Visit to Boston College Next for No. 9 Louisville
September 18, 2014 | Men's Soccer
Romilio Hernandez scored his first collegiate goal in last week's win over Duke.
Match Day: #9 Louisville at Boston College
Date: Friday, September 19, 2014
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Location: Newton, Mass.
Venue: Newton Campus Field
TV/Internet Coverage: CardsTV Live Audio
Live Scoring: Gametracker at GoCards.com
Twitter Updates: @UofLMensSoccer
Series Info: First ever match
Last Meeting: No previous meetings
-- 2014 Louisville Men's Soccer Match Notes (at Boston College) 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The ninth-ranked Louisville men's soccer team will play its first ACC road match with a visit to Boston College on Friday at 7 p.m., ET. Live audio of the match at Newton Campus Field will be available to subscribers of CardsTV at GoCards.com, while live scoring will be available through the Gametracker link on the men's soccer schedule page at GoCards.com. It is the first of back-to-back road matches for the Cardinals who visit Kentucky on Tuesday night.
ABOUT LOUISVILLE
The Cardinals play their second straight ACC match as they look to stay unbeaten in league action in their first ever visit to Boston College. Louisville lost its only previous road contest of 2014 falling 1-0 at Saint Louis on Sept. 9.
ABOUT BOSTON COLLEGE
The Eagles enter Friday's match having lost each of their last two games. On Tuesday, BC dropped a 3-2 overtime decision at Harvard, while on Friday, they lost 2-0 against Clemson in their only previous ACC match. Last season, the Eagles were 7-9-2 overall and finished eighth in the ACC with a 4-6-1 conference mark before ending their season in the quarterfinals of the league tournament.
SERIES SNAPSHOT
Friday's matchup will be the first ever meeting between Louisville and Boston College on the soccer pitch. It will also be the first of four ACC road matches for the Cardinals this season.
STRONG NAMED ACC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Junior midfielder Ben Strong was chosen as Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Co-Player of the Week on Sept. 16 sharing the honor with Clemson forward Kyle Murphy. Strong scored two goals as the Cardinals blanked visiting Duke 5-0 in the ACC opener at Lynn Stadium. The goals were the first in a Louisville uniform for Strong, who is in his first season with the Cardinals after transferring from Virginia Tech.
With Louisville already leading Duke by a 1-0 score, Strong pushed the advantage to 2-0 in the sixth minute when he controlled a deflected cross from the right side and scored from 12 yards out. The native of Mendham, New Jersey, later added another score for the Cardinals who remained unbeaten at home in 2014. It marked the second time this season a Louisville player has earned the weekly ACC award as sophomore Andrew Brody was tabbed on Sept. 2.
FANS PACK LYNN STADIUM EARLY IN 2014
After entering the season with great excitement in anticipation of the move to the ACC and the opening of the nation's most spectacular collegiate soccer facility, Louisville men's soccer fans have responded by packing Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn Stadium for the Cardinals in 2014. With a listed capacity of 5,300, it's been standing room only at Lynn Stadium for two of the first three matches as 7,047 fans watched Louisville's 1-0 opening night win over Maryland on Aug. 29 and 5,749 packed the facility for the Cornell match on Sept. 5. Overall, Louisville has averaged 5,585 fans in its first three matches of 2014.
CARDINALS HOLD DOWN TOP 10 RANKINGS
After opening the season with the 1-0 win over then-No. 2 Maryland, Louisville made a big move in the rankings replacing the Terrapins as the No. 2 ranked team in the NSCAA Top 25 on Sept. 2. Since then, the Cardinals have dropped to No. 9 in both the NSCAA poll and the Soccer America Top 25.
The No. 2 national ranking was the highest for Louisville since opening the 2011 season ranked No. 1. The Cardinals were also ranked No. 1 in the nation in 2010 before closing the season as NCAA runner-up after reaching the College Cup title game.
BRODY CHOSEN AS ACC PLAYER OF THE WEEK ON AUG. 29
Sophomore midfielder Andrew Brody was named as the ACC Men's Soccer Player of the Week on Sept. 2 after leading the nationally ranked Cardinals to a victory over No. 2 Maryland on Aug. 29.
Brody headed in the only goal of the match in the 54th minute to lift the Cardinals to a 1-0 victory over the Terrapins in the season-opener for both clubs. Brody received a cross from Ricardo Velazco and sent it into the upper left corner of the net for the decisive goal, the fourth career tally for the native of Orlando, Fla. Also on Sept. 2, Brody was named to the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week for his work in the triumph over Maryland.
LOLLA REACHES 100-WIN PLATEAU AT LOUISVILLE
The winningest coach in the history of the Louisville men's soccer program, head coach Ken Lolla earned his 100th victory at the helm of the Cardinals with the season-opening triumph against No. 2 Maryland on Aug. 29. Having led Louisville to three conference championships in the last five seasons and seven straight seasons with at least 11 wins, Lolla has also guided the Cardinals to seven consecutive NCAA Championship appearances. Louisville has made three NCAA Elite Eight appearances, including a national runner-up finish in 2010 when the Cardinals won a school record 20 games before falling to Akron in the title game of the College Cup.
LOUISVILLE TABBED TO WIN ACC ATLANTIC
Louisville was chosen as the favorite to win the Atlantic Division by ACC men's soccer head coaches entering the 2014 season. Notre Dame was tabbed as the team to beat in the Coastal Division in a vote of the 12 conference head coaches. The Irish were also named by six coaches as favorite to win the league championship, followed by Virginia with three votes, North Carolina with two and Louisville with one. The Cardinals received nine 12 first-place votes while totaling 69 total points as the Atlantic Division favorite. Wake Forest (57 points) and Clemson (50) both collected first-place votes and were followed in the preseason poll by NC State (30), Boston College (26) and Syracuse (20).
BRODY, VELAZCO NAMED TO TOPDRAWERSOCCER TOP 100
Sophomore midfielder Andrew Brody and junior forward Ricardo Velazco were each named to the TopDrawerSoccer National Top 100 released on Aug. 27. Ranked 46th overall, Brody scored three goals and added eight assists in 20 starts as a freshman in 2013. Velazco, ranked No. 54, led the Cardinals with seven goals and nine assists while starting all 20 matches in his first season in Louisville in 2013. The Louisville duo are among 17 players from the ACC on the preseason list.
BALL, KELLER AND MOORE CHOSEN AS TEAM CAPTAINS IN 2014
A trio of seniors -- goalkeeper Joachim Ball, defender Daniel Keller and midfielder Nolan Moore -- were announced as team captains for 2014 by head coach Ken Lolla during the team's annual media day activities on Aug. 13. Ball started 19 matches in 2013 finishing with eight shutouts and making 53 saves for the Cardinals, who won the American Conference regular season championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Championship. Ball ranked 15th nationally in goals against average at 0.688 and was a key player as Louisville set school records for consecutive minutes played without allowing a goal (560) and consecutive shutouts with five from Sept. 21 to Oct. 6.
Another key player in the Cardinals' stretch of shutouts last season, Keller started 18 matches and made 19 total appearances as a junior. He scored three goals, all game-winners, while adding one assist. In his three seasons, Keller has played in 52 matches with 40 starts while scoring five goals. Moore started seven matches and played in 18 games overall in his first season in Louisville after transferring from Cal Poly. He finished with two goals and both were game-winners for the Cardinals in 2013.
BROADCAST DETAILS ANNOUNCED FOR FOUR LOUISVILLE MATCHES
The Cardinals are scheduled to have three matches in 2014 on ESPN3 - the Aug. 29 season-opener against No. 2 Maryland at Lynn Stadium, the Oct. 3 road game at N.C. State and the Oct. 24 home contest against Clemson. All of the ESPN3 broadcasts will also be available on the WatchESPN mobile app. In addition, Louisville's first ACC match against Duke on Sept. 13 at Lynn Stadium will be carried by NSCAATV.com. Overall, fans will have access to more contests involving league teams than ever before as the ACC's media rights holders will distribute at least 122 events live this fall, surpassing the previous record of 101 set last year. In addition to the 122 events announced as part of the ACC's Olympic Sport conference package, other games will be carried by the official websites and regional cable partners of the ACC institutions and further appearances also may be added as other conferences announce their television packages.
FOLLOWING THE CARDINALS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Fans can follow Louisville men's soccer on Twitter (@UofLmenssoccer) at http://twitter.com/uoflmenssoccer and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/UofLmenssoccer.
