Women's Soccer Hosts No. 17 Boston College on Sunday Afternoon

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-- The University of Louisville women's soccer team will return home to host No. 17 Boston College in Lynn Stadium on Sunday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.

ABOUT THE CARDINALS
Louisville enters the match with an overall record of 6-2-2 and a league record of 1-0-1. The Cardinals played No. 7 Duke to a scoreless tied on Thursday night to remain undefeated in conference play.

Brooklynn Rivers leads the Cardinals with 10 points. She has four goals and two assists on the year. Allison Whitfield led the Cardinals with the lone goal in the win over Pittsburgh Saturday night.

Gabrielle Vincent enters the game second on the team in points with three goals and two assists, while Whitfield also has two goals and three assists on the year.

Taylor Bucklin leads the Cardinals in goal with a 6-2-2 record and five shutouts on the season. She has a 0.68 goals against average, allowing only seven goals. She also has 26 saves on the year.

Head coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes is in her 17th season with the Cardinals. She has guided Louisville to four NCAA Tournament appearances, including a Sweet 16 appearance in 2011.

SCOUTING BOSTON COLLEGE
Boston College enters the game with an overall record of 9-1-1 and a conference record of 1-1-0, coming off a 3-0 win over Pittsburgh on Thursday night in Boston.

Redshirt Senior forward McKenzie Meehan comes into the game leading the Eagles with nine goals and two assists for 20 points on the season. Senior forward Hayley Dowd has added six goals and two assists. Redshirt junior midfielder Lauren Berman and Gaby Carreiro lead Boston College in assists on the season with six.

Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Alexis Bryant brings in a 0.37 goals against average and 18 saves for the Eagles on season.

Alison Foley is in her 19th season at Boston College, where she has guided the Eagles to 13 NCAA Tournament appearances, 11 consecutive. She led Boston College to the College Cup in 2010 as well. She has amassed more wins than any other women's soccer coach in program history with a 235-121-34 overall record.

SERIES HISTORY
Boston College leads the series with a 2-0-0 record against Louisville. Last season the Eagles took a 2-0 win in Boston. The last meeting in Louisville, the Cardinals fell 1-0.

CARDINALS QUICK HITS
   •The Cardinals have scored four goals in straight three matches this season. The only time in school history the Cardinals have scored four or more goals in three consecutive games in a season was in 1986. Louisville defeated Morehead State 5-0 on Oct. 8 , then defeated Morehead State again 4-1 on Oct. 10, and defeated Kentucky 7-0 on Oct. 11.
   • Freshman Brooklynn Rivers is the only Cardinal player to score multiple goals in multiple games this season. She scored two goals against Belmont and two goals at
   • Gabrielle Vincent's hat trick on Aug. 26 was the first hat trick since Emily Cardell scored on against then ranked No. 20 Marquette on Oct. 17, 2010.
   • This season the Cardinal roster has five international players. Returners Inger Katrine Bjerke is from Norway while Tina Marolt is from Slovenia. Joining the Cardinals this season is Sarah Feola from Quebec, Canada, Mhairi Fyfe from Livingston, Scotland, and Kathellen Sousa-Feitoza from Sao Vicente, Brazil.
   • Freshman Allison Whitfield has followed in her sister Casey's footsteps, playing at Louisville. She also wears the number 23, same as Casey. The also are similar in both play, Casey was one of the top play makers for the Cardinals and so far, Allison has lived up to those expectations.
   • The Cardinals have two freshmen with national team experience this season. Freshmen Sarah Feola and Gabrielle Kouzelos have played this summer with their national teams.
   • Once again the Cardinals played Duke to a scoreless tie. All four meetings in the series have resulted in scoreless ties. Both team have played 440 minutes and neither team has scored a goal.

Women's Soccer Hosts No. 17 Boston College on Sunday Afternoon

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Players Mentioned

Sarah Feola

Mhairi Fyfe

Gabby Kouzelos

Brooklynn Rivers

Kathellen Sousa-Feitoza

Allison Whitfield

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