2021 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team

The 2021 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team represented University of Louisville during the 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes, in her twenty-second season. They played home games at Lynn Stadium. This was the team's 37th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 8th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2021 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	7–7–2 (3–6–1 ACC)
Head coach	Karen Ferguson-Dayes (22nd season)
Assistant coaches	Hunter Norton (6th season) Nick Stirrett (1st season)
Home stadium	Lynn Stadium
Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

2021 ACC women's soccer standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 8 Virginia  ‍†‍‍^y	8	–	0	–	2		.900			18	–	3	–	2		.826
No. 1 Florida State  ‍‍‡‍^y	7	–	1	–	2		.800			21	–	1	–	3		.900
No. 5 Duke  ‍‍‍^y	7	–	2	–	1		.750			16	–	4	–	1		.786
No. 16 Notre Dame  ‍‍‍^y	7	–	3	–	0		.700			14	–	6	–	2		.682
Clemson  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	3	–	1		.650			12	–	7	–	1		.625
No. 14 North Carolina  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	2	–	3		.650			12	–	3	–	3		.750
No. 25 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍^y	6	–	4	–	0		.600			16	–	6	–	0		.727
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍^y	5	–	3	–	2		.600			12	–	6	–	2		.650
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	4	–	6	–	0		.400			11	–	7	–	0		.611
NC State  ‍‍‍^y	4	–	6	–	0		.400			9	–	9	–	2		.500
Louisville  ‍‍‍	3	–	6	–	1		.350			7	–	7	–	2		.500
Boston College  ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	0		.100			7	–	10	–	1		.417
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	1	–	9	–	0		.100			4	–	12	–	0		.250
Syracuse  ‍‍‍	0	–	10	–	0		.000			4	–	12	–	1		.265
† – Conference champion ‡ – 2021 ACC Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of December 7, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source: The ACC

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.

Previous season

Main article: 2020 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC played a reduced schedule in 2020 and the NCAA Tournament was postponed to 2021.^[1][2] The ACC did not play a spring league schedule, but did allow teams to play non-conference games that would count toward their 2020 record in the lead up to the NCAA Tournament.^[3]

The Cardinals finished the fall season 4–5–0, 4–4–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They were awarded the sixth seed in the ACC Tournament based on tiebreakers. In the tournament they lost to Virginia in the Quarterfinals. The Cardinals finished the spring season 1–2–0 and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Squad

Roster

As of January 6, 2022 ^[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   USA Gabby Kouzelos 2 MF   USA Sarah Hernandez 4 FW   USA Emma Hiscock 5 FW   USA Ravin Alexander 6 MF   USA Riley Mullady 7 MF   USA Abigail Baldridge 8 DF   USA Caitlin Elam 9 DF   USA Lilly Yordy 11 MF   USA Taylor Kerwin 12 FW   USA Corinne Dente 14 MF   USA Mikayla Hampton 15 MF   USA Hayley Howard

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW   USA Julia Simon 17 MF   USA Kiana Klein 18 DF   ENG Anouk Denton 19 MF   USA Maisie Whitsett 20 FW   USA Savina Zamborini 21 DF   USA Sophia Zinn 23 MF   USA Morgan Bentley 24 MF   USA Delaney Snyder 26 MF   USA Cassie Amshoff 28 MF   USA Brooke Dardano 29 MF   USA Ava Nielson 30 GK   USA Olivia Pratapas

Team management

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:^[4]

Schedule

Source:^[5]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 14* 7:30 p.m.		Ball State	W 2–0	–	Lynn Stadium Louisville, KY
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 19* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX		Western Michigan	W 6–2	1–0–0	Lynn Stadium (503) Louisville, KY
August 27* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX		James Madison	W 4–3	2–0–0	Lynn Stadium (357) Louisville, KY
August 29* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX		Northern Kentucky	W 3–0	3–0–0	Lynn Stadium (536) Louisville, KY
September 2* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Saint Louis	W 1–0	4–0–0	Hermann Stadium (1,552) St. Louis, MO
September 5* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX		Western Kentucky	L 0–1	4–1–0	Lynn Stadium (623) Louisville, KY
September 10* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 16 Michigan	T 1–1 ^2OT	4–1–1	Lynn Stadium (600) Louisville, KY
ACC Regular Season
September 17 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Miami (FL)	W 3–2 ^2OT	5–1–1 (1–0–0)	Cobb Stadium (154) Coral Gables, FL
September 23 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at Syracuse	W 2–1	6–1–1 (2–0–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (23) Syracuse, NY
September 26 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 1 Florida State	L 0–3	6–2–1 (2–1–0)	Lynn Stadium (376) Louisville, KY
October 2 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Wake Forest	W 2–1 ^OT	7–2–1 (3–1–0)	Lynn Stadium (397) Louisville, KY
October 7 8:00 p.m., ACCRSN		at No. 24 Notre Dame	L 0–3	7–3–1 (3–2–0)	Alumni Stadium (289) Notre Dame, IN
October 10 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		NC State	L 1–2	7–4–1 (3–3–0)	Lynn Stadium (483) Louisville, KY
October 15 4:00 p.m., ACCNX		Boston College	L 1–2	7–5–1 (3–4–0)	Lynn Stadium (385) Louisville, KY
October 21 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 2 Virginia	L 1–4	7–6–1 (3–5–0)	Klöckner Stadium (1,564) Charlottesville, VA
October 24 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Clemson	T 1–1 ^2OT	7–6–2 (3–5–1)	Riggs Field (284) Clemson, SC
October 28 5:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 2 Duke	L 0–1	7–7–2 (3–6–1)	Lynn Stadium (304) Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
United Soccer^[6]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released				—
TopDrawer Soccer^[7]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

1. "ACC Women's Soccer 2020 Preview | College Soccer". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
2. "NCAA Division 1 Council Approves Moving 2020 Fall Championships to Spring 2021". SI.com. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
3. "Atlantic Coast Conference Announces Spring Olympic Sports Schedules". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
4. "2021 Women's Soccer Roster". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
5. "2021 Women's Soccer - Schedule". gocards.com. University of Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
6. "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
7. "College Soccer National Rankings". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.