Louisville Opens Homestand Tuesday with Georgia Southern

Geoffrey Dee controls the ball in game against GSU on August 28

Geoffrey Dee controls the ball against Georgia State on August 28, 2018 at Lynn Stadium.

Photo by: Jermaine Bibb | Louisville Athletics

Louisville Opens Homestand Tuesday with Georgia Southern

October 08, 2018 | Men's Soccer

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Cardinals and Eagles will kick off at 7 p.m., ET at Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn Stadium

By: Garett Wall

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The No. 6 Louisville men's soccer team begins a four-match homestand with a non-conference contest against Georgia Southern on Tuesday 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 6th in last week's United Soccer Coaches Top 25, Louisville enters Tuesday's match with a 6-2-2 record after Saturday's 2-1 overtime loss at No. 15 Notre Dame. The Cardinals are second in the ACC Atlantic with 10 points and a 3-1-1 mark trailing only the pace set by Wake Forest (12 points).

Cherif Dieye leads the Cardinals with four goals this season, including two game-winners. Adam Wilson has three goals, Geoffrey Dee and Tate Schmitt have two goals each, and Elijah Amo, Ziyad Fekri, Izaiah Jennings and Kino Ryosuke each have one goal. Sophomore goalkeeper Jake Gelnovatch has started eight of 10 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 EAGLES
Georgia Southern is 5-4-1 overall and 1-0-0 in the Sun Belt following a 2-1 win at Howard on Saturday. The Eagles have won each of their last two games earning a 3-1 win over Florida Atlantic last Tuesday. Last season, Georgia Southern was 9-8-1 overall and 3-2-0 in the Sun Belt before ending the season with a 3-1 loss to Georgia State in the Sun Belt semifinals.

SERIES SNAPSHOT
Louisville trails 0-1-0 in the all-time series with Georgia Southern, which dates back to 2004. The only previous meeting between the programs was a 3-0 win for the Eagles in Lexington, Kentucky at the UK Invitational. The Cardinals are 1-0-0 this season against foes from the Peach State earning a 1-0 win over Georgia State on Aug. 28.

LOUISVILLE NOTES AND TRENDS...
• Louisville is 1-1-1 against ranked opponents this season after finishing 4-1-4 last season.
• The Cardinals are 34-11-12 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.

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. 3 overall. The Cardinals are among eight ACC teams in the top 15 positions in the latest RPI, including six of the top seveb teams.

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.

2018 LOUISVILLE SOCCER TICKETS
Season tickets and single match tickets for the 2018 University of Louisville soccer season are on sale now through the Louisville Cardinals Ticket Office. The 2018 Louisville soccer tickets can be purchased online at GoCards.com/soccertickets.

Men's soccer single match tickets are priced at $12 per ticket for reserved chairback seats, $6 per ticket for general admission/berm seats and $4 per ticket for groups of 10 or more. Reserved chairback season tickets are priced at $100 for adults, $320 for the Family Four Pack and $80 for faculty/staff. General admission/berm seating for season tickets are priced at $50 for adults, $200 for the Family Four Pack and $50 for faculty/staff.

Season tickets packages include all UofL men's and women's soccer regular season matches at Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn Stadium. For more information on Louisville soccer season tickets, visit GoCards.com/soccertickets, call 502-GO-CARDS or email tickets@gocards.com.