Friday, October 12
LOUISVILLE, KY
7:00 PM
University of Louisville
vs
SYRACUSE
Liam Bennett holds of a defender against St. Bonaventure at Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn Stadium on August 24, 2018.
Photo by: Jeff Reinking | Louisville Athletics
No. 24 Syracuse Visits No. 11 Louisville in Friday Night Fray
October 11, 2018 | Men's Soccer
Cardinals and Orange will kick off at 7 p.m., ET at Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn Stadium
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -Â The No. 11 University of Louisville men's soccer team continues its four-match homestand with a pivotal ACC clash against No. 24 Syracuse on Friday at 7 p.m., ET at Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn Stadium. The match will be will be televised on ACC Network Extra, while live stats will be available at GoCards.com.
ABOUT THE CARDINALS
Ranked 11th in this week's United Soccer Coaches Top 25, Louisville enters Friday's match with a 7-2-2 record after Tuesday's 1-0 win over Georgia Southern. The Cardinals are second in the ACC Atlantic and third overall in the league with 10 points and a 3-1-1 mark. The top four teams in the conference will earn a first round bye and a second round home game in the ACC Championship.Â
Cherif Dieye leads the Cardinals with four goals this season, including two game-winners. Geoffrey Dee and Adam Wilson have three goals each, while Tate Schmitt has two goals and a team-leading five assists. Sophomore goalkeeper Jake Gelnovatch has started eight of 11 matches this season registering three shutouts overall and a 0.95 goals against average.
The Cardinals produced another successful season in 2017 reaching the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Championship for the fifth time in the last eight seasons, including the second straight year, and earning a No. 7 ranking in the final United Soccer Coaches Top 25. Louisville had a 13-2-5 record and was second in the ACC Atlantic with a 5-2-1 league mark.
ABOUT THE ORANGE
Syracuse is 6-4-1 overall following a 3-0 win over Ohio State on Monday and 1-3-0 in the ACC after earning a 2-0 victory over Wake Forest last week. The Orange has won three straight matches overall and are ranked 24th in this week's United Soccer Coaches poll. Last season, Syracuse was 6-8-4 overall and 0-6-2 in the ACC.
SERIES SNAPSHOT
Louisville leads 9-2-2 in the all-time series with Syracuse, which dates back to 2005. The Cardinals have won each of the last two meetings with the Orange and are unbeaten in nine straight matches overall with seven wins in that stretch. Louisville is 2-0-0 against Syracuse at Lynn Stadium earning a 1-0 in 2016 and a 2-1 overtime win in 2014.Â
LOUISVILLE NOTES AND TRENDS...
• Louisville is 1-1-1 against ranked opponents this season after finishing 4-1-4 last season.
• The Cardinals are 35-11-12 all-time at Lynn Stadium, including 11-7-4 against ranked foes.
• Louisville has advanced to the NCAA Championship in 10 of 12 seasons under head coach Ken Lolla.
• The 2018 roster features 27 total players with 11 international student-athletes (including Haji Abdikadir from Kenya). Those 11 players from outside the US account for nine different nations.
• A total of 11 different states are represented in Louisville's 16 players from the United States.
• Tate Schmitt ranks 7th in school history with his 22 career goals and 60 career points.
• Schmitt has 10 career game-winning goals, including the clincher in all four NCAA wins the last two years.
CARDINALS DROP TO NO. 11 IN THIS WEEK'S UNITED SOCCER COACHES POLL
Louisville dropped five spots to No. 11 in this week's United Soccer Coach Top 25 after holding at No. 6 for three straight weeks. It's the first time this season the Cardinals have landed outside the top 10 in the poll. Louisville was at No. 6 in the preseason poll and dropped as low as No. 9 on Sept. 11 before rising to No. 7 and then No. 6 in the following weeks.Â
This week, the ACC has seven teams in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25: No. 1 North Carolina, No. 2 Wake Forest, No. 9 Notre Dame, No. 11 Louisville, No. 14 Virginia, No. 17 Duke and No. 24 Syracuse. Earning a preseason top 10 ranking for the second straight year, Louisville was among seven ACC teams in this year's preseason top 25, including five programs in the top 11. Â
LOUISVILLE AT NO. 6 IN THIS WEEK'S NCAA RPI
The NCAA released the third RPI of the 2018 season on Monday and Louisville dropped three spots to No. 6 overall. The Cardinals are among eight ACC teams in the top 15 positions in the latest RPI, including six of the top seveb teams.Â
SCHMITT NAMED CANDIDATE FOR 2018 SENIOR CLASS AWARD
Tate Schmitt was among 30 men's soccer student-athletes who excel both on and off the field named as candidates for the 2018 Senior CLASS Award. 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 candidates (30 men's candidates and 30 women's candidates) has displayed a strong work ethic in the classroom and on the pitch with 34 returning after earning first-team conference honors, 30 having grade-point averages of 3.5 or higher, nine being on the MAC Hermann Watch List for 2018 and seven 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 2018 NCAA Men's and Women's College Cup® championships in December. For more information on all the candidates, visit seniorCLASSaward.com.
FOLLOWING THE CARDINALS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Fans can follow Louisville men's soccer on Twitter at @UofLmenssoccer and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/UofLmenssoccer.
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ABOUT THE CARDINALS
Ranked 11th in this week's United Soccer Coaches Top 25, Louisville enters Friday's match with a 7-2-2 record after Tuesday's 1-0 win over Georgia Southern. The Cardinals are second in the ACC Atlantic and third overall in the league with 10 points and a 3-1-1 mark. The top four teams in the conference will earn a first round bye and a second round home game in the ACC Championship.Â
Cherif Dieye leads the Cardinals with four goals this season, including two game-winners. Geoffrey Dee and Adam Wilson have three goals each, while Tate Schmitt has two goals and a team-leading five assists. Sophomore goalkeeper Jake Gelnovatch has started eight of 11 matches this season registering three shutouts overall and a 0.95 goals against average.
The Cardinals produced another successful season in 2017 reaching the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Championship for the fifth time in the last eight seasons, including the second straight year, and earning a No. 7 ranking in the final United Soccer Coaches Top 25. Louisville had a 13-2-5 record and was second in the ACC Atlantic with a 5-2-1 league mark.
ABOUT THE ORANGE
Syracuse is 6-4-1 overall following a 3-0 win over Ohio State on Monday and 1-3-0 in the ACC after earning a 2-0 victory over Wake Forest last week. The Orange has won three straight matches overall and are ranked 24th in this week's United Soccer Coaches poll. Last season, Syracuse was 6-8-4 overall and 0-6-2 in the ACC.
SERIES SNAPSHOT
Louisville leads 9-2-2 in the all-time series with Syracuse, which dates back to 2005. The Cardinals have won each of the last two meetings with the Orange and are unbeaten in nine straight matches overall with seven wins in that stretch. Louisville is 2-0-0 against Syracuse at Lynn Stadium earning a 1-0 in 2016 and a 2-1 overtime win in 2014.Â
LOUISVILLE NOTES AND TRENDS...
• Louisville is 1-1-1 against ranked opponents this season after finishing 4-1-4 last season.
• The Cardinals are 35-11-12 all-time at Lynn Stadium, including 11-7-4 against ranked foes.
• Louisville has advanced to the NCAA Championship in 10 of 12 seasons under head coach Ken Lolla.
• The 2018 roster features 27 total players with 11 international student-athletes (including Haji Abdikadir from Kenya). Those 11 players from outside the US account for nine different nations.
• A total of 11 different states are represented in Louisville's 16 players from the United States.
• Tate Schmitt ranks 7th in school history with his 22 career goals and 60 career points.
• Schmitt has 10 career game-winning goals, including the clincher in all four NCAA wins the last two years.
CARDINALS DROP TO NO. 11 IN THIS WEEK'S UNITED SOCCER COACHES POLL
Louisville dropped five spots to No. 11 in this week's United Soccer Coach Top 25 after holding at No. 6 for three straight weeks. It's the first time this season the Cardinals have landed outside the top 10 in the poll. Louisville was at No. 6 in the preseason poll and dropped as low as No. 9 on Sept. 11 before rising to No. 7 and then No. 6 in the following weeks.Â
This week, the ACC has seven teams in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25: No. 1 North Carolina, No. 2 Wake Forest, No. 9 Notre Dame, No. 11 Louisville, No. 14 Virginia, No. 17 Duke and No. 24 Syracuse. Earning a preseason top 10 ranking for the second straight year, Louisville was among seven ACC teams in this year's preseason top 25, including five programs in the top 11. Â
LOUISVILLE AT NO. 6 IN THIS WEEK'S NCAA RPI
The NCAA released the third RPI of the 2018 season on Monday and Louisville dropped three spots to No. 6 overall. The Cardinals are among eight ACC teams in the top 15 positions in the latest RPI, including six of the top seveb teams.Â
SCHMITT NAMED CANDIDATE FOR 2018 SENIOR CLASS AWARD
Tate Schmitt was among 30 men's soccer student-athletes who excel both on and off the field named as candidates for the 2018 Senior CLASS Award. 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 candidates (30 men's candidates and 30 women's candidates) has displayed a strong work ethic in the classroom and on the pitch with 34 returning after earning first-team conference honors, 30 having grade-point averages of 3.5 or higher, nine being on the MAC Hermann Watch List for 2018 and seven 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 2018 NCAA Men's and Women's College Cup® championships in December. For more information on all the candidates, visit seniorCLASSaward.com.
FOLLOWING THE CARDINALS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Fans can follow Louisville men's soccer on Twitter at @UofLmenssoccer and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/UofLmenssoccer.
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