Sunday, August 18
LOUISVILLE, KY
7:30 PM
University of Louisville
vs
UAB
Photo by: Annabelle Merz | Louisville Athletics
Cardinals Continue Homestand with UAB
August 17, 2024 | Women's Soccer
This is the second of three-straight home games to begin the season
LOUISVILLE, KY — The University of Louisville women's soccer team is set to continue its homestand on Sunday as they host the UAB Blazers. The Cardinals and Blazers are set to square off from Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium at 7:30 p.m. ET and it will be streamed on the ACC Network Extra.
Louisville is coming off a dominant 7-0 season-opening win over Bellarmine this past Thursday night. The Cardinals had six different players find the scoresheet as they scored the most goals in a match since 2018. The seven goals were the most goals scored by any ACC team in their season-opener on Thursday night.
Heading into the season, the Cardinals were in search of new offensive production as they returned just five of 15 goals from last season and none of their 18 assists. Last season, it took the Cards until the eighth game of the year to reach seven total goals and seven total assists.
Amber Jackson made her first appearance in a Louisville uniform after missing last season due to injury and she did not miss a beat. Jackson scored in the first half and the second half for her first career brace. Brooke Dardano also missed last season due to injury and made an instant impact on Thursday night. She tallied three assists on the night to set a career high and set a Lynn Stadium record for most assists in a game. Coming into the match, Dardano had just four career assists.
Betsy Huckaby opened the scoring against the Knights in the sixth minute when her strike from outside the box deflected off the post and into the back of the net. Karsyn Cherry and Viktoria Wik also scored in the first half to give the Cards the 4-0 lead at the break. It was Wik's first career goal in her second season with the Cards and Cherry's fourth career goal.
Mackenzie Geigle continued the scoring in the second half with her second career goal in the 57th minute. After Jackson's second goal of the game, Molly Cochran closed the scoring with her third career goal in the 85th minute to seal the 7-0 win. Erynn Floyd did not face a shot in the first half and Kailey Kimball saved both of the second half attempts to earn the combined clean sheet.
UAB enters Sunday's match with a matching 1-0-0 record after their 1-0 season-opening win over East Tennessee State on Thursday. Abby Graeser broke the deadlock with the game-winning goal in the 83rd minute to propel the Blazers to the season-opening win. UAB is coming off a 6-7-5 season in 2023 and were 2-3-4 in AAC play during head coach Lisa Mann's first season at the helm. UAB was 2-3-3 on the road last season.
The Cardinals will close out the homestand with one last home match this upcoming Thursday, August 22. Louisville will welcome New Hampshire as the match is tentatively set to start at 7:30 p.m. ET as it is a doubleheader with the men's team and their match is set to start at 5 p.m. The women's match will begin shortly after the men's match concludes. The Cardinals and Wildcats will be streamed on the ACC Network Extra.
Louisville is coming off a dominant 7-0 season-opening win over Bellarmine this past Thursday night. The Cardinals had six different players find the scoresheet as they scored the most goals in a match since 2018. The seven goals were the most goals scored by any ACC team in their season-opener on Thursday night.
Heading into the season, the Cardinals were in search of new offensive production as they returned just five of 15 goals from last season and none of their 18 assists. Last season, it took the Cards until the eighth game of the year to reach seven total goals and seven total assists.
Amber Jackson made her first appearance in a Louisville uniform after missing last season due to injury and she did not miss a beat. Jackson scored in the first half and the second half for her first career brace. Brooke Dardano also missed last season due to injury and made an instant impact on Thursday night. She tallied three assists on the night to set a career high and set a Lynn Stadium record for most assists in a game. Coming into the match, Dardano had just four career assists.
Betsy Huckaby opened the scoring against the Knights in the sixth minute when her strike from outside the box deflected off the post and into the back of the net. Karsyn Cherry and Viktoria Wik also scored in the first half to give the Cards the 4-0 lead at the break. It was Wik's first career goal in her second season with the Cards and Cherry's fourth career goal.
Mackenzie Geigle continued the scoring in the second half with her second career goal in the 57th minute. After Jackson's second goal of the game, Molly Cochran closed the scoring with her third career goal in the 85th minute to seal the 7-0 win. Erynn Floyd did not face a shot in the first half and Kailey Kimball saved both of the second half attempts to earn the combined clean sheet.
UAB enters Sunday's match with a matching 1-0-0 record after their 1-0 season-opening win over East Tennessee State on Thursday. Abby Graeser broke the deadlock with the game-winning goal in the 83rd minute to propel the Blazers to the season-opening win. UAB is coming off a 6-7-5 season in 2023 and were 2-3-4 in AAC play during head coach Lisa Mann's first season at the helm. UAB was 2-3-3 on the road last season.
The Cardinals will close out the homestand with one last home match this upcoming Thursday, August 22. Louisville will welcome New Hampshire as the match is tentatively set to start at 7:30 p.m. ET as it is a doubleheader with the men's team and their match is set to start at 5 p.m. The women's match will begin shortly after the men's match concludes. The Cardinals and Wildcats will be streamed on the ACC Network Extra.
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