Louisville Finds Options Other Than Foley
from press release
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Following Louisville's win
earlier this week over Old Dominion, in which Bergan Foley scored
seven goals, coach Kellie Young said her team had to find more
options on offense.
The Cardinals didn't take long finding other players to step
up.
Despite Foley being held scoreless, seven different Cardinals
found the back of the net, as the squad posted a strong 15-13
victory over visiting Oregon at the U of L Lacrosse Stadium on
Friday night.
"When we have a senior class with a Dashiell, a Lianne Bobal and a
Sammy Allen - and Sammy is really stepping up right now - it's
their maturity and understanding it's a team effort," Young adds.
"They're never looking at Bergan with jealousy, and saying, `I
can't believe she scored seven goals.' It's always, `Hey, she did
it today.' Today was the day that everybody else stepped up, and we
needed it."
Louisville (3-0), which was ahead by four at the half (9-5), saw
its lead slowly diminish midway into the second period, with Oregon
getting as close as one goal on two different occasions.
However, goals by Katie Oliverio, Liz Lovejoy and Jamie Redding
helped stave off the Duck comeback. Oliverio scored her fifth goal
of the season, second of the game, with 11:07 left. Less than a
minute later, Lovejoy registered her fifth score of the game to put
the Cardinals ahead, 14-11. Redding's goal with just about five
minutes to go all but capped off the victory.
"Oregon is a very solid team, so this is a huge win for us," Young
says. "This was a test of our mental maturity and physical maturity
- where we are fitness wise - and every one came out at the top.
The most impressive thing for me was that it was a team effort from
top to bottom.
"They did a great job playing Bergan. They rushed her, and she'll
learn from it and mature from it. Everybody stepped up, and that's
what we needed to win today."
Oregon (2-2) got on the board first to open the game, courtesy of
Jana Drummond's goal at the 25:06 mark. Sammy Allen knotted the
game at one apiece, but the Ducks responded to take a 2-1 lead -
the last time they would have the advantage.
Over the next 10 minutes, the Cardinals went on a 5-0 run,
receiving two goals each from Lovejoy and Lianne Bobal and scores
from Allen and O'Malley, who earned her first career goal by going
over the top of Oregon's goalkeeper to give the Cardinals a 7-2
advantage.
Dashiell led Louisville for the third-straight game in draw
controls with five. Meg Ryan led the defense with three caused
turnovers.
Ashley Herbst, playing in her third career game, improved to 3-0
after tallying six saves in 60 minutes of action. The freshman was
key in crucial moments, making saves in one-on-one situations and
coming up with a much-needed stop on a free-position shot with 5:07
left in the first period.
In another intense battle for the Cardinals, the game featured a
combined 56 fouls and four yellow cards.
The Cardinals return to action next week on March 12 against
Jacksonville. The game, which will be played in Cumming, Ga., is
set to begin at 1 p.m.
Notes:
Senior Liz Lovejoy tied her career high with five goals today. It
marked the fifth time in her career that she has reached the
five-goal plateau.
Louisville scored six unanswered goals in the first half, with two
by Lovejoy, two by Lianne Bobal and one by Sammy Allen and Colleen
O'Malley. The six unanswered goals are tied for the second-most
unanswered goals on the season. Louisville went on runs of 7-0 and
6-0 against Binghamton in the season opener.
The Cardinal defense has recorded at least 24 ground balls in each
game this season. Louisville recorded 24 ground balls apiece in the
last two games and 26 in the opener against Binghamton.
Louisville shot a season-high .500 tonight against Oregon. In two
games against the Ducks, the Cardinals have shot an astounding .528
(28-of-53).
Two freshmen providing an offensive boost for the Cardinals were
O'Malley, who netted her first-career goal, and Jamie Redding
scoring two goals.
