CARDS WSOC FEATURES 10 HOME MATCHES
Coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes recognizes the tests ahead:
"Once again, our schedule proves to be very challenging and competitive. We're committed to playing a rigorous non-conference schedule to help us prepare for the ACC portion. The ACC is arguably the top conference in the country and we're thrilled to host FSU, Miami, Duke, Pitt and Wake Forest at Lynn this fall. We have a very experienced senior class, who have invested immensely in the success and development of our program. I am very excited for their senior year."
It gets underway with an exhibition at Ohio State on Aug 9th. DePaul comes to Lynn for an exhibition on Aug. 12th. and the Cards open the regular season at home against Boston University on Aug. 18th. and Miami, (OH) on Aug. 20th.Louisville takes to the road to face IU and returns home to finish August with a Aug. 27th. match against Marquette.
September starts in Lexington against the Wildcats and a trip to Cape Girardeau, MO to go against SEMO. The kickin' Cards return home to close out the non-conference schedule with battles against Purdue and Gardner-Webb.
The Cards start the 10-game conference slate on the road at Boston College and comes home for a crucial and early three-game home stand against defending NCAA Tournament participants Florida State and Duke..plus Miami.
Louisville will not face conference members Notre Dame, Syracuse or Virginia Tech in 2017. 14 teams consist of the ACC women's soccer group...Georgia Tech does not participate in the sport.
The Cards (7-7-4 in 2016) return top scorers Brooklyn Rivers, Gabrielle Vincent, Sarah Feola, Allison Whitfield, Kaela Dickerman and Alison Price. Key defender Inger Katrine Bjerke is back to direct the defense and the goal keeping battle should be interesting between Tori Gabor and Gabrielle Kouzelos.
Transfer Kennedi Carbin, from Mississippi State, should add offensive punch to the lineup as well. She played her high school soccer locally at Waggener High School before going to MSU for two years. She also has extensive experience with Javanon and the Bahamian National team.
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TRANSFERS AND DE-COMMITMENTS
No official word on why the duo have decided to switch directions. Pure speculation on my part here is that maybe the two would like to play closer to home or possibly saw that head coach Rehka Patterson at SEMO has four transfers on the roster for next year. Two key assistants that were influential in recruiting the Lake sisters and Emma Davis are gone now, as well . Emma Davis being another Mercer Co. player who verballed to SEMO, but backed out of her commitment earlier this month to the Cape Girardeau, MO school.
The two would be a nice addition for quite a few 2018-19 college rosters. Along with Davis, Louisville commit Seygan Robins and NKU future baller Emmy Souder...MCHS looks perfectly capable of a repeat as state champs.
In the ACC WBB world, it looks like FSU has brought in yet another top-flight transfer with the announcement that Kiah Gillespie has left Maryland to be a 'Nole. Head coach Sue Semrau continues to attract transfer talent to Tallahassee...Imani Wright, Chatrice White, AJ Alix and Leticia Romero all headed south to the Sunshine State to don FSU jerseys.
Gillespie played two years for Brenda Frese at UofM. She averaged 4.1 ppg her sophomore year. The 6'2" forward will sit a season before having two years of eligibility for FSU.
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In addition to those returning players you mentioned, the women's soccer team also has a decent crop of newcomers. The freshman class will likely be able to contribute, but Mississippi State transfer Kennadi Carbin will be a great addition to watch. She's was Kentucky's female player of the year in 2013 and became the youngest player to ever earn a cap for the Bahamas youth national team. She was aggressive and productive in the scrimmage I was able to attend against NKU, and I think she's got the potential to really help push this offense to the next level.
ReplyDeleteAaaaaand... because I didn't do my homework right, it looks like Kennadi may be ineligible this season due to transfer rules. I can't find information explicitly stating her eligibility one way or the other, but the stipulations that would allow her to play this season are pretty extensive. I guess we will see as information comes out closer to the season.
DeleteRight you are, Case. She's out of Waggener High School and has extensive international experience with Bahamas. Guess the question is whether she'll have to sit a season. She's not listed on the current 2017 Cardinal roster (yet).
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We have confirmation...Carbin can play this fall. Nice!
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not sure how good Gillespie is but A.J. Alix is going to be a nice addition this year for Florida State. She's a nice point guard
ReplyDeleteAsia Taylor update: 2 points on 1-2 shooting and 3 rebounds in 9 minutes in Mystics win over Chi Sky last night.
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