Florida State University Athletics
Thursday, September 11
Tallahassee, Fla.
7 PM
Florida State
vs
Louisville
ACC Play Begins Thursday as No. 7 FSU hosts RV Louisville
9/10/2025 12:00:00 PM | Women's Soccer
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The ACC season begins for the No. 7 Florida State soccer team at home against RV Louisville on Thursday, September 11, at 7 p.m. ET, at the Seminole Soccer Complex.
General admission single-game seating is free and available on a first-come, first-served basis for each regular-season home game in 2025 for all fans without reserved midfield season tickets. Along with being the conference opener, it is Throwback Thursday at the Seminole Soccer Complex.
The game will be broadcast live on ACC Network Extra, accessible through your television provider or a subscription to ESPN+. Live stats can be found at FSU.Statbroadcast.com. Direct links to watch and follow along can be found on the schedule page at Seminoles.com/Soccer and on social media on Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUSoccer) & Instagram (@NoleSoccer).
Florida State is 4-0-1 on the season and returns home after a 5-0 win at FAU on Sunday afternoon. The Seminoles are 3-0-0 at home and 1-0-1 on the road with four shutouts, all against in-state opponents. Louisville is 7-1-0 and comes to Tallahassee having won six in a row.
FSU finished non-conference play unbeaten for the fifth consecutive season, with a 20-1 scoring margin in the five games. The Seminoles are unbeaten in their last 33 regular-season non-conference games, with a 29-0-4 mark since early in the 2019 campaign. The team also enters Thursday's home game with a 31-game home unbeaten streak, going 29-0-2 overall in Tallahassee since the middle of the 2022 season.
Florida State has scored 20 goals with 20 assists on 97 shots and 44 shots on goal. In five games, the team has allowed one goal on 23 shots, nine on target, with eight saves, a 0.21 goals-against average and a .889 save percentage.
Sophomore forward Wrianna Hudson leads the team with five goals, 10 points, 18 shots and 10 shots on goal. Senior defender Heather Gilchrist is second with three goals, while fifth-year midfielder Marianyela Jiménez paces the team with three assists. In goal, redshirt sophomore Addie Todd has six saves in her four appearances for a .875 save percentage and a 0.30 goals-against average.
In the national rankings, FSU is No. 2 in the country in points per game (12.00), No. 3 in goals per game (4.00) and assists per game (4.00), No. 7 in goal differential (+19), No. 8 in shutout percentage (.800), No. 9 in goals-against average (0.205), No. 15 in shots per game (19.40), No. 18 in shots on goal per game (8.80) and No. 23 in save percentage (.889).
The Seminoles finished tied for second in the ACC last season with a 7-2-1 record and 22 points. The team won the 2024 ACC Tournament, their fifth consecutive league postseason crown. Florida State has won six ACC regular-season championships, in 2009, 2012, 2014, 2020, 2022 and 2023, and 11 tournament titles, including every season from 2020-24.
SERIES HISTORY VS. LOUISVILLE
Florida State is 10-0-0 all-time against Louisville and 8-0-0 as ACC opponents. The Seminoles are 4-0-0 at home, 5-0-0 on the road and 1-0-0 at a neutral site. The teams last met in 2023, a 2-0 FSU road win. A 3-2 home win in 2001 began the series, followed by a 2-0 NCAA Tournament win in Memphis, Tennessee, in 2011. As ACC foes, a 6-0 win in Tallahassee got the series started, which is the largest margin of victory between the two teams. Seven of the 10 games have been Florida State shutouts and four have been one-goal games, including two 1-0 affairs.
The Cardinals are receiving votes in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll and check in at No. 20 in the Top Drawer Soccer top-25.
Two years ago in the Derby City, FSU scored two second-half goals, in the 67th and 77th minutes, to secure a 2-0 win. Three current Seminoles got the start and another one played in the contest, as Jordynn Dudley had a game-high four shots and two shots on goal and Mimi Van Zanten registered the game-winning assist.
SCOUTING THE CARDINALS
Louisville begins ACC play with a 7-1-0 record, going 6-0-0 at home and 1-1 on the road. The Cardinals are 0-1 against ranked foes, with a 2-0 loss at No. 17 Vanderbilt to conclude the opening weekend. UofL started the season with a 1-0 victory at Auburn. Those two games in mid-August to begin the year away from home was the last time Louisville played on the road before its trip to Tallahassee this week. Winners of six in a row, the Cardinals downed Kent State 8-0 on September 4 and beat Dayton 2-0 on September 7 to wrap up non-conference action.
UofL has scored 37 goals and allowed four in 2025, with 42 assists. Mackenzie Geigle and Amelia Swinarski lead the team with six goals, and Swinarski has nine assists and 21 points to also pace the squad. Erynn Floyd has started all eight games in goal and has allowed four goals with 15 saves for a 0.55 goals-against average and a .789 save percentage.
LAST TIME OUT: ONE MORE NON-CONFERENCE WIN
Florida State led 2-0 after 99 seconds en route to a 5-0 win at FAU on Sunday afternoon. In their non-conference finale, the Seminoles scored at least five goals for the third time in five games to begin the season and earned their fourth shutout. The game ended in the 79th minute due to lightning in the area.
With its first victory away from home in 2025, Florida State took a 1-0 lead just 44 seconds into the match and made it 2-0 just 55 seconds later. Four players scored a goal and five notched an assist as 22 players appeared in the game, all for at least 26 minutes. Hudson scored two goals for her second career brace and senior midfielder Enasia Colon scored her first goal as a Seminole, with a first-minute score that was her fourth career game-winner.
Meanwhile, the defense held FAU to just one shot, as the Seminoles posted a 24-1 advantage in shots, 13-1 in shots on goal. FSU had 11 corner kicks and did not allow one for a second game in a row and the third time this season.
A complete recap from the win can be found here.
UP NEXT: NOLES ON THE ROAD
Florida State is on the road for the next three games, beginning with a trip to Syracuse on Sunday, September 14, at 1 p.m. ET. FSU's roadtrip continues at No. 19 North Carolina on Wednesday, September 17, at 7 p.m. on ACC Network.
QUICK KICKS: NOTES TO KNOW
General admission single-game seating is free and available on a first-come, first-served basis for each regular-season home game in 2025 for all fans without reserved midfield season tickets. Along with being the conference opener, it is Throwback Thursday at the Seminole Soccer Complex.
The game will be broadcast live on ACC Network Extra, accessible through your television provider or a subscription to ESPN+. Live stats can be found at FSU.Statbroadcast.com. Direct links to watch and follow along can be found on the schedule page at Seminoles.com/Soccer and on social media on Twitter/X and Facebook (@FSUSoccer) & Instagram (@NoleSoccer).
Florida State is 4-0-1 on the season and returns home after a 5-0 win at FAU on Sunday afternoon. The Seminoles are 3-0-0 at home and 1-0-1 on the road with four shutouts, all against in-state opponents. Louisville is 7-1-0 and comes to Tallahassee having won six in a row.
FSU finished non-conference play unbeaten for the fifth consecutive season, with a 20-1 scoring margin in the five games. The Seminoles are unbeaten in their last 33 regular-season non-conference games, with a 29-0-4 mark since early in the 2019 campaign. The team also enters Thursday's home game with a 31-game home unbeaten streak, going 29-0-2 overall in Tallahassee since the middle of the 2022 season.
Florida State has scored 20 goals with 20 assists on 97 shots and 44 shots on goal. In five games, the team has allowed one goal on 23 shots, nine on target, with eight saves, a 0.21 goals-against average and a .889 save percentage.
Sophomore forward Wrianna Hudson leads the team with five goals, 10 points, 18 shots and 10 shots on goal. Senior defender Heather Gilchrist is second with three goals, while fifth-year midfielder Marianyela Jiménez paces the team with three assists. In goal, redshirt sophomore Addie Todd has six saves in her four appearances for a .875 save percentage and a 0.30 goals-against average.
In the national rankings, FSU is No. 2 in the country in points per game (12.00), No. 3 in goals per game (4.00) and assists per game (4.00), No. 7 in goal differential (+19), No. 8 in shutout percentage (.800), No. 9 in goals-against average (0.205), No. 15 in shots per game (19.40), No. 18 in shots on goal per game (8.80) and No. 23 in save percentage (.889).
The Seminoles finished tied for second in the ACC last season with a 7-2-1 record and 22 points. The team won the 2024 ACC Tournament, their fifth consecutive league postseason crown. Florida State has won six ACC regular-season championships, in 2009, 2012, 2014, 2020, 2022 and 2023, and 11 tournament titles, including every season from 2020-24.
SERIES HISTORY VS. LOUISVILLE
Florida State is 10-0-0 all-time against Louisville and 8-0-0 as ACC opponents. The Seminoles are 4-0-0 at home, 5-0-0 on the road and 1-0-0 at a neutral site. The teams last met in 2023, a 2-0 FSU road win. A 3-2 home win in 2001 began the series, followed by a 2-0 NCAA Tournament win in Memphis, Tennessee, in 2011. As ACC foes, a 6-0 win in Tallahassee got the series started, which is the largest margin of victory between the two teams. Seven of the 10 games have been Florida State shutouts and four have been one-goal games, including two 1-0 affairs.
The Cardinals are receiving votes in the latest United Soccer Coaches poll and check in at No. 20 in the Top Drawer Soccer top-25.
Two years ago in the Derby City, FSU scored two second-half goals, in the 67th and 77th minutes, to secure a 2-0 win. Three current Seminoles got the start and another one played in the contest, as Jordynn Dudley had a game-high four shots and two shots on goal and Mimi Van Zanten registered the game-winning assist.
SCOUTING THE CARDINALS
Louisville begins ACC play with a 7-1-0 record, going 6-0-0 at home and 1-1 on the road. The Cardinals are 0-1 against ranked foes, with a 2-0 loss at No. 17 Vanderbilt to conclude the opening weekend. UofL started the season with a 1-0 victory at Auburn. Those two games in mid-August to begin the year away from home was the last time Louisville played on the road before its trip to Tallahassee this week. Winners of six in a row, the Cardinals downed Kent State 8-0 on September 4 and beat Dayton 2-0 on September 7 to wrap up non-conference action.
UofL has scored 37 goals and allowed four in 2025, with 42 assists. Mackenzie Geigle and Amelia Swinarski lead the team with six goals, and Swinarski has nine assists and 21 points to also pace the squad. Erynn Floyd has started all eight games in goal and has allowed four goals with 15 saves for a 0.55 goals-against average and a .789 save percentage.
LAST TIME OUT: ONE MORE NON-CONFERENCE WIN
Florida State led 2-0 after 99 seconds en route to a 5-0 win at FAU on Sunday afternoon. In their non-conference finale, the Seminoles scored at least five goals for the third time in five games to begin the season and earned their fourth shutout. The game ended in the 79th minute due to lightning in the area.
With its first victory away from home in 2025, Florida State took a 1-0 lead just 44 seconds into the match and made it 2-0 just 55 seconds later. Four players scored a goal and five notched an assist as 22 players appeared in the game, all for at least 26 minutes. Hudson scored two goals for her second career brace and senior midfielder Enasia Colon scored her first goal as a Seminole, with a first-minute score that was her fourth career game-winner.
Meanwhile, the defense held FAU to just one shot, as the Seminoles posted a 24-1 advantage in shots, 13-1 in shots on goal. FSU had 11 corner kicks and did not allow one for a second game in a row and the third time this season.
A complete recap from the win can be found here.
UP NEXT: NOLES ON THE ROAD
Florida State is on the road for the next three games, beginning with a trip to Syracuse on Sunday, September 14, at 1 p.m. ET. FSU's roadtrip continues at No. 19 North Carolina on Wednesday, September 17, at 7 p.m. on ACC Network.
QUICK KICKS: NOTES TO KNOW
- Florida State is in its 31st season in 2025 and owns a 479-163-58 (.724) overall record since the team's first season in 1995
- Head coach Brian Pensky is in his fourth season at FSU (58-5-9, .906) and his 21st as a collegiate head coach (243-116-54, .651), and has led the Seminoles to a national championship in 2023, another NCAA College Cup berth in 2022 and five ACC titles, two regular season and three tournament
- Florida State currently is on a 15 game unbeaten streak, averaging more than three goals per game during that span
- FSU finishes unbeaten in regular-season non-conference play for a fifth consecutive season, going 29-0-4 since the middle of the 2019 non-conference season after a 4-0-1 mark in 2025
- The Seminoles are on a 31-game unbeaten streak at home in regulation or overtime, having gone 29-0-2 at the Seminole Soccer Complex since their last home defeat in the middle of the 2022 season, which includes a 10-0-2 record in 2024 and a 3-0-0 mark in 2025
- Florida State holds a 60 game scoring streak dating back to 2022, the longest stretch in school history
- 8 of 11 starters are returning in 2025, with all three departing players having graduated FSU and two currently playing professionally in the NWSL
- 154 of 231 (66.6%) starts from 2024 return in 2025
- The Seminoles' 11 newcomers feature 8 freshmen and three transfers, and the incoming class is ranked No. 1 in the country by Top Drawer Soccer
- FSU has won five consecutive ACC Tournament championships and 11 overall, along with six regular season titles (most recently 2022 and 2023)
- Florida State has made 25 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, every year since 2000, and is coming off a second-round berth in 2024 after winning its fourth NCAA championship in 2023
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