Friday, October 23
Louisville, KY
1 p.m.
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No. 1 Pitt Set for Road Contest at Louisville
10/22/2020 10:45:00 AM | Men's Soccer
PITTSBURGH – The No. 1 Panthers look to stay undefeated Friday, Oct. 23 with an ACC road contest at Louisville beginning at 7 PM on the ACC Network.
THE MATCH
THE MATCH
- Pitt heads to Louisville for its last road contest of the regular season Friday, Oct. 23.
- The game will be broadcasted on the ACCNX beginning at 7 PM.
- The Panthers defeated the Cardinals at home, 5-0, in an exhibition match earlier this season on Sept. 19.
- Louisville leads the all-time series 5-0.
- The Cardinals first victory came in 2006, a 2-1 victory at home. The most recent victory was a 2-1 win at Ambrose Urbanic Field Sept. 21, 2018.
- Louisville enters the contest 1-3-1 overall and 1-1-1 in ACC play.
- The Cardinals recently tied with Syracuse, 2-2, on Friday, Oct. 16. Their lone win came at home against Notre Dame on Oct. 3, winning 2-1.
- Junior forward Pedro Fonseca leads Louisville in goals and is tied for second in the ACC with three scores. His seven points and nine shots are also a team-high.
- Redshirt senior goalkeeper Jake Gelnovatch has recorded 10 saves in 379 minutes, compiling a 1-2 record between the pipes.
- The Cardinals are second in the ACC in corner kicks with 27 and fourth in the league in shots recorded with 43.
- Louisville is tied for second in the North Region with four points, sitting side by side with Virginia.
- Sophomore Arturo Ordoñez headed in the game-winning goal in the 93rd minute against No. 5 Virginia, giving Pitt the 3-2 victory and its second top-five victory of the season.
- Sophomore Valentin Noel scored twice, both in the first half against the Cavaliers. Ordoñez, along with classmate Raphaël Crivello and graduate student Jasper Löeffelsend, each tallied an assist.
- The victory was the third straight at Klockner Stadium, dating back to 2018. It was also the third-straight victory over a ranked Cavaliers team.
- This year has been a milestone season for Pitt, setting new program highs and making school history.
- The Panthers earned a ranking of number one in the country on Oct. 20 for the first time in program history. Men's soccer joins football and men's basketball as the only Pitt athletics teams to earn the No. 1 spot in their respective polls.
- Pitt's 4-0 overall record is the best start to a season since 2010. The 3-0 ACC mark is the best in school history.
- The Panthers began the year 2-0 on the road for the first time since 2002.
- The Panthers earned the top spot in the most recent United Soccer Coaches Poll on Oct. 20, the first number one ranking in program history.
- The No. 1 spot is the third time in Pitt Athletics history a team has been number one in the land, joining football and men's basketball.
- It is the first time a Pitt program has been number one since men's basketball owned the number one spot in the AP and USA Today poll on February 23, 2009.
- Sophomore midfielder Valentin Noel has led the offense the past two games and leads the nation in multiple categories.
- The Niort, France, native is first in the country in goals per game (1.33), points per game (3.00), shot accuracy (.778) and is second in total goals with four.
- Noel has scored twice in each of his last two games. The two goal games were the first and second mult-score games of his career. He has already surpassed his goal total of three from 2019.
- Freshman Bertin Jacquesson has made an immediate impact for the Panthers since game one, totaling nine points including two goals and five assists.
- The Frenchman has totaled three points in each of his first three games, with highlighted moments including a goal at both Notre Dame and Syracuse and three assists at home vs. Virginia Tech.
- Jacquesson ranks number one in the country in assists per game (1.25), game-winning goals (2) and total assists (5).
- For his two goal performance at No. 5 Virginia, sophomore Valentin Noel was recognized by the ACC as Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 19.
- Noel joins teammates Bertin Jacquesson, Arturo Ordoñez and Veljko Petkovic on being named ACC Player of the Week. Both Jacquesson and Ordoñez were named Co-Offensive and Defensive players, respectively, on Sept. 28, while Petkovic was named Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 12.
- Both sophomores Valentin Noel and Arturo Ordoñez were tabbed TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week for their performances at No. 5 Virginia.
- Noel's two goal performance - both in the first half - and Ordoñez's game-winning header aided Pitt's top-five victory over the Cavaliers.
- The Panthers return home Friday, Oct. 30 for a 6 PM ACC Network showdown against Notre Dame.
- Following Notre Dame, Pitt concludes the fall regular season against Syracuse Friday, Nov. 6 at home at 6 PM on the ACC Network.
- The ACC Men's Soccer Tournament begins Sunday, Nov. 15 and runs through Sunday, Nov. 22. -The top four teams from each region advance to the tournament.
- The quarterfinals and semi-finals will be held at participating host schools, including Duke, UNC, NC State and Wake Forest. The championship game will take place at WakeMed Park in Cary, N.C.
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