Young Named ACC Field Hockey Defensive Player of the Week

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The University of Louisville's Emily Young was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Field Hockey Defensive Player of the Week in the first weekly honors of the 2026 season announced by the league today.

Emily Young played a pivotal role in Louisville's 2-0 start to the 2026 campaign. The senior goalkeeper from Houston totaled 22 stops on the weekend in a pair of overtime games, surrendering two goals in 147:45 minutes of play for a 0.81 goals against average and a .917 save percentage.

In the Cardinals' season opener, Young collected seven saves – including the 100th of her career – to hold then-10th ranked Miami (Ohio) to one goal through 60 minutes of regulation. She tacked on another save in overtime, bringing her total to eight stops and kept score knotted at 1-1. The game was decided in shootout in which Young thwarted four of the RedHawks' five attempts to secure the 2-1 victory.

On Sunday, she registered a career-high 14 stops including two in overtime to hold off Indiana for a 2-1 win. The 14 saves were the most for a Louisville goalkeeper since Aug. 27, 2006 when Marie-Claire Heller collected 17.

Young is the first UofL player to earn ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors since October 31, 2023 when Julie Kouijzer was recognized.

The No. 15-ranked Cardinals will return to action this weekend when they hit the road to face Saint Louis on Friday and Michigan State on Sunday.

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