Louisville Plays at Denver on Saturday Afternoon

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - University of Louisville women's lacrosse concludes its three-game road trip to open the season at No. 19 Denver on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. ET.

Despite opening the season with back-to-back losses, the Cardinals have shown fight and mounted rallies to get back into both games after falling behind early.

After falling behind 15-4 at the half in their season opener at No. 7 Northwestern, the Cardinals reeled off five straight goals and ultimately won the second half by a margin of 7-6. Despite the strong second half performance, the Cards fell to the Wildcats, 21-11.

Against Marquette, Louisville went on yet another 5-0 run in under 10 minutes to even the score at 7-7 with 2:38 left in the first half. However, the Golden Eagles tallied two straight goals to end the half with a 9-7 lead that they would never relinquish, despite a stretch of three unanswered goals by the Cardinals in the second half.

Tessa Chad leads Louisville with six goals after two games. She has recorded hat tricks in both games and now has 10 hat tricks as a Cardinal.

ABOUT THE PIONEERS

Denver (2-0) opened its season with a pair of quality road wins over Stanford and California. After narrowly edging Stanford 8-7 to start the weekend, the Pioneers routed Cal 13-4.

Sophomore Hannah Liddy leads the scoring effort with 11 points and is tied with fellow sophomore Bea Behrins for a team-high five goals. In goal, junior Carson Gregg has tallied 12 saves for a .522 save percentage.

The Pioneers were selected first in the BIG EAST Preseason Poll and had five student-athletes named to the All-BIG EAST Preseason Team, including BIG EAST Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Kennedy Milburn. Last season, Denver finished with a 13-7 record, earning a bid to its third consecutive NCAA Tournament.

Series History - UofL is 3-3 all-time against Denver and 1-2 on the road. The last meeting was a 12-5 win for Denver at UofL Lacrosse Stadium on Feb. 17, 2018.

Date: Saturday, Feb. 16
Time: 3:00 p.m. ET
Site: Denver, Colo.
Video: denverpioneers.com
Last Meeting: Denver 12, Louisville 5 (2/17/18 at UofL)
Series History: The series is tied 3-3 (2-1 at home, 1-2 on road)

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Tessa Chad

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