Clemson is 31-15 on the year. The Tigers are fourth in the ACC with a 13-8 mark. They hit .298 as a team with six players batting over .300. As a team, Clemson has tallied 375 hits with 51 home runs and 276 runs scored. McKenzie Clark leads the team with a .373 batting average and 53 hits.
Friday, April 26, 2024
Softball Hosts Senior Weekend -- FRIDAY CARDINAL COUPLE
Clemson is 31-15 on the year. The Tigers are fourth in the ACC with a 13-8 mark. They hit .298 as a team with six players batting over .300. As a team, Clemson has tallied 375 hits with 51 home runs and 276 runs scored. McKenzie Clark leads the team with a .373 batting average and 53 hits.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
LAX falls in the ACC tournament 17-9 to 'Cuse -- THURSDAY CARDINAL COUPLE
Its Finals week for students, good luck to everyone!
Louisville entered the ACC Tournament at the 9 seed, beating 8 seed Virginia Tech last Sunday and grabbing their first ACC Tournament win in program history.
Falling to the 1 seed Syracuse, 17-8 on Wednesday afternoon. The Cardinals will end the season with an 8-11 (3-7 ACC) record.
With under 9 minutes on the clock in the first quarter the Cards had a 3-2 lead before Syracuse went on a tear and never looked back going on a 6-0 run to end the quarter. Savannah Sweitzer scored 2 goals in that run for the Orange.
The Cards were down as many as 17-7, scoring the final two goals of the match to make it a 17-9 final. The Orange defense has held its opponent to less than 10 goals in four of its last five games.
Rian Adkins led the team with a career-high three goals and Kylea Dobson added two goals. Allegra Catalano had one goal and one assist while also picking up three ground balls.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
LAX to face Syracuse in Quarters --WBB gets "Berry" good commitment -- WEDNESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE
LACROSSE GOES AGAINST #1 SEED SYRACUSE TODAY
Louisville Lacrosse moves forward in their journey to advance in the 2024 ACC WLAX Tournament with a 11 a.m. Wednsday quarterfinal match against #1 seed Syracuse. The contest will be shown on the ACC Network, the earliest of four games on the day in Charlotte.
The #9 seeded Cards advanced to the quarters by going to Blacksburg, VA Monday and knocking off Va. Tech 13-11.
Syracuse holds a commanding 14-1 record in all-time matchups against the Cards, and handled Lousivville pretty easily earlier this season...22-12...in Syracuse. The Orange have tons of talent and are currently ranked #3 in the latest DI WLAX rankings. At 12-4 on the season, the majority of the Orange's losses came early in the season. They fell to Nortwestern, Maryland, Stony Brook and Boston College. Their conference mark was 8-1, losing only at Boston College, on the final regular season game of the season ...in overtime. 10-11.
Leading scorers for Syracuse are Emma Tyrrell (50 goals) and Olivia Adamson (44 goals), They outscored opponents 250-157. Eight times, Syracuse held opponents under 10 goals scored.
Obviously, the Cards have their work cut out for them, if they hope to advance to the semifnals...but Sara Addeche has proven to be a capable and dependale goalkeeper and the Cards can get flurries of offensive scoring from Kokoro Nakazawa (60 goals) and Nicole Perroni (45 goals), Both were recently named to the All-ACC team.
We wish out WLAXers the best in Charlotte today and hope they pull off a huge upset with a win.
IMARI BERRY COMMITS TO CARDS WBB
A FIVE STAR PROSPECT AND RANKED #19 with the 2024 recruits, Imari Berry is a huge coup for Jeff Walz and the Louisville WBB squad. Imari (out of Clarksville, TN) had originally commited to Clemson, but, when the Tigers let Amanda Butler go...Berry was released from her commitment and narrowed it down to Louisville, after eliminating Kentucky and North Carolina.
Berry and Mackenly Randolph played in the Mcdonald's All-American game back n January and are the 17th and 18th All-Americans signed by Walz in his time at Lousiville.
As a senior in Clarksville, TN, Berry averaged 23.8 poitns per game a game and eighover six rebounds. her squad went undefeated and was named Tennesee's Gatorade Player of the Year.
She is one of six incomng freshmen to the program.
This is an impressive class for Walz and hopefully one that can make some very important contributions to a returning roster that includes Cochran, Russell, Harris, von Schaik, Curry and Istanbulluoglu...plus redshirt Imafidon.
FINALLY...
Just in case you were having HVL News withdrawls, here' sthe latest on PigTails:
Hailey Van Lith is focused on making the USA Basketball 3x3 Olympic team this summer and appears to be unworried about where she’ll end up at college next year.
Van Lith is currently taking part in a training camp in Springfield, Massachusetts, and will play in a 3x3 tournament early next week at The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
The 22-year-old guard, who played at Louisville and LSU, has experienced success in 3x3 for the U.S. She won a gold medal on the U18 team in 2019 and helped win gold at the FIBA 3x3 World Cup last year. The Paris Games is the second Olympics offering 3x3, after the event debuted in Tokyo in the 2021 Games.
(If the school name doesnt have three initials, I'm not interested) |
This might be the photo of the month...
paulie
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Louie Awards -- TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE
Louisville Louie Awards
Last night was the annual Louie Awards, where Louisville Athletes recognizes various Louisville student-athletes and teams. The awards usually run on a calendar year and not a school year since several spring sports are still in action for a little while longer, so we did see some spring 2023 accomplishments make the list. Spring 2024 accomplishments are not eligible.
Cardinal Cup Award team - Rowing
Female CardsCARE team (community service) - Rowing
Female CardsCARE individual (community service) - Krista Wheeler, Swim and Dive
Highest Senior GPA - Minna Tremonti, Field Hockey
Female Teammate of the Year - Gabby Holloway, Softball
Female Rookie of the Year - Lucy Mehraban, Swim and Dive
Female 2024 UPS Leadership Award - Anna DeBeer, Volleyball
Highest Female GPA team - Soccer, 3.743 Fall 2023
Female Moment of the Year - Taylor Roby single-season home run record with 23, Softball
Female Adidas High Performer Athlete of the Year - Anna DeBeer, Volleyball
Spirit Squad Outstanding Seniors - Makayla Kempf (Ladybirds), Alyssa Freitas (All-Girl Cheer)
There were also several awards dedicated to male athletes, men's teams, and overall awards that went towards male individuals or teams. The Team Moment of the Year was when Louisville football upset then-#10 Notre Dame, which was the second straight season Louisville defeated a top-10 team at home and rushed the field.
While our time with some players have concluded like Taylor Roby or are almost over like Gabby Holloway, there are plenty of moments to cherish and remember. We also have plenty to look forward to with other players like Anna DeBeer, who will return for a fifth year in the fall, and Lucy Mehraban, who still has three more years of eligibility remaining.
This is always something to look forward to late into the school year to reflect back on how things went. For someone like me, it's cool to see how many events or student-athletes I have seen in person.
Happy Tuesday and Go Cards!
Jared
Monday, April 22, 2024
Lacrosse Advances in ACC Tourney with win over VT -- MONDAY CARDINAL COUPLE
CARDS GO TO ACC QUARTERS WITH 13-11 WIN AT VIRGINIA TECH
The ninth seeded Louisville Lacrosse squad advanced in the ACC Lax Tournament with a well fought and hard earned win over eighth seed host Virginia Tech Sunday afternoon in front of a nationwide ACCN viewership
The Cards were led by Nicole Perroni's four goals in the match, The Cards now head to Charlotte to face #1 seed Syracuse on Wednesday at 11 a.m.
"Nicole was her steady self today." commented Cards head coach Scott Teeter. " She contributed all over the field and made some really big plays when we needed them."
Louisville jumped out to a 4-2 lead in the first quarter .led by two goals from Kokoro Nakazawa. A close ssecond quarter followed, the Cards losing the quarter 6-5 but taking a 9-8 lead into the halftime locker room . The Cards were never able to really pull away from the homestanding Hokies, but did hold an 11-9 lead after three quarters.
Virginia Tech narrowed the lead to 11-10 to start the fourth quarter ...but the Cards were not ready to fold like they did in the second half against Duke and Notre Dame in their last couple of regular season games. Perroni picked up her final goal of the contest in the fourth and was followed in the scoring by Izzy Seikel, to make it 13-10 Cards,advantage. The Hokies did score late for the final of 13-11.
It was Scott Teeter's first career win in the ACC Lacrosse tournament.
The Cardinals head coach spoke about the win::
"The girls battled for 60 minutes today,They had a response for every one of their mistakes. They were all contributing and supporting each other...which gave us a really great team win"
The win improves the Cards record to 8-10 on the season, Virginia Tech finishes with a 9-9 mark. The win avenges a 14-10 Louisville loss to the Hokies at the L.L.S. during the regular season.
Kokoro and Negai Nakazawa seemed to have an enthusiastic, "never say die attifude" during early play that quickly spread to the rest of the team. Kokoro ended up with three goals on the day.. The Cards also got a couple of goals from a couple of players we didn't hear much about during the regular season...with Maggie McMahon and Lauren Figas connecting twice. Also on the board for UofL was Paulie's favorite player...grad student Allegra Catalano and Izzy Seikel
The Cards had a 35-27 shot advantage over the home team and committed just eight turnovers, compared to 15 for Va Tech.
In other first day ACC LAX action, #7 seed Clemson took down visiting #10 seed Pitt 18-15
Syracuse will be next for the Cards.,The #1 seeded Orange and Cards will face off at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Charlotte. ACC Network will have the coverage. ..A nice win for Louisville on a higher seeded foe's home field, so in some circles, it is being called an upset..I'd just like to think of it a solid win that shows the Cards have improved since season end and hopefully, the trend will continue.
paulie .
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Lacrosse in ACC Tourney today -- Softball drops a double -- Sunday Cardinal Couple
Softball Drops Two
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The Cards would add on five more in the 5th, and about the only hint of small ball play that Aprile would see the whole weekend. Chelsea Mack reached on a bunt, Frizell drew a want, and was replaced on the base paths by the quicker "Pickle" Winkler. It wouldn't really matter, however, as Vanessa Miller homered to right, scoring the trio. UofL would tack on two more, both homers again, with Bailee Richardson and Katie Thatcher being the bombers.
Don't get me wrong, I love seeing some light tower power, but for consistent success, teams do really need to be able to play the small ball game. And, in fact, in this one, with the score 6-0 UofL after five innings, UNC would score seven unanswered in the 6th and 7th innings, again with the walk-off. And I hate to say it, but the Cards looked more like the Bad News Bears out in the field during that 7th inning. UNC played well, no disrespect to them, but UofL largely fumbled it away. HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU RECALL THE SOFTBALL CARDS GETTING BEAT WITH A SEVEN RUN FINAL TWO INNINGS FROM THE FOE? I'll wait for your answer .
Lacrosse
Cardinal Couple Radio Hour Podcast
(jeff and Jared escort Paulie to the broadcast venue) |
Jared, Paulie, and myself gathered to discuss the latest in UofL women's sports on the CCRHP. Softball and Lacrosse are active, so of course much of the discussion centered on those two sports, but we did get some exciting recruiting and transfer portal news for WBB this week, so we did cover that territory as well.
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Softball Takes Opener at UNC -- SATURDAY CARDINAL COUPLE
Cards Win Solo Shot Battle 2-1
Cardinal Couple Radio Hour Podcast
Until next time, Go Cards!
Friday, April 19, 2024
Lacrosse Falls to Irish -- Softball Visits North Carolina -- FRIDAY CARDINAL COUPLE
The famous Daryl Foust at lacrosse |
Happy Friday, Cards fans! Daryl took over yesterday so Jared here stepping in today.
Kokoro Nakazawa Scores 100th Career Goal in Loss to Notre Dame
Kokoro Nakazawa scored her 100th career goal and Nicole Perroni extended her scoring streak to 53 straight games, but Louisville lacrosse fell to #3 Notre Dame 23-10.
Eight Cardinals scored in the game with Nakazawa and Maggie McMahon leading the way with two apiece. Reese Whiteman scored her first career goal in the closing seconds of the match.
Notre Dame raced out to a 2-0 lead but the Cards answered with three straight. A 5-1 run give the Irish a 7-4 lead and the teams would trade goals up to halftime with Notre Dame holding a 9-6 edge.
Louisville scored the first two goals of the second half but Notre Dame then went on a 9-0 run. The Cards would scored to bring their deficit back down to single digits at 18-9 but Notre Dame scored five of the final six goals of the match. A majority of the fourth quarter was placed with a running clock.
A B-52 bomber flies over campus in preparation for Thunder Over Louisville |
Louisville finishes the regular season 7-10 and has earned the 9-seed in the ACC Tournament. They will visit 8-seed Virginia Tech on Sunday.
There is some question on if players such as Kokoro Nakazawa, Kylea Dobson, and Olivia Toll will utiizie their COVID-19 eligibility and come back or not.
Softball Travels to North Carolina
In desperate need for as many wins as they can get, Louisville softball hits the road for a three-game series against North Carolina. The Cards enter the weekend 24-19 and 5-10 in the ACC. North Carolina is 28-14 and 8-10 in the ACC.
The Tar Heels have run-ruled 10 opponents this year. They do not have any ranked wins due to being swept by both Clemson and Duke.
UNC hits .357 as a team. They have recorded 393 hits with 38 home runs. North Carolina has outscored opponents 257-134, nearly doubling up opponents.
Alex Coleman is one of four North Carolina players, batting .457. She also has a team-high 65 hits. Isabella Emerling has been provided the power for the Tar Heels, with 13 home runs and 51 rbis.
All three games are slated for ACCNX with tonight's game beginning at 5:00pm.
Women's Basketball Carousel
In the span of about one hour yesterday during rhe middle of lacrosse, women's basketball news around the country was going wild. Here's all that happened in that period:
-Mackenly Randolph officially signed with Louisville. Randolph is the fifth freshman player to physically sign. She was on campus yesterday.
-Eylia Love entered her name in the transfer portal and will be leaving Louisville.
-Rumors were circulating that Maddie Scherr, who formerly played at Oregon and Kentucky, announced she is transferring to TCU.
-Reports broke that former Louisville and LSU player Hailey Van Lith will be transferring to TCU.
-Former Fresno State and Miami player Haley Cavinder announced she will not play at TCU this coming season, as originally planned, and will now play her final year of eligibility at Miami.
-Hanna Cavinder was talked out of retirement by her sister mentioned above and will player her final season at Miami.
Happy Friday and Go Cards!
Jared
Thursday, April 18, 2024
LAX afternoon battle with #3 Notre Dame -- THURSDAY CARDINAL COUPLE
(Maybe the greatest ever to don a Cards LAX uniform....Kay Morrisette) |
UofL brings a 7-9 record into the contest with #3 Notre Dame for the last regular season match of the season.
This one is scheduled to begin at noon over at UofL’s Lacrosse Stadium and will be available on the ACC Network Extra. The Irish bring a 13-2 record into the contest.
The Irish have not lost since March 9th when they fell 10-12 to Virginia on their home turf. In April they have outscored opponents 51-21.
The Cards are 2-14 against the Irish all time with the first match happening back in 2009. They sport a 1-6 record at home. Louisville is on an eight game losing streak to Notre Dame.
The Irish boast six 20+ goal performances this season and...obviously... one of the nation’s best offenses. With five goals and a program-best six assists, Jackie Wolak set a career best with 11 points against Pitt to close out the month of March.
Kelly Denes registered 16 draw controls in that contest, tying a program record and helping the Irish 26 total draw wins good for a program best at home.
I do believe we will get Jared over there to snap some photos from the contest. If you and join the fun, the ACCNX will have the broadcast so fire up the internet device.
Good luck to the student athletes on their finals!!! I do not miss those days at all!
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Cards Softball Loses To EKU -- -- Ja'Leah Williams to WBB from Miami -- WEDNESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE
EKU SOFTBALL JUMPS EARLY ON CARDS FOR 6-2 WIN
Louisville Softball surrendered six runs early yesterday and could not make up the deficit in a loss in Richmond, KY to Eastern Kentucky University Tuesday afternoon. Cards freshman Brooke Gray (3-4) got the midweek start for the visitors, but was met with six runs on four hits in the bottom of the second.
Meanwhile, at the plate, the Cards were stifled early in the game, but did try to mount a couple of rally attempts to get back in the contest late in the contest.
The first one occured in the top of the sixth, when the Cards loaded the bases with just one out. Kiley Goff beat out a infield grounder for a single and Daisy Hess reached on a slow throw on a fielders choice. Chelsea Mack delivered a single to load the bases for Lousville, but EKU ace Maddi Rutan (19-2) got a pop out and received a spectacular fielding stop from EKU second baseman Madison Scott to end the Cardinals threat.
The Cards would also threaten again in the seventh and plate their first runs of the contest when Bailee Richardson reached on a single and came home on Maddi Grant's home run to center. The Cards left the scoring there,,though, with a line out and a fly out,
Louisville (24-19) returns to conference play Friday, when they travel to North Carolina.
A tough road loss to a surprisingly good EKU squad, that has a sparkling 33-5 record
JA'LEAH WILLIAMS HEADED TO LOUISVILLE WBB
Cards WBB picks up one of the the better defensive guards in the ACC from last season with upcomng senior Ja'Leah Williams announcing she will join the Louiisville squad from Miami for the 2024-25 season
Williams has been a key contributor to Katie Meyer's squad for the past three seasons and averaged 7.1 points and 4.5 rebounds in 30 games last year for the Canes.
Her addittion will help fill the void in the Cards guards game, with the graduation of Syd Taylor, Nina Rickards and Kiki Jefferson.
paulie