No. 3 Louisville Downs Miami (Ohio) 4-1

Monday, October 4

LOUISVILLE, KY

7:00 PM

University of Louisville

(11-1)

MIAMI (OH)

(6-8)

MIAMI

Louisville

October 04, 2021 | Field Hockey

Box Score Justine Sowry Postgame Interview

By: Lori Harmon

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Katie Schneider scored a pair of goals to help lead the third-ranked University of Louisville field hockey team to a 4-1 win against Miami (Ohio) Monday evening at Trager Stadium. Julie Kouijzer and Mackenzie Karl also scored as the Cardinals improve to 11-1 on the season.

"We are really pleased with this win," said UofL head coach Justine Sowry. "To be honest, the last couple of weeks, we've been a little sluggish. We're tired, physically and mentally. We've had a lot of overtime games and some tight games. But we've broken our season down into quarters and this was our last game of that second quarter… Tonight they came out on all cylinders firing and I'm just really pleased with the hockey that was played."

The teams played through a scoreless first period with Miami owning a 2-0 edge in shots. The Cardinals broke through in the fourth minute of the second quarter when they capitalized on their first penalty corner of the game. Aimee Plumb got the play started and Charlie van Oirschot provided the stop for Kouijzer who fired a shot past Miami goalkeeper Isabelle Perese for her fifth goal of the season.

Three minutes later, Schneider deflected Camryn Pichea's shot into the cage to add an insurance goal.

Scoring chances in the first half were limited and Cardinals took the 2-0 lead into halftime after both teams delivered a pair of shots and Louisville held a 2-1 edge in corners.

UofL attacked early out of the break with Schneider tallying her team-best seventh goal of the season, this time with an assist from Emilia Kaczmarczyk to increase the lead to 3-0.

Mackenzie Karl completed the Cardinals' scoring in the fourth quarter when she collected a rebound off of a RedHawk defender's stick and delivered a reverse stick shot into the cage for her second career goal to put Louisville on top 4-0.

Miami (6-8) got on the scoreboard in the fourth quarter when Claudia Negrete Garcia connected on a penalty corner goal with assists from Jenna Kirby and Noor Breedijk, bringing the final score to 4-1.

In the game, Louisville held an 11-7 advantage in shots with a 9-3 edge in shots on goal while the RedHawks were awarded five penalty corners to Louisville's three. Mila de Kuijer recorded two saves in the game and Isabelle Perese had five stops in the cage for Miami (Ohio).

The Cardinals will return to action on October 10 when the hit the road to face No. 2 Michigan as Louisville begins a five-game road stretch.

NOTES:
• At 11-1, the Cardinals are off to the best start in program history surpassing the 10-1 start in 2019.
• Katie Schneider now leads the team with a career-best seven goals and 17 points on the season.
• Louisville has outscored opponents 29-9 this year. Ten different players have contributed goals for the Cardinals.
• UofL has now won four straight games and is 7-1 at Trager Stadium this year.
• Sunday's game at No. 2 Michigan will mark the eighth ranked opponents the Cardinals have faced this season, they are 7-1 in those games with their only loss coming at the hands of then-No. 2 Iowa on Sept. 19.