Cards Will Travel to Ann Arbor to Face Penn State in NCAA Tournament

The University of Louisville field hockey team earned an at-large bid to the 2022 NCAA Tournament and will travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., to take on Penn State in the first round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Michigan's Phyllis Ocker Field.

Host Michigan (14-5) earned the overall No. 4 will face Albany (15-4) at 12 p.m. The winners of the first-round matches will meet Sunday at 1 p.m.

Sunday's quarterfinal winner will advance to the NCAA semifinals which will take place Nov. 18 at UConn's George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex. The national championship game will be held on Nov. 20 at 1:30 p.m.

This marks UofL's fourth straight and 11^th overall NCAA tournament appearance. In 2020, the Cardinals advanced to the NCAA semifinals for the first time in program history. In 2019, UofL reached the quarterfinals. The Cardinals return to Michigan's Ocker Field for the second straight year in NCAA postseason play. In 2021, Louisville fell 1-0 to Harvard in the first round.

The 12^th-ranked Cardinals (12-7) are coming off of a 1-0 loss to No. 5 Virginia in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship. Goalkeeper Sasha Elliott and defender Julie Kouijzer were named to the All-ACC first team and Aimee Plumb earned second team honors.

Head Coach Justine Sowry on the NCAA selection
"Looking at all the results from the other tournaments, we felt good about our body of work, but you're never quite sure what the committee is going to focus on with the criteria. We're pretty excited at the moment. At this point, it's survive and advance and we definitely want to continue to play Louisville Field Hockey. We've been playing some great hockey lately and we want to focus on that. We'll take a look at some of the recent games that Penn State has played. They're a quality opponent with some very dangerous players, so we will definitely have our hands full preparing for them. It's going to be on the day in a tournament like this – any team can win. We've got nothing to lose at this point. And we're excited to go up to Michigan in a place that we're pretty familiar with so we're pretty happy."

Scouting the Field
Third-ranked Penn State (15-3) earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament after reaching the semifinals of the Big Ten Championships and falling 2-1 to eventual champion, sixth-ranked Michigan. Prior to that, the Nittany Lions put together a seven-game win streak. Penn State is making its 30^th NCAA Tournament appearance. Louisville owns a 2-0 record in the series against Penn State, including a 2-1 victory on Aug. 28, 2022 at Penn State.

Sixth-ranked Michigan is making its eighth straight and 19^th overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament after earning the Big Ten's automatic bid after winning the conference tournament with a 2-1 win over Northwestern. The Wolverines own a 12-5-1 record in the series between the two team with Louisville taking the 2022 matchup 2-1 at Trager Stadium.

No. 17-ranked Albany earned the America East automatic bid after defeating Stanford 1-0 in a shootout in the conference championship game. The Great Danes are making their seventh overall NCAA tournament appearance and first since 2018. Albany holds a 2-1 edge in the series, winning the most recent matchup 1-0 on Oct. 21, 2018 in Albany.

The ACC in the NCAA
The ACC placed five teams in the 18-team tournament field. North Carolina earned the league's automatic bid while Syracuse, Virginia and Wake Forest joined Louisville with automatic bids. The ACC tied with the Big 10 for the most teams in the 2022 NCAA Tournament with five apiece including all eight available at-large bids.

Weekend Schedule at Ann Arbor, Mich.
November 11, 2022 | First Round
12 p.m. - #4-seed Michigan (14-5) vs. Albany (15-4)
2:30 p.m. – Penn State (15-3) vs. Louisville (12-7)
November 13, 2022 | Quarterfinals
1 p.m. – Winners of first round games

Ticket Information
Single-day tickets for the first/second rounds are priced at $8 for adults, $5 for students 18 and under, and $3 per ticket for groups of 10 or more. All tickets will be general admission.

Tickets go on sale at noon on Monday (Nov. 7), and may be purchased online at MGoBlue.com/tickets, by phone (734-764-0247 or 1-866-296-6849).

The moment We've been waiting for! New chapter starts NOW! #GoCards x #NCAAFH pic.twitter.com/xTJNH8huMR
— Louisville Field Hockey (@LouisvilleFH) November 7, 2022

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Cards Will Travel to Ann Arbor to Face Penn State in NCAA Tournament

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