Huskers Shuck Cards WSOC 3-1 -- THURSDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 NORTON ERA BEGINS WITH A STUBBED TOE 

The start of a new Louisville women's soccer season. A team that was coming off a very successful season last year and had played two impressive exhibitions. Bringing in a Nebraska squad that had not done too well in their season opening exhibition. 

What a difference a change in venue and opponent can make. Let's use the term "Husker Du" ...not referring to the American punk rock band that churned out memorable songs like "Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely" and "The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill". but the positive showing the women's soccer squad out of Lincoln, Nebraska had in the city known for bourbon. 

Scoring right off the bat,  with just three minutes off the clock in the first half, when Nathalie Lewis broke free on a jail brealk and planted one in the net past UofL goalkeep Kailey Kimball for the first goal of the match. 

LINK: Lewis scores on Louisville  

Nebraska would add a second goal, a long attempt...seemingly from the Louisville Lacrosse stadium to take a commanding 2-0 lead into the half-time locker room.  

The Huskers would add a third score in the second half before Louisville managed to get on the board with just 12 minutes left in the contest, when Liz Eddy found Liza Suydam on a pass for the final score of the game. 

Maybe this stat best exemplifies the Cards frustration on the pitch last night...the Cards had 18 shots and one goal.  

So...the Norton era at UofL women's soccer starts out with a stumble. The Cards kickers will get a chance for redemption and to even the season record when they bring in IU Indy to Lynn on Saturday. 

paulie

Cards WSOC opens 2026 season against Nebraska tonight --WEDNESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

CORNHUSKERS VS CARDS TONIGHT AT 7:30 

Kayma Carpenter Univ. of Nebraska

We finally get into the UofL women's fall sports schedule...when Louisville women's soccer takes on Nebraska tonight at Lynn Stadium on the UofL campus at 7:30 p.m.

The Nebraska squad comes into Louisville to open their regular season as well. The have had an exhibition game, against Colorado St. but fell to the Rams 3-1. The contest will be shown on the ACC Network Extra. If UofL had an exhibition contest, it ws not made public. 

The Hunter Norton era begins at UofL with the retirement of long-time coach Karen Ferguson Dayes. Norton, a long time assistant at UofL...was named the head coach of the Cards in February, after "Coach Karen" retired after 26 years as the Cards skipper. She began in the year 2000 and amassed 224 wins. 

Nebraska head coach John Walker enters his 33rd. year as the Cornhuskers skipper. 

Who to watch for Nebraska? Kayma Carpenter, Ella Guyott and Ella Rudney are considered to be the best of the lot in Lincoln. . 

Carpenter had 15 points as a junior for Nebraska. She is a senior out of Lincoln, Nebraska. 

Ella Guyott is a senior midfielder/forward who sat out her junior year due to injury but was a solid sophomore for Nebraska and was named a Big Ten Player to Watch for the 2026 season.

Ella Rudney

Ella Rudney started every game for Nebraska last year as a midfielder and had 15 points. 

Admission is free for UofL women's soccer games. 

Good luck to the Cards for the start to their season! We'll have the recap tomorrow here at the site. 

paulie

Women's Soccer to face Nebraska Aug 12th -- SATURDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

 AUG 12th MATCHUP AGAINST LADY HUSKERS AT LYNN

This is Cornhusker. They don't have a logo for a LadyHusker

Louisville women's soccer will get their 2026 campaign underway with a match on the Louisville campus at Lynn against the Nebraska LadyHuskers. 

Nebraska was 8-5-5 last year, with a 3-5-3 mark in Big Ten play.

Nebraska did not play Louisville last year, but did host Southern Indiana in Lincoln and blanked them 6-0. They also played Ohio St. and battled them to a scoreless tie. 

This will be the first ever meeting between the two schools in the regular season in women's soccer, They did take part in a couple of exhibitions in 2006 and 2007. 

Nebraska is coached by John Walker, who is no relation to the popular scotch...that we know of or the answer to a riddle I heard from a boy I knew in grade school. ..."How did the elderly man get to the bathroom? He used a John Walker." 

Walker has been in charge of Husker WSOC for 32 years, arriving at Nebraska in 1994. They were a powerhouse team in the Big 12 conference for years before joining the Big 10 and went to 13 NCAA Tournaments and won nine Big 12 championships. 

Walker is 371-203-62 in his coaching career at Nebraska 

On the other end, Hunter Norton begins his first year at Louisville as head coach, after being an assistant to Karen Ferguson Dayes for five years. 

paulie