#17 Cardinals Set for Showdown with #2 Georgetown Tuesday Night

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The 17th ranked University of Louisville men's soccer team is coming off an upset of No. 17 Virginia Tech Friday night, as the Cardinals return to action at Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium Tuesday (Sept. 24), when UofL takes on No. 2 Georgetown at 7 p.m. The game will mark the first time a Louisville team will be featured on a live broadcast on the new ACC Network.

Gameday Information
When: September 24 | 7:00 p.m.
Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Venue: Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium (5,300)
Live Stats: Louisville Sidearm Live Stats
Live Video: ACC Network; Dalen Cuff (pxp), Oguchi Onyewu (analyst)
Series History: Tied 1-1
Last Meeting: Louisville 2, Georgetown 1 0 | September 25, 2018 | Washington, DC

#17 Louisville Cardinals 3-1-2, 1-0-1 ACC
Last Game: W, 2-1 vs. #17 Virginia Tech (Sept. 20)
Coach: John Michael Hayden | 1st Season
Goals Leader: Cherif Dieye | 4
Assists Leader: Five tied | 1
Points Leader: Cherif Dieye | 9
Shots Leader: Cherif Dieye | 22
Saves Leader: Jake Gelnovatch | 19

#2 Georgetown Hoyas 6-0, 1-0 Big EAST
Last Game: W, 3-0 at Butler (Sept. 20)
Coach: Brian Wiese | 14th Season
Goals Leader: Zach Riviere and Jacob Montes | 4
Assists Leader: Paul Rothrock | 6
Points Leader: Zach Riviere| 9
Shots Leader: Jacob Montes and Derek Dodson | 14
Saves Leader: Giannis Nikopolidis | 8

Opening kicks
• The all-time series is tied 1-1, with each team winning on the road.
• The last time these two teams met resulted in a 2-1 win for the Cardinals. No. 6 UofL won on a game-winner by Izaiah Jennings in the 82nd minute.
• The Cardinals are 6-4 all-time on September 24, winning their last two (2013 & 2016)
• UofL is 192-138-46 all-time at home.
• The Cardinals are 38-13-14 all-time at Lynn Stadium, including 12-7-6 against ranked foes and 5-3-1 in NCAA Championship matches.
• Louisville midfielder Cherif Dieye was named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week on Monday, Sept. 23. It is his first Player of the Week honor of his career.
• Junior forward Emil Elveroth was named to the watch list for the 2019 MAC Hermann Trophy, which honors the United Soccer Coaches Division I National Player of the Year.
• Louisville has advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship five times in the last nine seasons, and has made the NCAA Tournament 11 of the last 12 years.
• The 2019 roster features 27 total players with 10 international student-athletes.
• International players account for nine different nations. It does not include two players who moved to the US after being born; Diallo Irakoze (Tanzania) and Haji Abdikadir (Kenya).
• A total of 10 different states are represented in Louisville's 17 players from the US.

Goals by Cherif Dieye...
Senior midfielder Cherif Dieye was named the ACC Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 23

He is the first Cardinal to earn the ACC Offensive Player of the Week award since Tim Kubel on Sept. 5, 2017.

Dieye earns his first ACC Player of the week honor after scoring a pair of goals in an upset win over No. 17 Virginia Tech Friday night (Sept. 20). It was Dieye's first multi-goal game of his career, as both goals game in the final eight minutes of the game.

With the Cardinals trailing 1-0, Dieye scored the equalizer in the 82nd minute. After a long pass from Louka Masset, Dieye snuck past a Hokie defender and fired a shot into the upper right corner of the far post.

Less than four minutes later, Dieye found the back of the net again in what proved to be the game-winner in the 85th minute. His fourth goal of the season came on a shot inside the left post from about 30 yard outs.

On This Date...September 24 (6-4)

1980	Eastern Kentucky	W, 6-0
1982	at Dayton	L, 0-6
1983	Transylvania	W, 5-1
1986	at Bellarmine	L, 1-2
1988	Alabama A&M	W, 2-1
1995	at Memphis*	L, 1-3
2000	Alabama A&M	W, 4-1
2011	at #14 Notre Dame*	L, 0-1
2013	SIUE	W, 1-0
2016	#16 VIRGINIA*	W, 6-1

All-Time Results vs. Georgetown

09/23/2007	H	GEORGETOWN	L, 0-1	Louisville, Ky.
09/25/2018	A	Georgetown	W, 2-1	Washington, DC

Overall: 1-1
Conf: 0-0
Home: 0-1
Away: 1-0
Neutral: 0-0

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#17 Cardinals Set for Showdown with #2 Georgetown Tuesday Night

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Players Mentioned

Haji Abdikadir

Cherif Dieye

Emil Elveroth

Jake Gelnovatch

Diallo Irakoze

Izaiah Jennings

Louka Masset

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#17 Cardinals Set for Showdown with #2 Georgetown Tuesday Night

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Haji Abdikadir

Cherif Dieye

Emil Elveroth

Jake Gelnovatch

Diallo Irakoze

Izaiah Jennings

Louka Masset

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