No. 18 Louisville Outlasts Indiana 2-1 in Overtime

Sunday, August 30

LOUISVILLE, KY

2:00 PM

University of Louisville

(2-0)

Indiana

(0-2)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Indiana	0	0	0	1	0	1
Louisville	0	1	0	0	1	2

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August 30, 2026 | Field Hockey

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Aubreigh Uba connects on a penalty stroke in OT, Emily Young registers 14 saves

By: Lori Harmon

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Aubreigh Uba's penalty stroke with 2:15 left to play lifted the No. 18-ranked University of Louisville field hockey team to a 2-1 win over Indiana Sunday afternoon at Trager Stadium.

Senior goalkeeper Emily Young was impressive in the win, collecting a career-high 14 saves. Uba finished the game with a goal and also delivered an assist to senior Lauren Masters who opened the scoring in the game. With its second overtime win in as many games, Louisville improves to 2-0 on the season while Indiana drops to 0-2.

"I thought Indiana played very well, especially in the second half," said UofL head coach Justine Sowry. "We just couldn't play our style of hockey with the ball. There's an element of fatigue with the heat. But the second game [of the weekend] is always really tough, and I think having a much younger team this year, they've not experienced that before, so perhaps a lot of different factors.

The teams played through 25 scoreless minutes before the Cardinals broke through with a penalty corner goal by Masters who directed a pass from Uba into the cage to give Louisville a 1-0 lead with 3:17 left to play in the second quarter.

Louisville took the 1-0 lead into the break with the Hoosiers holding a 9-8 edge in shots and each team earning two penalty corners.

Indiana dialed up its offense in the second half firing off seven shots in the third quarter with Young picking up three saves in the frame. The Hoosiers continued to press in the fourth quarter, lifting goalkeeper Sadie Canelli in favor of an additional field player with 6:30 left in regulation. The move paid off as Indiana capitalized quickly when Celia Arroyo Cabezudo connected on a feed from Molly Stutte to even the score with 6:11 left to play.

The Cards had another chance to score, earning a penalty corner with 37 seconds on the clock, but Gigi Edwards' shot hit the post and the game moved into overtime with the score knotted at 1-1.

Louisville started the extra period at a disadvantage following a green card issued in the closing minutes of regulation. After the penalty expired, Indiana delivered a pair of shots and earned a penalty corner with 5:15 remaining, but Ines Garcia Prado's shot was turned back by Young.

The Cardinals eventually gained control after Lauren Masters forced a turnover near the 25-yardline and sprinted to the circle where she dished a pass to Mary Wordelmann whose shot was blocked by Canelli. After an official review, penalty shot was awarded to Louisville and Uba delivered with her first goal of the season.

Overall, Indiana held the advantage in shots on goal (15-8) and penalty corners (7-3). Canelli posted six saves in the game while Young's 14 were the most for a Louisville player since Aug. 27, 2006 when Marie-Claire Heller collected 17.

"We held on and moved Lauren [Masters] up to the striker line in the last couple of minutes and we were able to get a couple of really nice attacks," said Sowry. "The 'Ice Queen,' Aubreigh Uba finished off. I don't like to give a lot of individual shoutouts but Emily Young this weekend just, I mean I have goosebumps, just absolutely unbelievable 14 saves. She is the player of the match for sure and to go 2-0 at home, Not sure when the last time that happened, and they're two very good teams. Great weekend and we've definitely got some recovery to do after that as well."

Louisville (2-0) will return to action next weekend when the Cards hit the road for Saint Louis and Michigan State.