HARRISONBURG, Va. — The University of Louisville women’s soccer team (3-1-0) went toe-to-toe with one of the better teams in college soccer and it was the Cardinals with the final blow as they defeated #23 Memphis (3-2-0), 3-2, Thursday night at Sentara Park. A trio of goals from Emersen Jennings, Karsyn Cherry and Anouk Denton pushed the Cardinals to their first win over a ranked foe this season.
Just as they have done all season long, Louisville scored first and got the game’s first goal in the opening 10 minutes.
Graduate student Maisie Whitsett had been involved in every goal scored so far this season and she was in the mix again in the sixth minute when she served Jennings into her first collegiate goal. Jennings is the second freshman to score this season for the Cardinals and Whitsett notched her team-high third assist of the season to put the Cards up 1-0.
Memphis found the equalizer in the 22nd minute when Eef Kerkhof scored off the assist from Momo Nakao. Neither team broke through again in the first half and it went 1-1 going into halftime. Louisville held the shot advantage (7-3) and shots on goal advantage (5-3) over the first 45 minutes.
In the second half, the Tigers took their first lead of the night as they scored off a corner kick in the 57th minute. Nakao scored for the Tigers off the assist from Saorla Miller and Memphis held a 2-1 lead with more than 30 minutes left to play.
The lead did not last long, as it was the Cardinals with the equalizer, just over a minute after Memphis jumped…
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