LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Internet hosting Georgia Tech for his or her first ACC matchup of the season, the Louisville soccer program was capable of overcome numerous miscues to safe a hard-fought victory, making performs in all three phases of the sport to assist in giving them a 31-19 win on Saturday at L&N Stadium.
Popping out of a bye week, the No. 19/20 Cardinals (3-0, 1-0 ACC) actually appears to be like removed from excellent towards the Yellow Jackets (3-2, 0-2 ACC). Louisville was out-gained 410-to-326 by way of complete yardage, dedicated seven penalties, and went 2-of-9 on third down.
Nonetheless, Louisville countered these errors by scoring touchdowns on each offense, protection and particular groups. Quarterback Tyler Shough went 13-of-19 for 269 yards, together with a pair of touchdowns to large receivers Ja’Corey Brooks and Chris Bell. Brooks completed with 4 catches for a career-high 125 yards, whereas Bell had two receptions for 82 yards.
Defensively, the Cardinals additionally obtained a landing when cornerback Quincy Riley pressured a fumble that was recovered by defensive lineman Ramon Puryear. Over on particular groups, Brock Travelstead drilled a 27-yards discipline objective, whereas cornerback Tayon Holloway blocked a Tech discipline objective try and recovered it for a rating.
It marked the primary time since Nov. 8, 2013 vs. UConn that Louisville scored touchdowns in all three phases. It additionally helped make up for some areas the place Louisville was missing.
The Cardinals could not get a lot occurring the bottom, dashing for simply 57 complete yards on 27 makes an attempt. Moreover, the protection struggled with containing Haynes King at instances. The Tech quarterback went 21-of-32 for 312 yards, whereas additionally dashing for 58 yards and a landing.
One factor have been the Louisville protection did excel was that Georgia Tech had bother operating the ball as properly. Their operating backs ran for simply 40 yards and the Cardinals as a complete collected seven tackles for loss.
For the day, security Tamarion Nicholson led the sport in tackles with 9, defensive finish Tramel Logan had a game-best two tackles for loss, and defensive finish Ashton Gillotte tallied a team-best three quarterback hurries.
Louisville had a little bit little bit of rust to knock off proper out of the gates. The Cardinals had simply 72 yards on their first two drives of the sport, which included a blocked 53-yard discipline objective. Defensively, they pressured Georgia Tech to go three-and-out on their first drive, however the Jackets cracked the scoreboard first on their subsequent drive out due to a 23-yard keeper by King.
Louisville them caught some momentum after the gradual begin. After a greta punt pinned Georgia Tech on the five-yard line, the Cardinals turned that right into a defensive rating with Riley getting a hand on a lateral and Puryear recovering the fumble in the long run zone. Then after the Yellow Jackets missed a 46-yard discipline objective of their very own, Louisville turned that right into a methodical drive that ended with a 37-yard landing catch for Bell to kick off the second quarter.
Louisville pressured one other three-and-out after that, and added a 27-yard discipline objective so as to add to their lead, however Georgia Tech wasn’t going to put down earlier than halftime. With 1:56 left till the break, the Jackets have been capable of march all the best way down the sector and punch it in from the objective line for a one-yard Haynes rating, giving Louisville only a 17-14 benefit on the half.
This slight momentum matriculated into the beginning of the second half. A number of penalties derailed Louisville’s first drive of the half, to which Georgia Tech then responded with a clock-chewing drive that resulted in a game-tying 26-yard discipline objective.
Momentum then began to swing the opposite course. Louisville was lastly capable of get an explosive offensive drive collectively, with Brooks withstanding cross interference to haul in a 57-yard rating. Tech was capable of get to the objective line on the following drive, however the Cardinals cobbled collectively a objective line stand to drive a turnover on downs on the one-yard line.
Then, potential catastrophe struck. On the primary play of the Cardinals’ drive, Shough obtained tripped over his personal ft in the long run zone to provide the Yellow Jackets a security plus the ball again.
However within the span of some performs, catastrophe was jubilation.
After holding Georgia Tech to an extended discipline objective strive with 7:05 left within the fourth quarter, Holloway blocked the try, then proceeded to take it 55 yards the opposite course for a landing. The Cardinals then pressured one other turnover on downs on the following Jackets possession, and have been subsequently capable of drain the clock and clinch the win.
Subsequent up, Louisville hits the street for the primary time this season, touring as much as South Bend for an enormous showdown with Notre Dame. Kickoff towards the Preventing Irisg is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28 at 3:30 p.m. EST.
(Photograph of Tyler Shough: Jamie Rhodes – Imagn Pictures)
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