2022 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team

The 2022 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team represented University of Louisville during the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes, in her twenty-third season. They played home games at Lynn Stadium. This was the team's 38th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 9th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2022 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record6–8–2 (3–7–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Hunter Norton (7th season)
  • Nick Stirrett (2nd season)
Home stadiumLynn Stadium
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 ACC women's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 8 2 0   .800 20 5 1   .788
No. 3 Florida State  ‍y 8 2 0   .800 17 3 3   .804
No. 5 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍y 7 2 1   .750 17 3 3   .804
No. 7 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 6 2 2   .700 16 4 3   .761
No. 6 Duke  ‍‍‍y 6 2 2   .700 15 5 3   .717
No. 12 Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍y 5 3 2   .600 14 5 3   .705
Clemson  ‍‍‍y 4 3 3   .550 8 5 5   .583
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍y 4 5 1   .450 10 7 2   .579
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 3 6 1   .350 9 7 3   .553
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 3 7 0   .300 6 8 2   .438
NC State  ‍‍‍y 2 6 2   .300 7 7 6   .500
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 2 7 1   .250 5 8 3   .406
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 1 6 3   .250 8 7 3   .528
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 1 7 2   .200 5 8 5   .417
† – Conference champion
‡ – 2022 ACC Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Source: The ACC
As of December 6, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll

The Cardinals finished the season 6–8–2 overall and 3–7–0 in ACC play to finish in tenth place. The team did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Previous season

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The Cardinals finished the season 7–7–2 overall and 3–6–1 in ACC play to finish in eleventh place. The team did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Offseason

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Departures

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Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Gabby Kouzelos 1 GK 5'7" Graduate Student Wadsworth, Ohio Graduated
Abigail Baldridge 7 DF 5'10" Freshman Elmhurst, Illinois Transferred to Western Michigan
Caitlin Elam 8 DF/MF 5'5" Sophomore Loveland, Ohio N/A
Taylor Kerwin 11 MF/FW 5'7"   Senior Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin Graduated
Mikayla Hampton 14 FW 5'6" Graduate Student Cincinnati, Ohio Graduated
Julia Simon 16 FW 5'5" Freshman Wheaton, Illinois Transferred to Saint Louis
Kiana Klein 17 MF 6'0" Senior Lebanon, Ohio Graduated
Delaney Snyder 24 FW 5'4" Senior Moon Township, Pennsylvania Graduated
Cassie Amshoff 26 FW 5'7" Senior Louisville, Kentucky Graduated

Incoming Transfers

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Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Alyssa Zalac 1 GK 5'9"   Freshman Montreal, Canada Ole Miss
Patricia Ward 3 FW 5'6" Graduate Student Newport News, Virginia Minnesota
Autumn Weeks 10 DF 5'7" Senior East Peoria, Illinois IUPUI
Madison Ellsworth 32 DF 5'7"   Senior Hillsboro, Oregon Oregon State

Recruiting Class

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Source:[1]

Name Nationality Hometown Club TDS Rating
Karsyn Cherry
DF
  Lafayette, Indiana Indiana Fire Juniors      [2]
Addison Chester
FW
  Muncie, Indiana FC Pride      [3]
Erynn Floyd
GK
  Wilton, Connecticut Connecticut FC      [4]
Mackenzie Geigle
FW
  Raleigh, North Carolina North Carolina Courage      [5]
Riley Goss
MF
  Suffolk, Virginia Richmond United      [6]
Emerson Jennings
FW
  Noblesville, Indiana Indiana Fire Academy      [7]
Evelyn Pazienza
FW
  Pewee Valley, Kentucky Racing Louisville FC Academy      [8]
Emma Kate Schroll
MF
  Dacula, Georgia Concorde Fire SC      [9]
Elizabeth Sexton
MF
  Cincinnati, Ohio Ohio Elite SA      [10]
Hadley Snyder
DF
  Louisville, Kentucky Javanon      [11]

Squad

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Roster

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As of December 9, 2022 [12]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK   USA Olivia Pratapas
1 GK   CAN Alyssa Zalac
2 MF   USA Sarah Hernandez
3 FW   USA Patricia Ward
4 FW   USA Emma Hiscock
5 FW   USA Ravin Alexander
6 MF   USA Riley Mullady
8 MF   USA Maya Maxwell
9 DF   USA Lilly Yordy
10 DF   USA Autumn Weeks
11 MF   USA Addie Chester
12 FW   USA Corinne Dente
13 MF   USA Ava Nielson
14 MF   USA Lizzie Sexton
15 MF   USA Hayley Howard
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   USA Riley Goss
18 DF   ENG Anouk Denton
19 MF   USA Maisie Whitsett
20 FW   USA Savina Zamborini
21 DF   USA Sophia Zinn
22 DF   USA Karsyn Cherry
23 MF   USA Morgan Bentley
24 FW   USA Mackenzie Geigle
25 DF   USA Hadley Snyder
26 MF   USA Emma Kate Schroll
27 FW   USA Emersen Jennings
28 MF   USA Brooke Dardano
29 FW   USA Evelyn Pazienza
30 GK   USA Erynn Floyd
32 DF   USA Madison Ellsworth

Team management

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Position Staff
Karen Ferguson-Dayes Head Coach
Nick Stirrett Assistant Coach
Hunter Norton Assistant Coach
Declan Doherty Performance Analyst
Jing Hughley Director of Operations

Source:[12]

Schedule

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Source:[13][14]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 12*
7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati W 2–0 
Lynn Stadium
Louisville, KY
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 18*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
UIC W 3–0  1–0–0
Lynn Stadium (250)
Louisville, KY
August 25*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
Xavier L 1–2  1–1–0
Lynn Stadium (815)
Louisville, KY
August 28*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Northern Kentucky W 1–0  2–1–0
NKU Soccer Stadium (778)
Highland Heights, KY
September 1*
7:00 p.m.
vs. No. 23 Memphis W 3–2  3–1–0
Sentara Park (42)
Harrisonburg, VA
September 4*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
at James Madison T 0–0  3–1–1
Sentara Park (317)
Harrisonburg, VA
September 8*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
Indiana T 0–0  3–1–2
Lynn Stadium (450)
Louisville, KY
ACC Regular Season
September 17
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Miami (FL) W 1–0  4–1–2
(1–0–0)
Lynn Stadium (650)
Louisville, KY
September 22
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 7 Florida State L 1–5  4–2–2
(1–1–0)
Seminole Soccer Complex (1,222)
Tallahassee, FL
September 25
2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 2 Virginia L 0–2  4–3–2
(1–2–0)
Klöckner Stadium (1,924)
Charlottesville, VA
October 1
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 14 Pittsburgh L 0–1  4–4–2
(1–3–0)
Ambrose Urbanic Field (409)
Pittsburgh, PA
October 6
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
Clemson L 1–2  4–5–2
(1–4–0)
Lynn Stadium (871)
Louisville, KY
October 9
12:00 p.m., ACCN
Boston College W 1–0  5–5–2
(2–4–0)
Lynn Stadium (350)
Louisville, KY
October 15
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 6 Notre Dame L 0–2  5–6–2
(2–5–0)
Lynn Stadium (413)
Louisville, KY
October 20
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
at NC State W 1–0  6–6–2
(3–5–0)
Dail Soccer Field (481)
Raleigh, NC
October 23
1:00 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 10 Duke L 0–4  6–7–2
(3–6–0)
Koskinen Stadium (704)
Durham, NC
October 27
6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2 North Carolina L 0–2  6–8–2
(3–7–0)
Lynn Stadium (450)
Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked
Week
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United Soccer[15]Not released
TopDrawer Soccer[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Louisville Women's Soccer Adds 10 to 2022 Class". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. November 10, 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "Karsyn Cherry". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "Addison Chester". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  4. ^ "Erynn Floyd". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  5. ^ "Mackenzie Geigle". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  6. ^ "Riley Goss". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  7. ^ "Emerson Jennings". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  8. ^ "Evelyn Pazienza". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  9. ^ "Emma Kate Schroll". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  10. ^ "Elizabeth Sexton". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  11. ^ "Hadley Snyder". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  12. ^ a b "2022 Women's Soccer Roster". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  13. ^ "2022 Women's Soccer - Schedule". gocards.com. University of Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  14. ^ "Louisville Women's Soccer Announces 2022 Slate". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. June 29, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  15. ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 5, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  16. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 5, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022.