Road Match at Boston College Next for No. 7 Cardinals

Friday, September 14

Newton, MA

7:00 PM

University of Louisville

Boston College

Tate Schmitt runns with the ball during the Cardinals game against Duke at Lynn Stadium on September 9.

Tate Schmitt on the attack for Louisville against Duke at Lynn Stadium on September 9, 2018.

September 13, 2018 | Men's Soccer

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Kickoff for Louisville and BC slated for Friday at 7 p.m., ET at Newton Campus Fields

By: Garett Wall

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The No. 7 Louisville men's soccer team continues its challenging ACC gauntlet with a road match against Boston College on Friday at 7 p.m., ET at the Newton Campus Fields. The match will be televised on ACC Network Extra, while live stats will be available at GoCards.com.

ABOUT THE CARDINALS
Louisville enters its first ACC road match at 3-1-0 overall and 1-0-0 in the league following Sunday's 3-0 victory over No. 2 Duke. The Cardinals are atop the ACC Atlantic standings with three points matching the total for Boston College and Wake Forest.

Six different Cardinals have scored a goal through the first four matches of the season -- Elijah Amo, Geoffrey Dee, Cherif Dieye, Ziyad Fekri, Kino Ryosuke and Adam Wilson. Sophomores Jake Gelnovatch and Will Meyer have shared the goalkeeping duties this season with both players making two starts and each of them delivering one shutout.

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
Boston College enters the match at 2-0-3 overall following a 1-1 draw with Holy Cross on Tuesday and 1-0-0 in the ACC after last Friday's 3-2 victory against Clemson. The Eagles were 6-10-1 overall last season, including a 1-6-1 mark in the ACC before ending their season with a loss to Virginia in the first round of the 2017 ACC Championship.

SERIES SNAPSHOT
Louisville leads 3-0-1 in the all-time series with Boston College, which dates back to 2014. The Cardinals are 1-0-1 in two previous road matches against the Eagles, including a 1-1 draw in their most recent trip to Newton in 2016. Last season, Louisville registered a 4-0 victory over BC at Lynn Stadium. Three of the four meetings between the programs have gone into overtime.

LOUISVILLE NOTES AND TRENDS...
• Louisville was 4-1-4 against ranked opponents last season and is 1-0-0 this season.
• The Cardinals are 33-11-11 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, including 11 international student-athletes. 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 leads the team with 21 career goal, including nine last season.
• Schmitt has 10 career game-winning goals, including the clincher in all four NCAA wins the last two years.

CARDINALS AT NO. 7 IN UNITED SOCCER COACHES POLL
Louisville held steady at No. 7 in this week's United Soccer Coaches poll after moving up two spots into that position last week. After debuting at No. 6 to open the season, the Cardinals lost three spots in week two before moving up last week. The No. 6 ranking marked the second straight season UofL has received a preseason top 10 ranking after being slotted at No. 9 last season.

Louisville was among seven Atlantic Coast Conference teams in this year's preseason top 25, including five programs in the top 11. This week, the ACC has eight teams in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25: No. 1 Wake Forest, No. 3 North Carolina, No. 7 Louisville, No. 8 Notre Dame, No. 10 Duke, No. 16 Virginia Tech, No. 18 NC State and No. 19 Virginia.

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.