Cardinals Fall in Overtime to Cincinnati

Wednesday, April 12

LOUISVILLE, KY

2:00 p.m.

University of Louisville

4-10

Cincinnati

10-5

Cincinnati

Louisville

Photo by: Rachel Klotz | Louisville Athletics

April 12, 2023 | Women's Lacrosse

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Five Different Cardinals scored two goals.

By: Cortney VanLiew

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Led by four points from Nicole Perroni, the University of Louisville lacrosse program fell 13-12 in overtime to Cincinnati on Wednesday at the UofL Lacrosse Stadium.

The Cardinals move to 4-10 on the season, while the Bearcats advance to 10-5 overall.

"We battled back from a hole that we put ourselves in first half so that was a positive," said head coach Scott Teeter. "The girls responded at halftime. They responded with just keeping the game simple. In the first half, we were our worst enemy. We would get a defensive stop and turn the ball over in the clear. We were in our heads. The girls battled. Kudos to Cincinnati, they made two plays at the end that we could have made, and it could have been a different story. The positive is the battle back in the second half."

Cincinnati was the first team on the board with two goals. Izzy Holmes knocked in her first goal of the season on a free position attempt to cut the score to 2-1. Kokoro Nakazawa scored to tie the game 2-2. On an assist from Peyton Howell, Izzy Seikel earned her first goal of the game, but the Bearcats answered back to even the score 3-3 to end the first quarter.

The Bearcats scored two goals to start the second quarter before Seikel scored her second goal of the game on an assist from Alexa Steffens. Cincinnati was able to score four more goals in the second quarter, but Perroni dished an assist to Allegra Catalano to keep the Cards within four to end the half.

Catalano earned a second goal less than three minutes out of locker room. The Bearcats scored two straight, but the Cards answered back with two of their own. Kokoro Nakazawa scored with five minutes left and Holmes shot one in on an assist from Catalano to put UofL down three with one quarter remaining.

Lauren Figas got in the scoring mix in the final 15 minutes of regulation. Cincinnati scored another goal, but the Cards scored three straight to tie the game. Perroni scored two in a row to continue her goal-scoring streak over 33 straight games. Steffens knocked in the game-tying goal on an assist from Perroni to end regulation play.

Cincinnati was the first to score in the second minute of golden-goal overtime to end the game.

Perroni led the team with two goals and two assists for four points. The senior also had six ground balls, six draw controls, and five caused turnovers. Steffens recorded two assists, three points and one ground ball while Catalano had one assist and three points on seven shots.

Sara Addeche protected the net for all 66 minutes and had eight saves. During the game, the junior reached the century mark in saves on the season and now has 144 career saves.

Olivia Toll and Maggie Foster led the defense. Toll had one ground ball and three caused turnovers while Foster recorded two ground balls, two draw controls, and one caused turnover.

The Cardinals are back in action on Saturday at 1 p.m. ET against Duke as they celebrate senior day.