Leopards Shutout Minerva on the Road 3-0 – Boys Soccer

By Leopard Nation · Published September 17, 2019 · Updated September 17, 2019

Louisville 3, Minerva 0

The Louisville Leopards Boys Soccer Team shutout the host Minerva Lions 3-0 Tuesday Night at Dr. Robert Hines Stadium. With their second straight victory, Louisville improves to 3-6 on the season.

Sophomore Austin Smith scored a second half goal and recorded a pair of assists to lead the Leopards on offense. Mason Foley provided the assist on Smith’s score late in the second half to put the nail in the coffin.

Earlier Riley Adams got Louisville on the board with a first half goal. Kael Mickley doubled the Leopard lead by netting a second half score. Smith provided the assist on both scores.

Goalie Joe Reynolds earned Louisville’s second shutout of the season with 6 saves in the net.

This is just the Leopards second win over the Lions in their past 9 meetings. Despite this, Louisville still leads the all-time series 11-9-1 and now leads the series when played at Minerva with a 6-5-1 mark. Coming into Tuesday’s match, Louisville had gone winless at Minerva in their previous 6 meetings (0-5-1) in the series on the road. Their last win at Minerva was a 2-1 victory on September 5, 2006. The three goal margin is the largest over the Lions since 2002 when they defeated them 4-1 and this also marks the first time they’ve shutout Minerva since a 2-0 home win on September 7, 2005.

UP NEXT: The Leopards will next host the Field Falcons on Thursday, September 19. Kickoff is slated for 7:00 PM from Louisville Leopards Stadium.