2020 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team

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.

2020 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer
ConferenceAtlantic 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 stadiumLynn Stadium
2020 ACC women's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 Florida State  ‍†‍‡‍y 8–0–0 1.00013–0–3 .906
No. 3 North Carolina  ‍†‍‍y 8–0–0 1.00018–2–0 .900
No. 4 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 5–2–1 .68814–4–3 .738
No. 6 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 5–3–0 .62512–5–2 .684
No. 7 Duke  ‍‍‍y 4–2–2 .62512–5–4 .667
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 4–4–0 .5005–7–0 .417
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 4–4–0 .5008–9–0 .471
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 4–4–0 .5006–7–0 .462
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 3–4–1 .4385–7–2 .429
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 3–5–0 .37511–5–0 .688
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1–7–0 .1253–10–1 .250
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1–7–0 .1251–7–0 .125
Miami  ‍‍‍ 0–8–0 .0001–11–1 .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.

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

Team management
PositionStaff
Head CoachKaren 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# 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
PlayerTeamRoundPick #Position
Emina EkicRacing Louisville FC15MF

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.
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