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Road Tilt at No. 12 Duke Up Next for No. 8 Louisville
September 29, 2017 | Men's Soccer
Kickoff at 7 p.m., ET on Saturday in Durham, N.C., with TV coverage on ACC Network Extra
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -Â The No. 8 Louisville men's soccer team plays its fifth nationally ranked foe of the season when the Cardinals visit No. 12 Duke on Saturday at 7 p.m., ET at Koskinen Stadium. The match will be televised on ACC Network Extra, while live scoring is available at GoCards.com.
ABOUT THE CARDINALS
Louisville enters Saturday's match at 6-1-2 overall after Tuesday's 1-1 draw against USF and the Cardinals are 2-1-0 in ACC matches following last week's 4-0 victory against Boston College. Louisville is riding a four-match unbeaten streak overall. Senior Tim Kubel and junior Tate Schmitt lead Louisville with four goals each, while senior Mohamed Thiaw has three goals. Junior Adrien Cabon, sophomore Cody Cochran and sophomore Cherif Dieye have added a pair of goals, while junior Adam Wilson has a team-leading five assists.
ABOUT THE BLUE DEVILS
Duke moved to 7-1-1 overall with Tuesday's 1-0 win over Appalachian State and the Blue Devils are 2-1-0 in the ACC following a 2-1 in victory at Syracuse last week. Last season, Duke was 7-8-2 overall and 2-5-1 in the ACC before ending its season with a loss to Notre Dame in the ACC Championship.
SERIES SNAPSHOT
Saturday's match will mark the sixth meeting all-time between the Cardinals and Blue Devils with Louisville holding a 3-1-1 edge in the series, which dates back to 1997. The Cardinals are unbeaten in each of the last four meetings between the two programs, including wins in each of the first two meetings as ACC foes. Louisville earned an ACC Championship win (2-1) at Duke in 2015 and was a 5-0 winner against the Blue Devils at Lynn Stadium in 2014.
LOUISVILLE NOTES AND TRENDS...
• The Cardinals have out-shot their opponents in all nine games this season.
• Louisville is 2-1-1 against ranked foes this season, including 1-0-0 in road matches.Â
• Tim Kubel leads the team with 19 career goals, while Tate Schmitt (16) and Mohamed Thiaw (15) are next.
• Nine of Thiaw's 15 career goals are game-winners, including two this season.
• Schmitt has seven career game-winning goals and Kubel has six for the Cardinals.
• Schmitt leads the team with two career multi-goal games, while Cabon and Thiaw have one each.
• The Sept. 15 match at Syracuse marked the first collegiate DNP for Kubel ending a streak of 68 straight matches played. The senior was suspended after receiving a red card against Wake Forest on Sept. 9.
• The 12 goals last season for Thiaw were the most for a UofL player since Simon Bird's 12 goals in 2003.
• Louisville has a 25-10-7 record all-time at Lynn Stadium, including a 10-7-2 mark against ranked foes.
LOUISVILLE IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
Louisville gained two positions in this week's United Soccer Coaches Poll moving to No. 8 overall while moving up one spot to No. 10 in the Soccer America Top 25. The Cardinals have been ranked in each of the first six weeks of the season after entering 2017 ranked as high as No. 9 in the United Soccer Coaches preseason poll.
KUBEL NAMED CANDIDATE FOR SENIOR CLASS AWARD
Tim Kubel was named Sept. 22 among 30 candidates for the 2017 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate men's soccer. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
Each of the 60 men's and women's candidates has displayed a strong work ethic in the classroom and on the pitch with 30 having grade-point averages of 3.5 or higher and 12 being returning All-Americans. Outside of academics and athletics, all candidates also have been consistently involved in community service on their campus or in their communities.
Each of the two candidate classes will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one male candidate and one female candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition.
The Senior CLASS Award winners will be announced during the 2017 NCAA Men's and Women's College Cup® championships in December. For more information on all the candidates, visit www.seniorCLASSaward.com.
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.
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ABOUT THE CARDINALS
Louisville enters Saturday's match at 6-1-2 overall after Tuesday's 1-1 draw against USF and the Cardinals are 2-1-0 in ACC matches following last week's 4-0 victory against Boston College. Louisville is riding a four-match unbeaten streak overall. Senior Tim Kubel and junior Tate Schmitt lead Louisville with four goals each, while senior Mohamed Thiaw has three goals. Junior Adrien Cabon, sophomore Cody Cochran and sophomore Cherif Dieye have added a pair of goals, while junior Adam Wilson has a team-leading five assists.
ABOUT THE BLUE DEVILS
Duke moved to 7-1-1 overall with Tuesday's 1-0 win over Appalachian State and the Blue Devils are 2-1-0 in the ACC following a 2-1 in victory at Syracuse last week. Last season, Duke was 7-8-2 overall and 2-5-1 in the ACC before ending its season with a loss to Notre Dame in the ACC Championship.
SERIES SNAPSHOT
Saturday's match will mark the sixth meeting all-time between the Cardinals and Blue Devils with Louisville holding a 3-1-1 edge in the series, which dates back to 1997. The Cardinals are unbeaten in each of the last four meetings between the two programs, including wins in each of the first two meetings as ACC foes. Louisville earned an ACC Championship win (2-1) at Duke in 2015 and was a 5-0 winner against the Blue Devils at Lynn Stadium in 2014.
LOUISVILLE NOTES AND TRENDS...
• The Cardinals have out-shot their opponents in all nine games this season.
• Louisville is 2-1-1 against ranked foes this season, including 1-0-0 in road matches.Â
• Tim Kubel leads the team with 19 career goals, while Tate Schmitt (16) and Mohamed Thiaw (15) are next.
• Nine of Thiaw's 15 career goals are game-winners, including two this season.
• Schmitt has seven career game-winning goals and Kubel has six for the Cardinals.
• Schmitt leads the team with two career multi-goal games, while Cabon and Thiaw have one each.
• The Sept. 15 match at Syracuse marked the first collegiate DNP for Kubel ending a streak of 68 straight matches played. The senior was suspended after receiving a red card against Wake Forest on Sept. 9.
• The 12 goals last season for Thiaw were the most for a UofL player since Simon Bird's 12 goals in 2003.
• Louisville has a 25-10-7 record all-time at Lynn Stadium, including a 10-7-2 mark against ranked foes.
LOUISVILLE IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
Louisville gained two positions in this week's United Soccer Coaches Poll moving to No. 8 overall while moving up one spot to No. 10 in the Soccer America Top 25. The Cardinals have been ranked in each of the first six weeks of the season after entering 2017 ranked as high as No. 9 in the United Soccer Coaches preseason poll.
KUBEL NAMED CANDIDATE FOR SENIOR CLASS AWARD
Tim Kubel was named Sept. 22 among 30 candidates for the 2017 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate men's soccer. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
Each of the 60 men's and women's candidates has displayed a strong work ethic in the classroom and on the pitch with 30 having grade-point averages of 3.5 or higher and 12 being returning All-Americans. Outside of academics and athletics, all candidates also have been consistently involved in community service on their campus or in their communities.
Each of the two candidate classes will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one male candidate and one female candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition.
The Senior CLASS Award winners will be announced during the 2017 NCAA Men's and Women's College Cup® championships in December. For more information on all the candidates, visit www.seniorCLASSaward.com.
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.
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