2024 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team
The 2024 Louisville Cardinals women's soccer team represents University of Louisville during the 2024 NCAA Division I women's soccer season . The Cardinals are led by head coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes , in her twenty-fifth season. They play home games at Lynn Stadium . This is the team's 40th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 11th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference .
Previous season
The Cardinals finished the season 4–9–5 overall and 3–5–2 in ACC play to finish in ninth place. The team did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament . Their four overall wins, were the lowest for the team since 2001. Their three conference wins matched their total in the last two years.
Offseason
Departures
Departures
Name
Number
Pos.
Height
Year
Hometown
Reason for Departure
Malene Nielsen
0
GK
5'11"
Junior
Juelsminde, Denmark Transferred to St. John's
Alyssa Zalac
1
GK
5'9"
Montreal, Canada Transferred to Creighton
Emma Hiscock
4
FW
5'4"
Senior
Fenton, Michigan Graduated
Ravin Alexander
5
FW
5'3"
Graduate Student
Cincinnati, Ohio Graduated
Lucy Roberts 6
DF
5'10"
Graduate Student
Crewe, England Graduated
Autumn Weeks
10
DF
5'7"
Graduate Student
East Peoria, Illinois Graduated
Addie Chester
11
MF
5'7"
Sophomore
Muncie, Indiana Transferred to Ball State
Hayley Howard
15
MF
5'9"
Junior
Brentwood, Tennessee Transferred to Tennessee
Fiona Gaißer
19
FW
5'5"
Freshman
Munich, Germany Signed professional contractFC Carl Zeiss Jena
Savina Zamborini
20
MF
5'7"
Senior
Louisville, Kentucky Graduated
Morgan Bentley
23
MF
5'4"
Senior
Atlanta, Georgia Graduated
Maddy Ellsworth
32
DF
5'7"
Senior
Hillsboro, Oregon Graduated
Incoming transfers
Recruiting class
Source:[ 1]
Squad
Roster
As of August 15, 2024 [ 9] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team management
Position
Staff
Karen Ferguson-Dayes
Head Coach
Hunter Norton
Associate Head Coach
Olivia Mills
Assistant Coach
Declan Doherty
Performance Analyst
Jing Hughley
Director of Operations
Source:[ 9]
Schedule
Source:[ 10] [ 11]
Date
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
August 8 * p.m.
at Eastern Kentucky
None Reported
–
EKU Soccer Field Richmond, KY
Non-Conference Regular Season
August 15 * p.m., ACCNX
Bellarmine W 7–0 1–0–0
Lynn Stadium (425)Louisville, KY
August 18 * p.m., ACCNX
UAB W 3–1 2–0–0
Lynn Stadium (286)
August 22 * p.m., ACCNX
New Hampshire T 1–1 2–0–1
Lynn Stadium (300)
August 25 * p.m., ESPN+
at Northern Kentucky
W 2–1 3–0–1
NKU Soccer Stadium (473)Highland Heights, KY
August 29 * p.m., ESPN+
at Cincinnati
T 1–1 3–0–2
Gettler Stadium (803)Cincinnati, OH
September 1 * p.m., ACCNX
Evansville W 3–0 4–0–2
Lynn Stadium (327)
September 5 * p.m., ACCNX
UT Martin W 2–0 5–0–2
Lynn Stadium (575)
September 8 * p.m., ACCNX
Dayton L 1–0 5–1–2
Lynn Stadium (203)
ACC Regular Season
September 14 p.m., ACCNX
at Pittsburgh
L 1–3 5–2–2
Ambrose Urbanic Field (888)Pittsburgh, PA
September 26 p.m., ACCN
at Virginia Tech
L 1–5 5–3–2
Thompson Field (273)Blacksburg, VA
September 29 p.m., ACCNX
NC State W 1–0 6–3–2
Lynn Stadium (250)
October 3 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 3 North Carolina
L 0–5 6–4–2
Dorrance Field (2,012)Chapel Hill, NC
October 6 p.m., ACCNX
at No. 2 Duke
L 1–3 6–5–2
Koskinen Stadium (690)Durham, NC
October 12 p.m., ACCNX
No. 13 Notre Dame
T 0–0 6–5–3
Lynn Stadium (375)
October 17 p.m., ACCN
No. 6 Stanford
L 0–1 6–6–3
Lynn Stadium (325)
October 20 p.m., ACCN
No. 25 California
W 2–1 7–6–3
Lynn Stadium (450)
October 24 p.m., ACCNX
Boston College T 0–0 7–6–4
Lynn Stadium (375)
October 31 p.m., ACCNX
at Clemson
T 0–0 7–6–5
Riggs Field (1,174)Clemson, SC
*Non-conference game. # Rankings from United Soccer Coaches . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
Awards and honors
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: — = Not ranked Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final United Soccer [ 13] — — — — — — — — — — — — Not released — TopDrawer Soccer[ 14] — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
References
^ "Women's Soccer Signs Eight to 2024 Class" . gocards.com . University of Louisville Athletics. November 8, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2024 .^ "Lauryn Contini" . topdrawersoccer.com . Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2024 .^ "Piper Davidson" . topdrawersoccer.com . Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2024 .^ "Ag Gibson" . topdrawersoccer.com . Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2024 .^ "Brooklyn Lee" . topdrawersoccer.com . Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2024 .^ "Grace Maddox" . topdrawersoccer.com . Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2024 .^ "Avery Oergel" . topdrawersoccer.com . Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2024 .^ "Amelia Swinarski" . topdrawersoccer.com . Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved July 10, 2024 .^ a b "2024 Women's Soccer Roster" . gocards.com . University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2024 .^ "2024 Women's Soccer - Schedule" . gocards.com . University of Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved July 10, 2024 .^ "Louisville Announces 2024 Women's Soccer Schedule" . gocards.com . University of Louisville Athletics. June 10, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024 .^ "Duke's Graham, Louisville's Floyd Named ACC Women's Soccer Players of Week" . theacc.com . Atlantic Coast Conference . October 15, 2024. Retrieved October 15, 2024 .^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Women — National" . unitedsoccercoaches.org . United Soccer Coaches. December 10, 2024. Retrieved December 10, 2024 .^ "College Soccer National Rankings" . TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved December 10, 2024 .
