No. 8 Panthers Hit The Road For Top-25 Matchup At Louisville Friday Night

PITTSBURGH – The Pitt men's soccer team (5-1-1, 2-0-0 ACC) hits the road for their fifth top-25 matchup of the season Friday night as they get set to battle No. 25 Louisville (4-2-1, 0-1-1 ACC) at Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium at 8:00 pm. Friday's match will air live on ACC Network with Dalen Cuff and Devon Hall on the call from Louisville.

FOLLOW ALONG

Friday night's contest will be live on ACC Network and can be found online HERE.
Live stats for Friday's game can be found HERE.
Live updates throughout the game will also be posted on Twitter by following the Pitt men's soccer account @Pitt_MSOC.

THE SERIES – LOUISVILLE

This meeting marks the seventh all-time between the two programs with the Cardinals owning the 5-1-0 advantage in the series.
The Panthers won the last meeting against the Cardinals, 4-1, on the road in 2020. Filip Mirkovic and Valentin Noel each netted goals in the win.
Pitt is 1-2 all-time in games played in Louisville in the series.
The first meeting between the two teams came in 2006 as Louisville earned the 2-1 win in Pittsburgh.

SCOUTING THE CARDINALS

Louisville is 4-2-1 overall and 0-1-1 in ACC play so far this season after defeating Florida Gulf Coast Monday night, 1-0, on the road. The Cardinals are ranked No. 25 in the latest United Soccer Coaches National Top-25 Poll.
The Cardinals have scored 13 goals in seven matches as they have four players with two goals each. Freshman Konstantinos Georgallides is leading the way with six points on two goals and two assists.
Sander Roed leads the team with four assists to go along with 10 shots while Aboubacar Camara has two goals, both game-winners, so far this season.
In goal, Gavin Krenecki has earned six starts and owns a 3-2-1 record with a 1.33 goals-against averahe and a .636 save percentage with one shutout. Last time out, Ryan Troutman made his first start and earned a cleansheet in the win over Florida Gulf Coast, making two saves.

PITT LOOKING FOR 3-0 ACC START FOR SECOND TIME

The Panthers opened ACC play with back-to-back shutout victories for the first time in program history as they downed North Carolina on the road 1-0 and NC State at home, 3-0.
Pitt will be looking to improve to 3-0 in ACC play for just the second time on Friday night as they head to Louisville. Pitt opened the 2020-21 season with four straight wins.
Pitt will be looking for their third straight shutout to open ACC play. It would make the first time in program history the Panthers started conference play with three straight cleansheets.

PANTHERS RANKED ONCE AGAIN

The Pitt program has turned into a fixture in the national polls since head coach Jay Vidovich took over the program.
Pitt is ranked No. 8 in the latest United Soccer Coaches Top-25 Poll, No. 3 in the TopDrawerSoccer Top-25 Poll and No. 6 in the College Soccer News Top-30 Poll.
Pitt has been ranked in all five United Soccer Coaches Polls this season.
Overall, Pitt has been ranked for 36 consecutive weeks in the United Soccer Coaches Poll. Pitt has earned a top-10 ranking in 31 of those 36 straight weeks.
Pitt has been ranked No. 1 in the poll for eight weeks since the poll started in 1996.

LET ME ASSIST YOU

A major strength of the Panthers over the past couple seasons has been the way they distribute the ball.
So far this season, Pitt has 15 assists on 15 goals. The 15 total assists is currently tied for 29th in the NCAA while their 2.50 assists per game is tied for 27th in the NCAA.
Last season, Pitt led the NCAA in assists (63) and assists per game (3.15), both of which marked program records.
Over the last three seasons, Pitt leads the NCAA in total assists with 122 helpers.

NCAA Total Assist Leaders (Last 3 Seasons)
1. Pitt 126
2. Wake Forest 117
3. Campbell 105
Clemson 105
5. Washington 104

UP NEXT

No. 8 Pitt returns home Friday, Sept. 30 as they welcome the Virginia Cavaliers to Ambrose Urbanic Field for a 7:00 pm first kick. Next Friday's match will air live on ACC Network Extra.
Pitt is 4-0-1 in the last five matches against Virginia as they two sides tied 2-2 last season in Charlottesville. Valentin Noel netted both goals for Pitt in the road draw last year.

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No. 8 Panthers Hit The Road For Top-25 Matchup At Louisville Friday Night

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Players Mentioned

Filip Mirkovic

Valentin Noel

No. 8 Panthers Hit The Road For Top-25 Matchup At Louisville Friday Night

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Players Mentioned

Filip Mirkovic

Valentin Noel

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