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Women's Soccer Drops BIG EAST Opener at Cincinnati
September 18, 2009 | Women's Soccer
Sept. 18, 2009
CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Louisville women's soccer team dropped a 2-0 decision to the host Cincinnati Bearcats on Friday night at the Gettler Stadium in the BIG EAST Conference opener for both teams.
The Cardinals are now 2-4 overall and 0-1 in BIG EAST action, while the Bearcats improved to 5-3 and 1-0 in BIG EAST play.
"Cincinnati competed tremendously hard tonight," said Louisville head coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes. "We played good soccer and had enough chances to score, but once again, we couldn't take advantage of those opportunities. Cincinnati converted its chances and that was the difference."
After the two teams played a scoreless first half, Cincinnati gained a 1-0 lead in the 50th minute as Sydney Barker scored her first goal of the season on an assist from Melissa Bigg on a corner kick. Following four shots from the Cards' offense over the next 23 minutes, the Bearcats closed the scoring in the 73rd minute as Kendall Loggins earned her third goal of the season on an assist from Erin MacDonald for the final 2-0 margin.
The Cardinals, which had a six-game winning streak against UC halted on Friday, finished with an 18-11 advantage in shots, including an 11-7 margin in shots on-goal, while the Bearcats held an 8-3 advantage on corner kicks. Cincinnati goalkeeper Andrea Kaminski finished with 11 saves, including seven in the second half, while Cards' freshman Taylor Vancil finished with five saves overall.
Up next, the Cardinals will play their final non-conference game of the season at Butler on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET in Indianapolis, Ind. Following the Butler game, Louisville will return home to host BIG EAST Conference foe DePaul on Friday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. ET at Cardinal Park before taking back to the road at Notre Dame on Sunday, Sept. 27 at 1 p.m. ET in a game to be televised nationally by CBS College Sports.
