The Purple Aces registered four shots on Sunday night
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Evansville women’s soccer team struggled to find its offense against the Louisville Cardinals in a 3-0 loss.
Sunday night the Purple Aces were only able to find the net one time with a lone shot on goal in the second half. Louisville’s offense and defense overwhelmed UE throughout the game, but Evansville broke through in the final 35 minutes. It wouldn’t be enough to net a goal as the one shot on goal was a quick save down low. Graduate goalkeeper Myia Danek (Laingsburg, Mich. / Laingsburgh HS) had a career-high game in saves on Sunday night with 12 for an 80% save percentage.
It was a tough start to the match for the Aces as the Cardinals scored in the 11th minute to take an early lead. UE continued to put their bodies on the line with five blocked shots in the first 20 minutes. The fast pace of Louisville’s offense eventually wore down Evansville as the Cardinals found the back of the net again in the 37th minute.
After halftime, the Aces offense began to get going as sophomore forward Paige Radel (Metamora, Ohio / Evergreen HS) hit the first shot of the game in the 57th minute, but the shot sailed just a bit too high over the net. Louisville then turned around and scored their third and final goal in the 59th minute. It took until the final 10 minutes of the match for UE’s offense to get going again.
Freshman defender Emmy Brenner (Arlington, Tenn. / St. Benedict at Auburndale HS) recorded her first shot and shot on goal with Evansville in the 81st minute. Brenner hit another shot in the 82nd minute but it went high. While sophomore midfielder Ashlyn Koutsos (Cumming, Ga. / West Forsyth HS) added the fourth and final shot for the Aces.
UE continues its Power Four road swing next week with a game at Indiana. Kickoff against the Hoosiers on Thursday, September 5th is set for 7 p.m. CT.
