No. 5 Kentucky (4-0) defeated No. 10 Louisville (3-1) 3-2 on Tuesday, earning its first ranked win of the season.
Prior to the matchup Kentucky had not allowed a single goal against, having outscored UIC, Seattle and Belmont by a combined 6-0.
With a combined five goals scored on Tuesday it’s little surprise that both teams wasted no time getting on the board, starting the match with a sense of urgency in a derby matchup that was only heightened by the top 10 rankings of both squads.
It would ultimately be Louisville who got on the board first, in the 11’, after the Cardinals created pressure and ultimately got the ball to ricochet off the head of UK’s Eythor Bjorgolfsson and into the net for an own goal against the Cats.