9
  9. ↑ 2016 Record Book , pp. 6–9

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